NFL: Here's where every team ranks on TikTok's popularity chart
Forget winning the Super Bowl, can my New York Football Giants crack into becoming one of the Top 10 most popular NFL Teams to follow on TikTok? Yikes. While they do crack into the Top 15, it’s pretty cool to see the entire 32 team line-up on this quirky list.
Here’s the most popular NFL Teams on TikTok
A big salute goes out to the folks over at Sidelines for the roundup and with Patrick Mahomes killing it with his various commercials, it’s a no-brainer the Kansas City Chiefs have some serious star power when it comes to TikTok.
A new study has revealed the most popular NFL teams on TikTok, with the Kansas City Chiefs taking the crown, amassing more than 3 million followers.
Odds comparison experts Sidelines analyzed the TikTok accounts of all 32 teams in the NFL, to find out which had the most followers, the largest number of likes and the most likes per video on average.
The Kansas City Chiefs ranked as the most popular NFL team on TikTok, amassing more than 3 million followers. On average they receive an impressive 137,892 likes per video, and at the time of writing, their most recent TikTok features the ‘Elite Ball Placement’ between their Quarterback Patrick Mahomes and their Wide Receiver Justyn Ross.
The Philadelphia Eagles are the second most followed, with 2.3 million TikTok followers. The Eagles have amassed a staggering 57.1 million likes in total across all of their TikTok videos, which is the highest total number of likes of any NFL team.
In third are the Dallas Cowboys, having amassed 2 million followers on TikTok. On average they receive 83,193 likes per video and have accrued 25.9 million likes across all of their uploads.
The Detroit Lions sit in fourth place with 1.92 million followers. The Lions have received more than 37 million likes across 169 uploads, equating to 219,289 likes per video on average. This means that on average, they have the most likes per video of any NFL team.
Rounding off the top five are the Buffalo Bills, with 1.84 million followers. The Bills have the second highest number of likes per video behind the Detroit Lions, with 175,394 likes per post on average.
Little separates sixth and seventh place, which belongs to the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Cincinnati Bengals with 1.77 million and 1.76 million followers respectively.
The eighth most popular team are the Los Angeles Rams with 1.46 million followers and 50,812 likes per video on average.
Ninth and tenth place are close contenders, with the San Francisco 49ers clocking in 1.29 million followers, while the Baltimore Ravens secure the tenth spot with 1.28 million followers.
The Houston Texans are the least popular NFL team on TikTok, with 333,770 followers, an almost 2.7 million follower difference from the Chiefs who ranked top. The Texans also have the lowest total number of likes out of any NFL team, at just 2.8 million in total.
A spokesperson for Sidelines commented:
“As the 2023 NFL season edges closer, it's interesting to get an insight into how teams stack up against each other in terms of online following and fan engagement.
“Three-time Super Bowl winners, Kansas City Chiefs, are the current TikTok frontrunners with a near 700,000 follower lead over the Philadelphia Eagles who placed second.
“Detroit Lions appear to receive the most consistent fan support on TikTok, despite posting few videos to the platform. With the most likes per video on average, they even manage to outrank the likes of more globally recognised teams such as the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills in terms of TikTok engagement.
“With some teams being relatively new to TikTok, it will be fascinating to see whether the rankings change substantially once the new season begins and gameday hype picks back up.”
