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New York City: Here's where Big Apple teams rank in social media followers

It’s all a numbers game, right? Turns out the Big Apple might have some of the most popular sports teams - don’t mind their wins/losses records - crushing it across social media from the New York Yankees to the New York Giants and New York Rangers - enough New York for ya?

The numbers have been crunched and come courtesy of Bookies.com - needless to say, you can save yourself a ton of headaches and statistical confusion just skimming the line-up below.

There are almost 5 billion social media accounts in the world and incredibly almost a fifth (946,402,834) of those are following NFL, NBA, MLB, and NHL teams on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. Ahead of World Social Media Day on June 30th, Bookies.com has crunched the numbers on all 496 NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL social media accounts and released our second annual pro sports social media followers rankings.

Where Do New York Sports Teams Rank Among the 4 major sports on social media?

  • New York Yankees – 10th overall, 1st in MLB

  • New York Knicks – 14th overall, 10th in NBA

  • Brooklyn Nets – 19th overall, 14th in NBA

  • New York Giants – 29th overall, 9th in NFL

  • Buffalo Bills – 53rd overall, 17th in NFL

  • New York Mets – 70th overall, 10th in MLB

  • New York Jets – 71st overall, 28th in NFL

  • New York Rangers – 75th overall, 5th in NHL

  • Buffalo Sabres – 110th overall, 19th in NHL

  • New Jersey Devils – 112th overall, 20th in NHL

  • New York Islanders – 120th overall, 28th in NHL

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