10 Most popular international cricket teams on social media

Most of the international cricket teams try to stay connected with their fans through social media. All the important updates regarding the teams, players, schedules and various other news are shared through the social media mediums. The news spreads like fire courtesy the sharable content and is possibly faster than any other medium. Right from an IPL or a BBL team to some big international teams, everyone maintains their social media accounts really well.

Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are the most popular social networking sites. All the international cricket teams or the cricket boards have an official account across all of these platforms. The ‘reach’ in these platforms is very high and all these international teams have a huge number of followers on these platforms. The teams have been maintaining these accounts for some time now to reach the position where they are currently.

Here is the list of most popular international cricket teams on social media:

10. New Zealand | 2.69 Million Followers

The New Zealand cricketers often like to maintain a low-profile. The ‘Blackcaps’ prefer keeping things simple and go about their work quite silently. Also, most of their cricketers aren’t greatly active on social media. Hence, the New Zealand team has the lowest number of social media followers.

The Blackcaps have a total of 1.88 million likes on their official Facebook page. The Blackcaps have posted over 2000 pictures on Instagram. They have 0.38 million followers on their Instagram page. Similarly, the New Zealand team doesn’t have a great number of followers on Twitter either. They have 0.43 million followers on the micro-blogging site.

9. Afghanistan | 2.79 Million Followers

This would come as quite a surprise to many. However, just like they are doing in cricket, the Afghans are also making rapid strides on social media. The Afghanistan cricket team, within a very short time, has gained a great number of followers on social media. The team should be quite proud of what they’ve achieved thus far and will be eyeing to do a lot more in the near future.

On Facebook, the Afghanistan cricket team has 2.36 million likes. The team has gained 0.12 million followers on Instagram while it has got 0.31 followers on Twitter which helped take total past New Zealand. With the brand of cricket they have been playing in recent times, this count is expected to go much higher in the near future.

8. West Indies | 3.2 Million Followers

The flamboyant West Indies cricketers are popular across the globe. The players and the team are extremely famous for the exploits in the T20 format. But, many of these household names not representing the nation has somewhat affected the number of social media followers for the team. The team is ranked lower than expected in terms of followers across the social media platforms.

The West Indies cricket team has got 2.5 million likes on their official Facebook page. With over 5,000 Instagram posts, they’ve got 0.36M followers on the picture-sharing site. On Twitter, the team’s official account has got 0.34 million followers.

7. Australia | 3.83 Million Followers

The Australian team has definitely got to be there in the top-7 on this list. They provide their followers with some great quality content on their social media platforms. The Australian team has the capability to give a tough competition to any team and is quite a strong force despite the absence of Steve Smith and David Warner currently.

The Aussies have got a massive 3.67 million likes on their Facebook page. The Twitter handle is also approaching a million followers. They have got 0.25 million followers on Twitter at the moment. On Instagram, they have 0.42 million followers.

6. Sri Lanka | 3.83 Million Followers

The Sri Lankan cricket team has been having some tough times in the recent past. With most of their legendary cricketers retiring from the game, the team has struggled to get their combinations right. The island nation is currently the seventh team on this list and there is a fair gap between them and the team that is ranked sixth.

The majority of the following for Sri Lanka comes from Facebook where they’ve got 2.96 million likes. The Instagram followers for the team is quite low with 0.12 million followers. Their Instagram handle is not quite active and they only posted 200 pictures on this platform thus far. The team has got 0.75 million followers on the micro-blogging site, Twitter.

5. South Africa | 5.54 Million Followers

The South African team is popular across the globe and has got fans where ever they go. It is undoubtedly one of the most dominant teams and is right up there with the best teams in the ICC ranking. The Proteas are currently fifth in terms of the highest number of followers with 5.4263 million of them across all the social media platforms.

The Proteas have got 4.1 million likes on their official Facebook page. With over 2000 posts, they have got 0.37 million followers on Instagram. The South African team is equally popular on Twitter too with over 80k tweets and 1.07 million followers.

4. England | 5.71 Million Followers

Since the end of the Cricket World Cup 2015, the England cricket team has been playing some aggressive brand of cricket. The team is in the midst of a purple patch currently and is terrifying the oppositions. The England team is quite active across its social media handles and uploads quality content regularly.

The England cricket team has the sixth-highest following across the major social media platforms. The teams’ official Facebook page has got 4.33 million likes. Furthermore, they’ve got 0.61 million followers on Instagram and 0.78 million followers on Twitter.

3. Pakistan | 9.67 Million Followers

The top three positions, without any surprise, are taken up by the Asian teams. Pakistan is the third team on this list with 9.078 million followers. They are currently the No 1 T20I team according to the ICC Ranking. They are also the current Champions Trophy holders.

The Pakistan team has got 7.27 million likes on Facebook. They have over 2000 posts on their Instagram handle and 0.6 million followers on the platform. On the micro-blogging site Twitter, they have 1.8 million followers and has over 24.2k tweets.

2. Bangladesh | 14.86 Million Followers

It is quite surprising that the Bangladesh team has the second highest followers on social media. The Bangladesh team has been working hard to improve its game in recent times. It has also given some tough competition to the best of sides. There is quite some difference between the Bangladesh side and Pakistan side in terms of followers which is over 5 million.

The Bangladesh team has got 11.87 million likes on Facebook which is higher than the overall following of most of the teams. Further, they’ve got 0.79 million followers on Instagram and have posted over 1500 pictures. The Bangladesh team also has 2.2 million Twitter followers pushing the overall total further.

1. India | 44.99 Million Followers

The Indian cricket team is one of the most dominant forces in world cricket. The Indian cricketers are adored by the fans. In a country where cricket is believed to be the second religion, there isn’t any doubt as to why the social handles of the team have such huge number of followers. No other team is anywhere close to the Indian team in terms of the overall figures or figures on each of the social media platforms.

The Indian team has an unbelievable 28.34 million likes on their Facebook page. With over 2500 posts, the Indian cricket team’s Instagram handle has 8.1 million followers. The Twitter account of the team also has a huge number of followers. The total number of followers on Twitter for the team is 8.55 million taking the overall total to above 44.99 million.