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Austinho
31-05-2018, 10:07 AM
In this day and age all the elite clubs are judged on their global fan base by the size of their social media following.

Barcelona lead the way with 159.9 million followers, then Real Madrid with 159.5 million and Man United with 97.9 million. Like it or not, but that's just the way football is in 2018.

Global top 20 (http://www.businessinsider.com/the-20-most-popular-rich-list-football-teams-on-social-media-2017-1?IR=T#2-real-madrid-1595-million-followers-19)

Now obviously the numbers in Scottish football are significantly different, but so is the gap between Hibs and Hearts.

Facebook:
Hibernian 70,586
Hearts 39,056

Instagram:
Hibernian 21.1k
Hearts 15.5k

Twitter:
Hibernian 72.8k
Hearts 77.7k

Total:
Hibernian 164,486
Hearts 132,256

That's over 32,000 (or two average home gates at Tynecastle) difference. Not trying to turn it into a c*ck measuring contest, but it's clear Hibs are a far more attractive entity these days, and most importantly we have grown our younger fan base. Well done Hibs.

AugustaHibs
31-05-2018, 10:12 AM
no wonder hearts don't have as many as instagram, imagine refreshing your feed to have a picture of Berra & Lafferty pop up

Diclonius
31-05-2018, 10:13 AM
Why is our Facebook fanbase so much bigger? It looks like an anomaly. The instagram/Twitter ones are more even, which you'd expect from two similarly-sized clubs.

Zazu62
31-05-2018, 10:18 AM
What about the Hibs and Hearts fans who stay in Edinburgh but don’t have Facebook?

Austinho
31-05-2018, 10:24 AM
What about the Hibs and Hearts fans who stay in Edinburgh but don’t have Facebook?Feel free to conduct a door to door census yourself.

BegbieHSC
31-05-2018, 10:28 AM
Why is our Facebook fanbase so much bigger? It looks like an anomaly. The instagram/Twitter ones are more even, which you'd expect from two similarly-sized clubs.

Hearts Facebook page is unprofessional, and actually strikes you as amateurish, since their name on it is “HeartOfMidlothianFC,” - all one word for some reason, which actually makes it difficult to find when searching.

Really basic stuff, ****ed up by their comms department.

PatHead
31-05-2018, 10:31 AM
no wonder hearts don't have as many as instagram, imagine refreshing your feed to have a picture of Berra & Lafferty pop up

Or Harry Potter or Anne Budge or Austin thingy

Bostonhibby
31-05-2018, 10:40 AM
Feel free to conduct a door to door census yourself.Or just stick with the official Hearts 400,000[emoji6]

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Dalianwanda
31-05-2018, 10:59 AM
Perhaps it shows a younger fan base. Certainly twitters demographic is a fair bit older in general than instagram.

660
31-05-2018, 11:13 AM
Why is our Facebook fanbase so much bigger? It looks like an anomaly. The instagram/Twitter ones are more even, which you'd expect from two similarly-sized clubs.

You need opposable thumbs to use Facebook.

James70
31-05-2018, 11:24 AM
Yep, there's a lot more twits support Edinburgh's 2nd team.

MrSmith
31-05-2018, 11:31 AM
Ha Ha wait till they see this and start clambering all over social media to prove they are bigger :D

cleanyman
31-05-2018, 11:39 AM
I don't think we are. In the same way that Barca will never be a bigger club than Madrid.

ScottB
31-05-2018, 11:47 AM
Why is our Facebook fanbase so much bigger? It looks like an anomaly. The instagram/Twitter ones are more even, which you'd expect from two similarly-sized clubs.

I would guess as a consequence of people sharing Sunshine on Leith videos, Hearts don’t have anything else that could be considered similar that’d have reach beyond their own supporter base.

Austinho
31-05-2018, 11:49 AM
Or Harry Potter or Anne Budge or Austin thingyhttps://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Pretty Boy
31-05-2018, 11:55 AM
Bigger is an irrelevance really. We're a better club and that's what matters.

lyonhibs
31-05-2018, 12:08 PM
The day I judge the grandeur of any club based on the number of Instagram followers it has or has not will be a particularly cold day in hell.

It's like saying Boston United are bigger than us because - owing to the money swilling around the game down south - they can probably out-bid us on wages.

Not necessarily bigger, just better. That'll do me nicely.

HIBERNIAN-0762
31-05-2018, 12:12 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Wow! printing that off to keep the Grandbairns away from the hi-fi :eek:

NAE NOOKIE
31-05-2018, 12:14 PM
Bigger is an irrelevance really. We're a better club and that's what matters.

:agree:

KWJ
31-05-2018, 03:17 PM
Feel free to conduct a door to door census yourself.

:greengrin

SouthMoroccoStu
31-05-2018, 03:29 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Christ, that post should come with a health warning

Ringothedog
31-05-2018, 03:32 PM
Bigger is an irrelevance really. We're a better club and that's what matters.

10/10

snooky
31-05-2018, 03:58 PM
Bigger is an irrelevance really. We're a better club and that's what matters.
:agree:
"Guid gear comes in sma' bulk"
"Size doesn't matter"

A Hi-Bee
31-05-2018, 04:03 PM
You just need to be better no bigger. Better football club than them for sure.

Wilson
31-05-2018, 04:12 PM
:agree:
"Guid gear comes in sma' bulk"
"Size doesn't matter"

It's not the size of the hammer, it's the nail you're throwing it at.

Jones28
31-05-2018, 04:16 PM
Bigger is an irrelevance really. We're a better club and that's what matters.

This.

And the "big team/wee team" patter is so Hearts

A Hi-Bee
31-05-2018, 04:20 PM
This.

And the "big team/wee team" patter is so Hearts

An so is that scary poster of the 3 mugs above.

Jones28
31-05-2018, 04:23 PM
An so is that scary poster of the 3 mugs above.

**** me I hadn'y seen that 🤢🤢

Jack Hackett
31-05-2018, 04:30 PM
An so is that scary poster of the 3 mugs above.

A natural progression from their 'Beautiful People' poster

A Hi-Bee
31-05-2018, 04:37 PM
A natural progression from their 'Beautiful People' poster

No sure there is anything "Natural" about them 3.

proud_and_green
31-05-2018, 05:33 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.That is a truly awful gallery.

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Dashing Bob S
31-05-2018, 06:12 PM
Don’t think we can claim that title till we’ve won at least one world war.

Since90+2
31-05-2018, 07:04 PM
Hearts fans are weirdly obsessed about being see as the 3rd biggest team in Scotland. In reality who gives a ****? For what's it's worth I would say currently it would be hard to argue against Aberdeen , but who really cares?

Kato
31-05-2018, 07:12 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Did anybody watch that documentary series, "Evil Genius" on Netflix?

Scouse Hibee
31-05-2018, 07:24 PM
The whole big club thing is cringeworthy to say the least. Let's not contribute to that crap.

Pagan Hibernia
31-05-2018, 10:07 PM
Never minded them claiming to be the ‘Big Team’ to be honest.

ive always seen Hibs as outsiders and the club for outsiders and I’m perfectly happy with that.

Pete
31-05-2018, 10:52 PM
I don't think we are. In the same way that Barca will never be a bigger club than Madrid.

🤣

frazeHFC
01-06-2018, 05:22 AM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Glad I saw this after I woke up and not last night before bed. Would bring nightmares to anyone.

Viva_Palmeiras
01-06-2018, 05:44 AM
The whole big club thing is cringeworthy to say the least. Let's not contribute to that crap.

That’s were I am with this. London Hearts have a whole stats site dedicated to demonstrating this and that from more angles. Strangely stats around and post the money spinning replay and our cup win are missing.

There’s something wrong when it’s starts to become “how long is your schlong?” ;)

Hibee Mac
01-06-2018, 06:52 AM
Looks to me like we just have a much better run Facebook group which has attracted a lot of followers.

Hope this is tongue and cheek cause there's so much more to football than bloomin' Facebook followers

Austinho
01-06-2018, 07:03 AM
Looks to me like we just have a much better run Facebook group which has attracted a lot of followers.

Hope this is tongue and cheek cause there's so much more to football than bloomin' Facebook followersYes, it was all a bit tongue in cheek - maybe I should throw in a handleful of smilies next time!

Captain Trips
01-06-2018, 07:32 AM
[QUOTE=Austinho;5418988]https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

The guests arrive for the annual summer BBQ at Tynecastle I understand there is to be a spitroast first.

CropleyWasGod
01-06-2018, 07:54 AM
[QUOTE=Austinho;5418988]https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

The guests arrive for the annual summer BBQ at Tynecastle I understand there is to be a spitroast first.It's comments like this that remind me that size is rarely important.

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hibbyfraelibby
01-06-2018, 02:33 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.

Have you never heard of the European Convention on Human Rights...you have taken away my right for that to be unseen.

Bostonhibby
01-06-2018, 03:01 PM
https://i2-prod.dailyrecord.co.uk/incoming/article9394984.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/GD15300916.jpg

https://cdn-03.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36078847.ece/45ae6/AUTOCROP/w620h342/CraigL.jpg

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/NMt0mGFUO4I/maxresdefault.jpg

A truly frightening bunch.If the kids don't behave just tell them about the ghost of Xmas past, Xmas present and Xmas yet to come.

That'll keep them hiding in the wardrobe for a couple of years

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Ozyhibby
01-06-2018, 03:10 PM
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Bostonhibby
01-06-2018, 03:21 PM
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CorrieHibs
01-06-2018, 03:49 PM
The whole big club thing is cringeworthy to say the least. Let's not contribute to that crap.

Agreed!