Data: Top MLB Competitive Facebook Analysis
As summer approaches, I’m incredibly excited for the warmer evenings, sans of course my hair looking like a lion’s mane of course; however, on these evenings I’m really excited for one thing — Nats games.
To be honest, I haven’t been to very many, but there is something absolutely essential about going to baseball games in the summer and Opening Day for Major League Baseball started on March 31st with a Sunday game.
While we haven’t had much of a spring in DC and with summer rapidly approaching, it only made sense for our first data wrangling Wednesday to give you some of the data we wrestled up. This Wednesday we gathered up some data from the boys of summer. From the teams with the tops fans to the top averages of likes per Facebook post, we highlighted the top 5 MLB teams for each of the categories. Did your favorite team make the cut?
Number of Page Likes
1. New York Yankees — 6335704
2. Boston Red Sox — 3808958
3. Chicago Cubs — 1764091
4. Texas Rangers — 1468304
5. St. Louis Cardinals — 1393315
Facebook Posts Per Day
1. Milwaukee Brewers — 7.57
2. Detroit Tigers — 6.28
3. Colorado Rockies — 6
4. Kansas City Royals — 6
5. Los Angeles Angels — 5.85
Average Likes Per Facebook Post
1. Atlanta Braves — 12544.22
2. Los Angeles Dodgers — 8492.62
3. New York Yankees — 8192.18
4. Texas Rangers — 5692.93
5. Boston Red Sox — 5020.42
Even though all of these numbers are homerun worthy, we also found some awesome posts from individual teams that really hit it out of the park. We’ve dug up the most engaging posts from the past week across all of the MLB and here they are.
1. Milwaukee Brewers
Date Posted: May 1st, 2013
This post was 11.40 times more engaging than their average with 6.3K Likes and 145 Comments.
High Paw!
2. Los Angeles Dodgers
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2013
This post was 8.64 times more engaging than their average with 78.2K Likes and 1.8K Comments.
Suuhhhhwing.
3. New York Mets
Date Posted: May 6th, 2013
This post was 7.44 times more engaging than their average with 9.4K Likes and 465 Comments.
Happy Belated Birthday to Baseball Hall of Famer Willie Mays!
4. San Diego Padres
Date Posted: May 3rd, 2013
This post was 5.92 times more engaging than their average with 10.9k Likes and 313 Comments.
Boom.
5. MLB
Date Posted: May 4th, 2013
This post was 5.01 times more engaging than their average with 17.1K Likes and 320 Comments.
Talk about #Natitude
Looking at the data we gathered from TrackMaven about the MLB teams on Facebook showed us how they aren’t striking out on this channel. With the extremely active pages packed with likes, visuals, and comments, the entire MLB is well-versed in the Facebook field.
Didn’t see your team up here and/or interested in knowing something noteworthy? Give me a shout (@sabelharris), bark at Maven (@TrackMavenApp), or comment below!
