Lakers Top Major Pro Sports Teams With 1.

3M Twitter Followers

Most major-league pro sports team jumped onto the Twitter bandwagon in '09. Among MLB, NFL, NBA,
NHL, MLS and WNBA team Twitter accounts, the Lakers lead all clubs with 1.3 million followers through
December 15, while the NBA's Bucks have sent out the most tweets (4,464). Among the six leagues
below, the Red Bulls, Colts and Islanders were the only teams to not have official team Twitter accounts,
while the Eagles and Steelers have yet to tweet from their official team pages. Below are the top five
official team Twitter accounts for MLB, the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLS and WNBA ranked by number of
followers as of December 15. Click on each league above to see a full list of team Twitter accounts (THE
DAILY).

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MLB SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS

Phillies www.twitter.com/phillies 464,525 485
Yankees www.twitter.com/Yankees 162,050 673
Dodgers www.twitter.com/DodgertownUSA 14,618 754
Braves www.twitter.com/Braves 9,548 256
Tigers www.twitter.com/Official_Tigers 8,967 1,293
NFL SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS
Patriots www.twitter.com/realpatriots 31,386 1,085
Chargers www.twitter.com/chargers 30,120 1,732
Raiders www.twitter.com/raiders 20,000 1,505
49ers www.twitter.com/sf_49ers 19,485 1,298
Dolphins www.twitter.com/MiamiDolphins 18,183 528
NBA SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS
Lakers www.twitter.com/lakers 1,334,034 3,200
Magic www.twitter.com/orlando_magic 913,459 3,171
Cavaliers www.twitter.com/cavs 30,611 791
Bulls www.twitter.com/chicagobulls 24,919 3,886
Celtics www.twitter.com/celtics 23,817 1,209
NHL SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS
Canadiens www.twitter.com/CanadiensMTL 26,361 444
Penguins www.twitter.com/pghpenguins 25,027 755
Red Wings www.twitter.com/detroitredwings 22,288 660
Blackhawks www.twitter.com/NHLBlackhawks 18,892 680
Canucks www.twitter.com/vancanucks 17,090 574
MLS SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS
Galaxy www.twitter.com/lagalaxy 4,788 202
D.C. United www.twitter.com/dcunited 3,486 176
Fire www.twitter.com/chifiresoccer 3,084 142
Crew www.twitter.com/Columbus_Crew 2,935 146
Dynamo www.twitter.com/HoustonDynamo 2,830 153
WNBA SITE FOLLOWERS TWEETS
Sparks www.twitter.com/la_sparks 4,108 97
Liberty www.twitter.com/nyliberty 2,920 53
Mercury www.twitter.com/phoenixmercury 2,745 68
Storm www.twitter.com/seattlestorm 2,591 82
Dream www.twitter.com/AtlantaDream 2,532 60