Pro Kabaddi League 2017 Season 5: Teams social media rankings on Facebook revealed

The fifth edition of the Pro Kabaddi League is the biggest tournament of its kind in the history of Indian sport, featuring 12 franchises from 11 states across the country contesting across a time period of three months. From the previous editions, four new teams from Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh were added to the existing pool of eight from Delhi, Jaipur, Patna, Kolkata, Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Mumbai and Pune.

With the season approaching one month of completion, let's take a look at which teams have dominated Facebook in the last four weeks. Using official data made available exclusively to Sportskeeda, we can determine which team can claim to be the most popular team in the league and leads the charts in terms of voice share!

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#12 UP Yoddha

The newly formed side from Lucknow sit at the bottom of the pile in this list. Currently, they are playing in their home leg and have recorded four defeats in their last four games. Their Facebook page has a little over 71,000 likes and in the last month, they have recorded the least interactions at approximately 85,000, with their voice share among the 12 teams sitting 2%.

#11 Tamil Thalaivas

The Yoddha are followed by another newbie from Zone B, this time from Chennai. The Thalaivas too have had a slow start to the season and have nearly 95,000 likes on their official Facebook page. Their voice share sits at 2% as well, with a little over one lakh interactions.

#10 Bengal Warriors

Next up are the Warriors from Kolkata, who are performing well on the mat but on Facebook, they are yet to catch up with the most of the pack. Out of the 12 teams, they have made the least posts on their page (73), which has a whopping 5.6 lakh likes. Their voice share stands at 3%, with a little over 1.6 lakh interactions on the page.

#9 Dabang Delhi

The Eagles have won just two games this season so far. However, the became the first team in the league to break the one million likes mark on their Facebook page. But in terms of interaction, they sit in the bottom half of the table, with 1.73 lakh interactions so far in the last month and a 3% of the total voice share.

#8 Jaipur Pink Panthers

Moving up, next in list are the Jaipur Pink Panthers, who command a 4% share in the total activity generated by the teams on Facebook. Their Facebook page has a massive following of over 6.7 lakh people and in the last month, they have generated 1.85 lakh interactions, putting them in eighth place.

#7 Telugu Titans

The Men in Yellow had a home leg to forget in the opening week of the new season and in the Facebook activity rankings, they sit in seventh place. In the last month, they have generated 3.19 lakh interactions on the Facebook page, which gives them 6% of the total share in the voice traffic of the 12 teams.

#6 Puneri Paltan

Coming to the top half of the standings, it is the side from Pune that sits in sixth place. They have enjoyed a solid start to the season and have been doing well on the social media front as well. They command a voice share of 8% among the 12 teams over the last month and have generated a total of 3.97 lakh interactions.

#5 U Mumba

Slightly above them are Season 2 champions U Mumba, who sit at 3.99 lakh interactions. They too have an 8% voice share on Facebook, with their page approaching nearly 8 lakh followers on the suite.

#4 Haryana Steelers

In fourth place, it's a new side that has been making the right kind of noises on the mat and on Facebook as well. The Zone A giants have a 10% voice share among the 12 teams and despite being a new team, they have generated nearly 5 lakh interactions on their Facebook posts in the last month.

#3 Patna Pirates

The double-defending champions have had a fine start to the season and when it comes to Facebook, they sit in third place in the popularity charts. Over the last month, the Pirates have managed nearly 6.6 lakh interactions on the Facebook posts, giving them a whopping 13% of the total voice share among the 12 sides.

#2 Bengaluru Bulls

The Bulls may have endured a difficult start to the season, they are dominating the social media rankings and sit in second place on the Facebook charts. They have managed to secure a mammoth 21% of the total share of voice, with over 10 lakh interactions on their page's posts in the last month.

#1 Gujarat Fortunegiants

They have been the most dominant team on the mat and on Facebook, it's the Fortunegiants who take the cake as well. Despite being a new entrant to the competition, their Facebook presence is second to none and has seen them register over 11 lakh interactions on their page's posts. Among the 12 teams, they accord over one-fifth of the total share of voice over the last month.