Top 1000 Facebook Pages: Summary of Categories
September 5, 2008
Summary of the top 1000 Facebook Pages ranked by size on September 2, 2008. A few observations:
- musicians captured 1/4 of the top 1000 pages
- tv shows, film, and actors took another 1/4
- all brand names comprise another 1/4
- the remaining 1/4 are made up of a few dozen other categories including politicians, other celebs, sports teams, and random fan pages like chocolate, tattoos, and summer
Looking at the detail charts, a few other random observations:
- only 18 brand names made it into the top 100 pages
- Michelle Obama, a lawyer, is ranked as the 5th most popular politician on Facebook
- vodka, red flavour pringles, and Spider Pig are each more popular than John McCain
| Facebook Pages: Summary of Categories | |||
| Top 1000 Pages Ranked by # of Fans | |||
| 02-Sep-08 | |||
| Page Category | Pages | Fans | Avg # Fans |
| Musician | 252 | 30,970,642 | 122,899 |
| TV Show | 126 | 13,660,772 | 108,419 |
| Film | 96 | 9,832,186 | 102,419 |
| Other Public Figure | 79 | 7,868,008 | 99,595 |
| Food and Beverage | 67 | 6,285,075 | 93,807 |
| Actor | 57 | 4,903,207 | 86,021 |
| Products | 52 | 6,027,760 | 115,918 |
| Comedian | 37 | 3,907,230 | 105,601 |
| Other Business | 32 | 2,875,201 | 89,850 |
| Athlete | 31 | 4,854,531 | 156,598 |
| Game | 21 | 1,349,243 | 64,250 |
| Fashion | 20 | 2,140,543 | 107,027 |
| Sports Team | 16 | 1,093,375 | 68,336 |
| Sports / Athletics | 13 | 1,696,337 | 130,487 |
| Technology Product / Service | 11 | 1,561,169 | 141,924 |
| Consumer Product | 10 | 979,041 | 97,904 |
| Non-Profit | 10 | 578,394 | 57,839 |
| Politician | 9 | 2,537,562 | 281,951 |
| Restaurant | 9 | 625,302 | 69,478 |
| Communications | 7 | 521,486 | 74,498 |
| Automotive | 6 | 633,533 | 105,589 |
| Cafe | 4 | 346,448 | 86,612 |
| Professional Service | 3 | 197,016 | 65,672 |
| Religious Center | 3 | 189,459 | 63,153 |
| Writer | 3 | 231,928 | 77,309 |
| Club | 2 | 177,507 | 88,754 |
| Critic | 2 | 160,626 | 80,313 |
| Model | 2 | 116,943 | 58,472 |
| Museum / Attraction | 2 | 120,846 | 60,423 |
| Pharmaceutical | 2 | 269,433 | 134,717 |
| Retail | 2 | 141,971 | 70,986 |
| Travel | 2 | 249,363 | 124,682 |
| Visual Artist | 2 | 108,524 | 54,262 |
| Website | 2 | 396,392 | 198,196 |
| Airline / Ship / Train Station | 1 | 43,888 | 43,888 |
| Financial Service | 1 | 50,966 | 50,966 |
| Grocery | 1 | 48,999 | 48,999 |
| Online Store | 1 | 112,937 | 112,937 |
| Park | 1 | 135,902 | 135,902 |
| Religious Organization | 1 | 58,831 | 58,831 |
| Technology and Telecommunications Service | 1 | 95,728 | 95,728 |
| Travel Service | 1 | 52,690 | 52,690 |
