No real surprise that Facebook is number one (they have a bit of an advantage), but it might be a surprise that you need more than 800,000 fans to make the top 50 list for 2009. It also might surprise you that Victoria's Secret and Wrigley (the candy company) both hold two of the coveted top 25 spots--Wrigley owns both Skittles and Starburst. Apple and Microsoft are locked in a very close battle near the #10 spot, with Live Messenger battling iTunes. And those strange little candies, Ferrero Rocher, are doing shockingly well, coming in at #12. Take a look and then tell me: What surprised you?
1-http://www.facebook.com/facebook
2-http://www.facebook.com/Starbucks
3-http://www.facebook.com/cocacola
4-http://www.facebook.com/youtube
5-http://www.facebook.com/skittles
6-http://www.facebook.com/Disney
7-http://www.facebook.com/oreo
8-http://www.facebook.com/Pringles
9-http://www.facebook.com/iTunes
10-http://www.facebook.com/BigPrize
11-http://www.facebook.com/LiveMessenger
12-http://www.facebook.com/FerreroRocher
13-http://www.facebook.com/victoriassecret
14-http://www.facebook.com/adidasoriginals
15-http://www.facebook.com/redbull
16-http://www.facebook.com/playfish
17-http://www.facebook.com/nba
18-http://www.facebook.com/Zara
19-http://www.facebook.com/vspink
20-http://www.facebook.com/McDonalds
21-http://www.facebook.com/starburst
22-http://www.facebook.com/hm
23-http://www.facebook.com/reeses
24-http://www.facebook.com/applestudents
25-http://www.facebook.com/Frappuccino
26-http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kisses/35152599010
27-http://www.facebook.com/Puma
28-http://www.facebook.com/Subway365
29-http://www.facebook.com/ChickfilA
30-http://www.facebook.com/KrispyKreme
31-http://www.facebook.com/Lacoste
32-http://www.facebook.com/MTV
33-http://www.facebook.com/Slurpee
34-http://www.facebook.com/kelloggspoptarts
35-http://www.facebook.com/vitaminwater
36-http://www.facebook.com/Disneyland
37-http://www.facebook.com/PizzaHut
38-http://www.facebook.com/bestbuy
39-http://www.facebook.com/ChaseCommunityGiving
40-http://www.facebook.com/DunkinDonuts
41-http://www.facebook.com/BuffaloWildWings
42-http://www.facebook.com/BreastCancerAwareness
43-http://www.facebook.com/benjerry
44-http://www.facebook.com/DrPepper
45-http://www.facebook.com/DippinDots
46-http://www.facebook.com/kohls
47-http://www.facebook.com/DisneyPixar
48-http://www.facebook.com/5Gum
49-http://www.facebook.com/ducktape
50-http://www.facebook.com/verizon
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http://facebook.com/w3forum How to Grow Yours
A quick look at the list suggests a few ways to grow massive followings on Facebook. You can either:
Be a deeply loved brand (like Coke);
Be a quirky brand (like Duck Tape);
Have the luxury of having taken over a fan-created page that did well (like Kisses); and/or
Heavily market your page (as Skittles and Kohl's, among others, have done).
Clearly, no amount of marketing can get you fans if you don't have a good and faithful following, but some of the top 50 are not among the world's favorite brands. And some of the world's favorite brands haven't put the dollars and/or the creativity around growing fans that the top 50 have.
If you want to catch them, it won't be easy. In the three days that it took me to write this post, some of the pages added 100,000 new fans, and most added at least 3,000. Eight brands moved up the chart in that short time, including Pop-Tarts and Dunkin' Donuts, both of which jumped three spots.
Add to their size advantage my suspicion that it will get slightly harder to get new fans in 2010 as "news feed saturation" starts to wear on people. But these pages have a huge head start in the battle to convert Facebook fandom into marketing success.
Questions for you
What brand were you most surprised to see in the top 50?
What brand were you most surprised wasn't in the top 50?
