article_snippet.sent: On Wednesday, Sportsmail revealed for the first time how popular each Premier League club is around the globe according to Twitter followers.
article_snippet.sent: Arsenal came out on top globally with 5.68million followers ahead of Chelsea (5.49m) and Manchester United (4.87m).
article_snippet.sent: Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are third on the list of clubs in the world with most Weibo followers .
article_snippet.sent: Barcelona have 5.4million followers on Weibo, the fourth most of Tottenham .
article_snippet.sent: Somewhat surprisingly Tottenham are the only other club Premier League club to have more followers in China than on Twitter – 1,367,140 compared with Everton.
article_snippet.sent: United, City, Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool and Tottenham, feature in the top 20 most followed clubs in China.
article_snippet.sent: the top 20 most followed clubs in China are first and second, with Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao – managed by Fabio Cannavaro – third and Barcelona fourth.
article_snippet.sent: Chelsea, Liverpool are 11th on the list of clubs with most followers on the Chinese microblogging site .
article_snippet.sent: Bayern Munich are 13th, Real Madrid are way down in 18th – with 81,303 less followers than Tottenham – and Paris Saint Germain in 20th.
article_snippet.sent: And such is the popularity of the Premier League, Michael Owen has a staggering 3,074,148 followers on the Chinese microblogging site which would put Michael Owen 10th in the top 20 clubs list.
highlights_snippet.sent: Both clubs have more followers on the Chinese website than Twitter .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao are the third most followed club .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Barcelona are fourth, but Real Madrid are down in 18th place .
  