Manchester United dominate FanTribe's fanbase as 14 Premier League clubs await a first registered fan

United out in front

FanTribe's fan-registration data shows a familiar hierarchy at the top of the club leaderboard:

• Manchester United — 56 registered fans
• Arsenal — 34
• Chelsea — 25
• Manchester City — 17
• Liverpool — 16

The lead is emphatic. United's 56 registered fans outstrip Arsenal and Liverpool combined (50), and no other Premier League club on the platform has more than a single registered fan.

Support does not follow the table

According to the Premier League table, Manchester City have set the early pace with two wins from two, six goals scored and two conceded — yet their 17 registered fans amount to fewer than a third of United's total. United, 16th after losing their only match so far without scoring, remain the platform's best-supported club.

Arsenal pair the second-largest fanbase with a winning start of three goals scored and none conceded, while Chelsea were also winners of their sole fixture. Liverpool, unbeaten on two points from two draws, sit 11th in the table but fifth in the fan charts.

Tottenham Hotspur are the curious case: the only top-flight club outside that leading group with any registered support at all — precisely one fan — and, according to the Premier League table, they prop up the division with no points and no goals from two matches.

The growth gap

The most striking numbers are the blanks. Fourteen of the 20 top-flight clubs have yet to attract a single registered fan, including every side currently placed second to fifth: Hull City (second, six points), Newcastle United (third), Everton (fourth) and Brighton & Hove Albion (fifth). Brentford, Ipswich Town and Leeds United, winners of their only fixture so far, also start from zero.

For a platform built on fan engagement, that is the opportunity: early-season momentum has yet to translate into registered support across much of the division.

An East African engine

FanTribe's country leaderboard shows where the community is concentrated. Kenya leads the way with 143 registered fans, ahead of Nigeria on four, with Egypt and Tanzania on one apiece. Kenyan clubs also feature prominently in the club charts — Bandari and Gor Mahia have 22 registered fans each, and AFC Leopards 12 — underlining that the platform's growth is rooted in East Africa as its Premier League footprint expands.

The task now is to convert the loyalty of supporters at England's unrepresented clubs into registrations — and close the gap between the table and the fanbase.