Lionel Messi is the player with the most coverage on the Internet in many countries in 2023.
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| Messi has widespread coverage. Photo: Fbref . |
The Fbref page statistics the most searched and viewed players online in the past 12 months. It’s no surprise that Messi comes out on top. M10 is the most followed player in America. Not only that, he ranked first in all 50 states.
Messi is also the athlete with the most coverage in 13 other countries including: Turkey, Canada, Italy, Belgium, Sweden, Netherlands, Egypt, China, India, Germany, South Africa, Ghana and of course Argentina .
Meanwhile, Cristiano Ronaldo’s coverage is not much. England is only ranked first in Portugal. This is quite surprising when Bolavip previously confirmed that Ronaldo was the most searched athlete in 2023 on Google.
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| All 50 US states follow Messi. |
Strangely enough, former Real Madrid star Guti is the most followed player in Colombia, while Neymar is top in Brazil, Kylian Mbappe in France and Vinicius Junior in Spain.
Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo is the most surprising name. UK has extensive coverage in England, Scotland, Wales, Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. This midfielder created the most thrilling story of the summer transfer window when he “turned over” Liverpool to join Chelsea.
“The Kop” seemed to have won the race to sign Caiceo, but was defeated by “The Blues” for a British record fee of 115 million pounds. However, the Ecuadorian midfielder has not met expectations from the beginning of the season.
The football teams with the most followers by country are River Plate in Argentina, Liverpool in Hungry, Arsenal in Japan and the Netherlands. Man United continue to dominate most of the UK. India and China also have a large number of fans of the “Red Devils”.
