Below is a list as at 3pm on 20/1/2013 of the Afcon#2013 players with the most followers. It is interesting to note that as per my previous post, South Africa has the highest percentage of players with Twitter accounts, yet, this list shows that none of those South African players makes the Top 10. The top 10 list is dominated by Ivory Coast (4), Nigera (2), Ghana (2) and one each from Mali and Togo. The first South African is Bernard Parker in 11th place.

Only 8 of the top 20 have had their accounts verified by Twitter.

#	Twitter User (Screen name)	Country	verified	Followers	Follows	Posts
1	Victor Moses (@VictorMoses)	Nigeria	Yes	147499	57	177
2	King Emmanuel Eboue (@TheRealEboue)	CÔTE D’IVOIRE	No	143332	162	3196
3	ASAMOAH GYAN (@ASAMOAH_GYAN)	Ghana	No	141759	37	2579
4	Salomon Kalou (@Skalhuno)	CÔTE D’IVOIRE	Yes	104935	87	1676
5	Kwadwo Asamoah (@Asabob20)	Ghana	Yes	85391	22	995
6	Momo Sissoko (@sissokomomo)	Mali	Yes	76320	30	490
7	Drogba Foundation (@FondationDrogba)	CÔTE D’IVOIRE	Yes	67997	35	213
8	Emmaunel Adebayor (@E_Adebayor)	Togo	Yes	62351	0	2
9	Joseph Yobo (@JosephYobo3)	Nigeria	No	43369	39	188
10	Didier Zokora (@maestrozokora)	CÔTE D’IVOIRE	No	37111	7	208
11	Bernard Parker (@BernardParker)	South Africa	No	30793	144	445
12	Adlene GUEDIOURA (@AdleneGUEDIOURA)	Algeria	Yes	26750	284	2323
13	Derek Boateng (@BoatengDerek)	Ghana	No	22269	34	326
14	thulani serero (@sererothulani)	South Africa	Yes	19237	30	149
15	Kagisho Dikgacoi (@KGDikgacoi)	South Africa	No	15656	390	1633
16	Ikechukwu Uche (@ikeuche9)	Nigeria	No	14621	45	422
17	Itumeleng khune (@TherealItu)	South Africa	No	13056	27	262
18	Katlego Mphela (@KillerMphela)	South Africa	No	11066	3	51
19	Afcon2013 (@AFCON2013za)	South Africa	No	9671	247	600
20	Agyemang-Badu (@Badu_Agyemang)	Ghana	No	7299	26	527

Tags: afcon2013, Followers, Top 20, Twitter

Categories: Football, Social Media

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