Jun 2, 2013

Top 50 Brands Rocking Facebook Marketing, May 2013 - Samsung Mobile Charges


It now requires more than 22.4 million fans to be part of the exclusive Top 50 brands on Facebook. The Top 25 did not see much change in rank from our April list, aside from Subway bumping Victoria’s Secret down one spot to #20.

Fast Moving Facebook Brand Pages

Samsung Mobile jumps up 7 spots to #19, gaining more than 2.16 million fans to do so. All posts this month revolved around the Galaxy S4 with a heavy emphasis on being at the Cannes Film Festival in May. Engagement, on a number of these posts, appears to be very high.
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Pepsi makes a much more impressive leap, gaining 7.14 million fans this month for a 73% fan base increase. The rise could be attributed to the possibility of winning Beyonce concert tickets, although the trend in new fans gained relative to 'People Talking About This' seems to suggest use of a tool used to generate reach.
pepsi facebook fan growth
The award for Unsung Hero this month goes to Snickers, gaining 3.9 million fans for a 66.4% increase in fan growth over the previous month. The trend experienced by Snickers this month, however, indicates use of a fan buy likely tied to the brand's release of its new Snickers Bites.  Notice the extreme plateau created in mid May.
Snickers Facebook Plateau

Fastest Growing Branded Facebook Pages

The fastest growing pages this month are:
  • Pepsi up 52 spots to #34 – grew 73%
  • Samsung Mobile up 7 spots to #25 – grew 12%
  • Sprite up 3 spots to #48 – grew 7%
  • Dove up 1 spot to #43 (still moving up after last months jump) – grew 5%

Biggest Losers

The pages that fell the most in the Top 50 this month include:
  • Down 4 spots: Zara
  • Down 3 spots: Google Chrome
  • Down 2 spots: Burberry, H7M, National Geographic, Louis Vuitton, Adidas

Top 50 Branded Fan Pages, May 2013

Current Rank (05/28/2013)
Rank by Fan Count (04/29/2013)Change in Rank Fans As of 04/29/2013 Fans As of 05/28/2013% increase
1Facebook1091,399,23692,124,0791%
2YouTube2074,028,21274,624,0111%
3Coca-Cola3064,157,79865,922,9883%
4MTV4044,796,97145,242,1491%
5Disney5043,951,36644,265,3681%
6Red Bull6037,615,20338,179,5572%
7Converse7036,376,96336,547,7170%
8Starbucks8034,409,18734,557,5380%
9Oreo9033,201,00433,397,3141%
10Playstation10032,216,83832,672,9831%
11Walmart11028,759,36929,517,0743%
12McDonalds12028,419,99528,725,0061%
13Blackberry13026,911,56027,768,2523%
14iTunes14026,251,72326,475,7651%
15Skype15025,478,65626,068,4582%
16Skittles16025,241,17725,331,4840%
17Pringles17023,561,61524,519,8214%
18Monster Energy18022,916,40923,039,4591%
19Samsung Mobile USA19022,688,02122,980,7161%
20Subway21122,010,45322,445,6582%
21Victoria's Secret20-122,216,07222,403,1271%
22Target22021,847,35421,853,7090%
23Xbox23021,469,12121,707,2901%
24adidas Originals24020,177,43820,376,2281%
Current Rank (05/28/2013)
Rank by Fan Count (04/29/2013)Change in Rank Fans As of 04/29/2013 Fans As of 05/28/2013% increase
25Samsung Mobile32717,575,05019,740,51212%
26Intel25-118,915,83319,637,7414%
27Cartoon Network27018,280,13718,701,8422%
28Nike Football28018,161,22918,647,4103%
29amazon29018,115,65818,567,3582%
30Zara26-418,317,60818,499,1611%
31Levi's30-117,903,71118,186,8402%
32Ferrero Rocher31-117,827,69617,911,5360%
33Nutella33017,344,23717,392,2950%
34Pepsi86529,727,02216,867,19273%
35Disneyland34-116,555,62716,707,4281%
36Windows Live Messenger35-116,510,85116,514,7920%
37Kit Kat36-115,367,83315,891,8533%
38Mozilla Firefox39115,146,42715,431,3272%
39Dr. Pepper38-115,193,01815,367,1871%
40Google Chrome37-315,215,64115,331,3891%
41Discovery Channel41015,049,24115,298,9822%
42Burberry40-215,113,89715,178,3710%
43Dove44114,233,78114,906,8575%
44H&M42-214,562,89514,837,1362%
45National Geographic43-214,449,61414,670,5132%
46Nickelodeon45-114,205,43814,556,4822%
47History46-113,918,57314,108,4451%
48Sprite51313,090,17614,018,4977%
49Louis Vuitton47-213,483,41813,843,7483%
50Adidas48-213,360,27413,652,5192%