The 20 brands with the most followers on Google Plus

Editor’s note: This article was first published in December 2011, as a snapshot from late December 2011: Google Plus had about 63 million users, Facebook more than 800 million, and brand pages had existed for about six weeks. Google+ for consumers was shut down in April 2019.

Which brands are winning the race for followers on the new social network Google Plus? ZoomSphere has published statistics for the brand ranking, though not for prominent individuals. Even so, we know that only 3 people have managed to pass one million followers on Google Plus.

Those 3 people are Britney Spears, Larry Page and Snoop Dogg. Of course, we have to bear in mind that the network currently has only 63 million users, far short of Facebook’s more than 800 million. As for brands, the figures aren’t bad at all, considering that pages for company brands have only been available for about six weeks. Here is the ranking:

1. Android – 289,000
2. Coldplay – 180,000
3. Mashable – 179,000
4. H&M – 166,000
5. Train – 160,000
6. The All-American Rejects – 158,000
7. Marvel – 157,000
8. Linkin Park – 156,000
9. Pearl Jam – 152,000
10. Sugarland – 148,000
11. The New York Times – 139,000
12. Breaking News – 131,000
13. TechCrunch – 129,000
14. Google Chrome – 129,000
15. Anderson Cooper 360 – 118,000
16. Amazon.com – 118,000
17. Dell – 117,000
18. Google+ – 115,000
19. Good Morning America – 115,000
20. ESPN – 103,000

Ranking via TechCrunch

Featured image: Marcin Mycielski, European Parliament ( Stansfield ), CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.