REVEALED The Premier League clubs with the most ‘fake followers’ – from lowest to highest

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Everyone hates plastic fans, the Johnny-come-latelies, who don’t know the players names or the chants but are there for the glory.

They’re not restricted to real life either with all Premier League clubs have fake followers on Twitter.

Luckily, there are some super sleuths out there looking to shine a light on injustice and out those clubs who don’t have an authentic fanbase online.

Livefootballtickets conducted and experiment where they inserted the Twitter handle of each team into the Fake Followers Audit tool on SparkToro to find out who had the most.

This tool defines ‘fake followers’ as accounts that are unreachable because they’re spam, bots, and propaganda, or because they’re no longer active on Twitter, while an audit is a random sample of 2,000 accounts looked at with 25+ factor correlated with spam/bot/low quality activity.

But which Premier League side has the most? Find out below.

20. Wolverhampton Wanderers – Approximately 27.9 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

19. Newcastle United – Approximately 29.1 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

18. Southampton – Approximately 29.6 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

17. Leicester City – Approximately 29.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

16. West Ham United – Approximately 30.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

15. Everton – Approximately 30.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

14. Crystal Palace – Approximately 31.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

13. Fulham – Approximately 31.8 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

12. Bournemouth – Approximately 33.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

11. Watford – Approximately 33.8 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

10. Burnley – Approximately 35.6 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

9. Cardiff City – Approximately 27.9 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

8. Tottenham Hotspur – Approximately 36.3 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

7. Manchester City – Approximately 36.4 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

6. Chelsea – Approximately 36.7 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

5. Huddersfield Town – Approximately 37 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

4. Brighton and Hove Albion – Approximately 38.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

3. Arsenal – Approximately 40.5 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

2. Manchester United – Approximately 42 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake

1. Liverpool – Approximately 43.1 per cent of their followers on Twitter are fake