- New research by Gambling.com reveals which NBA fanbases made the most noise online during the 2022/23 season.
- Los Angeles Lakers fans take the crown for ‘The Most Vocal Fans in the NBA’ by making their voice heard the most on social media with 465,243 posts with the hashtag #LakeShow.
- The Golden State Warriors have the second most vocal NBA Fans with 367,926 posts containing #DubNation and Dallas Mavericks fans place third with 319,317 posts with the hashtag #MFFL.
Basketball fans are notorious for being loud, both in the stadiums and on social media, and with more and more fans taking to social media every day to show their support for their team, have you ever wondered which NBA teams have the most vocal fans online?
To discover this, the team at Gambling.com utilized the social listening tool Linkfluence to analyze social media data for every fanbase in the NBA by looking at the number of posts that had been made using their team’s unique slogan and ranked them in order of most to least vocal:
The following table ranks every fanbase in the NBA from most to least vocal online:
Rank
Team
Hashtag
Number of Posts
Positive
Negative
1
#LakeShow
465,243
22.70%
7.67%
2
Golden State Warriors
#DubNation
367,926
24.40%
8.66%
3
Dallas Mavericks
#MFFL
319,317
21.40%
6.91%
4
Cleveland Cavaliers
#LetEmKnow
239,392
17.40%
3.49%
5
Chicago Bulls
#BullsNation
138,400
17.30%
6.30%
6
Portland Trail Blazers
#RipCity
125,127
16.00%
4.12%
7
Houston Rockets
#Rockets
115,787
15.50%
9.13%
8
Brooklyn Nets
#NetsWorld
109,344
20.10%
8.63%
9
New York Knicks
#NewYorkForever
103,607
18.80%
7.54%
10
Boston Celtics
#BleedGreen
101,276
15.00%
5.38%
11
New Orleans Pelicans
#Pelicans
94,189
13.40%
6.35%
12
Miami Heat
#HeatCulture
86,904
16.50%
6.07%
13
Utah Jazz
#TakeNote
85,071
16.20%
3.87%
14
Detroit Pistons
#Pistons
81,111
14.20%
10.10%
15
Toronto Raptors
#WeTheNorth
72,588
18.70%
6.43%
16
Los Angeles Clippers
#ClipperNation
71,660
25.90%
5.39%
17
Memphis Grizzlies
#BigMemphis
68,645
14.00%
4.75%
18
Milwaukee Bucks
#FearTheDeer
68,503
14.40%
8.73%
19
Phoenix Suns
#WeAreTheValley
59,602
14.60%
3.40%
20
Washington Wizards
#DCAboveAll
54,400
11.10%
5.18%
21
Denver Nuggets
#MileHighBasketball
54,203
13.20%
4.75%
22
San Antonio Spurs
#PorVida
48,688
16.30%
3.93%
23
Philadelphia 76ers
#BrotherlyLove
46,745
17.40%
6.10%
24
Oklahoma City Thunder
#ThunderUp
44,006
14.40%
4.69%
25
Sacramento Kings
#SacramentoProud
39,717
20.30%
6.06%
26
Minnesota Timberwolves
#RaisedByWolves
39,649
19.20%
5.62%
27
Orlando Magic
#MagicTogether
38,723
16.50%
6.79%
28
Atlanta Hawks
#TrueToAtlanta
30,859
13.30%
6.90%
29
Charlotte Hornets
#LetsFly
28,693
17.00%
5.53%
30
Indiana Pacers
#BoomBaby
12,175
13.80%
4.25%
Taking top spot are the Los Angeles Lakers as their fans have won this ranking by a landslide. Lakers fans have taken to social media a staggering 465,243 times using their team hashtag ‘#LakeShow’. The Golden State Warriors are next up as they find themselves second with 367,926 posts using their famous slogan ‘#DubNation’, and the Dallas Mavericks are in third with 319,317 posts that mention ‘#MFFL’.
Indiana Pacers fans came bottom of the leaderboard with just 12,175 posts mentioning their team specific hashtag ‘#BoomBaby’, followed by the Hornets with 28,693 posts and the Hawks with 30,859.
However, the Los Angeles Clippers had the most positive fans throughout the season with 25.90% of posts containing the hashtag ‘#ClipperNation’ being positive, and the title of most negative fans in the NBA goes to the Detroit Pistons fanbase, with 10.10% of posts containing the hashtag ‘#Pistons’ being negative.
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