As we prepare to roll out our upgraded statistics tools, we’re taking a look at some of the fastest growing Facebook Pages over the past week. While there are extremely popular pages that are gaining millions of fans a week, we’ve decided to focus on those Facebook Pages that have a lot of growth but are not already at the top of our Facebook page leaderboard. This week’s theme appears to be World Cup and Twilight fever!
While there were a good 10 Facebook Pages related to Twilight that showed up in the leaderboard, we decided to limit the number of Facebook Pages about the topic for this week. Later this week we’ll release our upgraded statistics tools at which point you can see the unfiltered version of fastest growing Facebook Pages at any point.
The History Channel has had an incredible week, adding over 585,000 fans in the past week alone. While we’re not sure why the television station had so much growth, we’d guess that it was the either a result of Facebook’s recommended pages feature or a large ad campaign on the site. You can go join the History Channel’s Facebook Page here. The History Channel
Thanks to the release of the new Twilight movie, Eclipse, last week, the official Eclipse Facebook Page exploded with new fans, attracting over 230,000 new fans. At this point we’d attribute all Twilight related page growth to “the Twilight effect”. You can become a fan of the Eclipse movie here. Eclipse: The Movie
Larissa Riquelme, a lingerie model, has attracted the attention of soccer fans around the world thanks to her support of the Paraguayan team. You can view her page here. Larissa Riquelme
For no particular reason that we can figure out, the official Hooters page doubled in size over the past week, adding just under 200,000 fans. You can become a fan here.Hooters
“Tosh point 0″ is the popular Comedy Central television show that highlights some of the most entertaining content from around the internet each day. You can become a fan here.Tosh.0
Adres Iniesta, the famous soccer player from the World Cup-winning Spain soccer team, has attracted hundreds of thousands of fans over the past week. You can show your support for him here. Andres Iniesta
Nicki Minaj, a well known hip-hop artist, has jumped by close to 140,000 fans in the past week. You can become a fan here.Nicki Minaj
Maya Angelou, the world famous poet, has had a great week. We’d guess that it’s a result of being added to Facebook’s recommended Pages list since we haven’t heard any news about the poet in the past week. You can become a fan here. Maya Angelou
Secret Story, a sexy French reality television show has attracted over 125,000 fans in the past week. Whether you are a fan or just want to look at “sexy” pictures, you can go become a fan here.Secret Story
Luis Fonsi, a popular Latin American artist, has added over 123,000 fans in the past week. You can go be come a fan here.Luis Fonsi
Boondocks, the popular cartoon, has added over 120,000 fans in the past week alone. You can become a fan here.The Boondocks
A.R. Rahman, the well known music artist has added over 119,000 fans in the past week. You can go become a fan here.A.R. Rahman
Cosmo the cartoon appears to be pretty popular. While I’m not sure if this is the cartoon’s official page, it added over 118,000 fans in the past week, many of which joined in the past 48 hours. You can go become a fan here.Cosmo
A rapper that I had previously not heard of, Waka Flocka Flame, has surged in popularity over the past week, adding over 118,000 fans. If you happen to enjoy his music, you can become a fan here.Waka Flocka Flame
Panda Express, the popular Chinese restaurant, has a popular Facebook Page which the company updates regularly. In the past week the company added over 117,000 fans. You can become a fan here.Panda Express
Nickelodeon, the popular kids television network, added over 117,000 fans to their fan base in the past week. You can go become a fan here. Nickelodeon
Pop artist Jason Derulo has had a good week. While I’m not sure if there was a big week for the artist’s career, he successfully added over 115,000 fans. We’d guess it was a result of Facebook’s recommended pages list. You can become a fan here.Jason Derulo
Twilight movie star Taylor Lautner can thank the “Twilight Effect” for adding over 110,000 fans this week. If you happen to be a fan of the movie star, you can go join his page here.Taylor Lautner
Religion is always a popular topic and not surprisingly Mother Mary made it to the top 20 fastest growing Pages in this week’s charts. You can go become a fan here.Mama Mary
CrowdStar, the popular Facebook game maker, has apparently begun promoting their Facebook Page this week, adding over 100,000 fans. You can become a fan here.Crowdstar
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The Hooters page doubled in size most likely due to all the attention surrounding Saturday's broadcast of the 2010 Hooters International Swimsuit Pageant on SpikeTV.
>> "For no particular reason that we can figure out, the official Hooters page doubled in size over the past week, adding just under 200,000 fans"
Comment by Kristen — July 12, 2010 @ 9:36 am
putting up website, please keep me on your list.
Comment by Jim Johnson — July 17, 2010 @ 9:42 am
Hooters had a Facebook app that allowed users to vote on the girls for the Viewers choice award and have a chance to win $10,000 in a contest. I think the app is still up to see the contestants.
Comment by John — July 20, 2010 @ 7:03 am
The Hooters page growth was actually tied to a pretty cool promotion on Facebook. Yes it did leverage the Viewer's Choice awards, and of course there was pretty good subject matter, as is Hooters general marketing advantage! The Facebook promotion has a slick "mosaic" picture that allows the user to zoom in on the Hooters girls in the Viewers Choice contest. You can see the mosaic at this link: http://bit.ly/aQtHsp. Fun application and use of technology by Facebook developer Thuzi Llc.
Comment by Art Brady — July 20, 2010 @ 7:09 am