Raptors ranked as world's most popular basketball team in June
The Toronto Raptors' first NBA championship provided a big boost to their Instagram popularity.
Sports management company Deportes & Finanzas ranked the Raptors as the most popular basketball team in the world based on the team's 28.9 million Instagram interactions for the month of June. The Golden State Warriors were second with 24.8 million interactions.
The only non-NBA team to make the list was the Turkish club Fenerbahce.
๐ฒ๐ TOP 10 most popular basketball teams in the world ranked by total interactions on #instagram during june 2019! ๐๐ฌ
โ Deportes&Finanzasยฎ (@DeporFinanzas) July 9, 2019
1.@Raptors ๐จ๐ฆ
2.@warriors ๐บ๐ธ
3.@Bucks ๐บ๐ธ
4.@FBBasketbol ๐น๐ท
5.@nyknicks ๐บ๐ธ
6.@chicagobulls ๐บ๐ธ
7.@celtics ๐บ๐ธ
8.@Lakers ๐บ๐ธ
9.@PelicansNBA ๐บ๐ธ
10.@spurs ๐บ๐ธ pic.twitter.com/5ylacCmQUm
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