1. TOP NIGERIAN
BRANDS ON
FACEBOOK &
TWITTER
(JUNE 2012)

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................... 3
2 THE OVERALL TOP TEN ........................................................................................................ 4
3 TOP CONSUMER GOODS ............................................................................................................. 5
4 TOP PUBLICATIONS ................................................................................................................ 6
5 TOP RADIO STATIONS ............................................................................................................ 7
6 TOP NOLLYWOOD ACTOR/ACTRESSES ............................................................................. 8
6.1 ACTRESSES................................................................................................................................ 8
6.2 ACTORS .................................................................................................................................... 9
7 TOP MUSICIANS MALE/FEMALE ....................................................................................... 10
7.1 MUSIC (MALE) ......................................................................................................................... 10
7.2 MUSIC (FEMALE) ..................................................................................................................... 11
8 TOP PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS.......................................................................................... 12
9 TOP BANKS.............................................................................................................................. 13
10 ABOUT US ................................................................................................................................ 14
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3. 1 Introduction
The Top Ten covers the following categories
 Overall Top 10
 Consumer Goods
 Publications
 Radio Stations
 Music, Male & Female
 Public Office holders
 Nollywood actors & actresses
 Banks
Measurement:
 ‘Success’ is based on the number of ‘Likes’ and ‘Followers’ a brand has.
 We have looked solely at the official Nigerian page of the brands.
 The figures we have here were accurate as of 29th June 2012.
Note:
This is based on our own manual search of Facebook & Twitter pages. If you have any
brands you think we have missed; a category you think we should be considering or if
you simply have any comments you would like to share, please email us at
info@playhousecomm.com .
This month we have included The Overall Top 10 in our list, The Overall Top 10 is a list
of the best performing Nigerian brands on Facebook and Twitter.
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4. 2 The Overall Top Ten
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 MTN NIGERIA 634,487
2 BEAT FM 376,524
3 VANGUARD 304,461
4 GT BANK 246,267
5 COOL FM 237,946
6 DAILY TRUST 189,748
7 ALWAYS 162,868
8 STAR LAGER 111,706
9 WAZOBIA FM 110,319
10 SAHARA REPORTERS 105,377
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 NIGERIA NEWS DESK 175,386
2 MTN NIGERIA 130,521
3 CHANNELS TV 115,040
4 VANGUARD 101,277
5 PUNCH 75,824
6 SAHARA REPORTERS 73,184
7 BEAT FM 70,662
8 COOL FM 40,950
9 THISDAY LIVE 38,926
10 GUARDIAN 37,104
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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5. 3 Top Consumer Goods
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ MTN 634,487
2 2 ˃ ALWAYS 162,868
3 3 ˃ STAR LAGER 111,706
5 4 ˃ MTV BASE 102,520
4 5 ˃ SPRITE NIGERIA 102,412
10 6 ˃ ETISALAT 94,257
6 7 ˃ SAMSUNG NIGERIA 78,720
7 8 ˃ TAJ HAIR 71,935
8 9 ˃ GLO 71,907
9 10 ˃ GUINNESS VIP 66,433
TWITTER NO FO FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ MTN 130,521
3 2 ˄ ETISALAT 24,730
4 3 ˄ GLO 9,376
6 4 ˄ AIRTEL NIGERIA 4,259
5 5 N HENNESSY NIGERIA 1,627
6 N SAMSUNG NIGERIA 1,409
8 7 ˄ DANGOTE GROUP 1,109
8 N MALTINA 593
9 N VISAFONE 446
10 N INDOMIE NG 131
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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6. 4 Top Publications
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ VANGUARD 304,461
2 2 ˃ DAILY TRUST 189,748
3 3 ˃ SAHARA REPORTERS 105,377
4 4 ˃ PUNCH 100,326
5 5 ˃ TRIBUNE 54,019
6 6 ˃ THISDAY LIVE 49,189
7 7 ˃ LEADERSHIP 30,752
8 8 ˃ PM NEWS 20,236
9 9 ˃ DAILY TIMES 10,791
10 10 ˃ THE SUN 10,423
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 ˃ NIGERIA NEWS DESK 175,386
1 2 ˃ VANGUARD 101,277
2 3 ˃ PUNCH 75,824
3 4 ˃ SAHARA REPORTERS 73,184
4 5 ˃ THISDAY LIVE 38,926
5 6 ˃ GUARDIAN 37,104
6 7 ˃ DAILY TRUST 31,492
7 8 ˃ PM NEWS 25,314
8 9 ˃ LEADERSHIP 15,788
9 10 ˃ DAILY TIMES 11,876
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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7. 5 Top Radio Stations
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ BEAT FM 376,524
2 2 ˃ COOL FM 237,946
3 3 ˃ WAZOBIA FM 110,319
4 4 ˃ SPLASH FM 33,891
5 5 ˃ BRILA FM 30,577
6 6 ˃ RAINBOW FM 14,053
7 7 ˃ CLASSIC FM 11,666
8 8 ˃ RHYTHM 93.7 10,977
9 9 ˃ RADIO CONTINENTAL 9,457
10 10 ˃ NAIJA FM 4,376
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ BEAT FM 70,662
2 2 ˃ COOL FM 40,950
3 3 ˃ RHYTHM 27,623
4 4 ˃ WAZOBIA FM 12,704
5 5 ˃ BRILA FM 10,447
6 6 ˃ SPLASH 7,219
7 7 ˃ CLASSIC FM 3,648
8 8 ˃ NAIJA FM 4,521
9 9 ˃ RAINBOW FM 2,661
10 10 ˃ RADIO CONTINENTAL 501
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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8. 6 Top Nollywood Actor/Actresses
6.1 Actresses
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ OMOTOLA JOLADE 708,886
2 2 ˃ STEPHANIE OKEREKE 467,644
3 3 ˃ TONTO DIKE 282,643
4 4 ˃ INI EDO 237,595
5 5 ˃ FUNKE JENIFA AKINDELE 148,123
6 6 ˃ MERCY JOHNSON 116,186
7 7 ˃ CHIKA IKE 102,401
8 8 ˃ OGE OKOYE 101,687
9 9 ˃ KATE HENSHAW 33,870
10 10 ˃ GENEVIEVE NNAJI 30,946
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ GENEVIEVE NNAJI 155,718
2 2 ˃ OMOTOLA JOLADE 62,698
3 3 ˃ FUNKE AKINDELE 67,804
4 4 ˃ RITA DOMINIC 61,331
5 5 ˃ UCHE JOMBO 46,682
6 6 ˃ INI EDO 37,907
7 7 ˃ MERCY JOHNSON 34,790
8 8 ˃ STEPHANIE OKEREKE 19,880
9 9 ˃ CHIOMA CHUKWUKA 15,879
10 10 ˃ CHIKA IKE 15,577
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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9. 6.2 Actors
FACEBOOK NO OF FRIENDS
1 1 ˃ FEMI BRANCH 5,372
3 2 ˄ JETA AMATA 5,300
4 3 ˄ LANCELOT IMASUEN 5,208
6 4 ˄ TONY UMEZ 5,135
2 5 ˅ YEMI BLAQ 5,087
9 6 ˄ CHIDI MOKEME 5,059
10 7 ˄ NKEM OWOH 5,022
7 8 ˅ JIM IYKE 4,965
5 9 ˅ RAMSEY NOAH 4,834
8 10 ˅ SAINT OBI 4,803
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ CHIDI MOKEME 21,991
2 2 ˃ JIM IYKE 15,432
3 3 ˃ NKEM OWOH 14,480
4 4 ˃ RMD 12,222
5 5 ˃ RAMSEY NOAH 2,666
6 6 ˃ YEMI BLAQ 2,636
7 7 ˃ FEMI BRANCH 1,021
8 8 ˃ JETA AMATA 686
9 9 ˃ FRED AMATA 219
10 10 ˃ SAINT OBI 104
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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10. 7 Top Musicians Male/Female
7.1 Music (male)
FACEBOOK
MUSIC MALES NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ D BANJ 523,341
2 2 ˃ DON JAZZY 463,539
10 3 ˄ MI 432,117
3 4 ˅ TERRY G 355,758
6 5 ˄ WIZKID 315,007
4 6 ˅ DAREY ART ALADE 296,986
5 7 ˅ BANKY W 294,249
7 8 ˅ WANDE COAL 294,210
9 9 ˃ ICE PRINCE 290,024
8 10 ˅ NAETO C 273,818
TWITTER
MUSIC MALES NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1˃ DON JAZZY 285,392
2 2˃ WIZKID 279,621
3 3˃ D BANJ 260,958
4 4˃ BANKY W 209,995
5 5˃ MI 165,641
6 8˄ PETER P SQUARE 138,284
8 6 ˅ ELDEE 137,227
7 7 ˅ NAETO C 126,339
9 9˃ WAN DE COAL 116,319
10 10 ˃ DAREY ART ALADE 90,039
KEY position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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11. 7.2 Music (female)
MUSIC FEMALES NO OF FRIENDS
1 1 ˃ NNEKA 208,966
2 2 ˃ ASA 37,678
3 3 ˃ GOLDIE 20,396
4 4 ˃ OMAWUNMI 19,611
5 5 ˃ WAJE 13,918
6 6 ˃ TIWA SAVAGE 13,396
7 7 ˃ SASHA P 5,290
8 8 ˃ FRAGRANCE 4,597
9 9 ˃ BOUQUI 4,449
10 10 ˃ MOCHEDDAH 3,837
MUSIC FEMALES NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ TIWA SAVAGE 130,745
2 2 ˃ MOCHEDDAH 65,188
3 3 ˃ OMAWUMI 54,507
4 4 ˃ ASA 42,541
5 5 ˃ WAJE 38,933
7 6 ˄ SASHA P 32,507
6 7 ˅ MUNA ABII 30,174
8 8 ˃ EVA ALORDIAH 25,238
9 9 ˃ NNEKA 17,908
10 10 ˃ GOLDIE 17,866
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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12. 8 Top Public office holders
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ GOODLUCK JONATHAN 724,509
2 2 ˃ NUHU RIBADU 194,797
3 3 ˃ PAT UTOMI 173,397
4 4 ˃ BABATUNDE FASHOLA 171,784
5 5 ˃ NASIR EL RUFAI 121,125
6 6 ˃ BIKOLA SARAKI 38,277
7 7 ˃ DONALD DUKE 15,760
8 8 ˃ EMMANUEL UDUAGHAN 15,618
9 9 ˃ OKONJO IWEALA 13,774
10 10 ˃ DIMEJI BANKOLE 9,422
TWITTER NO OF FOLLOWERS
1 1 ˃ NASIR EL RUFAI 90,412
2 2 ˃ BABATUNDE FASHOLA 66,467
3 3 ˃ DELE MOMODU 47,117
4 4 ˃ GOODLUCK JONATHAN 37,787
5 5 ˃ NUHU RIBADU 24,977
6 6 ˃ PAT UTOMI 17,228
7 7 ˃ BUKOLA SARAKI 12,601
8 8 ˃ BOLAJI ABDULLAHI 6,016
9 9 ˃ SEGUN MIMIKO 2,127
10 10 ˃ LIYEL IMOKE 1,674
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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13. 9 Top Banks
FACEBOOK NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ GT BANK 246,267
2 2 ˃ FIRST BANK 84,465
3 3 ˃ ACCESS BANK 32,902
4 4 ˃ UBA 30,268
5 5 ˃ WEMA BANK 23,570
6 6 ˃ DIAMOND BANK 14,653
7 7 ˃ UNITY BANK 2,447
8 8 ˃ FIDELITY BANK 2,157
9 9 ˃ KEYSTONE BANK(PHB) 1,420
10 10 ˃ ZENITH BANK 898
TWITTER NO OF LIKES
1 1 ˃ GT BANK 16,467
2 2 ˃ FIRST BANK 5,099
3 3 ˃ ACCESS BANK 2,177
4 4 ˃ SKYE BANK 1,594
5 5 ˃ ZENITH BANK 1,563
6 6 ˃ WEMA BANK 1,409
7 7 ˃ UBA 1,353
8 8 ˃ DIAMOND 621
10 9 ˄ FIDELITY BANK 342
9 10 ˅ UNION BANK 30
KEY – position last month
Position this month
N – New entry
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14. 10 About Us
About Playhouse Communication Ltd
Playhouse is a full service digital advertising agency. If you would like to find out more,
visit our website at www.playhousecomm.com, ‘like’ us on Facebook at
www.facebook.com/playhousecomm, email us at info@playhousecomm.com or call us
on +234 (0)13205232.
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