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Revealed! The Most Hated Premier League Team On Twitter

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1 year ago

July 18, 2023

Football is undoubtedly at the heart of Twitter, and in the midst of the summer transfers, fans have been quick to support their teams. However, unfortunately Twitter has also become a network used to display abuse and hate towards teams and players.

Interested to uncover the teams that received the most abuse on Twitter in the 22/23 season, the experts at SeatPick took to Twitter to carry out a sentiment analysis research task, analysing all tweets mentioning each 22/23 Premier League team’s main Twitter account. Then creating a total score out of 10, by analysing swear words and negative tweets towards the team.

Highlights from the research:

Tottenham Hotspur received the most abuse on Twitter throughout the 22/23 season, with a score of 9.5/10.
Leeds United places second with a score of 8.6/10.
Everton is the third team receiving the most abuse on Twitter, with a score of 8.1/10.
League winners Manchester City received the least amount of abuse on Twitter, with a score of 0.7/10, joint with Brentford.

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See full list below:

Rank	Team	Negative swear words	Average swear words per 100 comments/posts	% of negative comments/posts	Twitter abuse score (/10)
1	Tottenham Hotspur	2106	2.2	27%	9.5
2	Leeds United	1987	2	25.3%	8.6
3	Everton	2005	2	23.5%	8
4	Leicester City	943	1.7	23.6%	7.9
5	Southampton	826	1.5	22.6%	6.7
6	West Ham United	1463	1.5	21.9%	6.4
7	Manchester United	1159	1.2	23.8%	6.2
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	910	1.5	21.4%	6
9	Crystal Palace	548	1.3	21.9%	5.5
10	Chelsea	885	1	25.8%	5.2
=11	Bournemouth	448	1.2	21.5%	4.8
=12	Aston Villa	1339	1.4	20.9%	4.8
=13	Arsenal	909	1	22%	4.3
=14	Liverpool	1000	1	21.3%	3.6
=14	Nottingham Forest	1206	1.3	20.3%	3.6
16	Newcastle United	1157	1.2	20.3%	3.1
17	Brighton and Hove Albion	806	1	20.3%	2.4
18	Fulham	543	1	19.8%	2.2
=19	Brentford	328	0.8	17.9%	0.7
=19	Manchester City	703	0.7	18.2%	0.7