With close to 40,000 locations globally, McDonald's has been a major brand in the world of fast food for decades, having been founded way back in 1940. Today, the brand boasts a social media follower base of more than 90 million users across Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter. From howtocook.recipes comes this ranking that shows the 50 fast food chains that have the most social media followers. According to the data, which includes social media following counts as of March 2022, factors in the social media followings of each brand on Twitter, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram and TikTok. When looking at the collective totals of social media followings across these five platforms, the five fast food chains with the most were found to be McDonald's (92.5 million total followers), Starbucks (66.8 million total followers), KFC (60.8 million total followers), Pizza Hut (35.6 million total followers) and Subway (27.1 million total followers).
This infographic even breaks down each individual social media platform.
Infographic by: howtocook.recipes