The Indian Premier League is not just an ordinary cricket tournament. The biggest cricket league of the globe is a festival that brings millions of cricket fans together to cheer for their favorite team.
Since its inception in 2008, various IL franchises have built a very strong base of followers who keep standing beside their team no matter the time and situation. These factors always bring a peculiar question in every cricket lover’s mind – Which IPL team has the biggest fan base?
Though it is practically impossible to find out the exact fan base of every IPL team and rank them, we will be taking a look a the top four IPL teams that have the biggest fan base.
The Top 4 IPL Teams with the Biggest Fan Base
Chennai Super Kings – 41 million+ followers
Led by the one and only Mahendra Singh Dhoni for a quite long period, Chennai Super Kings is one of the most loved and admired IPL franchises. Studded with juggernauts like Ravindra Jadeja and Ruturaj Gaikwad, CSK is also one of the most successful IPL sides of all time, winning the prestigious trophy five times (2010, 2011, 2018, 2021, 2023).
Often regarded as the ‘Whistle Podu army’, the CSK fans always stood by their side especially in their hard times during the team’s suspension in 2016 and 2017.
Social media followers of CSK:
Facebook – 14 million followers
Instagram – 16.6 million followers
Twitter – 10.7 million followers
Home ground: Chepauk Stadium, Chennai.
Mumbai Indians – 37 million+ followers
Another powerhouse of the IPL arena, Mumbai Indians (MI) is one of the franchises that enjoys an enormous fanbase. With five IPL titles in their trophy cabinet, MI are the joint most IL title winners alongside CSK. Having the Indian cricket team captain Rohit Sharma as their torch bearer, the Mumbai-based IL team would be eager to make a bounceback in IL 2025.
Social media followers of MI:
Facebook – 14 million followers
Instagram – 15 million followers
Twitter – 8 million followers
Home ground: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai.
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 33 million+ followers
Despite having no IL titles, RCB boasts one of the most passionate and emotionally attached fan bases in cricket history. The loyalty of their fans stands unparalleled. No matter the number of IL titles, RCB always enters as the hot favorites every IPL season riding high on the shoulders of their die-hard fans, who keep standing beside their team through heartbreaks, collapses, and near-misses.
The famous slogan “Ee Sala Cup Namde” which means “this year the cup will be ours” is far more than a chant. It is a symbol of hope, belief, and love that every RCBian showers on his team.
Social media followers of RCB:
Facebook – 10 million followers
Instagram – 16 million followers
Twitter – 7 million+ followers
Home ground: M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru.
Kolkata Knight Riders: 28 million+ followers
Co-owned by the Bollywood star Shahrukh Khan, KKR is one of the IPL teams that enjoys a massive chunk of fan base all across the globe. Despite their dismal performances in the starting years of IPL, the fans stood firmly by their side and it was the result of the support and well wishes of their fans that KKR got their first IL title in 2012.
Since then, the Kolkata-based IPL team never looked back, scoring two more titles in 2014 and 2024 respectively. Their tagline “Korbo, Lorbo, Jeetbo re” ( meaning – we work, we fight, we win) is one of the most famous slogans of any IPL side.
Social media followers of KKR:
Facebook – 17 million followers
Instagram – 6 million+ followers
Twitter – 5 million+ followers
Home ground: Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
The answer to which IPL team has the biggest fan base? Completely depends on how you measure it. Each of the IPL teams has carved a unique and strong fan base for themselves. Though the popularity of any IPL team can not be defined by their social media followers or stadium attendance, still it gives us a good estimate of their craze amongst the cricket fraternity.
As the IPL 2025 looms on the horizon, every cricket fan is geared up to stand side to side beside their favorite team as they battle for the prestigious IPL trophy.
