Top 25 Facebook pages: August 2014 — Soccer stars still on the rise

Long after Germany claimed the World Cup title, soccer players and teams are rapidly growing their Facebook pages. Cristiano Ronaldo of Portugal is now the 2nd-most popular person on Facebook, trailing Shakira by roughly 8 million likes.

F.C. Barcelona, Real Madrid F.C. and Leo Messi have also seen significant gains on the PageData leaderboard. Every month, we track the top 25 pages on Facebook, in terms of the number of page likes.

Want to find out which Facebook pages have the most likes? Look below.

#	Name	Total Likes	Daily Growth	Weekly Growth
1	Facebook for Every Phone	479,731,549	+533,053	+3,710,966
2	Facebook	161,862,855	+47,044	+379,050
3	Shakira	101,814,568	+60,739	+481,271
4	Cristiano Ronaldo	93,761,587	+112,056	+863,121
5	Eminem	92,679,307	+38,098	+321,433
6	Rihanna	89,367,403	+15,926	+124,299
7	Coca-Cola	87,092,749	+29,384	+512,582
8	YouTube	82,666,460	+32,966	+232,631
9	Vin Diesel	82,293,854	+46,849	+402,535
10	Michael Jackson	77,754,418	+31,676	+516,691
11	The Simpsons	74,306,945	+2,438	+19,019
12	Harry Potter	73,850,658	+12,480	+110,040
13	Katy Perry	73,208,287	+26,129	+313,110
14	Justin Bieber	72,726,036	+39,903	+328,713
15	Candy Crush Saga	71,387,836	+37,638	+275,170
16	FC Barcelona	71,332,190	+82,493	+711,977
17	Texas HoldEm Poker	70,560,628	+1,895	+14,700
18	Will Smith	69,945,277	+28,870	+268,499
19	Real Madrid C.F.	68,825,044	+133,927	+859,131
20	Bob Marley	68,691,329	+42,568	+395,612
21	Taylor Swift	68,265,040	+31,886	+329,728
22	Leo Messi	67,606,368	+91,175	+872,578
23	Lady Gaga	67,317,847	+5,530	+91,826
24	Linkin Park	64,542,059	+12,677	+104,734
25	Beyoncé	63,529,234	+25,533	+175,462

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