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Number 10: Chicago BearsHometown Crowd Rank: 14 TV Audience Rank: 12 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 21 Merchandise Rank: 9Number 9: Seattle Seahawks
Hometown Crowd Rank: 12 TV Audience Rank: 4 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 10 Merchandise Rank: 5Continue to keep counting down the ten NFL teams with the best fans -- and who Forbes says beats the Broncos. Number 7 (tie): Pittsburgh Steelers
Hometown Crowd Rank: 3 TV Audience Rank: 3 Stadium Attendance Rank: 22 Social Media Rank: 3 Merchandise Rank: 7Number 7 (tie): Dallas Cowboys
Hometown Crowd Rank: 15 TV Audience Rank: 13 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 7 Merchandise Rank: 2Continue to keep counting down the ten NFL teams with the best fans -- and who Forbes says beats the Broncos. Number 6: Indianapolis Colts
Hometown Crowd Rank: 8 TV Audience Rank: 8 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 6 Merchandise Rank: 12Number 5: Baltimore Ravens
Hometown Crowd Rank: 4 TV Audience Rank: 6 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 8 Merchandise Rank: 12Continue to keep counting down the ten NFL teams with the best fans -- and who Forbes says beats the Broncos. Number 4: New England Patriots
Hometown Crowd Rank: 10 TV Audience Rank: 7 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 5 Merchandise Rank: 4Number 3: New Orleans Saints
Hometown Crowd Rank: 2 TV Audience Rank: 1 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 2 Merchandise Rank: 10Continue to keep counting down the ten NFL teams with the best fans -- and who Forbes says beats the Broncos. Number 2: Denver Broncos
Hometown Crowd Rank: 5 TV Audience Rank: 4 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 4 Merchandise Rank: 2Number 1: Green Bay Packers
Hometown Crowd Rank: 1 TV Audience Rank: 2 Stadium Attendance Rank: 1 Social Media Rank: 1 Merchandise Rank: 7Methodology:
Our ranking is based on five criteria: hometown crowd reach (defined by Nielsen Scarborough as a percentage of the metropolitan area population that watched, attended, and/or listened to a game in the last year), 3 years worth of television ratings (per Nielsen), 3 years of stadium attendance based on capacity reached, 3 years worth of merchandise sales (per NFLShop.com), and social media reach (a combination of Facebook likes and Twitter TWTR +2.62% followers based on the team's metro area population).
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