Barcelona Dominate Social Engagement Rankings to Overtake Real Madrid

It was quite the seven days for Barcelona, who dumped Manchester City out of the Champions League and then beat bitter rivals Real Madrid.

Those two things together helped Barca back on top of our weekly digital engagement rankings.

Chelsea were the week's biggest climbers, moving up two spots.

In the trending stakes, it was all about the #HurriKane, as Tottenham ran riot with Harry Kane's hat-trick.

In the ever-evolving sports industry, where far more fans are captivated on a smartphone than in a stadium, Bleacher Report has teamed up with ListenFirstMedia to keep a finger on the pulse of the digital arena. Every Wednesday, ListenFirstMedia will provide Bleacher Report with its Digital Engagement Ratings for soccer clubs, a syndicated rating system for digital fan engagement—think decibel meter on the Jumbotron. ListenFirst Digital Engagement Ratings aggregate engagement data across the most critical and widely trafficked digital platforms to assess the level of fan engagement generated by the leading franchises