Wesley Stevenson
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1,470 appearances
54 recordings
1 series
first heard Sep 2010
last heard May 2015
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So while they didn't survey every country in Africa, for example, they were able to use their results for the countries they did survey to predict the numbers for the other countries.
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Now, Richard also told me that they try to account for areas that don't have the internet.
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They look at past surveys in certain countries to see how popular football is.
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And they also look at things like whether players from particular countries have played for Manchester United in the past 30 years.
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Yes, and they always use followers and not fans.
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So I asked why.
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But as a follower, is that someone who would say they support Manchester United?
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Is that an exclusive thing or will they follow more than one club?
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So this is a survey of adults.
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That means that 659 million adults follow Manchester United worldwide.
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Which, if you think about it, is absolutely incredible.
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If true.
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Yes.
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Nick has also looked at the country-by-country breakdown in these figures and thinks that this throws up some odd results too.
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So how can these figures be right?
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I asked Richard Brinkman of Kantar Media how it was that the number of followers doubled between surveys and how there can be so many followers in individual countries.
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I mean, there are other figures that are pointed out.
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30% of the population of South Korea count themselves as Manchester United supporters.
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Absolutely.
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According to this survey.
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