Where does Sunderland's Stadium of Light rank among the UK's most popular stadiums including the homes of Manchester United, Liverpool, Chelsea, Arsenal and Celtic
By Joe Ramage
Published 11th Nov 2021, 12:00 BST
Updated 11th Nov 2021, 12:30 BST
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At 49,000, the Stadium of Light is ranked 15th highest in the UK in terms of its capacity.
Sunderland fans continue to turn up in their thousands each week despite a fourth season in League One, but just how popular is the Black Cats’ home ground when it comes to social media?
With social media providing an outlet for fans to represent their team and demonstrate their passion, it’s no surprise that these stadiums have an enormous presence on Instagram.
Curious to find out which stadium was most beloved, Live Rugby tickets took to Instagram to figure out which arena has the biggest representation on the platform across all varieties of sports.
The Wearsiders’ home stadium finds itself among the most elite clubs and stadiums in the UK on Instagram and here we look at the top 15 most popular UK stadiums when it comes to the number of Instagram hashtags.
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Curious to find out which stadium was most beloved, Live Rugby tickets took to Instagram to figure out which arena has the biggest representation on the platform across all varieties of sports.
9. Villa Park - 145,000
Aston Villa will have a new man in the dugout the next time the club takes to the Villa Park field after Dean Smith was sacked last weekend. The Holt End is one of the more famous ends in English football and Villa Park is seventh on our list with over 140,000 interactions (Photo by Dan Mullan/Getty Images) Photo: Dan Mullan
Champions Manchester City are more than at home at the Etihad after leaving Maine Road in 2003 and have since seen an increase to their capacity given the club's success. Constructed for the Commonwealth Games in 2002 the Etihad ranks sixth in RugbyLive's list of Instagrammed stadiums (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) Photo: Alex Livesey
Into the top five and well over the 200,000 interactions comes the Emirates Stadium. Home of Arsenal since 2006 after the club moved from their historic Highbury Stadium. The Emirates is largely seen as one of the best stadiums in the world (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images) Photo: Shaun Botterill
Across the city brings the fourth ranked team on our list and Arsenal's rivals Chelsea. Stamford Bridge and its surrounding area has seen masses of renovation over the club's 116 years spent on site with European champions Chelsea now considered one of the best clubs in the world (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) Photo: Ryan Pierse