For the fifth consecutive year the company Departamento de Internet (DI) has published a ranking of the best websites of teams competing in the UEFA Champions League. In this edition, FC Barcelona has the best online platform of the 32 teams involved in the 2015/16 Champions League, ahead of websites from teams like Arsenal, Juventus, Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. This year Barça scored 97 out of 100, giving them their second such distinction after winning in the 2012/13. The study underlines the importance of having a corporate website which is up to the best competition in European football.

The ranking of the websites of the participating teams in the UEFA Champions League is established objectively according to criteria such as design, multimedia elements, adaptability on different devices, page structure and navigation, language and writing, the ease of buying tickets, the use of social networks, and user services.

Each of the variables analysed have a relative importance in the final assessment, represented by a specific percentage, with 100 as the highest score.

This week, FC Barcelona has passed the milestone of 20 million followers of its official Instagram account (@fcbarcelona), making it the first club or competition to achieve the feat. As it continues to lead the world on social networks, Barça is top on Instagram, comfortably ahead of Real Madrid (18 million) and the NBA (nearly 10 million).

FC Barcelona has consolidated its position in 2015, with 14.3 million new users in just nine months. The Instagram account was launched on 15 January 2013 with a photo of the squad that season, and since then over 5,900 images and videos has been posted. The photos of the Champions League Final in Berlin have been the most popular so far, accumulating a massive 700,000 ‘likes’.

FCB are 27th overall on Instagram, in a list largely dominated by American singers and celebrities. But there are also four FC Barcelona players in the Top 100: Neymar (@Neymarjr) is the leading sportsperson with 32 million followers, while Leo Messi (@leoMessi) has 25 million, Dani Alves (@Dani2dois) has 7 million and Andrés Iniesta (@andresiniesta8) has over 6 million.

The club also has an official account for the other sports teams (@FCBseccions), which focuses on the activities of the basketball, handball, roller hockey and futsal teams.

FC Barcelona continues to blow away the opposition on social networks. Just a few days ago, the club announced that it has over 200 million different followers on all networks, a figure no other sports club can boast. It has over 40 different accounts on twelve different channels (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LINE, YouTube, Daily motion, Vine, Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, WeChat).