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. 2014 Dec;104(12):e56–e64. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302167

TABLE 2—

Summary Description of the Facebook Pages as of February 1, 2013

Name Ranka Category of Brand Date Page Launched Most Popular Age Group, Years Australian Likes, No. Global Likes (Includes Australia), No. Talking About, No. Members Talking About, %
Bubble O’Bill Ice Creams 9 Ice cream July 29, 2008 18–24 1 055 065 1 281 834 5102 0.4
Skittles 16 Confectionary December 3, 2007 18–24 896 469 24 435 851 181 425 0.7
Domino’s Pizza—Australia 24 Quick-serve restaurant January 4, 2009 13–24 762 990 822 714 5169 0.6
Coca-Cola Australia 25 Sugar-sweetened beverage December 18, 2008 13–17 761 020 922 943 4509 0.5
Coca-Colab 30 Sugar-sweetened beverage December 15, 2008 18–24 714 465 59 576 447 1 430 168 2.4
Red Bull 34 Energy drink November 15, 2007 18–24 689 609 36 142 113 407 760 1.1
Pringles (Australia region) 40 Salty snack July 27, 2009 13–24 664 532 22 650 276 17 761 0.1
Oreo 54 Baked snack August 7, 2009 18–24 590 894 31 889 266 198 526 0.6
KFC Australia 65 Quick-serve restaurant June 12, 2009 18–24 542 813 654 685 4246 0.6
McDonald’s Australia 79 Quick-serve restaurant February 17, 2011 13–24 496 615 553 761 12 676 2.3
Subway Australia 97 Quick-serve restaurant June 1, 2010 13–17 452 133 492 107 14 727 3.0
Slurpee 122 Sugar-sweetened beverage June 26, 2008 18–24 416 365 4 884 844 57 839 1.2
Monster Energy 131 Energy drink April 20, 2008 18–24 409 940 21 073 042 296 637 1.4
Ferrero Rocher 132 Chocolate March 15, 2008 18–24 409 314 17 414 997 30 548 0.2
Subway 133 Quick-serve restaurant December 16, 2009 18–24 401 082 20 582 657 158 980 0.8
Starburst 135 Confectionary September 10, 2009 18–24 400 084 11 876 839 29 557 0.2
Pizza Hut Australia 148 Quick-serve restaurant November 16, 2010 18–24 383 920 413 894 1801 0.4
Slurpee Australia 149 Sugar-sweetened beverage January 20, 2010 13–17 383 618 406 706 4726 1.2
V Energy Drink Australia 155 Energy drink September 26, 2010 18–24 377 761 499 664 11 634 2.3
Maltesers 165 Chocolate May 29, 2012 18–24 357 736 1 625 219 14 754 0.9
Nutella 207 Spread July 28, 2008 18–24 309 651 17 086 900 64 647 0.4
Cold Rock Ice Creamery 210 Ice cream February 10, 2008 13–17 305 780 330 822 129 0.0
Cadbury Dairy Milk—Australiac 214 Chocolate March 22, 2010 25–34 298 784 381 288 31 344 8.2
Cadbury Eyebrows 228 Chocolate January 23, 2009 13–24 284 819 626 159 157 0.0
Vegemite 234 Spread July 1, 2009 25–34 280 469 329 526 4415 1.3
Hungry Jack’s 244 Quick-serve restaurant May 20, 2008 18–24 273 724 312 645 16 212 5.2
Maltesers Australia 250 Chocolate January 15, 2012 13–17 271 389 281 480 10 491 3.7
Totals 13 191 041 277 548 679 3 015 940 1.1
Average 488 557 10 279 581 111 701 1.5
Median 13 191 041 922 943 14 754 0.8

Note. Duplication in the fan base across pages is likely, but we were unable to quantify this.

a

Rank is within Top 250 Facebook Pages in Australia as of February 1, 2013.

b

Unable to open timeline photo album.

c

At the time of data collection, this was a stand-alone Facebook page. It is now part of the Cadbury Dairy Milk page, but the same page timeline content appears in the Australia region filter.