The social-media presence of the Big Blue Nation is well-established. On Wednesday, rankings were released that reinforce that.Tennessee Athletics compiled top-25 rankings in terms of Twitter followers for various sports. As you’d expect, numerous Kentucky teams make appearances.UK fields teams in 12 of the sports ranked and is in the top 25 of eight of them. Football isn’t far off, while swimming and diving and women’s soccer are relatively new to Twitter, so they could join soon as well. Additionally, four teams (women’s basketball – No. 2, track and field – No. 3, volleyball – No. 4 and men’s basketball – No. 5) rank in the top five in their respective sport.Check out the complete rankings here.Taking a look at general athletic department accounts, @UKAthleticsNews ranks sixth nationally. UK is also sixth in Facebook fans and eighth in YouTube subscriptions.

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