Tottenham Hotspur have the most diverse supporter base in the Premier League, a study has revealed.

The north London club have followers in 214 countries on Twitter, outranking every other side in the top flight, according to the Premier League of Nations.

While they do not have the largest fan base - that honour falls to Manchester United, who have 8.49million followers on Twitter - Spurs do sit atop the chart for the geographically widest supporter base.

Tottenham Hotspur have the most diverse fan base in terms of countries in the top flight

They finished ahead of their rivals Arsenal in the table with fans in two more countries

THE PREMIER LEAGUE OF NATIONS Team Countries Tottenham Hotspur 214 Arsenal 212 Southampton 212 Stoke 212 Swansea 211 Sunderland 211 West Brom 211 Manchester United 210 West Ham 210 Liverpool 209 Leicester 209 Chelsea 208 Crystal Palace 208 Manchester City 206 Everton 206 Hull 204 Burnley 201 Watford 200 Bournemouth 194 Middlesbrough 191

In what will be seen as a further positive for Spurs, they managed to just pip Arsenal to top spot by two countries. There will be no St. Totteringham's Day in terms of diversity this season.

Surprisingly, the two North London sides - cosmopolitan clubs by any measure - are followed by Southampton, Stoke and Swansea.

Even more shockingly, Manchester United are eighth in the Premier League for the breadth of their fan base on Twitter. They are followed by supporters from 210 different countries.

Liverpool ranked below their fierce rivals in 10th, clocking up 209 different countries and territories among their fan base on the micro blogging platform.

Leicester City's title win may have captured the world's imagination, but it did not particularly aid their standing. The champions came in below Liverpool on 209 countries, although given their follower base is less than one-sixth of the Anfield club's it means they have more variation of country per capita.

Stoke City finished in fourth place, ahead of the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea and Leicester

Manchester United were surprisingly low in the rankings, given their social media dominance

HOW THE STUDY WAS CONDUCTED A Twitter API was used to pull in the users that follow Premier League clubs. The location information of each follower was then collated and run through a geocoder. Advertisement

However, Leicester did manage to outrank the previous champions Chelsea. They have one fewer country among their followers than the Foxes.

Manchester City have not been boosted by the arrival of Pep Guardiola, arguably the most highly regarded manager in the world.

They have 206 distinct countries among their followers, the same figure as Everton.

Leicester have not been particularly boosted by their Premier League title win last season

Unsurprisingly, the three sides promoted from the Championship at the end of last season are all among the bottom five.

Hull rank the highest, which could probably be explained by their relatively frequent presence in the top flight over the last few seasons. The Tigers are 16th in the table, with 204 countries.

Aitor Karanka's Middlesbrough, whose squad are a genuine mix of nationalities, are the lowest Premier League side for diversity on Twitter. They have only 191 countries among their followers, 23 less than Spurs in top spot.