Following on from the rankings published by ADWEKNOW on Senegal and Ivory Coast, here is the list of the most popular French-speaking African channels on FACEBOOK.
Thus, the private channel NCI, which since its launch at the end of 2019 has devoted considerable resources to developing its Facebook page, ranks first. The Ivorian public channels RTI Officiel and LA 3 occupy second and third place.
The Burkinabe public channel RTB and the Senegalese public channel RTS1 complete the TOP 5.
Beyond the TOP 5, six channels have over a million followers: Life TV (CI), A+IVOIRE (CI), EquinoxeTV (CMR), TFM (SEN), CANAL 2 (CMR), and CRTV (CMR).
Other private channels from Ivory Coast, Senegal, and Cameroon, along with other African public channels, occupy the rest of the ranking.
| CHAIN | COUNTRY | NUMBER OF FOLLOWERS |
| NCI | IVORY COAST | 3,200,000 |
| OFFICIAL RTI | IVORY COAST | 2,200,000 |
| LA 3 | IVORY COAST | 2,000,000 |
| RTB | BURKINA FASO | 1,700,000 |
| RTS1 | SENEGAL | 1,600,000 |
| LIFE TV | IVORY COAST | 1,600,000 |
| A+ IVOIRE | IVORY COAST | 1,500,000 |
| EQUINOXE TV | CAMEROON | 1,200,000 |
| TFM | SENEGAL | 1,100,000 |
| CANAL2 | CAMEROON | 1,000,000 |
| CRTV | CAMEROON | 1,000,000 |
| 2STV | SENEGAL | 928,000 |
| RTI1 | IVORY COAST | 920,000 |
| ORTM | MALI | 860,000 |
| SEN TV | SENEGAL | 836,000 |
The number of followers is calculated by taking the number of people who started following you and subtracting the number of people who stopped following you during the entire lifetime of your profile or Facebook Page (Source: Facebook).
This indicator, which is not an audience indicator, reveals a television channel's popularity, influence, and the bond it has forged with its audience over the years.