Ignitesocialmedia.com provides some interesting statistics on different brands and how they have been doing on building and maintaining their fan bases. Some of the leaders are obvious, but others might be a little surprising.

A Few Top Brands

#1 YouTube – 5,726,379 fans, valued at $18,746,100

#5 Dr. Pepper – 1,827,828 fans, value: $12,875,074

#6 Skittles – 5,349,198 fans, value: $11,898,240

#21 iHateBeingBored.net – 1,791,046 fans, value: $3,383,400

The list is full of surprises, but a lot can be learned from each of these fan pages, such as what to do, what not to do, etc. Check out the full list here.