Editing FC Barcelona (section)

== Support ==
{{Main|Supporters of FC Barcelona}}
[[File:El Camp Nou en un partido de la Uefa Champions League.jpg|thumb|[[Tifo]] at Camp Nou in a 2013 [[Comeback (sports)#Association football|comeback]] against AC Milan]]

The nickname ''culer'' for a Barcelona supporter is derived from the Catalan ''cul'' (English: arse), as the spectators at the first stadium, Camp de la Indústria, sat with their ''culs'' over the stand.<ref>{{cite web|title=Per què als seguidors del Barça se'ls anomena 'culers'?|date=October 2008 |url=https://www.sapiens.cat/preguntes-i-respostes/per-que-als-seguidors-del-barca-se-ls-anomena-culers_13851_102.html|publisher=SÀPIENS|language=ca|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803034144/https://www.sapiens.cat/preguntes-i-respostes/per-que-als-seguidors-del-barca-se-ls-anomena-culers_13851_102.html|archive-date=3 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Why are Barcelona fans called "Culés"?|url=https://en.as.com/soccer/why-are-barcelona-fans-called-cules-n/|publisher=AS|language=en|date=16 October 2022|access-date=3 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230803034145/https://en.as.com/soccer/why-are-barcelona-fans-called-cules-n/|archive-date=3 August 2023|url-status=live}}</ref> In Spain, about 25% of the population is said to be Barça sympathisers, second behind Real Madrid, supported by 32% of the population.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf |title=Ficha Técnica |publisher=Centro de Investigaciones Sociológicas |date=May 2007 |access-date=8 August 2010 |language=es |archive-date=1 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181001214336/http://www.cis.es/cis/export/sites/default/-Archivos/Marginales/2700_2719/2705/Es2705mar_A.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Throughout Europe, Barcelona is the favourite second-choice club.<ref>Chadwick, Simon; Arthur, Dave. pp. 4–5.</ref> The club's membership figures have seen a significant increase from 100,000 in the 2003–04 season to 170,000 in September 2009,<ref name=socis>{{cite news |url=http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/20090919/barcelona-tiene-170000-socios/813866.shtml |title=El FC Barcelona ya tiene 170.000 socios |newspaper=[[Sport (Spanish newspaper)|Sport]] |location=Madrid |language=es |date=19 September 2009 |first=Víctor |last=Aznar |access-date=8 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314030154/http://www.sport.es/es/noticias/barca/20090919/barcelona-tiene-170000-socios/813866.shtml |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}</ref> the sharp rise being attributed to the influence of Ronaldinho and then-president Joan Laporta's media strategy that focused on Spanish and English online media.<ref>Fisk, Peter. pp. 201–202.</ref><ref>Brott, Steffen. p. 77.</ref> {{As of|2023|5|31}}, the club has 150,317 memberships, called ''socis''.<ref name="xavison">{{cite web|url=https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/3515876/xavis-son-becomes-fc-barcelona-member|title=Xavi's son becomes FC Barcelona member|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=31 May 2023|access-date=1 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601094240/https://www.fcbarcelona.com/en/club/news/3515876/xavis-son-becomes-fc-barcelona-member|archive-date=1 June 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>

In addition to membership, {{as of|March 2022|lc=on}} there are 1,264 officially registered fan clubs, called ''penyes'', around the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://penyes.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/2536599/two-new-supporters-clubs-join-the-blaugrana-family|title=Two new supporters' clubs join the Blaugrana family|publisher=FC Barcelona|date=16 March 2022|access-date=8 May 2022|archive-date=16 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220316152231/https://penyes.fcbarcelona.com/en/news/2536599/two-new-supporters-clubs-join-the-blaugrana-family|url-status=live}}</ref> The fan clubs promote Barcelona in their locality and receive beneficial offers when visiting Barcelona.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/penyes/llistat_penyes/llistat_penyes.html |title=Penyes |publisher=FC Barcelona |access-date=8 August 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://arquivo.pt/wayback/20091003164220/http://www.fcbarcelona.com/web/english/penyes/llistat_penyes/llistat_penyes.html |archive-date= 3 October 2009 }}</ref> Among the best supported teams globally, Barcelona has the second highest social media following in the world among sports teams, with over 103&nbsp;million Facebook fans {{as of|2021|December|lc=y}}, only behind Real Madrid with 111 million.<ref name="Social media"/><ref>[http://fanpagelist.com/category/top_users/view/list/sort/fans/page1 "Top 100 Facebook Fan Pages"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209081114/http://fanpagelist.com/category/top_users/view/list/sort/fans/page1 |date=9 February 2015 }}. Fanpagelist.com. Retrieved 24 October 2014.</ref> The club has had many prominent people among its supporters, including Pope [[John Paul II]], who was an honorary member, and former prime minister of Spain [[José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/377088531.html?dids=377088531:377088531&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+29%2C+2003&author=Steven+Goff&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Barça+Isn%27t+Lounging+Around%3B+Storied+Catalonian+Club+Plots+Its+Return+to+the+Top|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120413043615/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/377088531.html?dids=377088531:377088531&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+29%2C+2003&author=Steven+Goff&pub=The+Washington+Post&desc=Bar%C3%A7a+Isn%27t+Lounging+Around%3B+Storied+Catalonian+Club+Plots+Its+Return+to+the+Top|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 April 2012|title=Barça Isn't Lounging Around; Storied Catalonian Club Plots Its Return to the Top|first=Steven|last=Goff|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=29 July 2003|access-date=4 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2008/07/02/news0376.htm|agency=Associated Press|title=Spain's football team welcomed by royals|work=The New Nation|access-date=10 August 2010|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711181617/https://127.0.0.1/|url-status=live}}</ref>