Texas Marathon Facebook and Twitter Rankings - January 2013

As the month of January 2013 draws to a close, the Chevron Houston Marathon - on the strength of the completion of its 41st running earlier this month - passed the Austin Marathon and Half Marathon to go into second place in the Texas Marathon Facebook Rankings.

Meanwhile, the Fidelity Investments The Woodlands Marathon became the seventh marathon to pass the 3,000 followers mark.

The complete Texas Marathon Facebook Rankings are listed below:

17,970 - Rock 'n' Roll San Antonio Marathon
14,497 - Chevron Houston Marathon
14,180 - LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon and Half Marathon
12,877 - MetroPCS Dallas Marathon
7,700 - The Cowtown Marathon (Fort Worth)

5,934 - Scott & White Healthcare BCS Marathon
3,135 - Fidelity Investments The Woodlands Marathon
2,959 - Exygon and Baptist Hospitals The Gusher Marathon (Beaumont)
2,537 - *Mellew Production Events (Dallas)
2,250 - Michelob Ultra El Paso Marathon

2,100 - New Year's Double (Allen)
1,998 - The Army Marathon (Killeen to Temple)
1,347 - Galveston Marathon and Half Marathon
1,275 - Seabrook Lucky Trail Marathon
1,120 - Chosen:  Marathon for Adoption (New Braunfels)

856 - USA Fit Marathon (Sugar Land)
740 - Fiesta Marathon (McAllen)
678 - Fort Worth Marathon
657 - Miracle Match Marathon (Waco)
476 - Irving Las Colinas Marathon

256 - Marathoning for Miracles (Abilene)
193 - CrossRoads Marathon (Odessa)
183 - Frankenthon Monster Marathon (Cedar Park)
168 - Love. Run. Marathon. (Huntsville State Park)

* Has three marathons - Panhandle, Big D Texas and Tyler Rose - under the company's control.

The Texas Marathon Twitter Rankings tell a much different story as fewer races are embracing this social media tool to communicate with current and prospective runners.

8,292 - Chevron Houston Marathon (@HoustonMarathon)
4,410 - LIVESTRONG Austin Marathon (@austinmarathon)
1,573 - MetroPCS Dallas Marathon (@DallasMarathon)
724 - The Cowtown Marathon, Fort Worth (@thecowtown)
410 - Scott & White Healthcare B-CS Marathon (@BCSmarathon)

341 - New Year's Double Marathon, Allen (@NewYearsDouble)
295 - Fidelity Investments The Woodlands Marathon (@TWMarathon)
286 - Exygon and Baptist Hospitals Gusher Marathon, Beaumont (@GusherMarathon)
178 - Fort Worth Marathon (@FtWorthMarathon)
149 - USA Fit Marathon, Sugar Land (@usafitmarathon)

144 - The Army Marathon, Killeen to Temple (@TheArmyMarathon)
74 - CrossRoads Marathon, Odessa (@crossroadfellow)
29 - Miracle Match Marathon, Waco (@MarathonWaco)

Notes:  The entire Rock 'N' Roll Marathon Series tweets from @RunRocknRoll while Mellew Production Events tweets from @Mellew_Director.