How to give top fan badge on Facebook Page

If you’re a regular frequenter of popular Facebook pages and groups, then you might have spotted a little jewel icon with the legend Top Fan on some of your fellow commenter’s posts. These mark those individuals out as, well, Top Fans. So, what are they and how do you get one? We explain.

There are a variety of badges that appear on people’s posts within Facebook pages or groups: initially just Top Fan and Valued Commenter, but now some new badges are now available to Facebook groups.

As the names suggest, the former is awarded to those who are the most active and engaged on a page or group, while the latter honours people who regularly post comments.

New badges available to groups with 50 or more members include:

• Admin or Moderator: Shows you who is responsible for managing the page
• New member: Highlights who is new to the group so you can make them feel welcome
• Group anniversary: Appears on the anniversary of the day that person joined the group to celebrate their commitment
• Conversation starter: Someone who regularly creates new posts that show decent engagement through likes and comments
• Founding member: Acknowledges those who have been there from the beginning (within the first three days), helping you build membership and engagement 
• Conversation booster: Recognises those who encourage others to contribute or who provide valuable comments
• Visual storyteller: Someone who routinely shares useful photos and video
• Greeter: Someone who frequently responds to comments from new members
• Link curator: Someone who regularly shares useful links to sources of information elsewhere on the web
• Rising star: New members that receive the most comments and reactions within their first month of membership to a group

Group admins can turn these badges on or off by visitng Settings > Admin Tools & Insights > Group Badges.

How can I get a Top Fan badge?

The answer is simple: take a very active part in the life of a page or group. This includes watching videos that are posted, liking and sharing posts, and of course commenting.

There are a few stipulations though. The page or group in question must have over 10,000 followers, so this will no doubt rule out your local church group or book club. The page must also have enabled the Facebook badges feature for this all to work.

You can see who the Top Fans of a page are by visiting it and clicking on the Community option in the left-hand column. This will then present you with a box at the top entitled Top fans, listing the chosen few inside.

How to award Top Fan badges

On a PC on laptop open Facebook and navigate to your page or group. Select the Settings tab, then click Facebook badges in the lefthand column. Ensure the slider next to Turn on top fan badges is set to On. 

That’s it, your Top Fans should now be automatically selected when they reach the required level of interaction.

How to remove Top Fan badges

If, at any point, you wish to revoke this privilege, simply click on a comment by the Top Fan and select the Remove Badge option.

Alternatively, select Community from the lefthand column, find the person for whom you want to remove the privilege, then tap the three dots next to their name and select Remove Top Fan Badge.

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If you follow a few pages on Facebook, you might have noticed a Top Fan badge next to people’s names when they comment or share posts. Getting a Top Fan badge next to your name is a great honor, and it shows just how dedicated you are to the page itself. Whether you’re a follower of a page or an admin of one, keep reading to learn how you can use the Top Fan badge and boost your engagement week by week.

Things You Should Know

• To become a Facebook Page's top fan, you'll need to like, react, and comment on more of that Page's content than most other fans.
• The Top Fan badge is assigned automatically—you can't request the badge and the Page admin cannot choose who gets it.
• As a Page admin, you can remove Top Fan badges from Top Fans as needed, or even turn off Top Fans completely.

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   Like or react to the page’s content. If you’d like to become a Top Fan, you need to engage with the page’s content more than anyone else. An easy way to do this is to either like or react to all of their content, no matter what it is! If you can do that, you’re well on your way to becoming a Top Fan.[1]

   • Another great way to boost your engagement is to leave a comment or two.

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   Watch the page’s videos. Try to watch them all the way through so the algorithm understands that you’re engaging with their content. If the page you follow posts a lot of videos, you can become a Top Fan by simply watching all of them and then leaving a like or a comment.[2]

   • The Facebook algorithm monitors your engagement to see which posts you click on and how much of a video you watch. It’s also what determines if you’re a Top Fan or not.
   • Try to watch the videos all the way through—otherwise, the algorithm might think you’re trying to cheat the system by watching a little bit of the video before clicking off the page.

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   Share the page’s posts. This is a great way to boost your engagement and get even closer to Top Fan status. Share the page’s posts to your own feed to show Facebook that you really are a Top Fan.[3]

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   Wait for your notification of Top Fan status. There’s no set amount of time for how long it might take to become a Top Fan, but once you are, you’ll get a notification about it. It will show up in your general notifications on the homepage of Facebook.[4]

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   Click “Display Top Fan Badge.” This means that your Top Fan status will be displayed next to your name on any comment you leave on the page. It will also be next to your name on any past interactions you’ve had with this page, like comments or posts.[5]

   • Top Fan badges are individual, meaning they’re only displayed on one page at a time. You can be the Top Fan of multiple pages, or you can be the Top Fan of just one.

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   Remain a Top Fan by engaging with the page still. Top Fan badges are updated weekly, so it’s possible to lose your Top Fan status in just 7 days. If you want to keep your badge, keep liking, commenting, sharing, and interacting with the page to boost your engagement. If you do lose your Top Fan badge, don’t worry—you can always get it back![6]

   • If the admin of the page turns off the option for a Top Fan badge, you’ll also lose your Top Fan status.
   • To turn your Top Fan badge off manually, head to your profile and click the 3 dots below your name. Select “Manage Top Fan Badge,” then switch the toggle to “Off.”[7]

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   Go to your group page and click Settings. Log onto your Facebook account on a computer or a tablet. Once you’re on your group page, the Settings option will be at the top. Click on it to open a drop-down menu and explore your options.[8]

   • You can turn on a Top Fan badge on any group Facebook page with over 10,000 followers.

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   Click Facebook Badges in the left column. It will show a list of the different badges you can turn on and off for your page, including Admin, Moderator, and Visual Storyteller. If you’d like to turn any of those on, you can do so through this menu.[9]

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   Click “Turn Top Fan Badges On.” This will allow your page followers to earn the Top Fan badge if they interact with your content the most. The Top Fan badge is updated weekly, meaning a new follower has the chance to earn it each week. This is a great way to encourage engagement and boost your likes, comments, and shares.[10]

   • The Top Fan badge is turned off by default, so you won’t have it on your page until you manually turn it on.

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   Turn Top Fan off in your settings if you want to remove the badge. If you decide you don’t like the Top Fan badge, you can head to your page settings again and simply turn the badge off. You might do this if you don’t want to encourage a competition between your followers or if there is one follower who always earns the Top Fan badge each week.[11]

   • If you want to remove the badge from a specific profile, click the comment of the Top Fan that you want to remove, then tap the badge next to their profile name. Then, click “Remove Top Fan Badge” to get rid of it.

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