answers: in excess of 4 million
context: estimates a fanbase of 886,000 in the United Kingdom and a total in excess of 4 million worldwide. In the most recent season, 2014–2015, Manchester City had the fourth highest average attendance in English football and the third highest in the Premier League, with only Manchester United, Arsenal and Newcastle United drawing greater crowds. Manchester City fans have also been characterised by their yellow inflatable bananas since the late 1980s and are often seen at Manchester City cup games; for a while, the fans of many other English clubs began to parade inflatable bananas in the crowd at matches. In </s> Manchester United has the second highest average attendance of European football clubs only behind Borussia Dortmund. Manchester United is one of the most popular football clubs in the world, with one of the highest average home attendance in Europe. The club states that its worldwide fan base includes more than 200 officially recognised branches of the Manchester United Supporters Club (MUSC), in at least 24 countries. The club takes advantage of this support through its worldwide summer tours. Accountancy firm and sports industry consultants Deloitte estimate that Manchester United has 75 million fans worldwide, while other estimates put this figure </s> Society in November 2015 and is owned completely by its supporters. Membership is obtained by paying an annual fee to the club (£10 for adults, £5 for concessions and £1 for children) and entitles the owner to a single share. Members aged 16 and over also receive voting rights within the club. Memberships had reached the 500 mark by February 2016 despite the club being without a manager or players and having not contested a single match at that point. As the 2016/17 season, the club currently has 1414 official paid up members as at 19 May 2017. Source: City
question: number of manchester city fans in the world