World Cup, day 7: Gowalla checkin totals
Gowalla is the other major geolocation checkin site. I haven’t looked at it since the first day of the World Cup. I need to be a bit more proactive in checking it and updating but the total checkin volume is just so much lower that it is hard to see it as a contender during the cup. (Though, to be fair, Foursquare is falling and when the checkin rate has a difference of 18, that’s not many people.)
I’ve completed a table comparing the total and average checkins on Gowalla for all World Cup games to date. The rankings are rather different than for that of the Foursquare. I’d love speculation as to why.
| Team | Total Checkins | Average Checkins | Games | Grounds |
| Denmark | 5 | 5 | 1 | Soccer City |
| Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 1 | Soccer City |
| Australia | 4 | 4 | 1 | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
| Germany | 4 | 4 | 1 | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
| England | 3 | 3 | 1 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
| Ghana | 3 | 3 | 1 | Loftus Versveld Stadium |
| Serbia | 3 | 3 | 1 | Loftus Versveld Stadium |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 1 | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 1 | Moses Mabhida Stadium |
| United States | 3 | 3 | 1 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
| Uruguay | 5 | 2.5 | 2 | Loftus Versveld Stadium ; Cape Town Stadium |
| Argentina | 2 | 2 | 1 | Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park Stadium) |
| Chile | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mbombela Stadium |
| Honduras | 2 | 2 | 1 | Mbombela Stadium |
| Italy | 2 | 2 | 1 | Cape Town Stadium |
| Paraguay | 2 | 2 | 1 | Cape Town Stadium |
| France | 4 | 2 | 2 | Cape Town Stadium ; Peter Mokaba Stadium |
| Algeria | 1 | 1 | 1 | Peter Mokaba Stadium |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | Royal Bafokeng Stadium |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1 | 1 | Peter Mokaba Stadium |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 2 | Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park Stadium) ; Free State Stadium |
| South Africa | 2 | 1 | 2 | Loftus Versveld Stadium ; Soccer City |
| Mexico | 1 | 0.5 | 2 | Peter Mokaba Stadium ; Soccer City |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park Stadium) |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 1 | Free State Stadium |
| Côte d’Ivoire | 0 | 0 | 1 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium |
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 2 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium ; Free State Stadium |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 1 | Free State Stadium |
| North Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | Coca-Cola Park (Ellis Park Stadium) |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 1 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium |