Most popular female Australian (and New Zealand) sport related Twitter accounts (November 16)

This entry was posted by Laura on Tuesday, 16 November, 2010 at

Yeah, it is that time again! The top ten of this list differ a lot from the last version as wow, Australian (and Kiwi) surfers are very popular.

I’ve added about 50 new accounts to this list. The focus was on adding cricketers and surfers. There are a few that where the accounts to have been deleted and those are just left off this list rather than be signified with a 0. This is an updated version of from November 13. If I’m missing anyone or anything, let me know. This work is a constant work in progress, with the results changing every time it updates.  Every iteration should be an improvement.  (For example, the next run has one spelling variation for the national netball and fixed the typo for Bendigo.)  A new version of this list should be available on  Friday, November 19 or on Monday, November 22.     Please let me know if any athlete, team, league, organization or fansite is missing.  If you have better descriptions for accounts listed, let me know. I will try to get it included in the next update.

I love women’s sport.  Australian women are just fantastic, both as professionals in professional leagues and in team and individual competitions on an international level.  This list is a celebration of that. I list the most popular women’s sport separately in order to draw attention to it.  The Matildas have great potential for the 2011 world cup, perhaps more than the Socceroos. Yet if you look at Facebook, the men have 141,880 fans, while the women only have 2,847.   I’d love to see this gap decrease and I’d love to see more research done on women’s sport fandom.  By providing these benchmarks, maybe I’ll encourage one of my readers to take up that mantle.

I’ve been debating putting this information on a static page and updating that regularly in contrast to creating new posts every time I update the totals.  I haven’t found a compromise that makes me happy yet as I really like the historical data that becomes available by creating new posts.  As readers, you’re allowed to go back through posts and try to track the growth of some athletes and leagues.  That could have potential value depending on the narrative you create surrounding the data.  If people would prefer a static list, rather than new posts, please let me know and I will make the change in the future.

Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 13086 2956 422 51
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5202 259 192 8
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 4832 1415 164 111
Sally_Fitz Surf Life Saving Australia Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 4032 545 237 71
gypsy_gilmore Surf Life Saving Australia Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 3300 173 193 30
LayneCBeachley Surf Life Saving Australia Layne Beachley surfer (female) 2591 187 124 33
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 1786 301 70 43
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1721 825 71 25
clairebevo Surf Life Saving Australia Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 1715 1257 115 234
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 1661 13 221 24
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 1635 1032 121 52
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 1477 824 59 86
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 1471 71 97 19
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 1409 325 241 19
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 1368 406 78 1908
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 1281 115 87 90
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 1211 164 78 2
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1159 442 58 133
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1146 1016 88 506
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1082 114 92 123
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1064 82 85 38
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 990 6332 89 1050
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 983 581 52 83
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 975 72 42 20
jessmileydyer Surf Life Saving Australia Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 950 624 66 166
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 943 487 64 905
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 877 1537 47 104
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 834 633 40 115
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 797 347 28 123
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 768 455 35 49
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 766 43 39 11
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 757 350 58 216
lauraenever Surf Life Saving Australia Laura Enever surfer (female) 753 70 54 72
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 721 2136 52 278
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 688 102 42 24
becwoods Surf Life Saving Australia Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 669 122 57 486
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 651 1753 69 328
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 641 558 37 32
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 633 1467 46 70
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete) 604 22 71 8
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 525 670 31 111
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 519 702 52 256
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 507 1836 50 102
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Aussie Diamonds player (female) 493 540 25 98
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 493 2316 33 867
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 459 663 10 69
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 458 49 31 202
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 452 80 29 625
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 422 239 21 24
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 419 14 30 36
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 410 764 37 29
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 409 180 21 27
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 397 203 16 75
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 371 312 33 317
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 361 15 32 52
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 356 1178 29 237
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 353 236 25 22
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 349 10 27 8
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 339 148 13 106
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 313 175 21 0
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 300 58 35 39
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 292 238 23 26
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 291 89 16 32
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 278 405 28 46
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 261 281 37 153
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 260 587 32 56
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 250 1087 23 55
petrinaprice Athletics Australia Petrina Price athlete, high jumper (female) 242 1005 15 142
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 236 511 21 107
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 231 876 6 458
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 227 7 29 8
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 224 497 9 315
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 211 89 23 421
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 209 340 25 53
Epicrollerderby Australia Roller Derby ENRG Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 208 449 20 232
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 191 19 4 486
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 183 761 14 47
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 176 67 26 239
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 167 341 0 440
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 162 243 9 89
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 150 29 15 189
MelissaBreen_ Athletics Australia Melissa Breen athlete (female) 145 234 11 48
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 138 224 18 24
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 134 257 18 308
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 133 234 12 20
CricNSWBreakers Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 132 357 13 104
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 125 123 10 52
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 125 0 16 1
KristenBeams Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 124 144 9 50
ahealy77 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 109 105 13 30
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 102 42 12 33
RachaelHaynes Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 99 165 8 56
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 95 336 6 63
ElyseVillani Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 93 74 9 27
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 90 16 11 14
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 89 6 12 82
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 88 39 19 40
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 88 176 5 130
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 87 76 14 10
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 85 11 4 34
bendigospirit WNBL Bendio Spirit (female) 85 267 7 64
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 85 40 8 82
DECspirit Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit official team (female) 71 28 8 49
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 70 30 9 143
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 65 204 8 32
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 63 29 10 23
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 61 520 3 304
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 61 58 13 72
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 57 18 11 57
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 52 74 2 53
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 46 9 6 13
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 45 6 4 56
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 42 227 2 67
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 36 34 12 48
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 31 23 7 3
ckoski55 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 23 30 6 19
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 23 45 6 3
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 22 31 3 15
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 11 5 3 8
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 10 2 4 10
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 2 2
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5
BCRollerDerbyHB New Zealand Roller Derby Bay City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 3 1 1 1
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 2 3 1 1
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 1 1 2

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  • http://twitter.com/SportForWomen Sport For Women

    EPIC!!! Awesome work. Thanks heaps for this.

  • http://www.fanhistory.com LauraH

    Thanks. :) Do you think there are more Australian (and Kiwi) female athletes out there on Twitter not being counted? Or that they just aren’t on Twitter and are on say Facebook instead? (The Matilda I talked to uses Facebook, not Twitter.)

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