Most popular NRL related Twitter accounts (November 18)
I wasn’t intending to run this again until tomorrow. Things came up. I’m going away for the weekend and I want to get everyone’s follower information to see if I can’t begin to map that again. Also, it’s been a month since I last that information. (It took about five days. That was back when Shane Warne had only 198,000 followers.) I like benchmarking that data to see if there are geographic shifts in where people follow are from. (How did the Monaghan story affect the Raiders fanbase?) So yeah, I figured I would run the script this morning instead of a week from now.
This particular list only includes NRL related accounts. (And everyone on it appears on the list of most popular for all of Australia.) I’m hoping all the labels are right. If anything is incorrect, players switched team, I’m missing people… let me know and I’ll fix it. And yeah, I’ve ranked this one so you can more easily see who is popular and who is not. Finding Twitter lists related to the NRL has been rather hard so I’m less certain that this is complete than I am regarding the list for the AFL.
| Rank | Account | League | Team | Description | Followers | Statuses | Listed | Friends |
| 1 | LoteTuqiri | NRL | Wests Tigers | player | 14852 | 4517 | 591 | 83 |
| 2 | RealBigDell | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | unofficial | 11811 | 6244 | 337 | 212 |
| 3 | SamBurgess8 | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | player | 10703 | 2199 | 231 | 116 |
| 4 | NRL | NRL | NRL | 10057 | 5313 | 323 | 52 | |
| 5 | jarrydhayne_1 | NRL | Parramatta Eels | player | 9943 | 1670 | 207 | 131 |
| 6 | mat_rogers6 | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | unofficial | 7743 | 2554 | 323 | 149 |
| 7 | robbiefarah | NRL | Wests Tigers | player | 5356 | 795 | 106 | 39 |
| 8 | NathanHiney | NRL | Parramatta Eels | player | 4853 | 86 | 124 | 12 |
| 9 | scottprince7 | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | player | 4746 | 676 | 96 | 102 |
| 10 | markMGgeyer | NRL | Penrith Panthers | former player | 4519 | 917 | 194 | 108 |
| 11 | The_Man_Mundine | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | former player | 4470 | 765 | 73 | 60 |
| 12 | brisbanebroncos | NRL | Brisbane Broncos | official team (male) | 4183 | 1317 | 162 | 4 |
| 13 | BrettHodgson | NRL | Sydney Roosters | player (male) | 3667 | 1706 | 88 | 104 |
| 14 | BENJI_MARSHALL6 | NRL | Wests Tigers | player | 3636 | 123 | 72 | 56 |
| 15 | GCTitans | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | 3578 | 478 | 146 | 24 | |
| 16 | TheFootyShowNRL | NRL | NRL | television show | 3325 | 163 | 82 | 87 |
| 17 | tim_mannah | NRL | Parramatta Eels | player | 3194 | 266 | 78 | 65 |
| 18 | nzwarriors | NRL | New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors) | unofficial | 2968 | 259 | 92 | 377 |
| 19 | bigjstevens | NRL | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | former player | 2935 | 743 | 77 | 70 |
| 20 | Wests_Tigers | NRL | Wests Tigers | official | 2876 | 714 | 109 | 820 |
| 21 | MelbStormRLC | NRL | Melbourne Storm | official | 2591 | 793 | 132 | 2097 |
| 22 | SSFCRABBITOHS | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | 2456 | 1615 | 130 | 1035 | |
| 23 | MarioFenech | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | former player (male) | 2385 | 879 | 69 | 5 |
| 24 | TripleM_NRL | NRL | NRL | radio (male) | 2182 | 1893 | 102 | 66 |
| 25 | manlyseaeagles | NRL | Manly Sea Eagles | 2035 | 1003 | 107 | 1973 | |
| 26 | M_Jennings_03 | NRL | Penrith Panthers | player | 1993 | 53 | 55 | 9 |
| 27 | benross23 | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | unofficial | 1825 | 1127 | 74 | 68 |
| 28 | TheParraEels | NRL | Parramatta Eels | fansite (male) | 1783 | 357 | 53 | 20 |
| 29 | NRLNEWS | NRL | NRL | unofficial | 1722 | 4333 | 49 | 492 |
| 30 | iam_chriswalker | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | former player (male) | 1721 | 1746 | 96 | 51 |
| 31 | FOXSPORTSAU_NRL | NRL | NRL | news site | 1720 | 2531 | 64 | 6 |
| 32 | NRL_Dragons | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | official team (male) | 1611 | 733 | 74 | 140 |
| 33 | penrithpanthers | NRL | Penrith Panthers | unofficial | 1584 | 1360 | 91 | 88 |
| 34 | NRL_Bulldogs | NRL | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | official team (male) | 1366 | 1230 | 42 | 83 |
| 35 | kevin_gordon1 | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | player | 1328 | 41 | 38 | 19 |
| 36 | EricGrotheJnr | NRL | Parramatta Eels | player | 1295 | 35 | 28 | 3 |
| 37 | therabbitohs | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | official | 1285 | 219 | 77 | 10 |
| 38 | DarrenLockyer | NRL | Brisbane Broncos | player (male) | 1209 | 15 | 27 | 12 |
| 39 | NRLTweet | NRL | NRL | unofficial | 1203 | 7493 | 65 | 229 |
| 40 | gorgeousgrose | NRL | Manly Sea Eagles | unofficial | 1179 | 494 | 59 | 75 |
| 41 | therealsteavis | NRL | NRL | journalist (male) (TripleM) | 1158 | 3253 | 65 | 1050 |
| 42 | RaidersCanberra | NRL | Canberra Raiders | 1123 | 212 | 84 | 6 | |
| 43 | parramatta_eels | NRL | Parramatta Eels | 1105 | 17 | 40 | 1070 | |
| 44 | wolfmanwilliams | NRL | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | player | 1043 | 66 | 27 | 30 |
| 45 | lukeodwyer | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | unofficial | 1029 | 795 | 63 | 71 |
| 46 | PirtekParraEels | NRL | Parramatta Eels | unofficial | 1014 | 57 | 60 | 7 |
| 47 | AshHarrison1 | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | unofficial | 1004 | 216 | 56 | 25 |
| 48 | MelbourneStorm_ | NRL | Melbourne Storm | unofficial | 1000 | 14 | 37 | 12 |
| 49 | rabbitohs | NRL | South Sydney Rabbitohs | unofficial | 981 | 1299 | 46 | 718 |
| 50 | Clintontoopi | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | player | 952 | 231 | 31 | 27 |
| 51 | thenzwarriors | NRL | New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors) | 907 | 200 | 67 | 72 | |
| 52 | Cronulla_Sharks | NRL | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | official team (male) | 864 | 405 | 66 | 55 |
| 53 | robbieodavis1 | NRL | Newcastle Knights | former player (male) | 803 | 255 | 59 | 205 |
| 54 | DanGinnane_MMM | NRL | NRL | journalist (male) (TripleM) | 788 | 1359 | 29 | 148 |
| 55 | leaguescores | NRL | NRL | fansite (male) | 781 | 11245 | 48 | 342 |
| 56 | TWiLeague | NRL | NRL | show | 746 | 2444 | 44 | 1486 |
| 57 | TripleM_NRLlive | NRL | NRL | radio (male) | 720 | 948 | 30 | 1 |
| 58 | RugbyLeagueFeed | NRL | NRL | fansite | 702 | 7851 | 37 | 211 |
| 59 | Fergo1990 | NRL | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | unofficial | 561 | 47 | 31 | 15 |
| 60 | PlanetEels | NRL | Parramatta Eels | unofficial | 554 | 2863 | 33 | 605 |
| 61 | rleaguecom | NRL | NRL | 540 | 4402 | 36 | 3 | |
| 62 | fakebrycegibbs | NRL | Wests Tigers | unofficial | 534 | 457 | 24 | 382 |
| 63 | bigleaguemag | NRL | NRL | 528 | 437 | 26 | 147 | |
| 64 | deadsetlegends | NRL | NRL | journalist (male) (TripleM) | 494 | 247 | 26 | 8 |
| 65 | terrycampese | NRL | Canberra Raiders | player (male) | 487 | 63 | 37 | 8 |
| 66 | broncosbigfan | NRL | Brisbane Broncos | unofficial | 473 | 971 | 31 | 511 |
| 67 | nrlfanclub | NRL | NRL | fansite | 456 | 1931 | 28 | 365 |
| 68 | NewyKnights | NRL | Newcastle Knights | 454 | 186 | 19 | 584 | |
| 69 | mighty_dragons | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | unofficial | 393 | 3 | 17 | 7 |
| 70 | nthqldcowboys | NRL | North Queensland Cowboys | 368 | 474 | 28 | 28 | |
| 71 | wade_graham | NRL | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | player (male) | 368 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| 72 | NRLlivebetting | NRL | NRL | unofficial | 364 | 1959 | 5 | 18 |
| 73 | goldcoasttitans | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | fansite (male) | 350 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 74 | Bulldogs_FC | NRL | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | fansite | 341 | 314 | 19 | 7 |
| 75 | FootyBoys | NRL | NRL | fansite (male) | 337 | 2034 | 13 | 166 |
| 76 | lone_scout | NRL | NRL | NRL Dream Team (male) | 318 | 202 | 11 | 1 |
| 77 | joe_tomane29 | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | player | 281 | 184 | 6 | 33 |
| 78 | 1eyedeel | NRL | Parramatta Eels | unofficial | 251 | 1872 | 16 | 635 |
| 79 | jsaffy | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | unofficial | 244 | 9 | 23 | 11 |
| 80 | GirlsLikeLeague | NRL | NRL | fansite (female) | 236 | 533 | 15 | 156 |
| 81 | bulldogsnews | NRL | Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs | unofficial | 226 | 828 | 8 | 122 |
| 82 | newtownrlfc | NSWRL | Newtown Jets | official team (male) | 214 | 611 | 19 | 0 |
| 83 | tigers1908 | NRL | Balmain Tigers | unofficial | 208 | 75 | 14 | 7 |
| 84 | DragonsRedV | NRL | St. George Illawarra Dragons | fansite | 203 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 85 | CCBEARS | NSWRL | Central Coast Bears | official team (male) | 191 | 36 | 14 | 63 |
| 86 | NRLKnights | NRL | Newcastle Knights | 169 | 132 | 6 | 0 | |
| 87 | TitaniumBar | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | 153 | 392 | 7 | 26 | |
| 88 | Aaron_Cannings | NRL | Gold Coast Titans | unofficial | 139 | 1 | 15 | 3 |
| 89 | BennyGalea | NRL | Wests Tigers | former player (now with Hull KR) | 130 | 14 | 2 | 34 |
| 90 | womeninleague | NRL | NRL | 120 | 50 | 10 | 15 | |
| 91 | welovetheshire | NRL | Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks | fansite | 103 | 8 | 7 | 362 |
| 92 | oldie90 | NRL | Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles | player (male) | 92 | 305 | 6 | 35 |
| 93 | RL1908 | NRL | NRL | Rugby league historian/writer | 89 | 94 | 4 | 111 |
| 94 | Eelguts | NRL | Parramatta Eels | radio commentator (male) | 87 | 210 | 4 | 187 |
| 95 | nrlthoughts | NRL | NRL | fansite | 59 | 120 | 1 | 217 |
| 96 | parraeels | NRL | Parramatta Eels | unofficial | 44 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 97 | ChaseNRL | NRL | NRL | journalist | 41 | 116 | 4 | 65 |
| 98 | sidelinedNRL | NRL | NRL | fansite | 24 | 64 | 4 | 8 |
| 99 | WWWraidersNETau | NRL | Canberra Raiders | fansite | 16 | 1390 | 0 | 1 |
| 100 | raba | NSWRL | Central Coast Bears | fansite (male) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 101 | blueandgoldarmy | NRL | Parramatta Eels | unofficial | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |