Archive for January 20th, 2011

Location of Australian and New Zealand Netball fans on Twitter

Posted by on Thursday, 20 January, 2011

Using the list of netball accounts found here, I got a list of all their followers. A program I have looks at their user locations and then compares the user inputted location to this list to determine the user’s city, state, country. Once this information was collected, all the accounts were put into a single list and duplicate users were removed. After that, the total number of Twitter followers by Australian and New Zealand cities was compiled. The results are viewable in the map below.

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That’s a pretty good geographic spread and highlights that netball really is a women’s national game for New Zealand and Australia. Interest can be found in urban, suburban and rural areas.

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Most popular Australian (and New Zealand) netball related Twitter accounts (January 20)

Posted by on Thursday, 20 January, 2011

The following is a list of the most popular Australian and New Zealand related Twitter accounts. The list also includes world related accounts. If anyone is missing, please comment to let me know. I spent about a half hour searching for accounts I was missing today and this may not be as comprehensive as I thought.  If any of my league, teams and description labels are off or are not as accurate as they could be, please comment to let me know.

Any surprises in terms of ranking on this list?

Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 2046 482 71 58
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1837 1110 72 24
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1402 647 59 139
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 1197 893 54 97
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 1062 589 31 158
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 1002 810 41 134
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 955 651 38 76
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 871 43 40 11
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 821 67 43 34
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 748 649 39 39
bcarbonaro85 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship journalist (male) 659 6040 27 1424
netballnz Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand unofficial (female) 611 263 36 13
NetballOnline Netball Australia Netball Australia fansite (female) 564 4548 19 211
anznetballchamp ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 557 439 24 48
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 547 256 22 27
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 541 671 26 60
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 522 378 23 28
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 510 393 20 102
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 507 40 30 622
netballmag ANZ Championship Netball Magazine independent magazine (female) 464 98 13 603
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 398 118 25 22
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 396 5 31 8
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 376 282 24 0
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 364 110 20 52
CathCoxy ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 331 106 11 25
MyNetballNZ Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand (female) 311 661 18 82
ceonetballvic Netball Australia Netball Victoria ceo of Netball Victoria 199 69 9 67
WestCoastFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Official Club (female) 142 1 10 2
northernmystics ANZ Championship Northern Mystics official team (female) 141 375 9 1
WNC2011 World Netball Championships World Netball Championships official (female) 139 422 9 49
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 128 11 5 34
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 104 186 6 63
netballnerd Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand fansite (female) 103 92 6 14
CorlettoSports Netball Australia Netball School Holiday Clinics Netball School Holiday Clinics 94 161 3 61
kimmysmiff ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts (female) 63 2 11 28
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 54 9 8 13
ACENetball Brisbane Netball Association ACE Netball Club official 52 28 5 4
NetballSA Netball Australia Netball South Australia state organization (female) 52 24 5 1
Jasmine_Keene ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 51 258 6 70
Orcas_Netball Plenty Valley Netball Association Orcas Netball 49 54 8 2
WildcatsNetball Netball South Australia WildcatsNetball Official Club (female) 41 2 4 11
NetFest2011 Netball Australia Netball Australia 39 16 1 34
KaroriNetball Netball Wellington Karori Netball Official Club (female) 38 70 6 2
MensNetballVic Men’s Netball Vic Men’s Netball Vic league (male) 35 35 3 27
netballwgtn Netball New Zealand Netball Wellington (female) 32 11 1 10
MDNAnetball Netball Queensland Brisbane Netball (female) 28 8 2 15
westernjets Netball SA Premier Western Jets team (female) 28 16 2 0
hillswarriors Netball Western Australia Warriors Netball Official Club (female) 27 13 1 4
woopinetball Netball New South Wales Woopi Netball Official Club (female) 26 103 2 0
winmaleenetball Netball New South Wales Winmalee Netball Official Club (female) 23 1 1 3
SharksNetball Netball Queensland Sharks NetBall Official Club (female) 22 0 1 0
comeonvipers Netball Victoria Vipers Netball Team Club (female) 20 3 1 0
AmazonsNC Netball Queensland Amazons Netball Club Club (female) 18 8 1 11
North_Paws Netball New South Wales North Paws Netball Club (female) 11 7 2 0
cswnanetball Netball New South Wales Cranbourne South West Netball Association (female) 8 3 0 40
mascotnetball Netball New South Wales Mascot Netball Club Club (female) 1 4 1 0

Edited to add:
I’ve added bendunn43, NetballCoach, and BallsNGiggles to my list for future monitoring.

If there are any additional accounts I’m missing, let me know. Any accounts added will appear on versions of most popular women’s list and most popular AU/NZ sport general list.

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Australian Open and ATP World Tour Foursquare checkins

Posted by on Thursday, 20 January, 2011

I don’t fully understand how the tennis down here is organized but this how some of the Foursquare checkins for tennis related events have played out.  They’ve done pretty well for the major events, better than I actually expected.

Name Link City State Date checked Sport League Team 1 Checkin count People count
Rod Laver Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/281276 Melbourne Victoria 17-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 128 86
Rod Laver Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/281276 Melbourne Victoria 19-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 46 23
Rod Laver Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/281276 Melbourne Victoria 18-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 42 22
Tennis Australia Melbourne Park http://foursquare.com/venue/1861801 Melbourne Victoria 18-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 22 17
ASB Bank Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/416128 Auckland New Zealand 11-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour Heineken Open 21 18
Pat Rafter Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/15039348 Tennyson Queensland 8-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 7 7
Pat Rafter Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/15039348 Tennyson Queensland 7-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 6 4
Tennis Australia Melbourne Park http://foursquare.com/venue/1861801 Melbourne Victoria 19-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 6 3
Memorial Drive Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/10125599 North Adelaide South Australia 11-Jan-11 Tennis World Tennis Challenge 2011 5 5
Memorial Drive Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/10125599 North Adelaide South Australia 12-Jan-11 Tennis World Tennis Challenge 2011 4 4
Queensland Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/346372 Tennyson Queensland 6-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 4 3
Queensland Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/346372 Tennyson Queensland 9-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 3 3
Pat Rafter Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/15039348 Tennyson Queensland 5-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 1 1
Queensland Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/346372 Tennyson Queensland 5-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 0 0
Pat Rafter Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/15039348 Tennyson Queensland 6-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 0 0
Queensland Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/346372 Tennyson Queensland 7-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 0 0
Queensland Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/346372 Tennyson Queensland 8-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 0 0
Pat Rafter Arena http://foursquare.com/venue/15039348 Tennyson Queensland 9-Jan-11 Tennis Australian Open Series Brisbane International 0 0
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/283964 Sydney New South Wales 9-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour 250 Medibank International Sydney 0 0
ASB Bank Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/416128 Auckland New Zealand 10-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour Heineken Open 0 0
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/283964 Sydney New South Wales 10-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour 251 Medibank International Sydney 0 0
Memorial Drive http://foursquare.com/venue/562776 North Adelaide South Australia 11-Jan-11 Tennis World Tennis Challenge 2011 0 0
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/283964 Sydney New South Wales 11-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour 252 Medibank International Sydney 0 0
Memorial Drive http://foursquare.com/venue/562776 North Adelaide South Australia 12-Jan-11 Tennis World Tennis Challenge 2011 0 0
ASB Bank Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/416128 Auckland New Zealand 12-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour Heineken Open 0 0
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/283964 Sydney New South Wales 12-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour 253 Medibank International Sydney 0 0
ASB Bank Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/416128 Auckland New Zealand 15-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour Heineken Open 0 0
Sydney Olympic Park Tennis Centre http://foursquare.com/venue/283964 Sydney New South Wales 15-Jan-11 Tennis ATP World Tour 256 Medibank International Sydney 0 0
Tennis Australia Melbourne Park http://foursquare.com/venue/1861801 Melbourne Victoria 17-Jan-11 Tennis Grand Slam Australian Open 0 0

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