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		<title>Twitter: @NRL followers vs. @AFL followers</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Sep 2010 10:01:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve wanted to compare the NRL to the AFL on Twitter for a long time.  The problem is that they have a lot of followers.  For other teams, based on where our API is right now, there might be 200 to 300 location fields not filled in.  In both cases, there are were 6,000+ total [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve wanted to compare the NRL to the AFL on Twitter for a long time.  The problem is that they have a lot of followers.  For other teams, based on where our API is right now, there might be 200 to 300 location fields not filled in.  In both cases, there are were 6,000+ total followers.  Despite having massively improved the tool we&#8217;re building,  we&#8217;re still missing a lot.  In terms of the NRL data we gathered on September 2, we&#8217;re missing 836 locations.  (These may or may not actually result in actual city, state, country locations.)   For the AFL data gathered on the same date, we&#8217;re missing 351 locations.  At this would require several more days worth of work to fix, I figured there was enough data to draw some general conclusions and make a map of the comparative locations of AFL fans versus NRL fans.</p>
<p>For the AFL, the city was determined for 5,879 people who are from 891 unique cities.  For the NRL, the city was determined for 3,204 people who are from 493 unique cities.  The following table shows the follow count by city and league for all cities+leagues where the city had more than 100 people identified as from that location.</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>City</td>
<td>State</td>
<td>Location</td>
<td>Count</td>
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<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>2372</td>
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<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1145</td>
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<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>443</td>
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<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>402</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>399</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>369</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>270</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>187</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>161</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Auckland</td>
<td>Auckland</td>
<td>New Zealand</td>
<td>110</td>
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<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>102</td>
</tr>
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<p>The location follow patterns appear to makes sense given what are the traditional strongholds and relative popularity of each league.  (It would be interesting to compare these to the A-League, ANZ Championship, W-League, NBL, WNBL, Super 14/15 and national side related follows to see where cities rank.  That map is a project for another day.)  When mapped with the location by city+league followed, you get the following:</p>
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<p>The map shows that the NRL draws much more heavily in New Zealand than the AFL does.  Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania and South Australia are predominately AFL areas of followers; whereas, New South Wales and Queensland are areas of heavy followers for the NRL.</p>
<p>If the location data is broken down by state instead of city, 3,546 NRL and 6,681 AFL followers have an identifiable Australia state.  It reaffirms the observed patterns:</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>State</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
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<tr>
<td>Australian Capital Territory</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>111</td>
</tr>
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<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>2057</td>
<td>724</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Northern Territory</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>1002</td>
<td>587</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>565</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>160</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>280</td>
<td>3778</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>723</td>
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<p>Both teams appear to have strong follower populations international.  For the NRL, 4,987 followers have an identified country.  For the AFL, there are 8,671 who have an identified country.  With the exception of Uruguay, New Zealand and the United Kingdom, the AFL has the largest amount of followers by country.</p>
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<tr>
<td>Location</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
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<tr>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>7720</td>
<td>4205</td>
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<tr>
<td>Austria</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
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<td>Barbados</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
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<td>Belarus</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
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<td>Belgium</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
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<td>Brazil</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>5</td>
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<tr>
<td>Cameroon</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
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<tr>
<td>Canada</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td>Chechnya</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
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<td>Chile</td>
<td>4</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td>China</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
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<td>Colombia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td>Denmark</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ecuador</td>
<td>13</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Egypt</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
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<td>Faroe Islands</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Finland</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>France</td>
<td>14</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Germany</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greece</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Guyana</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hungary</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>India</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Indonesia</td>
<td>7</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Iran</td>
<td>7</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ireland</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Israel</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Italy</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Japan</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kazakhstan</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kenya</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Malaysia</td>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Marshall Islands</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mexico</td>
<td>4</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nauru</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nepal</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netherlands</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Caledonia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New Zealand</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>356</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Norway</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Philippines</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Portugal</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Qatar</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Romania</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Russia</td>
<td>4</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Saudi Arabia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Serbia</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Africa</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Spain</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sri Lanka</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sweden</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Taiwan</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Thailand</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tonga</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Turkey</td>
<td>5</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ukraine</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>United Arab Emirates</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>United Kingdom</td>
<td>166</td>
<td>218</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>United States</td>
<td>392</td>
<td>124</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Unknown</td>
<td>667</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Vietnam</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Uruguay</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
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<p>With out knowing much, some of this makes sense.  It is much easier to watch AFL games in the United States and Canada than it is to watch NRL games.  Added to that, the AFL have spent some money trying to develop the sport there.  The United Kingdom is a traditional rugby stronghold.  New Zealand has an NRL team and doesn&#8217;t have an AFL club.</p>
<p>On September 2, I also got follower data for the Socceroos and the ANZ Championship.  The scale of followers was much smaller, with something like 4,500 and 250 respectively.  For the accounts, I found the mean, median and mode of ReTweets, Followers, Status Updates, Friends, and Listed.  This data is on the table below.</p>
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<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>Math</td>
<td>Retweeted</td>
<td>Followers</td>
<td>Status Updates</td>
<td>Friends</td>
<td>Listed</td>
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<td>AFL</td>
<td>Mean</td>
<td>0.0003</td>
<td>152.49</td>
<td>559.64</td>
<td>223.82</td>
<td>5.14</td>
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<td>anznetballchamp</td>
<td>Mean</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>92.67</td>
<td>652.14</td>
<td>179.45</td>
<td>4.04</td>
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<td>NRL</td>
<td>Mean</td>
<td><strong>0.0069</strong></td>
<td>152.96</td>
<td>549.76</td>
<td>214.27</td>
<td>5.19</td>
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<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Mean</td>
<td>0</td>
<td><strong>294.26</strong></td>
<td><strong>978.33</strong></td>
<td><strong>386.65</strong></td>
<td><strong>10.76</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Median</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>0</td>
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<tr>
<td>anznetballchamp</td>
<td>Median</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>94</td>
<td>0</td>
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<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Median</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>0</td>
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<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Median</td>
<td>0</td>
<td><strong>39</strong></td>
<td><strong>109</strong></td>
<td><strong>114</strong></td>
<td><strong>1</strong></td>
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<td>AFL</td>
<td>Mode</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
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<td>anznetballchamp</td>
<td>Mode</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td><strong>35</strong></td>
<td>0</td>
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<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Mode</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
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<tr>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Mode</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
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<p>On the whole, Socceroos fans appear to be more active, have the most followers and follow the most people.  If we only look at the NRL and the AFL, the two sets of followers appear to be very close in composition.  The average number of followers is separated by one. The total status updates differs by a little more than 10.  The total number of friends differs by around 9.  The total number of times each follower appears on a list averages less than one.  If median and mode are used instead, the differences are similar in that there isn&#8217;t a significant difference.</p>
<p>In conclusion, there are distinct geographic patterns for AFL and NRL followers but beyond that, the two types of followers are pretty similar.  More analysis can and should be done to see if these patterns hold up country to country, state to state, and city to city.<br />
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		<title>Sydney Swans fans on Twitter</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/sydney-swans-fans-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t much of a post as I&#8217;m not in the mood to do a detailed methodology and analysis. Suffice to say, we&#8217;re still improving our tool to get profile information and then set a location for this. This morning, we ran the Sydney Swans, sydneyswans. We were able to snag information on 2,993 of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This isn&#8217;t much of a post as I&#8217;m not in the mood to do a detailed methodology and analysis.  Suffice to say, we&#8217;re still improving our tool to get profile information and then set a location for this.  This morning, we ran the Sydney Swans, <a href="http://twitter.com/sydneyswans">sydneyswans</a>.  We were able to snag information on 2,993 of the 5,339 total followers.  That&#8217;s about 56%.  It isn&#8217;t a bad sample size wise so I&#8217;m happy.  (We still need to be able to figure out how to get them all.)</p>
<p>Anyway, the basic math for the Swans followers statistics:</p>
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<tr>
<td >Math</td>
<td >Retweets</td>
<td >Followers</td>
<td >Statuses</td>
<td >Friends</td>
<td >Listed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Mean</td>
<td >0.013963039</td>
<td >489.7216839</td>
<td >670.358623</td>
<td >589.5511364</td>
<td >13.74816054</td>
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<tr>
<td >Median</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >119</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Mode</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Beyond that, what I was most interested in was the location of Sydney Swans fans.  Would they be centered around Sydney?  I put the locations on a map and this is what it looks like&#8230;  (Yes, huge fan base around Sydney.  At the same time, large fanbase around Melbourne and scattered fans/followers around the globe.)</p>
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<p><i>The raw data set used for this can be found at <a href="http://ozziesport.com/TwitterSwans.xls">TwitterSwans.xls</a>.</i><br />
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		<title>Richmond Tigers followers on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 23:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is part of that series I&#8217;m doing on Twitter follower stats as a tool that a friend is developing gets refined. While we captured everything for the Storm, this only capture 1,099. We&#8217;re again missing quite a few and I&#8217;m not entirely certain what is up. (An earlier iteration with more fields picked up [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is part of that series I&#8217;m doing on Twitter follower stats as a tool that a friend is developing gets refined.  While we captured everything for the Storm, this only capture 1,099.  We&#8217;re again missing quite a few and I&#8217;m not entirely certain what is up.  (An earlier iteration with more fields picked up more.  It just had other issues.  I&#8217;m using the more recent iteration .)  Richmond can be found at <a href="http://twitter.com/richmond_fc">Richmond_FC on Twitter</a>. They have 2,894 followers. That&#8217;s about 2/3rds the amount that St. Kilda has.  (The big difference between the two is that St. Kilda appears to have an active follow pattern that Richmond does not have.)</p>
<p>Basic math out of the way, the following are the numbers for Richmond followers based on that sample of 1,099 followers:</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Math</td>
<td>ReTweets</td>
<td>Followers</td>
<td>Status Count</td>
<td>Friends</td>
<td>Listed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mean</td>
<td>0.005</td>
<td>661.65</td>
<td>612.80</td>
<td>493.610</td>
<td>17.67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Median</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>77.5</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mode</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>These numbers are a lot higher than the Melbourne Storm, though not as high as St. Kilda.  They average 479 more followers, 161 more friends and on average are included on 10 more lists.  The big difference is that Richmond Tiger fans appear to update a lot less than Storm followers with an average of 170 less status dates and a median of 25 less status updates.</p>
<p>The Richmond Tigers only really have two power users with more than 10,000 plus followers.  They are: michaelyardney and HootSuite. Both are also the only two people who follow more than 10,000+ people on Twitter.  (Remember: This sample is less than half the complete set.  There may be more.)  On the other side, there are 53 people who follow only the Tigers or the Tigers and one other account.</p>
<p>670 people appear on zero lists. 116 people appear on one list.  At the high end, ignoring HootSuite, fourteen accounts are listed on 100+ lists and four accounts that follow Richmond are listed on 200+ lists.  The 100+ list accounts are: heraldsunscoop, NovaFM, PAFC, Geelong_FC, outfandishfans, superfooty, stkildafc, ryanknapp, SportsGeekHQ, haydencooper, michaelyardney, Adelaide_FC, Collingwood_FC, sammutimer .  A lot of these are AFL related.  (AFL clubs and media follow each other.)</p>
<p>156 people have never updated their Twitter account.  That represents 14% of all Richmond followers. 443 people have updated 10 or less times.  That represents 40% of all Richmond followers.  That is a huge number of people who are just not updating frequently.  It may suggest that people joined Twitter, followed their favorite team and then never bother to check again.  (Or again, it may not.  Some people may check Twitter with out updating.  I know a few cases.)  8 of Richmond&#8217;s followers have updated their status 10,000+ times.  These really active followers are: THETUBEtv, FtLauderDaniel, D3wizl, _Jessica_Maree, asmtegan, dottedwithearts, aflfeeds, dzufauzan. (In that select group of 10,000+ super updaters, they average 624 followers and 745 people they follow.)</p>
<p>Beyond these basic numbers, 720 people have visible time zones. Over half of these followers are in Melbourne time:</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Time Zone</td>
<td>Count</td>
<td>Percent</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>372</td>
<td>51.74%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hawaii</td>
<td>83</td>
<td>11.54%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>8.48%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adelaide</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>5.70%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>5.01%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>4.03%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Eastern Time (US &amp;amp; Canada)</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>2.78%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>London</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>1.81%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hobart</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1.25%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Pacific Time (US &amp;amp; Canada)</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1.25%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Central Time (US &amp;amp; Canada)</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>1.11%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Alaska</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>0.97%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canberra</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>0.97%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darwin</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>0.42%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mountain Time (US &amp;amp; Canada)</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>0.42%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Quito</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>0.42%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>0.28%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Amsterdam</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Athens</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Berlin</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bucharest</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Buenos Aires</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greenland</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hong Kong</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jakarta</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Magadan</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Monterrey</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Osaka</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tehran</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0.14%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>I still need an explanation as to why there are so many people in Hawaii who follow Australian sport teams&#8230;  (Turns out a lot of Melbourne people are listing their timezone as Hawaiian&#8230;)  Sydney appears third, Adelaide 4th, Brisbane 5th, and Perth 6th.  This seems to match a bit with my understanding of the popularity of the AFL around Australia.</p>
<p>As for languages, 1 for DE, 2 for ES, 1 for FR (who lists his timezone as Greenland) and 1 for JA.  This reflects a little less diversity than the Storm and the Saints.  It may possibly suggest that the Tigers are less prone to getting spam followers than the other teams if one assumes that non-English language codes imply spam followers.</p>
<p>Either way, the Tigers seem much closer to the Storm than the Saints in terms of follower patterns.  The big issue for me as some one looking at it for the good of the team is that they appear to have a really high inactive base that may suggest people aren&#8217;t continuing to read their message.<br />
<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:</h3>
<ul class='related_post'>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/alexa-rank-for-australian-leagues-and-clubs/' title='Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs'>Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/06/popular-sport-team-and-league-sites-in-australia/' title='Popular sport team and league sites in Australia'>Popular sport team and league sites in Australia</a></li>
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		<title>#AFL hashtag stats: Posting client</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been using TwapperKeeper to get information on all tweets tagged #afl as of August 24. (Twapper pulled all tweets from August 21 to the present.) There are about 2,200 total. One stat that interested me is posting client. What client are people using to post about the #afl? I&#8217;ll give you a clue to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been using <a href="http://www.twapperkeeper.com/hashtag/afl?sm=&amp;sd=&amp;sy=&amp;em=&amp;ed=&amp;ey=&amp;o=&amp;l=10000&amp;from_user=&amp;text=&amp;lang=">TwapperKeeper</a> to get information on all tweets tagged #afl as of August 24.  (Twapper pulled all tweets from August 21 to the present.)  There are about 2,200 total.</p>
<p>One stat that interested me is posting client.  What client are people using to post about the #afl? I&#8217;ll give you a clue to the most popular: It is an automated one that involves no human posting.</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >SOURCE</td>
<td >Count</td>
<td >Percentage</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitterfeed.com rel=nofollow: twitterfeed</td>
<td >361</td>
<td >16%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://dev.twitter.com/ rel=nofollow: API</td>
<td >311</td>
<td >14%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com/: web</td>
<td >250</td>
<td >11%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >twitterfeed</td>
<td >197</td>
<td >9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.hootsuite.com rel=nofollow: HootSuite</td>
<td >189</td>
<td >9%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >web</td>
<td >124</td>
<td >6%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >HootSuite</td>
<td >115</td>
<td >5%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.tweetdeck.com rel=nofollow: TweetDeck</td>
<td >84</td>
<td >4%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.snaptu.com rel=nofollow: Snaptu.com</td>
<td >61</td>
<td >3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >API</td>
<td >60</td>
<td >3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >TweetDeck</td>
<td >58</td>
<td >3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com/ rel=nofollow: Twitter for iPhone</td>
<td >42</td>
<td >2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.echofon.com/ rel=nofollow: Echofon</td>
<td >36</td>
<td >2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://blackberry.com/twitter rel=nofollow: Twitter for BlackBerry®</td>
<td >35</td>
<td >2%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twibbon</td>
<td >33</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Snaptu.com</td>
<td >24</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitterrific.com rel=nofollow: Twitterrific</td>
<td >23</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://mobile.twitter.com rel=nofollow: Mobile Web</td>
<td >19</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://github.com/cezarsa/chromed_bird rel=nofollow: Chromed Bird</td>
<td >17</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Echofon</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.tweetdeck.com/ rel=nofollow: TweetDeck</td>
<td >13</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter for iPhone</td>
<td >12</td>
<td >1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >bitly</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.ubertwitter.com/bb/download.php rel=nofollow: ÜberTwitter</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitterrific</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter for BlackBerry®</td>
<td >8</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://itunes.apple.com/app/twitter/id333903271?mt=8 rel=nofollow: Twitter for iPhone</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >mobile web</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Chromed Bird</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://ubertwitter.com rel=nofollow: UberTwitter</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >ÜberTwitter</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >/devices rel=nofollow: txt</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://cotweet.com/?utm_source=sp1 rel=nofollow: CoTweet</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://tinyurl.com/tweetcaster rel=nofollow: TweetCaster</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com rel=nofollow: Tweetie for Mac</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.liveaflchat.com/ rel=nofollow: Live Australian Rules Football Chat</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Tweetie for Mac</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Brizzly</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://tribe.telstra.com/ rel=nofollow: Tribe</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com/tweetbutton rel=nofollow: Tweet Button</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.tweets60.com/ rel=nofollow: Tweets60</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.twhirl.org rel=nofollow: Seesmic twhirl</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.twittergadget.com rel=nofollow: tGadget</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >LinkedIn</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Posterous</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Seesmic Web</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >TwitBird</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twittelator</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Facebook</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://flickr.com/services/twitter/ rel=nofollow: Flickr</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://foursquare.com rel=nofollow: foursquare</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://mobileways.de/gravity rel=nofollow: Gravity</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://paper.li rel=nofollow: Paper.li</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://seesmic.com/app rel=nofollow: Seesmic Web</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://seesmic.com/seesmic_desktop/sd2 rel=nofollow: Seesmic Desktop</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://seesmic.com/seesmic_mobile/iphone/ rel=nofollow: Seesmic for iPhone</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://stone.com/Twittelator rel=nofollow: Twittelator</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitpic.com rel=nofollow: Twitpic</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.nibirutech.com rel=nofollow: TwitBird</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.qwitter-client.net rel=nofollow: Qwitter Client</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://www.stone.com/Twittelator rel=nofollow: Twittelator</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >https://launchpad.net/gwibber/ rel=nofollow: Gwibber</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Mobile Tweete</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Paper.li</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Seesmic Desktop</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >TweetCaster</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >TweetMeme</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >twidroid</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitpic</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitscoop</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0%</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Who is the most guilty of posting automated Twitterfeed content?</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>FROM_USER</td>
<td>Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL_Tagger</td>
<td>193</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL_News</td>
<td>49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFLNewsInsider</td>
<td>37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>EssendonFC_News</td>
<td>17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>contestedfooty</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>DTTALK</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NABCup</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Your_SC_Coach</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>yellow_n_black</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>footywa</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydney_Rules</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>TRISHF1SH</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kick2Kick</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KieranJones7</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFLBrisbaneFC</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>aussieruleslive</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>CF_Demons</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>iam_msu</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MervinsNo1Fan</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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		<title>St. Kilda followers on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Aug 2010 01:57:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m currently busily nagging a friend into building me a nice little tool to extract follower information from AFL related accounts. It will require a number of runs before it is perfected. Today, we did a test run on stkildafc. (The programmer helping me barracks for St. Kilda. Hence, we are looking at them today.) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m currently busily nagging a friend into building me a nice little tool to extract follower information from AFL related accounts.  It will require a number of runs before it is perfected. Today, we did a test run on <a href="http://twitter.com/stkildafc">stkildafc</a>. (The programmer helping me barracks for St. Kilda.  Hence, we are looking at them today.) There are a number of bugs and we didn&#8217;t get a complete data set but I&#8217;ll talk about the results anyway as we extracted information from about half the followers: We have some information for 2,397 followers out of 4,145 total.</p>
<p>The average number of followers a St. Kilda follower has based on that sample? 3169.  Average number of people they are following? 3233. Those numbers seems absurdly highly.  That&#8217;s because you have 142 of them with 10,000+ followers.  You&#8217;ve also got 15 with 100,000+ followers: MagicSauceMedia, Dillanos_VP, SanMarcoCoffee, mauricefreedman, wishnie, MarcDeCaria, darrenwilliger, dollars5, socialmediamind, WeBlogtheWorld, PleasureEllis, pramitjnathan, rleseberg, Wakooz_RSS, DesignerDepot, clatko.  If you remove those with 100,000+ followers, you get the average number of people a St. Kilda follower is following down to 2258.  If you remove the people who have 10,000+ followers, you get the average number of number of followers a St. Kilda follower has down to 247.  That number is much more realistic.</p>
<p>The number of people following is one of those problem parts of my data set.  (We&#8217;re still refining this data collecting.  This will get more accurate with time.)   We only have information for 2,293 as compared to 2,397.   Of those, 13 are following more than 100,000 people.  (They&#8217;ll never see St. Kilda updates.  Can&#8217;t follow 100,000 people.)  If those 13 are taken out, the average number of people that a St. Kilda follower is following is 2388.   If we take out the people who are following more than 10,000 people, the average number of people they are following is 350.  This number appears more realistic.  Oh and those followers?  93 of them are following only the St. Kilda Saints.  51 of them are just following the Saints plus one other account.  The median number of people that they follow is 81.</p>
<p>Most St. Kilda fans aren&#8217;t following and being follow by all that many people.  There are a few people who heavily skew the average.</p>
<p>The average number of status updates for a St. Kilda follower? 1044.  49 people have updated more than 10,000 times.  If we take them out, we get an average number of updates of 539. If we get rid of the 460 people who have updated 0 or 1 time and those with 10,000+, the average number of updates is 671.  On the whole though, when you have 460 people who have updated 0 or 1 time, that is a huge population of people not updating on Twitter&#8230; </p>
<p>One of the other stats that were pulled involved getting the language code.  (What language do you view Twitter in.)  Most of these are English with a few exceptions: 3 DE, 9 ES, 1 FR, 3 JP.  Most of St. Kilda&#8217;s fans opt for English as their native language.</p>
<p>In their profile descriptions, 23 mention St. Kilda and 32 mention the Saints.  A few of the latter obviously are confused bots or people who can&#8217;t tell the St. Kilda Saints apart from the New Orleans Saints.</p>
<p>If I just filter the location down to require that they mention Kilda, there are only four.  That isn&#8217;t many people.  When I get the location tool fixed, I should be able to get a better idea of what is going on with where they are from.  (I have an If location field says this, then that means they live in City, State, Country.  This only ran for about 100 people before it broke.  Otherwise, I would discuss this more.)</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll do another similar analysis when I get more data.  The tool needs to be refined but the insights I begin to see what followers look like are fascinating.</p>
<p><i>A copy of the raw data referenced in this post can be found <a href="http://www.ozziesport.com/StKilda.xls">here: StKilda.xls</a>.</i><br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
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		<title>Nifty Twitter tool: TwapperKeeper</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 09:24:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found a really nifty Twitter tool.  I don&#8217;t generally do content analysis but I figured it would be better to start getting data to have it than to want it later and not have it&#8230;  The tool is Twapper Keeper. It allows you to archive all tweets based on hashtags and keyword searches. (I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I found a really nifty Twitter tool.  I don&#8217;t generally do content analysis but I figured it would be better to start getting data to have it than to want it later and not have it&#8230;  The tool is <a href="http://twapperkeeper.com/">Twapper Keeper</a>.  It allows you to archive all tweets based on hashtags and keyword searches.  (I&#8217;m hoping I can then use this do to some sort of analysis or maybe compare the tweet location between followers and tweeters to see if the audiences are unique.)  I spent most of the morning setting up a bunch of #hashtags to monitor related to the AFL and NRL.  While noting that these tags were not all added at the same time, the table below gives an idea of the total uses of these hash tags over the past 7 to 10 hours.</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Archive Type</td>
<td >Name</td>
<td >Description</td>
<td ># of Tweets</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afl</td>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >1619</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#nrl</td>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >1501</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aleague</td>
<td >A-League</td>
<td >736</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflcatsblues</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Geelong Cats vs. Carlton Blues</td>
<td >688</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#dreamteam</td>
<td >AFL fantasy football related tweets.</td>
<td >628</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflsaintstigers </td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Saints vs. Tigers</td>
<td >413</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflpowerdemons</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Port Adelaide Power vs. Melbourne Demons</td>
<td >370</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#efctweetup</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >345</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#boomers</td>
<td >Australian national basketball team</td>
<td >298</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#footy</td>
<td >AFL related tweets</td>
<td >293</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#Eels</td>
<td >Parametta Eels</td>
<td >286</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afleagleskangas</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: West Coast Eagles vs. North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td >251</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gomanly</td>
<td >Manly Sea Eagles</td>
<td >251</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gosaints</td>
<td >St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td >245</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#Gocats</td>
<td >Geelong Cats</td>
<td >169</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Keyword</td>
<td >@carlton_fc</td>
<td >Carlton Blues</td>
<td >155</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gopies</td>
<td >Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td >150</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#goswans</td>
<td >Sydney Swans related tweets</td>
<td >149</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#goeagles</td>
<td >West Coast Eagles</td>
<td >100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#golions</td>
<td >Brisbane Lions</td>
<td >97</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gotigers</td>
<td >Richmond Tigers</td>
<td >84</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#NMFC</td>
<td >North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td >78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#Essendon</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >68</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gohawks</td>
<td >Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td >59</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#goblues</td>
<td >Carlton Blues</td>
<td >54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#wallabies</td>
<td >Australian national team</td>
<td >52</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#mvfc</td>
<td >Melbourne Victory Football Club</td>
<td >50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#socceroos</td>
<td >Socceroos.</td>
<td >46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#supercoach</td>
<td >Supercoach fantasy AFL competition</td>
<td >44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#Delhi2010 </td>
<td >The Commonwealth Games</td>
<td >41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gobombers</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers related tweets</td>
<td >32</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#wce</td>
<td >West Coast Eagles</td>
<td >30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#sydneyswans</td>
<td >Sydney Swans</td>
<td >28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#risingstar</td>
<td >AFL related hashtag for great players.</td>
<td >23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Keyword</td>
<td >Jason Akermanis</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
<td >16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#AFLFinals</td>
<td >AFL finals.</td>
<td >14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#freo</td>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#mhfc</td>
<td >Melbourne Heart Football Club</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#Wallaroos</td>
<td >Australian national team</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gocrows</td>
<td >Adelaide Crows</td>
<td >11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#northmelbourne</td>
<td >North Melbourne Football Club</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#thekennel</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#AFLPAMVP </td>
<td >AFL Player Association</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#ucniss</td>
<td >University of Canberra National Institute of Sport (Australia)</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#westernbulldogs</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs.</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflcatseagles</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats.</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afldogsbombers</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Bulldogs vs. Bombers</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflfreoblues</td>
<td >AFL Game Day tweets: Fremantle vs. Blues</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#canberraunited</td>
<td >Canberra United</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflhawkspies</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Hawks vs. Magpies</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afltigerspower</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Tigers vs. Power</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#wnbl</td>
<td >Women&#8217;s National Basketball League &#8211; Australia</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflbomberspies</td>
<td >AFL Game Day tweets: Bombers vs. Pies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afllionsswans</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Sydney Swans vs. Brisbane Lions</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#godemons</td>
<td >Melbourne Demons</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflbluesfreo</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Fremantle Dockers vs. Carlton Blues</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflbombersdogs</td>
<td >AFL Game day tweets: Bombers vs. Bulldogs</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afldemondsroos</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Demons vs Roos</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#afleaglescats</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: West Coast Eagles vs. Geelong Cats</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflpieshawks</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Hawks vs. Pies.</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflpowertigers</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Port Adelaide Power vs. Richmond Tigers</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflroosdemons</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Kangaroos vs. Melbourne Demons</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflsaintscrows</td>
<td >Game day hash tag</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#aflswanslions</td>
<td >AFL game day tweets: Brisbane Lions vs. Sydney Swans</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#godockers</td>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gofreo</td>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hashtag</td>
<td >#gopower</td>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>What is interesting is that the popular teams are popular on Twitter too.  Game day tags are pretty popular.  The NRL and AFL are really close in terms of total number of tweets.  (The difference could be accounted for by when each hash tag was added.)</p>
<p>Live updates of this table can be seen at <a href="http://twapperkeeper.com/allnotebooks.php?type=&#038;name=&#038;description=&#038;tag=&#038;created_by=purplepopple#">TwapperKeeper</a>.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/richmond-tigers-followers-on-twitter/' title='Richmond Tigers followers on Twitter'>Richmond Tigers followers on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/03/popularity-of-australian-sports-leagues-across-various-social-networks/' title='Popularity of Australian sports leagues across various social networks'>Popularity of Australian sports leagues across various social networks</a></li>
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		<title>Location of recent Essendon followers on Twitter</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 00:33:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Essendon Bombers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Twitter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[twitter]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A friend is building me a Twitter tool that will allow me to get the location information for people who follow certain accounts. It hasn&#8217;t had all the bugs worked out of it. At the moment, it only captures the 100 most recent followers&#8217;s location information. That said, this could still be interesting so I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>A friend is building me a Twitter tool that will allow me to get the location information for people who follow certain accounts.  It hasn&#8217;t had all the bugs worked out of it.  At the moment, it only captures the 100 most recent followers&#8217;s location information.  That said, this could still be interesting so I got the follower location data for five Essendon related Twitter accounts: Essendon_FC, essendonfc, JasonJohnson14, jobewatson, SteveAlessio.  Bear in mind, this is the 100 most recent followers only&#8230; but it gives an idea as to where the fanbase is for the team and how players and former players differ from the club and a Bombers fansite.  (I&#8217;ll eventually get around to getting more teams and all the followers and do a better post then.)</p>
<p>Table below.  This is based on capture data from 7am Canberra time on August 24, 2010.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>City</td>
<td>State</td>
<td>Country</td>
<td>Essendon_FC</td>
<td>essendonfc</td>
<td>JasonJohnson14</td>
<td>jobewatson</td>
<td>SteveAlessio</td>
<td>Total</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manly</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Redfern</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Woy Woy</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>3</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bulimba</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gold Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Loganholme</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Noosa</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sunshine Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Whitsunday Island</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adelaide</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Devonport</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hobart</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kingston</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ballarat</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bendigo</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bentleigh East</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brunswick</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caulfield</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Colac</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diamond Creek</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Drouin</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>East Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Essendon</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fitzroy</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Frankston</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Geelong</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gippsland</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gisborne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gladstone Park</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greensborough</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hillside</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hoppers Crossing</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jan Juc</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manangatang</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>147</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mildura</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Montmorency</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>North Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Northcote</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Seaford</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Southbank</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydenham</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Torquay</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wimmera</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wodonga</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Woodend</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bunbury</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fremantle</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>São Paulo</td>
<td></td>
<td>Brazil</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamilton</td>
<td>Ontario</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Toronto</td>
<td>Ontario</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Amagasaki City</td>
<td>Hyōgo Prefecture</td>
<td>Japan</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td></td>
<td>Japan</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rotterdam</td>
<td></td>
<td>Netherlands</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td></td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Staffordshire</td>
<td>England</td>
<td>United Kingdom</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>California</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greenwich</td>
<td>Connecticut</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ann Arbor</td>
<td>Michigan</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>I&#8217;ve been occassionally collecting tweets related to the AFL from Searchtastic.  I&#8217;ve blogged about that in earlier posts.  If I decide to compare apples to oranges, recent tweet follower locations to tweet references by tweeter location, there are some noticable geographic differences in where people are tweeting about the team from compared to where they follow from.  (This isn&#8217;t a fair comparison for a variety of reasons.  First and foremost, neither represents a particularly complete data set. 2% of total followers versus unknown amount of tweets is hardly representative.  I&#8217;m making it anyway, mostly to amuse myself and so I can potentially follow up later.)  There are different patterns.  There are more international based tweets than international recent  followers&#8230;</p>
<p>What would be interesting is to see if this hold up if the tweet total went up and the follower locations represented the whole population&#8230;   I just don&#8217;t know how many tweets would need to be included to even begin to provide an accurate picture.  (I&#8217;ve started logging a few #hashtags on http://twapperkeeper.com/ and hopefully I can get more Tweets archived and get some one to do a script call for me to pull in the location information of the user.)</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>City</td>
<td>State</td>
<td>Country</td>
<td>Total</td>
<td>Tweet locations</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Canberra</td>
<td>Australian Capital Territory</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manly</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Newcastle</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Redfern</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Woy Woy</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darwin</td>
<td>Northern Territory</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bulimba</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caloundra</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gold Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamilton Island</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Loganholme</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Noosa</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sunshine Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Surfers Paradise</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Whitsunday Island</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adelaide</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Devonport</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hobart</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kingston</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Albert Park</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ballarat</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bendigo</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bentleigh East</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brunswick</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Caulfield</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Colac</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Darley</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Diamond Creek</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Drouin</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>East Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Essendon</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fitzroy</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Frankston</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Geelong</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gippsland</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>3</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gisborne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>2</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gladstone Park</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greensborough</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hillside</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hoppers Crossing</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jan Juc</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kilsyth</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Manangatang</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>147</td>
<td>129</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mildura</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Montmorency</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>North Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Northcote</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Olinda</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Seaford</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Geelong</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>South Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Southbank</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sydenham</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Templestowe</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Torquay</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wimmera</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wodonga</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Woodend</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bunbury</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fremantle</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>Australia</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>São Paulo</td>
<td></td>
<td>Brazil</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Stonewall</td>
<td>Manitoba</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Winnipeg</td>
<td>Manitoba</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td></td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hamilton</td>
<td>Ontario</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Toronto</td>
<td>Ontario</td>
<td>Canada</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jakarta</td>
<td></td>
<td>Indonesia</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tangerang</td>
<td></td>
<td>Indonesia</td>
<td></td>
<td>19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Amagasaki City</td>
<td>Hyōgo Prefecture</td>
<td>Japan</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tokyo</td>
<td></td>
<td>Japan</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rotterdam</td>
<td></td>
<td>Netherlands</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Moscow</td>
<td></td>
<td>Russia</td>
<td></td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td></td>
<td>Singapore</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Roodepoort</td>
<td></td>
<td>South Africa</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Strängnäs</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sweden</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Dubai</td>
<td></td>
<td>United Arab Emirates</td>
<td></td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Staffordshire</td>
<td>England</td>
<td>United Kingdom</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Los Angeles</td>
<td>California</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bristol</td>
<td>Connecticut</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td></td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greenwich</td>
<td>Connecticut</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chicago</td>
<td>Illinois</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ann Arbor</td>
<td>Michigan</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td>1</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>La Follette</td>
<td>Tennesse</td>
<td>United States</td>
<td></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>This data isn&#8217;t really complete and I really dislike text based content analysis but the patterns seem pretty clear at the moment that the people tweeting and following the team are what is probably the ideal market for Essendon in that they can more easily monetize those fans by selling them merchandise in Australia, getting them to attend games or having them watch games on television.   The raw data (only Bombers related from a larger Australian sport Excel related file) used in this post is available at <a href="http://ozziesport.com/Essendon.xls">Essendon.xls</a>.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/what-afl-related-hashtags-get-the-most-rt-retweets/' title='What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?'>What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?</a></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is a follow up to What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets? and Want to be Retweeted? Add URLs to Your Tweets!. This post looks at the what domains get the most retweets in tweets related to the AFL. It borrows the methodology (and assumptions) from the previous post with [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is a follow up to <a href="http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/what-afl-related-hashtags-get-the-most-rt-retweets/">What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?</a> and <a href="http://asc-parc.blogspot.com/2010/08/want-to-be-retweeted-add-urls-to-your.html">Want to be Retweeted? Add URLs to Your Tweets!</a>. This post looks at the what domains get the most retweets in tweets related to the AFL.  It borrows the methodology (and assumptions) from the previous post with two major differences.  First, the <a href="http://www.ozziesport.com/RTAFLurl.xls">tweet collection</a>  had 10,412 total tweets instead of 8,523 at the start.  (More recent tweets and more tweets.)  Second, a new tool was needed to lengthen short urls. The tool that was used was <a href="http://www.longurlplease.com/">Long URL please</a>, a FireFox extension.  Short links were copy pasted from Excel to a draft document, urls were lengthened and then pasted back.  (When URLs were not lengthened, they were manually visited to get the real url.)</p>
<p>That out of the way, there 10,412 total tweets that could be examined.  The list of keywords used can be found at <a href="http://www.ozziesport.com/RTAFLurl.xls">using my raw data</a>.  Duplicate Tweets were removed bringing the total to 6,313 unique tweets.  Tweets that did not include a url were removed.  This brought the Tweet total down to 2,892 tweets.  (About 46% of AFL related Tweets include a URL.  This compares to 52% of AFL related Tweets with #hashtags.)  There were 2,941 urls in these Tweets, with 2,582 unique urls in these Tweets.  Of these, there were 623 unique domains.  For all AFL related Tweets with urls, the following domains were the most popular:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Domains</td>
<td >Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://afl.com.au</td>
<td >248</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://foxsports.com.au</td>
<td >140</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://heraldsun.com.au</td>
<td >115</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://au.sport.yahoo.com</td>
<td >112</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://abc.net.au</td>
<td >101</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://aflfeeds.com</td>
<td >67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitpic.com</td>
<td >67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sportal.com.au</td>
<td >65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://couriermail.com.au</td>
<td >64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://news.aflspace.com</td>
<td >60</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://news.google.com</td>
<td >51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com</td>
<td >49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://facebook.com</td>
<td >47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://youtube.com</td>
<td >41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://feedproxy.google.com</td>
<td >37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://portadelaidefc.com.au</td>
<td >36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://theage.com.au</td>
<td >34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://skynews.com.au</td>
<td >32</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://bigpondnews.com</td>
<td >27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://essendonfc.com.au</td>
<td >26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sportsnewsodds.com</td>
<td >26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://yfrog.com</td>
<td >25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://askbiography.com</td>
<td >24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sydneyswans.com.au</td>
<td >23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://tweetphoto.com</td>
<td >21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://adelaidenow.com.au</td>
<td >19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://news.smh.com.au</td>
<td >19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://saints.com.au</td>
<td >19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitlonger.com</td>
<td >19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://footyheads.com.au</td>
<td >18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://melbournefc.com.au</td>
<td >18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sports.espn.go.com</td>
<td >18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://contestedfooty.com</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://hawthornfc.com.au</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://thebigtip.com.au</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://themonk.com.au</td>
<td >15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://feeds.feedburner.com</td>
<td >14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://feeds.theroar.com.au</td>
<td >14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://https:</td>
<td >14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://flickr.com</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://oohja.com</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://rttf.posterous.com</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://topikality.com</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://yoursupercoachcoach.com</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://foursquare.com</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://mashable.com</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://racingandsports.com.au</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://theaustralian.com.au</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://3aw.com.au</td>
<td >11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://dailymail.co.uk</td>
<td >11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://3ba.com.au</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://blog.aflcio.org</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://goldcoastfc.com.au</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://huffingtonpost.com</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Of the Tweets with urls, only 342 of them were ReTweets. That means about 5% of AFL related ReTweets contain domains. (Compare that to ReTweets containing #hashtags: 8%.)  There were 150 domains mentioned   Amongst those, the following domains were the most popular:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Domains</td>
<td >Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitpic.com</td>
<td >23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://essendonfc.com.au</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://heraldsun.com.au</td>
<td >15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sydneyswans.com.au</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://hawthornfc.com.au</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://youtube.com</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitlonger.com</td>
<td >9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://afl.com.au</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://twitter.com</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://feeds.feedburner.com</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://mashable.com</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://saints.com.au</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://feedproxy.google.com</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://tweetphoto.com</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://3aw.com.au</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://blog.aflcio.org</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://aflpablog.com.au</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://facebook.com</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://flickr.com</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://melbournefc.com.au</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://patdollard.com</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://portadelaidefc.com.au</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://thebigtip.com.au</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://yfrog.com</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://afc.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://dailymail.co.uk</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://geelongadvertiser.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://goldcoastfc.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://kangaroos.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://skynews.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://sportsnewsfirst.com.au</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://abc.net.au</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://bigfooty.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://community.thisisplymouth.co.uk</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://diamondkpartypeople.blogspot.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://dreamteam2010.org</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://images.slatterymedia.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://live.tech45.eu</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://mtv.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://myloc.me</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://rttf.posterous.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://theage.com.au</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://videos.onsmash.com</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://votesmart.com.au</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >http://watoday.com.au</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The domains that are ReTweeted are interesting.  It is really easy to link spam on Twitter and some people and organizations do.  If you look at some accounts, they post view TwitterFeed.  Beyond that, you can tell when looking at a URL list that automated link posting is happening because the account may be using a URL shortener that isn&#8217;t as popular and the URLs tend to follow a sequence.  The AFL and various news services put out URLs and they just aren&#8217;t getting ReTweeted at the same rate that they are getting posted.  What is getting ReTweeted?  People&#8217;s pictures and club related links.  </p>
<p>Looking at both the domain list and the Domain ReTweet list, one thing that stands out for me is the lack of Wikipedia links.  Wikipedia ranks really high on Google and other search engines.  The AFL related content is highly ranked.  The AFL articles are often really, really, really good and they are updated frequently.  They can be really useful when looking for historical information.  Thus, I&#8217;m surprised that there were only 3 references to Wikipedia.  What gives?  Why isn&#8217;t Wikipedia being cited more?</p>
<p>Moving on, 488 accounts were mentioned in the 343 ReTweets with URLs.  The following table gives an idea as to who the most popular mentions were:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Mentioned</td>
<td >Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@essendon_fc</td>
<td >22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@sydneyswans</td>
<td >20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@hawthornfc</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@stkildafc</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@AFL</td>
<td >11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@AFLPA</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@AFLCIO</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@superfooty</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@Footyfree</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@RTTF_AU</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@mashable</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@3AW693</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@adelaide_fc</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@blackpolitics</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@Collingwood_FC</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@StevenBaker10</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@DJPANIIC</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@GoldCoastFC</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@heraldsun</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@PAFCNews</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@PatDollard</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@watoday</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@antonKart</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@Carlton_FC</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@DemonsHQ</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@iamdiddy</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@mydogateart</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@myfabolouslife</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@northkangaroos</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@redcafesd</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@reggie_bush</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@ruanji</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@Sportsnewsfirst</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >@TeamHippo</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>That Essendon and Sydney were amongst the most mentioned doesn&#8217;t come as a surprise: Their domains were highly ranked.  What is a bit surprising that the Blues aren&#8217;t highly ranked; they ranked highly for mentions with #hashtags.  St. Kilda ranked highly on both lists.  I half want to attribute this to the idea that their audience may be more Twitter savvy than other clubs&#8217;s fans.  I&#8217;d have thought players might have been higher on this list but they really don&#8217;t appear to be a factor.  This may suggest that players are not Tweeting urls or that content isn&#8217;t what their fans are interested in.</p>
<p>The lesson of these two posts is that if you want your AFL related tweets reposted, be partisan in your support and link to official club content that the news services haven&#8217;t yet written about yet.<br />
<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:</h3>
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/what-afl-related-hashtags-get-the-most-rt-retweets/' title='What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?'>What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?</a></li>
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		<description><![CDATA[	While on vacation, a friend of mine recommended I read <a href="http://asc-parc.blogspot.com/2010/08/want-to-be-retweeted-add-hashtags-to.html">Want to be Retweeted? Add Hashtags to Your Tweets!</a>  The article is rather interesting and looks at the #hashtags that led to the most ReTweets.

	I have a collection of AFL related tweets that I update semi-regularly.  More often than not, I use these for geographic related analysis.  My AFL tweet collection has a series of issues though that make me hesitant to always draw definitive conclusions from it.  These issues include:]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>	While on vacation, a friend of mine recommended I read <a href="http://asc-parc.blogspot.com/2010/08/want-to-be-retweeted-add-hashtags-to.html">Want to be Retweeted? Add Hashtags to Your Tweets!</a>  The article is rather interesting and looks at the #hashtags that led to the most ReTweets.</p>
<p>	I have a collection of AFL related tweets that I update semi-regularly.  More often than not, I use these for geographic related analysis.  My AFL tweet collection has a series of issues though that make me hesitant to always draw definitive conclusions from it.  These issues include:</p>
<ul>
<li>Incomplete tweet set for keywords: I only get what is available from <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">Searchtastic</a>.</li>
<li>Incomplete tweet set based on keyword limitations: Even supposing I could get all the tweets related to a keyword, I can&#8217;t find every reference to the AFL as there are too many possible words that could reference the AFL and its clubs.</li>
<li>Incomplete tweet set because of time: Some keywords were searched for earlier and some later.  Not all keywords were looked at over the same period.</li>
<li>Irrelevant tweets: Keywords like #gosaints may refer to the St. Kilda Saints or the New Orleans Saints.  AFL may refer to the AFL-CIO, a union in the United States. Unless every tweet is examined, irrelevant tweets will remain in the data set. </li>
</ul>
<p>These are major obstacles to doing any sort of content analysis for Twitter when specific subgroups are looked at.  Many of these issues are ones that other researchers are likely to have too: You can&#8217;t get the complete data set, will include garbage data and may not be entirely timely.</p>
<p>That said, despite these limitations, I still wanted to know what are the most popular #hashtags for AFL related tweets and what type of hashtags are likely to be ReTweeted.</p>
<p>To get my dataset of Tweets, first I went to <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">Searchtastic</a>, ran a series of searches over the course of 6 weeks, and exported those results to Excel.  I noted the keyword I searched for and the team that keyword is related to.   The keyword searches that were run on <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">Searchtastic</a> during this period included: #afl, #aflbluestigers, #aflcatslions, #afldemonsswans, #afldogscats, #afldogsfreo, #afldogspower, #afleaglesblues, #aflfooty, #aflhawksdemons, #aflkangasbombers, #aflkangasfreo, #AFLPAQUIZ, #aflpiestigers, #aflpowercrows, #aflpowereagles, #aflsaintshawks, #aflswanshawks  , #brisbanelions, #dreamteam, #footy, #fremantle, #freo, #freo AFL, #goblues, #gobombers, #Gocats, #gocrows, #gopies, #gosaints, #goswans, #NMFC, #northmelbourne, #sackermanis, #supercoach, #sydneyswans, #teamgws, #thekennel, #wafl, #westcoast afl, ackermanis sacked, ACT4GWS, Adelaide Crows, Adelaide_FC, afl Bombers, AFL GWS, AFL Magpies, afl pies, AFL Tony Lockett, Aker Bulldogs, Akermanis, akermanis dogs, akermanis gillard, Australian rules, blues afl, Brad Johnson, Brad Johnson AFL, Brady Rawlings, brisbane afl, Brisbane Lions, Brownlow Medal, Cameron Mooney cats, Carlton Blues, Chris Judd Carlton, Collingwood, collingwood AFL, Collingwood Magpies, crows afl, Damien Hardwick, DemonsHQ, Dockers AFL, eagles afl, eagles perth, Eric Mackenzie , Essendon  afl, Essendon Bombers, etihad kilda, folau afl, folau israel, Fremantle Dockers, fremantle ruckman, GCFC, geelong cats, Gold Coast Suns, harry_o, Hawthorn Hawks, HawthornFC, Jason Akermanis, Jeff Kennett, Judd Blues, kilda, kilda AFL, kilda riewoldt, lions afl, Mark Harvey, mcg kilda, Melbourne Demons, milburn cats, Nathan van Berlo Crows, North Melbourne Kangaroos, PAFC, Peter Szental, Port Adelaide Power, portadelaidefc, Richmond Football, Richmond Tigers, Rodney Eade dogs, roos afl, sackermanis, spoon eagles, spoon lions, spoon tigers, spoon wce, swans afl, swans footy, swans ruckman, Sydney Swans, tigers afl, Travis Johnstone, Trent Cotchin, WCE AFL, West Coast Eagles, and Western Bulldogs.  These keywords represent all teams and often include multiple keywords for them.</p>
<p>The next step was to remove all duplicate tweets.  As some tweets contain multiple keywords and some searches were run more than once over that 6-week time period, that possibility existed.  To do this, three columns were copy and pasted to a new worksheet: Username, Tweet and In Reply To.  On Excel, I did this using Filter -> Advanced Filter -> Unique records only.  This process took the total tweets from 8,523 to 5,427.</p>
<p>The third step was to identify all the hash tags used in this data set.  To do this, I copy and pasted all the tweets to Notepad.  I ran a find and replace for [space]# and replaced with [tab]#.  I copy and pasted these back, removed all cells that did not start with a #.  After this was done, the data set was copy and pasted back to Notepad.  Another find and replace was done, this time, [space] was replaced with [tab].  This was pasted back to excel and all cells that did not start with # were deleted.  The completed list was 2,833 total hashtags used.  Of these, 556 were unique.  The following table counts their total usage:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Hashtag</td>
<td >Total times used</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afl</td>
<td >724</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gosaints</td>
<td >110</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gocats</td>
<td >84</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DreamTeam</td>
<td >79</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflswanshawks</td>
<td >53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpiestigers</td>
<td >51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpowereagles</td>
<td >51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogscats</td>
<td >47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflfooty</td>
<td >46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflsaintshawks</td>
<td >45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footy</td>
<td >44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflhawksdemons</td>
<td >43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflbluestigers</td>
<td >41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcatslions</td>
<td >41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afleaglesblues</td>
<td >41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLPAQUIZ</td>
<td >39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflkangasfreo</td>
<td >38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#brisbanelions</td>
<td >38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflkangasbombers</td>
<td >36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoSwans</td>
<td >35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Goblues</td>
<td >34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ausvotes</td>
<td >33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gopies</td>
<td >31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ff</td>
<td >28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogsfreo</td>
<td >25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Essendon</td>
<td >21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoBombers</td>
<td >20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldemonsswans</td>
<td >18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Fremantle</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#SuperCoach</td>
<td >17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afllionscrows</td>
<td >16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#adelaide</td>
<td >15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpowercrows</td>
<td >14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#news</td>
<td >13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#thekennel</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#football</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Sackermanis</td>
<td >9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#11BOYS</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afllionssaints</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AUG21STCLUBVENUS</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Blues</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#collingwood</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GUAPGANG</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hawks</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HNG</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Lions</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Australia</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Dockers</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fb</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#freo</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sports</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#wce</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aker</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#jobs</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#lost</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#NMFC</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ABC</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflbluesdogs</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Chelsea</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Eng</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#NorthMelbourne</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#pafc</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#wafl</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflbombersblues</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflfreoswans</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#akermanis</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#blog</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bombers</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Bulldogs</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DOPEVIDEOALERT!!</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fail</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOPIES!</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gopies!!</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOSAINTS!</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gws</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#pies</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sport</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#worldcup</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcatshawks</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcrowscats</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afleagleslions</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#argyleman</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#beer</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bj008</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Crows</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dogs</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dss10</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyshow</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Freelance</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Gillard</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#goldcoast</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Light</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Melbourne</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#plymouth</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sagreat</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sydneyswans</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#tcot</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#travel</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#wa</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#WORDPRESS</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#17Julay</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afl:</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLCIO</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aka</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#akermanis,</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#alp</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Apple</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AstonVilla</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BERBATOV</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#brisbane</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Carlton</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CarltonFC</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CATS</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CFL</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Chargers</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Chile</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Cousins</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!!!</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DT</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Eagles</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#economist</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FERGUSON</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FollowFriday</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyfriday</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gno</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOBLUES!</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#goCats!</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOCROWS</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gosaints.</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hamburg</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Health</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Idontthinkso</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Illegal</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#job</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#kentucky</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#lastfm</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#lp&#8217;s</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#magpies</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#mofo</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Monday</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#monkbeer</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#NBA</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#New</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Obesity</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#online</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#P2</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ROONEY</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Soccer</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Sportal</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#suns</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Sydney</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#TeamFollowBack</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Þ¹ Óù²_</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#thefootyshow</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#throughandthrough</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Tigers</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#TT</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#WhoDat</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#011</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#1</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#1,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#15</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#17</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#2.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#2010</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#3</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#3DAL</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#6</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#6insolidaity</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#7</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ABCnews24</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#adelaide,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#adversity</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#af&#8230;</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFL!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFL,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afl.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Aflac</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflbulldogscats</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcatspies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcionow</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldemonsbombers</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldemonsswans.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogscats101</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogskangas</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogspower</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afleaglesfreo</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLfootyshow</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflhawksdogs</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflordapele</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLPA</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLPAQUIZ.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpiestigers.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflsaintshawks.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afrodigital</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#akergate.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Akermanis.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#akermankiss</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Albania</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#A-League</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#alfsaintshawks</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AlfStewart</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#allday</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AllieGentry</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#annoyingquestion</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Argyle</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ArizonaFallLeague</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Art</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Astros</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AUG28THHIGHLANDPARK</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aussiemigration</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Autocar</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#avidfan</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BagelTuesday</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bankshowdown</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Barcelona</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Basketball</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#batman</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BBB</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BBB,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bcfc</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BEATthebotssss</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#beenthere</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Belgium</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BELIEVE</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BENNY</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#betchaknowem</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#beu</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BigFooty</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#blessings</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bmb</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#boomers</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Bordeaux</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#boulen10?</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#breakuplines</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Bremen</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Briggswentdownlike</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BrisbaneLions!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BrisbaneLions.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#broncos</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#brugerdisken</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Brumbies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#caa</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cannes</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Canterbury-Bankstown</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#carnbombers</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Celtic</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CERN</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CERTIFIED</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#championship</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Cheetahs</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#chi</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cliffhanghaunters</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Climate</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CNNHeroes.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cocaine</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Coffee</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Collingwood.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Collingwood:</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#collingwoodfc</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Colombia</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Conservation</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#conservative.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cop15</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Corvette</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cowboys</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#coworking</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#crazyideas</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cubs</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#deals</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#deetrain!)</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#defense</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Demetriou</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dicaduca</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#diet</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#doublestandard</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#draft</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#draw365</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM-</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!!!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!!!!!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!!!!!!!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DREAMTEAM!GET</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dreamteam(u</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DreamTeam,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dreamteam..like</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dreamteam2010</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dreamteam2010(Ur</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#drmtm</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#druggies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Duck</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#duh</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#duisburg</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dumb</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Eagles.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ecommerce</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ecommretail</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#EdeActueel</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#efficiënt</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#elmundial</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#elvisfest</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ems</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#emt</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#England</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#epic</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#EquipedelaRêve</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ESPN3:</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#everyday</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#everyoneshappy</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#excitedtweet</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#faic</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fanniemae</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fascinating</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fat</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FCTwente</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FcukFranklin</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fd10p2m</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Fev</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FFGLBS</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FIFA</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fireupdons</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fitness</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#flag</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#flagship</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#flash</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Flight</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#flotilla</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FLYSTLYE</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FollowNow</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyclassified</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyOne</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyshow.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyteammovies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#forçafluminense</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FoxFooty</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Foxtel</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#free</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Freelancer</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#freeweezy</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#freo.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#freshen</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FridayFwit.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fromtheouter</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Fuckem<br />
 %-  %(</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fuckyeah</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Gabon</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gallery:</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#game</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Gaza</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GCFC</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Geelong</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GeelongCats</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GER,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GERONIMO</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GGMU</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOAT</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoBears</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#goBears!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOBLUES.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOCHELSEA</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOGIANTS</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gopies!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoSaints!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gosaintsFC</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gostkilda</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoSwans!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoSwans!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gothepies</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#green,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GroenWerkt</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GUCCI</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#guitar</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Haiku</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#haiti:</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HamOnt</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#handig</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hanley.</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HardMan</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#harry-o</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hawks#Hawthorn#AFL</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hawthorn</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hcr,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#healthybusiness,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#healthyliving</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hiring</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#History</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hnw</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hockey</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HOLIDAY</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hollin</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#homepark</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hotels</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HTC</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#humor</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#iConfess</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#i&#8217;dliketoseethat!</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ihatecollingwood</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ihatequotes</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ihaveadream</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#IloveagoodConspiracryTheory</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#imabitscared</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#immaturelittleboy</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#in</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#inception,</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#IndianapolisColts</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Insiders:</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The next step was to count the total @ replies and hashtag uses.  To do this, all the unique tweets were copied to a new worksheet.  A filter was created to list all tweets that did not include an @ sign.  These tweets were deleted.  This brought the total tweets from 5,427 to 1,844.  The next step was to create a filter to show all tweets that did not include a #.  These tweets were then deleted.  This brought the total Tweets down to 832.  The next step was to look remove tweets that did not contain &#8220;RT @&#8221;, &#8220;RT:@&#8221;, &#8220;retweeting @&#8221;, &#8220;retweet @&#8221;, &#8220;via @&#8221;, &#8220;thx  @&#8221;, &#8220;HT @&#8221;, or &#8220;r @&#8221;.  This leaves 458 tweets that are retweets that contain hash tags.</p>
<p>The same process was conducted to count the hash tags that was used for all hash tags and RT @.  The following list was created of people who were the most ReTweeted (or mentioned in the ReTweeted tweet) where the tweets contained #hashtags and the #hashtag totals for ReTweets.  These were then totaled and counted, resulting in the following table:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Hashtag</td>
<td >Count</td>
<td >ReTweeted</td>
<td >Count</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOSAINTS</td>
<td >37</td>
<td >@afl</td>
<td >44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DreamTeam</td>
<td >36</td>
<td >@Carlton_FC</td>
<td >24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoCats</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >@stkildafc</td>
<td >23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFL</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >@hawthornfc</td>
<td >16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afleaglesblues</td>
<td >21</td>
<td >@Essendon_FC</td>
<td >15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#pafc</td>
<td >20</td>
<td >@Geelong_FC</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflkangasbombers</td>
<td >19</td>
<td >@sydneyswans</td>
<td >12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpiestigers</td>
<td >18</td>
<td >@iamdiddy</td>
<td >10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflsaintshawks</td>
<td >18</td>
<td >@Richmond_FC</td>
<td >9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflswanshawks</td>
<td >17</td>
<td >@AFLPA</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ausvotes</td>
<td >12</td>
<td >@Adelaide_FC</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpowereagles</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >@JuliaGillard</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AflKANGASfreo</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >@northkangaroos</td>
<td >7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#brisbanelions</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >@_the_kennel_</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#NMFC</td>
<td >8</td>
<td >@bigmacvikings</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sackermanis</td>
<td >8</td>
<td >@Collingwood_FC</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#thekennel</td>
<td >8</td>
<td >@dizzyyet</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Adelaide</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >@redcafesd</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcatslions</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >@seanpaull</td>
<td >6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afllionssaints</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >@aflcio</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflhawksdemons</td>
<td >6</td>
<td >@Gottrocks</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLPAQUIZ</td>
<td >6</td>
<td >@myfabolouslife</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflpowercrows</td>
<td >6</td>
<td >@PAFC</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#11BOYS</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@triplemfooty</td>
<td >5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoBombers</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@AFLStatsGuys</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoPies</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@AveStarLJ</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#P2</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@Bickys</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#tcot</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@Bigdroppunt</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#travel</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >@Blonde_Cheeks</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldemonsswans</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@CatsInsider</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#fremantle</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@crowdiegal</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gopies!!</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@DemonsHQ</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#goswans</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@DjPaniic</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#lions</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@Fremantle_FC</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#soccer</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@jletti</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#tags:</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@JOEYCRACKTS</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#throughandthrough</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >@SENNews</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogsfreo </td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@tabloidterror</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aker</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@tedwards2</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#akermanis</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@THEjennykim</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AUG21STCLUBVENUS</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@themonkbeer</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#beer</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@tjrharley</td>
<td >4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ecfc</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@aburt</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ENG</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@charlenemay</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FF</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@drwarwick</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GUAPGANG </td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@Footyfree</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HNG</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@fromtheouter</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#monkbeer</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@garethdn</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sewelliscool</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@mydogateart</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#SydneySwans</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@NikkiRoks</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#WhoDat</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@pluke17</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#worldcup</td>
<td >3</td>
<td >@rachii_10</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflbluestigers</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@rickyrozay</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afleagleslions</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@RTTF_AU</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflfooty</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@StadiumMustard</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aka</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@TLW3</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#argyleman</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@trmash</td>
<td >3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bj008</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@afletch5</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bulldogs </td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@AFLNewsWire</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dogs </td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@AlexBrink10</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DOPEVIDEOALERT!!</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@alexhart7</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#dreamteam2010</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@andrewbolt</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footy</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@angiemartinez</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyfriday</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@annielin</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#footyshow</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@BradJohnson6</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Fuckem<br />
 %-  %(</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@BrigandLehmo</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Gillard</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@brotheramos</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoBears</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@CalAthletics</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Goblues</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@catsman09</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Illegal</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@ChristophHewett</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#lp</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@DaRealRoot</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#nowplaying</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@Diamonds_Pearlz </td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#plymouth</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@DreamTeamatl_TK</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#putthatinyourpipeandsmokeit</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@DT_13</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ROCGiRLs</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@EdMorrissey</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#sagreat</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@emmat18</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#supercoach</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@EssendonBomber</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#thefootyshow</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@FakeWoosha</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#TwoDat</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@globoesportecom</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#wce</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >@HaroldKuepers.</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#1,</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@hawthornfc15</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#accommodation</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@iAmRozayyy</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflak</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@j_carroll7</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflcrowscats</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@JAE_MILLZ</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#afldogscats</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jasminewright96</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#aflfreoswans</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jazzpafc</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#AFLPA</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jeeziiroqk</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#alp</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jimmywa11</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Argyle</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jmf27614</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Art</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jonboy79</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#bankshowdown</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jonpierk</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BELIEVE</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@jrwilliams22</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BENNY</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@JsMiLeZ10</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BERBATOV </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@kaatieee27 </td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BigFooty</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@keithpitty</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#BLOG </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@Ladder_)</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#boomers</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@LEGITBOSS</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Briggswentdownlike</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@letoyaluckett</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Celtic</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@Lizziemcbizzie</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CERTIFIED</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@M3lizza</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CFL</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@milo317</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Chile</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@MMMGUNNA</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Collingwood.</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@MRS_MERCHANT</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#CRS</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@mstiffington</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#cubs</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@NeL_DTF</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#deetrain!</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@nick_wade</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#draw365</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@NICKIMINAJ</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#DT</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@NiKKi_E13</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Essendon</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@noisyinstrument</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FERGUSON </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@plymouthcc</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Flecoat</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@ranyunfei</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Flight</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@reggie_bush</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FLYSTLYE</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@ruanji</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#FollowNow</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@SarahStanley</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Football</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@SharinaBurns</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GERONIMO</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@shelleyjames</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GGMU </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@ShunnyBun</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#glennbeck</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@StadiumHero</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GOGIANTS</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@SuadeMusic</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gop</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TalentedInk</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoPies!</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TalkingCarlton</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GoSaints!!!!</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@tech45cast</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gosaintsFC</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@tgrant20</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#gostkilda</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@the_tony </td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#green,</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TheCONDO</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#GUCCI </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@therealsmoir</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#haiti:</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TheRealYungBerg</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Hawks</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TheVoyuer</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#healthybusiness</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@thisgirlrox</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#healthyliving</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@thisischile</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#hiring</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@thisisScoMan</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HOLIDAY</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@timvl</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#HTC </td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@tip66</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#ihaveadream</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@tkpleslie</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#in</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@TrendsMelbourne</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >#Inter</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >@UnitedWayTC</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>Based on this sample, (because the whole of the population of AFL tweets is not available and cannot the total cannot be counted to determine the representative value of the sample) the most RTed  #hashtag in a Tweet related to the AFL is #gosaints.  #dreamteam comes in second. #gocats comes in third. #afl comes in fourth.</p>
<p>The #gosaints tag is popular and the team&#8217;s official account has encouraged its use.  More recently, New Orleans Saints fans have used it as the NFL pre-season has started.   #dreamteam is one of the two most popular AFL fantasy leagues and those fantasy leagues are big into fostering community. Beyond these top four,  the most popular tags tend to involve specific match ups.  If all tags related to match ups had been included around the time that the games took place, it is highly possible more would be on that list.</p>
<p>In terms of who gets RTed and mentioned in ReTweets, official accounts dominate: The AFL, Carlton, St. Kilda, Hawthorn, the Bombers, Geelong and the Swans.  The first non-team account to appear is P. Diddy and he is followed by a number of influential Australian social media people.  The next person / non-official AFL account to appear is Julia Gillard.  AFL players do not appear to be ReTweeted en masse when compared to their club sides.  This isn&#8217;t to say that people don&#8217;t actively read and follow them.  If looking at ReTweets without #hashtags, @harry_o would appear on top with 50 mentions.  It is probable that clubs are using #hashtags and players are not; there could be a digital cultural awareness divide between the two.</p>
<p>A copy of the data and some of my step by step process making it workable can be found at <a href="http://ozziesport.com/RTAFL.xls">RTAFL.xls</a>. I find the whole thing really interesting.  If anyone has any tools to make dataming easier or has a suggestion for additional research in this area, let me know as I&#8217;d love to hear it.</p>
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-afl-and-nrl-teams-on-facebook/' title='Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook'>Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/alexa-rank-for-australian-leagues-and-clubs/' title='Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs'>Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs</a></li>
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		<title>Sport allegiances out on the Great Barrier Reef</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Aug 2010 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my favorite hobbies when out and about is to look at people&#8217;s shirts, hats, jackets, backpacks and scarves to see what sport teams are represented. It can be really interesting. (Clothes say a lot about a person at times. And sport related clothing can to. Why people wear things can involve a conscious [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One of my favorite hobbies when out and about is to look at people&#8217;s shirts, hats, jackets, backpacks and scarves to see what sport teams are represented.  It can be really interesting.  (Clothes say a lot about a person at times.  And sport related clothing can to.  Why people wear things can involve a conscious fashion decision, because they visited the place where the team is based, because they want to be affiliated with the team or a city, in order to have conversations, because their team is winning, etc.)  In Canberra, you&#8217;re just as likely to see a Hawthown Hawks as you are the Brisbane Broncos or the All Blacks as you are to see the Canberra Raiders or ACT Brumbies.  It makes the game of sport clothing watching a bit more fun.</p>
<p>Yesterday, I went out on the Great Barrier Reef.  (Went out with Quicksilver based in Port Douglas.  They have a trip that does not require snorkeling or scuba diving.  Boat holds 440 people.  Not a small sample.) The variety was rather interesting with no repeats.  The only team represented that seemed out of place was South Africa&#8217;s football team and I was wearing that shirt.</p>
<p>That said, the following teams were all represented once:</p>
<ul>
<li>Melbourne Storm</li>
<li>Hawthorn Hawks</li>
<li>South Sydney Rabbitohs (the guy wearing it immediately hit the bar after getting off the boat)</li>
<li>Hong Kong Rugby 7s</li>
<li>Cabonne United (Rugby league team from NSW)</li>
<li>USC Trojans</li>
<li>South African national football team</li>
<li>Boston marathon  (Not a team but still a major sporting event)</li>
<li>Canberra Raiders</li>
<li>Boston Red Sox</li>
<li>X-Games (not a team but a sporting event)</li>
<li>Chicago Bears</li>
</ul>
<p>After I got out, I spotted a kid in the marina wearing a North Queensland Cowboys shirt.  I couldn&#8217;t tell if he was on the boat or not so on my list of places I have seen jerseys, I put it with the marina rather than the reef.  Anyway, I&#8217;m not sure exactly what to make of this list.  I know there were Kiwis and Dutch and Germans and English and Spanish speakers and Koreans aboard.  I could hear their accents and see them reading printed material in the language or some one would ask them where they were from and they would say.  I just didn&#8217;t see sport clothing.  I don&#8217;t know if the  Western Australians and South Australians weren&#8217;t on board or just weren&#8217;t wearing sport related stuff for their teams.  I thought the Victorians were supposed to be more sport mad but not really represented here.  The USA was represented with a fair representation of teams and events.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/alexa-rank-for-australian-leagues-and-clubs/' title='Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs'>Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
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		<title>AFL sentiment by location: Where are fans the happiest and saddest?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:19:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a follow up to AFL fan community sentiment: Are fans happy or sad? where I&#8217;ve mapped the location of Twitter followers using the data set referenced in the post. The methodology for data collection is outlined there. For tweets that were labeled both happy and sad, they were counted once for each emotion. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a follow up to <a href="http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/afl-fan-community-sentiment-are-fans-happy-or-sad/">AFL fan community sentiment: Are fans happy or sad?</a> where I&#8217;ve mapped the location of Twitter followers using the data set referenced in the post.  The methodology for data collection is outlined there.  For tweets that were labeled both happy and sad, they were counted once for each emotion.</p>
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<p>Interesting to note: When viewing the whole of the country, Adelaide SA and Albury VIC are the places where happiness dominates more than other places.  When zooming into more, Alberton SA, Dean VIC, Endeavor Hills VIC, Frankston South VIC, Sunshine Coast QLD are the happy places.  Given the state of the AFL ladder, that Adelaide has more happy tweets than sad tweets is a bit surprising.</p>
<p>Any other observations?  Do people trust sentiment analysis when it comes to sport?  Is there a way that this could be refined to make it more trustworthy?<br />
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		<title>Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 00:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This list extends a bit beyond the AFL and NRL but not much.  The following list contains the total number of fans or members of a Facebook group or fanpage today.  All the official AFL and NRL club pages and accounts are included.  Beyond that, there are a number of other groups and clubs that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This list extends a bit beyond the AFL and NRL but not much.  The following list contains the total number of fans or members of a Facebook group or fanpage today.  All the official AFL and NRL club pages and accounts are included.  Beyond that, there are a number of other groups and clubs that I had looked at before.  Some of these are official accounts.  Some of them are not.  A number have been deleted after they were originally looked at.  This gives a bit of an idea of what I&#8217;m interested in.  It also gives an idea as to how successful official club pages are at capturing the majority of their audience or if fans are going elsewhere.  In some cases, it also gives an idea as to how successful anti-campaigns are at garnering attention.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Url</td>
<td>Total members</td>
<td>Official</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/AFL</td>
<td>175,275</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>Queensland Maroons</td>
<td>Queensland Maroons</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/queenslandmaroons</td>
<td>164,028</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos &#8211; Australian National Football Team</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Socceroos</td>
<td>122,725</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Hill-Australia/Brisbane-Broncos/99453774630</td>
<td>83,157</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>I hate it when I&#8217;m kicking the footy around and Richmond try to recruit me.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Richmond-VA/I-hate-it-when-Im-kicking-the-footy-around-and-Richmond-try-to-recruit-me/116177261751551?v=wall</td>
<td>70,250</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>Essendon FC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Essendon</td>
<td>68,724</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>NSW Blues</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/nswblues</td>
<td>62,852</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/adelaidecrows</td>
<td>51,467</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>Collingwood Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/collingwoodfc</td>
<td>49,007</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles/38862387223</td>
<td>47,295</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>St Kilda Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/stkfc</td>
<td>33,109</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>Carlton Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarltonFC</td>
<td>30,322</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/sydneyswans</td>
<td>27,261</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gold-Coast-Australia/Gold-Coast-Titans/22602574592</td>
<td>25,714</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>Hawthorn Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/hawthornfc</td>
<td>25,267</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>Fremantle Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/fremantlefootballclub</td>
<td>23,293</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</td>
<td>Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manly-Warringah-Sea-Eagles/222674735992</td>
<td>20,241</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>Wests Tigers &#8211; Official National Rugby League Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/WestsTigers.com.au</td>
<td>19,355</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Richmond-Tigers/7769834477</td>
<td>18,045</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/NewcastleKnights</td>
<td>16,470</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Sydney Roosters</td>
<td>The Official Sydney Roosters Page</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Sydney-Roosters-Page/222342250384?ref=sgm</td>
<td>15,362</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Lions/21301860172</td>
<td>15,014</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Lions/21301860172</td>
<td>15,014</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>North Melbourne Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/northkangaroos</td>
<td>14,496</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Richmond FC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC</td>
<td>13,504</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/portadelaidefootballclub</td>
<td>13,229</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td>Cronulla Sharks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/cronullasutherlandsharks</td>
<td>11,230</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League</td>
<td>New Zealand Kiwis</td>
<td>New Zealand Kiwis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Zealand-Kiwis/29087221880</td>
<td>10,745</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Western.Bulldogs</td>
<td>9,304</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Sucked in Melbourne Storm! HAHA</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sucked-in-Melbourne-Storm-HAHA/119988934680797</td>
<td>8,566</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208766149</td>
<td>8,066</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League</td>
<td>Australian Kangaroos</td>
<td>Australian Kangaroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/australiankangaroos</td>
<td>8,042</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>Melbourne Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/MELBOURNEfc</td>
<td>8,015</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5483691593</td>
<td>7,086</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>hawthorn football club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210288061</td>
<td>6,557</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Geelong-Australia/Geelong-Cats/64398281288</td>
<td>6,278</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/canberraraiders</td>
<td>6,269</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>Geelong Cats Insider</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/GeelongCatsInsider</td>
<td>5,906</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2208515594</td>
<td>5,810</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/North-Melbourne-Kangaroos/33221186760</td>
<td>5,173</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>ANZ Netball</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/ANZ-Netball/92385331744</td>
<td>5,158</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles Appreciation Group</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2212678352</td>
<td>5,031</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Storm Man</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=725961793&amp;amp;ref=search&amp;amp;sid=7259</td>
<td>4,986</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210531221</td>
<td>4,670</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League</td>
<td>England Rugby League</td>
<td>England Rugby League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/England-Rugby-League/22459291791</td>
<td>4,645</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Give Melbourne Storm Their Premierships Back</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Give-Melbourne-Storm-Their-Premierships-Back/119876964691459</td>
<td>4,479</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>St Kilda Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2215006752</td>
<td>4,265</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/GoldCoastFC</td>
<td>4,111</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>Melbourne Football Club, The Mighty Demons</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207848796</td>
<td>4,052</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>GEELONG FOOTBALL CLUB</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2528050096</td>
<td>3,939</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers Fan Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2207069891</td>
<td>3,725</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau/10150092717680478</td>
<td>3,577</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/actbrumbies</td>
<td>3,542</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Western Force</td>
<td>Western Force</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Force/24790235284</td>
<td>3,472</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Western Force</td>
<td>Western Force</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Force/24790235284</td>
<td>3,472</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=wall&amp;amp;ref=profile&amp;amp;id=1589355881</td>
<td>3,413</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League</td>
<td>Papua New Guinea Kumuls</td>
<td>Papua New Guinea Kumuls</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Papua-New-Guinea-Kumuls/48575750514</td>
<td>3,310</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>North Queensland Cowboys</td>
<td>North Queensland Toyota Cowboys</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kirwan-Australia/North-Queensland-Toyota-Cowboys/9098495661</td>
<td>3,208</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/hawthornhawks</td>
<td>3,182</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2373641808</td>
<td>3,152</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2249604493</td>
<td>2,748</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2600790272</td>
<td>2,413</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions AFC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210819520</td>
<td>2,321</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Women&#8217;s World Cup</td>
<td>Matildas</td>
<td>Matildas &#8211; Australian National Women&#8217;s Football Team</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/matildas</td>
<td>2,204</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>Official Brumbies Fan Page</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/BrumbiesFanPage</td>
<td>2,196</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows The team for all proud South Aussies</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-Crows-The-team-for-all-proud-South-Aussies/153984865902</td>
<td>2,116</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs 2010</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs-2010/217871884770</td>
<td>2,019</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14594414804</td>
<td>2,016</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Women&#8217;s Flat Track Derby Association</td>
<td>Western Sydney Rollers</td>
<td>Western Sydney Rollers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Penrith-Australia/Western-Sydney-Rollers/42792267115</td>
<td>2,001</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>Carlton Blues Supporters Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2205002774</td>
<td>1,614</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>New South Wales Rugby League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-South-Wales-Rugby-League/62360768317</td>
<td>1,436</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Westfield W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Westfield-W-League/284833825576</td>
<td>1,424</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/teamgws</td>
<td>1,359</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Australia/Canberra-Raiders/44722778922</td>
<td>1,255</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Support the Melbourne Storm this Sunday Night</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-the-Melbourne-Storm-this-Sunday-Night/112926535407833</td>
<td>1,244</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Anything To Do With Footy.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46374304132</td>
<td>984</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles SUCK!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles-SUCK/283601832162</td>
<td>953</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/301148780410</td>
<td>943</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>WESTERN BULLDOGS 2010 PREMIERSHIP TEAM</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/WESTERN-BULLDOGS-2010-PREMIERSHIP-TEAM/304790027975</td>
<td>673</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is a homophobe.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118380594866779</td>
<td>631</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/107712129252191</td>
<td>630</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos/106353142733985</td>
<td>617</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>ST KILDA SAINTS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/ST-KILDA-SAINTS/76945789299</td>
<td>599</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SEABL</td>
<td>SEABL</td>
<td>SEABL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/SEABL/156802199436</td>
<td>599</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES PREMIERS OF 2010.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/COLLINGWOOD-MAGPIES-PREMIERS-OF-2010/206003434840</td>
<td>591</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Carlton-Blues/159855878819</td>
<td>590</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Don&#8217;t you hate it when you&#8217;re in the shower and Jason Akermanis comes in?</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-you-hate-it-when-youre-in-the-shower-and-Jason-Akermanis-comes-in/124465230905493</td>
<td>548</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20900401086</td>
<td>482</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Canberra United</td>
<td>Canberra United Fans</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=31893404397</td>
<td>459</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers Premiers 2010!!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Essendon-Bombers-Premiers-2010/292548086075</td>
<td>444</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>melbourne storm <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/melbourne-storm-/234035998634</td>
<td>426</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>100,000 Strong Socceroos Supporters To Win 2010 World Cup</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/100000-Strong-Socceroos-Supporters-To-Win-2010-World-Cup/362147231671</td>
<td>403</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>Sydney Bears</td>
<td>Sydney Bears</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-Bears/231164562115</td>
<td>372</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Canberra Capitals</td>
<td>WNBL &#8211; Canberra Capitals</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5865846788</td>
<td>368</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers : Rebuilding since 1995</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fremantle-Dockers-Rebuilding-since-1995/320031751833</td>
<td>365</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>Carlton Blues FC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=85618681803</td>
<td>361</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos to dominate in 2010</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos-to-dominate-in-2010/125877250762609</td>
<td>356</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs/109838169034373</td>
<td>352</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jarrod Harbrow Stay At The Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jarrod-Harbrow-Stay-At-The-Western-Bulldogs/111810932186509</td>
<td>348</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Karmichael Hunt &amp;amp; Israel Folau: Smartest NRL players in history</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karmichael-Hunt-Israel-Folau-Smartest-NRL-players-in-history/125580140798379</td>
<td>333</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau/116955588324978</td>
<td>308</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Raiders/107811962573583</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;m not a traitor to my sport&#8230; LOL jks, im Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-not-a-traitor-to-my-sport-LOL-jks-im-Israel-Folau/126807534010649</td>
<td>261</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2511926702</td>
<td>246</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>its not all about the money&#8230; LOL jkz im Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/its-not-all-about-the-money-LOL-jkz-im-Israel-Folau/128394483853228</td>
<td>246</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>ACT 4 GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/ACT-4-GWS/131873296847254</td>
<td>226</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Supporters of Greater Western Sydney (Team GWS) AFL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=197444073672</td>
<td>224</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=211851956941</td>
<td>222</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Port-Adelaide-Power/9426342069</td>
<td>221</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Todd Carney 16 &#8211; Canberra Raiders 6&#8230;&#8230;..(17/4/2010) Roosters Vs. Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Todd-Carney-16-Canberra-Raiders-61742010-Roosters-Vs-Raiders/117965208220477</td>
<td>218</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Australian University Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-University-Socceroos/279400107713</td>
<td>217</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Interuniversity Games</td>
<td>Australian University Socceroos</td>
<td>Australian University Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Australian-University-Socceroos/279400107713</td>
<td>217</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NWBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Roller Hawks</td>
<td>Wollongong Roller Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34282398124</td>
<td>215</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is a legend</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10308061363</td>
<td>211</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Bendigo Spirit</td>
<td>The Official Bendigo Spirit Basketball</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bendigo-Australia/The-Official-Bendigo-Spirit-Basketball/227515051849</td>
<td>183</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Vote Julia Gillard as full forward for the Bulldogs!!!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Vote-Julia-Gillard-as-full-forward-for-the-Bulldogs/135068153186079</td>
<td>177</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Archery Australia</td>
<td>Guy Phillips</td>
<td>Guy Phillips</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Guy-Phillips/136216599725314</td>
<td>177</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Trent Cotchin</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=288344968328</td>
<td>174</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Australia/Canberra-Raiders/142939450791</td>
<td>174</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Greater Western Sydney and Blue Mountains Senior AFL</td>
<td>Penrith Rams</td>
<td>IGA PENRITH RAMS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34780778851</td>
<td>170</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Western-Sydney/110850405598090</td>
<td>163</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs/275365171824</td>
<td>156</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>Wests Tigers NYC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14767245041</td>
<td>153</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Bendigo Bombers</td>
<td>Bendigo Bombers Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166091156567</td>
<td>151</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Julia Gillard, full-foward for Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Julia-Gillard-full-foward-for-Western-Bulldogs/138828299460524</td>
<td>142</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Im Not Really That Awesome, LOL jk, Im Israel Folau ♥</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-Not-Really-That-Awesome-LOL-jk-Im-Israel-Folau-3/120925127943654</td>
<td>141</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>SOCCEROOS <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/SOCCEROOS-/126051170744978</td>
<td>136</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Daniel Jackson &#8211; TIGER TUFF!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123091481992</td>
<td>134</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau has discraced rugby league and is a DOG</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau-has-discraced-rugby-league-and-is-a-DOG/131445246866465</td>
<td>126</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Townsville Fire</td>
<td>Townsville McCafe Fire</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Townsville-Australia/Townsville-McCafe-Fire/239691963244</td>
<td>123</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>kickoff.com.au: A-League, Socceroos, Australian and International football</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/kickoffcomau-A-League-Socceroos-Australian-and-International-football/238919388600</td>
<td>119</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;m going to be an AFL superstar. Oh wait, no i&#8217;m not. I&#8217;m Israel Folau.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-going-to-be-an-AFL-superstar-Oh-wait-no-im-not-Im-Israel-Folau/130787570267787</td>
<td>114</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Brett Holman shouldn&#8217;t play for the Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brett-Holman-shouldnt-play-for-the-Socceroos/155289433083</td>
<td>114</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td>Matt Johns to coach the Newcastle Knights in 2010!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105298639854</td>
<td>110</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>act brumbies</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/act-brumbies/188338778385</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>WESTERN BULLDOGS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/WESTERN-BULLDOGS/271303674325</td>
<td>105</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs/110292775655582</td>
<td>104</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I love NRL, LOL jk i&#8217;m Israel Folau.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-love-NRL-LOL-jk-im-Israel-Folau/132015913479883</td>
<td>98</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>New South Wales Waratahs</td>
<td>Waratahs 2008</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6889666197</td>
<td>98</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>New South Wales Waratahs</td>
<td>Waratahs 2008</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6889666197</td>
<td>98</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Cheering for the Socceroos at the local club in the World Cup</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cheering-for-the-Socceroos-at-the-local-club-in-the-World-Cup/406886935323</td>
<td>98</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis handstand appreciation society</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19647855868</td>
<td>97</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Greeks who support Richmond F.C the Tigers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=56793324172</td>
<td>94</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Akermaniacs!!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13979751018</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=116206475832</td>
<td>87</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Langerak is a God, and will be in the Socceroos one day <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' />  p.s hes HOT</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Langerak-is-a-God-and-will-be-in-the-Socceroos-one-day-ps-hes-HOT/103909322982210</td>
<td>86</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Townsville Fire</td>
<td>TOWNSVILLE FIRE</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7634104737</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/376142636801</td>
<td>78</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>i bet u i can find 10,000 people who hate canberra raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/i-bet-u-i-can-find-10000-people-who-hate-canberra-raiders/115693885138853</td>
<td>69</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>for people who wanna see Jason Akermanis shove his head up his own Ass</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38642639632</td>
<td>68</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Sydney Roosters</td>
<td>Sign Up Jake Friend</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=311599952794</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>I&#8217;m a 2010 Canberra Raiders member</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Australia/Im-a-2010-Canberra-Raiders-member/217845443478</td>
<td>65</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Raiders/370953541588</td>
<td>62</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos/108710262493191</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos/112443855448354</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>No matter how bad they are, I will still barrack for the Richmond Tigers!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80991032015</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>GO Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/GO-Team-GWS/201507074991</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-bulldogs/208698572908</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Western-Sydney-Football-Club/100573089984951</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Frankston Dolphins</td>
<td>Aaron Edwards Fan page</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=139834293787</td>
<td>46</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is a dick</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118537708183794</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I miss my family in brisbane&#8230;lol jk im Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-miss-my-family-in-brisbanelol-jk-im-Israel-Folau/121631641206963</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Hi I&#8217;m Julia Gillard, I&#8217;m a politic LOL jk, I&#8217;m full forward for the bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hi-Im-Julia-Gillard-Im-a-politic-LOL-jk-Im-full-forward-for-the-bulldogs/133430483342149</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Victorian Amateur Football Association</td>
<td>Werribee Tigers</td>
<td>Werribee Amateur Football Club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7111400046</td>
<td>41</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos/106019049438817</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>The New Hawks Cheer Squad 2009 hawthorn football club</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14866934870</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Raiders/148093829783</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau to switch codes and Play AFL, Stick that where it fits Gallup</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau-to-switch-codes-and-Play-AFL-Stick-that-where-it-fits-Gallup/121244824577993</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Ive always wanted to play AFL LOL jk I&#8217;m Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ive-always-wanted-to-play-AFL-LOL-jk-Im-Israel-Folau/121790094527530</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team Gws</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=432992410322</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Queensland will win Origin 2010&#8230; LOL JK, Israel Folau plays AFL now.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queensland-will-win-Origin-2010-LOL-JK-Israel-Folau-plays-AFL-now/121736904533450</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>GWS AFL TEAM WE DO NOT WANT YOU !!!!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=115243691825820</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis slept with me</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-slept-with-me/115552025153010</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Petition for Israel to come play the Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Petition-for-Israel-to-come-play-the-Socceroos/124315894249250</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs 2010 <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs-2010-/121258311217816</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;m loyal to rugby league&#8230;.lol JK I&#8217;m Israel Folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-loyal-to-rugby-leaguelol-JK-Im-Israel-Folau/101306539918069</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;m Israel Folau I&#8217;m an NRL superstar, LOL jk im gonna go play footy</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-Israel-Folau-Im-an-NRL-superstar-LOL-jk-im-gonna-go-play-footy/118386028202456</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau ♥</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau-3/118502131501099</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>I Loved football, then Andrew &#8216;Dollars&#8217; Demetriou came along</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=376087484378&amp;amp;ref=search</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>BOYCOTT TEAM GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=127403363954150</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>Law Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5033799337</td>
<td>18</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>I&#8217;ll never play for the Bulldogs, LOL jk, I&#8217;m Julia Gillard</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ill-never-play-for-the-Bulldogs-LOL-jk-Im-Julia-Gillard/104083189641887</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>Melbourne-based Wests Tigers Fanatics</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4979514491</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis should be locked and gagged in a closet!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109095775801131</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AHL</td>
<td>Tassie Tigers</td>
<td>Tassie Tigers Hockey &#8211; Top 4 three years in a row</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10850081395</td>
<td>16</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel folau, please stay with NRL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-folau-please-stay-with-NRL/129283270431508</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Supporting the Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Supporting-the-Canberra-Raiders/378099581051</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-Raiders/105808109459157</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Support for the Socceroos in South Africa</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Support-for-the-Socceroos-in-South-Africa/118426448190124</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>jason akermanis is amazing!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344061166761</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>israel folau is injury prone</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/israel-folau-is-injury-prone/114024501946027</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Change the name of the Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Australia/Change-the-name-of-the-Socceroos/206601790281</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>I live here and don&#8217;t support Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140288354383</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Townsville Fire</td>
<td>Fire Roster</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10595065717</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis for Brownlow 2008</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16522463154</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis to win the Coleman medal.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21877556009</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>socceroos fan? get on it!!!!!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/socceroos-fan-get-on-it/118141831550071</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>JASON AKERMANIS&#8217;S IQ OF A PLANT</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107444465957654</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS is stupid &#8211; Nobody cares!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=201349721647</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>Israel Folau an AFL player?</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Israel-Folau-an-AFL-player/125596160796485</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/105738419448658</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Socceroos/119664741377244</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>The Football Supporters&#8217; Pledge: A-League, Socceroos &amp;amp; Grassroots</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Football-Supporters-Pledge-A-League-Socceroos-Grassroots/114421618592491</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Only Homophobes think Jason Akermanis is a homophobe!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128825660465576</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;m not angry Israel Folau, I&#8217;m just very disappointed in you.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Im-not-angry-Israel-Folau-Im-just-very-disappointed-in-you/122542961115419</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>CANBERRA RAIDERS (GREEN MACHINE)</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/CANBERRA-RAIDERS-GREEN-MACHINE/131955160151271</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-GWS/110182962355046</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-GWS/110460898989193</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124872100865630</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis Biography</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Biography/106142142741832</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Roar-FC-W-League/113243915352961</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>Young Socceroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Young-Socceroos/115695218444154</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>The Battle Within by Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Battle-Within-by-Jason-Akermanis/110570445624262</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/On-a-scale-of-1-Canberra-Raiders-how-premature-are-you/125897990754134</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Victory-W-League/114789105203249</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis Can&#8217;t Drive A Race Car</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123972501889</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/373300971735</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis Autobiography</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Autobiography/106446502709782</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>Raiders de canberra</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Raiders-de-canberra/106471522724049</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>Adelaide United FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-United-FC-W-League/108294542532589</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>Adelaide United F.C. W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-United-FC-W-League/111672428851109</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>Adelaide United W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Adelaide-United-W-League/110542468965980</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Roar-W-League/106111719427974</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Canberra United</td>
<td>Canberra United FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-United-FC-W-League/109991445697639</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Victory-FC-W-League/107986482554786</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Queensland Roar</td>
<td>Queensland Roar W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queensland-Roar-W-League/106361719403254</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Westfield W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Westfield-W-League/106287136076565</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>Team GWS</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Team-GWS/116207325073108</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Melbourne-Demons/8283147091</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis Is Totally Gay</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118573961511057</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is a F*ckwit</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18564050741</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis: Homophobe and complete fuckwit!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Homophobe-and-complete-fuckwit/105067262872425</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is a coward</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-is-a-coward/105337389512086</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis is an idiot.</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-is-an-idiot/125326927493237</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis, you are a MORON!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-you-are-a-MORON/109009685810123</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs FC</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Western-Bulldogs-FC/22912285819</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wollongong-Australia/Wollongong-Hawks/250640730611</td>
<td>0</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I&#8217;d rather see the world end in 2012 then see Israel Folau play AFL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Id-rather-see-the-world-end-in-2012-then-see-Israel-Folau-play-AFL/125789914109136</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>I hate AFL&#8230;lol jk i&#8217;m karmichael hunt and israel folau</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-hate-AFLlol-jk-im-karmichael-hunt-and-israel-folau/121488781224409</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>israel folau turned gay for 3 million</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/israel-folau-turned-gay-for-3-million/128843927141424</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>sucks Israel Folau joined AFL, LOL jk AFL needs better players anyways</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/sucks-Israel-Folau-joined-AFL-LOL-jk-AFL-needs-better-players-anyways/132172480131292</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Best team in NRL.. Melbourne Storm !</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Best-team-in-NRL-Melbourne-Storm-/43558529287</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Melbourne-Australia/Melbourne-Storm/21222300614</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Canberra United</td>
<td>Canberra United W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Canberra-United-W-League/106044356102375</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-Coast-Mariners-FC-W-League/108518769173365</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Central-Coast-Mariners-W-League/111835622169478</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Jets-FC-W-League/105841596122300</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-Jets-W-League/110694742284280</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Newcastle United Jets</td>
<td>Newcastle United Jets FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-United-Jets-FC-W-League/107745802588731</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Newcastle United Jets</td>
<td>Newcastle United Jets W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Newcastle-United-Jets-W-League/106256169412363</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Perth Glory</td>
<td>Perth Glory W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Glory-W-League/106426936059962</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Perth Glory FC</td>
<td>Perth Glory FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perth-Glory-FC-W-League/105709786128298</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Queensland Roar</td>
<td>Queensland Roar FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Queensland-Roar-FC-W-League/106577539379058</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td>Sydney FC W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Sydney-FC-W-League/107350229294344</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Westfield W-League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Westfield-W-League/112250692140005</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/W-League/105657402802575</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/W-League/105657402802575</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/W-League/109267555759761</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W League</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/W-League/119918504685192</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>No</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Bendigo Spirit</td>
<td>WNBL &#8211; Bendigo Spirit</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/BendigoSpirit</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>Yes</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t done an update in a month or so&#8230; but this is my list of Australian clubs, leagues and athletes on Twitter.  It is sorted by followers.  The list is rather comprehensive but not all comprehensive.  A few accounts have been deleted since the last time I did this.  Those accounts aren&#8217;t noted this [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I haven&#8217;t done an update in a month or so&#8230; but this is my list of Australian clubs, leagues and athletes on Twitter.  It is sorted by followers.  The list is rather comprehensive but not all comprehensive.  A few accounts have been deleted since the last time I did this.  Those accounts aren&#8217;t noted this time around.  And unlike the last time around, I haven&#8217;t htmled the Twitter accounts.  If you see any people or clubs or fansites that I&#8217;m missing, let me know in the comments.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Account</td>
<td>Date collected</td>
<td>Following</td>
<td>Followers</td>
<td>Lists</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>PH408 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>12,146</td>
<td>407</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Natal Sharks</td>
<td>JohnSmit123 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>11,368</td>
<td>414</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>269</td>
<td>11,326</td>
<td>388</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Pretoria  Bulls (Northern Bulls)</td>
<td>VictorMatfield (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>10,651</td>
<td>414</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby World Cup</td>
<td>South Africa Lions</td>
<td>LionsRugbyTeam</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10,529</td>
<td>9,738</td>
<td>291</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>LoteTuqiri (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>9,307</td>
<td>449</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby World Cup</td>
<td>All Blacks</td>
<td>nzru</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>88</td>
<td>8,795</td>
<td>432</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>29</td>
<td>6,816</td>
<td>216</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td>RealBigDell (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>113</td>
<td>6,641</td>
<td>215</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>Collingwood_FC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5,516</td>
<td>6,205</td>
<td>207</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>Essendon_FC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5,677</td>
<td>5,791</td>
<td>196</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>Adelaide_FC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5,642</td>
<td>5,656</td>
<td>199</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>jimstynes (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>5,508</td>
<td>142</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td>QuadeCooper (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>5,439</td>
<td>215</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>harry_o (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>498</td>
<td>5,329</td>
<td>201</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>JobeWatson (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>4,937</td>
<td>156</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>sydneyswans  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2,461</td>
<td>4,848</td>
<td>195</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Canterbury Crusaders</td>
<td>mornesteyn (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>4,566</td>
<td>213</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td>NeemiaTialata (Neemia Tialata)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,283</td>
<td>4,541</td>
<td>283</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Swimming Australia</td>
<td>Stephanie Rice</td>
<td>ItsStephRice (athlete)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>93</td>
<td>4,418</td>
<td>225</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>mat_rogers6 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>4,285</td>
<td>224</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>AngusMonfries (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>4,264</td>
<td>157</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>socceroos (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>756</td>
<td>4,043</td>
<td>181</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>lehmo23 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>521</td>
<td>4,010</td>
<td>154</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td>Hurricanesrugby</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>3,320</td>
<td>3,825</td>
<td>159</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>stkildafc (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>3,885</td>
<td>3,816</td>
<td>157</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>Carlton_FC  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2,979</td>
<td>3,659</td>
<td>169</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>Geelong_FC (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,992</td>
<td>3,119</td>
<td>126</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby World Cup</td>
<td>Wallabies</td>
<td>QantasWallabies</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>383</td>
<td>3,076</td>
<td>172</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>NBRACKEN142 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>85</td>
<td>2,828</td>
<td>152</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td>Powza13 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>390</td>
<td>2,690</td>
<td>173</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>HawthornFC  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>2,597</td>
<td>139</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>Richmond_FC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>148</td>
<td>2,525</td>
<td>122</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>nathan2jones (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>253</td>
<td>2,490</td>
<td>106</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>GCTitans</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>2,447</td>
<td>109</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>mickmalthouse (Mick Malthouse)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>2,297</td>
<td>66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>northkangaroos  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>69</td>
<td>2,241</td>
<td>125</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>gomvfc</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,429</td>
<td>2,211</td>
<td>144</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>BrendanFevola05 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>2,189</td>
<td>72</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)</td>
<td>nzwarriors (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>372</td>
<td>2,182</td>
<td>77</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>DemonsHQ (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>311</td>
<td>1,896</td>
<td>114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>socceroos_news  (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,723</td>
<td>1,858</td>
<td>80</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)</td>
<td>THESTORMERS</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>213</td>
<td>1,828</td>
<td>76</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>CamSchwab (ceo)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>288</td>
<td>1,810</td>
<td>81</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>PAFC  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>1,804</td>
<td>123</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>Wests_Tigers (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>827</td>
<td>1,787</td>
<td>74</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>WCEofficial</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>1,775</td>
<td>113</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks)</td>
<td>sharksrugby</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>1,766</td>
<td>86</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>DT_13 (Dale Thomas)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>1,751</td>
<td>44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>North Queensland Cowboys</td>
<td>northqldcowboys</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>37</td>
<td>1,649</td>
<td>77</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tennis Australia</td>
<td>Tennis Australia</td>
<td>TennisAustralia (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>63</td>
<td>1,638</td>
<td>165</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Melbourne Tigers</td>
<td>Follow24Hodge (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>1,638</td>
<td>93</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>SSFCRABBITOHS</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>789</td>
<td>1,610</td>
<td>89</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>Fremantle_FC  (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>147</td>
<td>1,578</td>
<td>104</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>MelbStormRLC (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,184</td>
<td>1,473</td>
<td>87</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>GoldCoastFC (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>571</td>
<td>1,458</td>
<td>110</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>Hawks_AFL (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,979</td>
<td>1,446</td>
<td>29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td>MelbourneVixens</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>706</td>
<td>1,405</td>
<td>56</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly Sea Eagles</td>
<td>manlyseaeagles</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>1,338</td>
<td>72</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td>Bushrangers</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,389</td>
<td>1,336</td>
<td>89</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>ClarkeVC (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>1,264</td>
<td>41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>Rickypetterd15 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>1,260</td>
<td>57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>Adelaide36ers</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>834</td>
<td>1,132</td>
<td>66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>howcroft</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>68</td>
<td>1,127</td>
<td>38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>andrewswallow (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>1,096</td>
<td>67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRLNEWS (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>182</td>
<td>1,068</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Penrith Panthers</td>
<td>penrithpanthers (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>83</td>
<td>1,067</td>
<td>70</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Canterbury Crusaders</td>
<td>crusadersrugby</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1,065</td>
<td>75</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>westernbulldogs (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>1,053</td>
<td>68</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>ALFbrisbane (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>1,053</td>
<td>45</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>mitchlangerak (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>1,010</td>
<td>58</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>parramatta_eels</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,090</td>
<td>993</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>PeterDaicos (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>684</td>
<td>964</td>
<td>60</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td>SharelleVixens</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>961</td>
<td>37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td>SydneyFC1011</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>786</td>
<td>955</td>
<td>78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>SENfooty</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>946</td>
<td>48</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td>LawrieMcKinna (coach)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>922</td>
<td>68</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>adrianleijer (player, Adrian Leijer)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>906</td>
<td>65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>wollongonghawks</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,568</td>
<td>881</td>
<td>63</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>MCC_Members</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>558</td>
<td>857</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>benross23 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>48</td>
<td>854</td>
<td>42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>BrumbiesRugby</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>848</td>
<td>65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>South Dragons</td>
<td>Joeingles7 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>830</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>MelbourneStorm_ (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>827</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td>RedsRugby (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>166</td>
<td>824</td>
<td>44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td>Reds_Rugby</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>817</td>
<td>58</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>bigdyman (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>810</td>
<td>54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFLphotos (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>798</td>
<td>46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>therabbitohs (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>790</td>
<td>61</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>therabbitohs (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>790</td>
<td>61</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>rabbitohs (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>665</td>
<td>788</td>
<td>36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>North Queensland Fury FC</td>
<td>nqfuryfc</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,808</td>
<td>786</td>
<td>52</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Natal Sharks</td>
<td>KeeganDaniel (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>761</td>
<td>42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>PirtekParraEels (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>759</td>
<td>46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRLTweet (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>161</td>
<td>731</td>
<td>43</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>collingwoodnews (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>729</td>
<td>31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Queensland Bulls</td>
<td>andrew_symonds (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>716</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>perthwildcats</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>74</td>
<td>704</td>
<td>54</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Melbourne Rebels</td>
<td>melbournerebels</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>738</td>
<td>695</td>
<td>38</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIS</td>
<td>University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies</td>
<td>unicanberra</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>118</td>
<td>688</td>
<td>36</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Premier League</td>
<td>Sydney Olympic</td>
<td>MarkBosnich (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>676</td>
<td>44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Basketball Australia</td>
<td>Australian Boomers</td>
<td>aussieboomers</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>656</td>
<td>53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>NBLhoops</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>651</td>
<td>52</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>AshHarrison1 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>618</td>
<td>40</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>victoryinmelb</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>616</td>
<td>47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)</td>
<td>thenzwarriors</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>72</td>
<td>614</td>
<td>49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Wellington Phoenix</td>
<td>wgtnphoenixfc</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>612</td>
<td>41</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>RaidersCanberra</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>608</td>
<td>58</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>thefootballsack (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,920</td>
<td>594</td>
<td>39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td>johnrillie (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>347</td>
<td>592</td>
<td>48</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>Freo_Dockers (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>319</td>
<td>581</td>
<td>44</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td>SharksOnline (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>846</td>
<td>569</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>lukeodwyer (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>561</td>
<td>42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>NetballAust</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>121</td>
<td>559</td>
<td>53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>wingsofperth (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>555</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td>BNERoar (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>186</td>
<td>539</td>
<td>42</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>team_gws (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>102</td>
<td>538</td>
<td>50</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Perth Glory</td>
<td>PerthGlory_FC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>526</td>
<td>56</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>njbrown17 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>506</td>
<td>34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly Sea Eagles</td>
<td>gorgeousgrose (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>503</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>AFLBrisbaneFC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>484</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>TWiLeague (show)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1,262</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>adelaideunited</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>134</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>46</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets</td>
<td>newcastle_jets</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>480</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td>L_Weeks (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>77</td>
<td>475</td>
<td>34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>GGArmy (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>576</td>
<td>471</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>FremantleFC (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>461</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>JasonJohnson14 (former player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>460</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>PlanetEels (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>551</td>
<td>456</td>
<td>26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td>SFCNews (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>455</td>
<td>51</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Queensland Firebirds</td>
<td>laurafirebirds (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>451</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsGM</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>424</td>
<td>53</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>milisimic (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>736</td>
<td>422</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>adelaidereds</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>280</td>
<td>409</td>
<td>52</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td>brisbaneroar</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>404</td>
<td>47</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td>snorkymortlock (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>403</td>
<td>23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>broncosbigfan (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>398</td>
<td>389</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Adelaide Thunderbirds</td>
<td>NatTbirds</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>389</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL_Shifter (talent scout, Kevin Sheehan)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>386</td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRLlivebetting (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>379</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>TsvCrocs</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>343</td>
<td>377</td>
<td>34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>Australian Diamonds (national team)</td>
<td>AussieDiamonds</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>371</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>New South Wales Swifts</td>
<td>SusanSwifts</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>360</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>JaredCrouch (former player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>72</td>
<td>356</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Victoria</td>
<td>Netball Victoria</td>
<td>netballvic</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>633</td>
<td>355</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFLInsider (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>85</td>
<td>354</td>
<td>26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Melbourne Tigers</td>
<td>Wortho33 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>81</td>
<td>352</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Sydney Kings</td>
<td>thesydneykings (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>352</td>
<td>31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Tassie Tigers</td>
<td>crickettas</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>352</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>NSWRL</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>345</td>
<td>23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>fakebrycegibbs (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>369</td>
<td>344</td>
<td>19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td>mighty_dragons (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>330</td>
<td>17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td>Renaehallinan (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>328</td>
<td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td>Fergo1990 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>327</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>chomicide (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>201</td>
<td>323</td>
<td>26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL_JenWitham</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>140</td>
<td>322</td>
<td>34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>blueandgoldarmy (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>320</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Cairns Taipans</td>
<td>Dusty_Rychart (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>45</td>
<td>317</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Cycling Federation</td>
<td>rachel neylan</td>
<td>rachneylan (athlete)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>225</td>
<td>306</td>
<td>29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>HalfTimeHeroes (soccer fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>790</td>
<td>302</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>WestCoastEagles (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>299</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>ultimatealeague (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>287</td>
<td>29</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>MelbourneFC (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>281</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>BrisbaneBronco (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>86</td>
<td>277</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>essendonfc (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>266</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIS</td>
<td>University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies</td>
<td>520507 (Keith Lyons)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>336</td>
<td>265</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>MitchJbrown17 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>263</td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td>Corypato (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>25</td>
<td>261</td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td>MatthewWade13 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>62</td>
<td>260</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Gold Coast United</td>
<td>GCUSC (unofficial supporter club)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>242</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td>eddiecowan (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>134</td>
<td>258</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td>AaronFinch5 (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>78</td>
<td>256</td>
<td>17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td>NZBreakers</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>254</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)</td>
<td>Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia</td>
<td>teamjaycoskins (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>249</td>
<td>19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>demonland (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>176</td>
<td>247</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>_the_kennel_</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>245</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hockey Australia</td>
<td>Hockeyroos</td>
<td>katehollywood10</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>242</td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>Sydney Bears</td>
<td>sydneybears</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>568</td>
<td>240</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tennis Australia</td>
<td>Sam Stosur</td>
<td>samstosurnews (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>235</td>
<td>19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td>oscarforman (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>232</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Handball Australia</td>
<td>Canberra Handball Club</td>
<td>sashpet (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>897</td>
<td>222</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>broncobasher (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>243</td>
<td>219</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>New South Wales Swifts</td>
<td>nswswifts</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>216</td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td>CCMarinersFC  (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>117</td>
<td>215</td>
<td>27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Casey Scorpions</td>
<td>CaseyScorpions</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>211</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volleyball Australia</td>
<td>Volleyball Australia</td>
<td>ausvolley</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>207</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks)</td>
<td>RedbacksT20</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>206</td>
<td>23</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>TheRealSchensh (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>202</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>rustyhinder (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>200</td>
<td>26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td>petersiddle (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>193</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>Melbourne Ice</td>
<td>TheMelbourneIce</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>193</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>1eyedeel (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>646</td>
<td>188</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Williamstown Football Club</td>
<td>WilliamstownFC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>175</td>
<td>188</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Adelaide Thunderbirds</td>
<td>AdelaideTBirds</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>188</td>
<td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td>JulieCorletto (Julie Corletto)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>187</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Western Australia Force (Western Force)</td>
<td>s14_force</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>183</td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>ryanmcrowley (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>17</td>
<td>179</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>178</td>
<td>22</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs)</td>
<td>VodacomCheetahs</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>177</td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>BionicSwan (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>177</td>
<td>26</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td>s14_queensland (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>169</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>North Ballarat Roosters</td>
<td>NB_Roosters</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>Queensland Maroons</td>
<td>QLD_Maroons</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>167</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>DarrenNg8 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>163</td>
<td>14</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td>jsaffy (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>159</td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</td>
<td>bulldogsnews (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>105</td>
<td>145</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>victorytwit (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>49</td>
<td>143</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>mvfcfanzone</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>115</td>
<td>142</td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>West Coast Fever</td>
<td>SusanWCFever</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>142</td>
<td>13</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>matesOmelbourne (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>141</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Balmain Tigers</td>
<td>tigers1908 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>137</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>ccaallward (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>136</td>
<td>24</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>Marcus__White (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>27</td>
<td>135</td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>bmsew (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>21</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>catslisch</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>132</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Queensland Bulls</td>
<td>qldcricket</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>130</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL_Aus (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>126</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>jgovereasy (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>122</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>AusWomensGame (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>112</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>RWBFooty (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>111</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SFL</td>
<td>Caulfield Bears</td>
<td>CaulfieldBears</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>195</td>
<td>107</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridiron Australia Nationals</td>
<td>Perth Blitz</td>
<td>fatloaf (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>170</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridiron Australia Nationals</td>
<td>WA Raiders</td>
<td>fatloaf (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>170</td>
<td>100</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>99</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Bluetongues</td>
<td>gcbluetongues</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>97</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>thecattery (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>97</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Sydney Kings</td>
<td>sydneykings</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>61</td>
<td>94</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball New South Wales</td>
<td></td>
<td>Sydney_Netball</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>90</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>briansham (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>87</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td>danjackson9 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsTM</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>84</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>Aaron_Cannings (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>81</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIS</td>
<td>New South Wales Institute of Sport</td>
<td>theNSWIS (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>259</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>JoshJenkins24 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>75</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volleyball Australia</td>
<td>Volleyball SA</td>
<td>mmurpha (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>113</td>
<td>74</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>yellow_n_black (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>74</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td>SydneyFC</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>73</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Semi Professional Basketball League</td>
<td>Semi Professional Basketball League</td>
<td>SEABL</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>demonwiki (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>70</td>
<td>69</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL Canberra</td>
<td>Sydney Swans Reserves</td>
<td>swansreserves</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>Cats_Coach</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Western Australia U18s team</td>
<td>WA_U18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>67</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>BenFitz (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Victoria U18s team</td>
<td>VicMetroU18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>66</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsWagstaff</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>65</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Tasmania U18s team</td>
<td>TasU18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>64</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>36ers (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>South Australia U18s team</td>
<td>SA_U18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>60</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>womeninleague</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>59</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Baseball League</td>
<td>Australian Baseball League</td>
<td>ABLeague</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>58</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsGear</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Victoria U18s team</td>
<td>VicCountryU18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>57</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Claxton Shield</td>
<td>Barbagallo Perth Heat</td>
<td>PerthHeat</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>23</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Northern Territory U18s team</td>
<td>NT_U18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>55</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>Queensland U18s team</td>
<td>QldU18s</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsTickets</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>53</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>South (Melbourne) Dragons</td>
<td>SAVEOURDRAGONS (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>54</td>
<td>51</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)</td>
<td>Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia</td>
<td>AlexCarver91 (athlete)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>71</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>VictoriaParkHC (grounds)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>21</td>
<td>50</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>RTTF_AU (fansite)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>99</td>
<td>47</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Premier League</td>
<td>Manly United</td>
<td>ManlyUnited</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>willo43 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>U18 National Championships</td>
<td>New South Wales U18s team</td>
<td>NSWACT_Rams</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>46</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>ACT4GWS</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>44</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Bendio Spirit</td>
<td>bendigospirit</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>parraeels (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>42</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>CatsCommunity</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>79</td>
<td>41</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>Kegs42 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>43</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>hnim (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>40</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>bomberblitz (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>38</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>hockeypulse (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>36</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Cross Country Ski Team</td>
<td>Australian Cross Country Ski Team</td>
<td>AUS_XC (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball New South Wales</td>
<td>Petersham RUFC Netball Club</td>
<td>PetershamNetbal</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>34</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brisbane Netball Association</td>
<td>ACE Netball Club</td>
<td>ACENetball</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>33</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Dandenong Jayco Rangers</td>
<td>JaycoRangers</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>32</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Plenty Valley Netball Association</td>
<td>Orcas Netball</td>
<td>Orcas_Netball</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>31</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Blaze</td>
<td>Vandy21 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>30</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>bc8977 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cycling Australia</td>
<td>Velo Canberra</td>
<td>velocanberra</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>24</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>Cats_Media</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Port Melbourne Borough</td>
<td>BoroughBoy (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>abcwleague (media outlet)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>19</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>jreynojreyno (player)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>18</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>nickmarvin (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>16</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>ToffCedar (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>39</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>5</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIS</td>
<td>University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies</td>
<td>ucniss (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>20</td>
<td>14</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td>cameronwhiting (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Logan Thunder</td>
<td>loganthunder</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Triathlon</td>
<td>TriathlonTSO</td>
<td>TriathlonTSO</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>35</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tennis Australia</td>
<td>Tennis Canberra</td>
<td>tenniscanberra (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>9</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td>brad_393 (unofficial)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>10</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFLNT</td>
<td>AFLNT</td>
<td>Chippa39 (official)</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridiron Australia Nationals</td>
<td>Perth Blitz</td>
<td>perthblitz</td>
<td>29-Jul-10</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>One of the comments included links to several Australian athletes on Twitter that I had missed.  Some of these athletes aren&#8217;t active in Australian leagues so they don&#8217;t necessarily really fit well with most of the people and leagues on the list&#8230; but included below for interest.  Any more names of people, leagues and clubs I&#8217;m missing, let me know. <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Service</td>
<td >League</td>
<td >Team</td>
<td >Account</td>
<td >Date collected</td>
<td >Following</td>
<td >Followers</td>
<td >Lists</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td >First class cricket</td>
<td >Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td >AndrewMcDonald4 (Andrew McDonald)</td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >16</td>
<td >199</td>
<td >8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td ></td>
<td >V8 Supercars</td>
<td >jamiewhincup (Jamie Whincup)</td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >2,446</td>
<td >158</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td >Basketball Australia</td>
<td >Australian Boombers</td>
<td >AndrewMBogut (Andrew Bogut)</td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >175</td>
<td >25,068</td>
<td >1,292</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >JasonJohnson14 (former Essendon AFL player) </td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >17</td>
<td >461</td>
<td >18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >SteveAlessio (former Essendon AFL player) </td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >145</td>
<td >943</td>
<td >63</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Twitter</td>
<td >First class cricket</td>
<td >Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td >warne888</td>
<td >30-Jul-10</td>
<td >89</td>
<td >129,802</td>
<td >3,137</td>
</tr>
</table>
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		<title>Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been some what lax with collecting data during the past month.  This morning, I decided to remedy this a bit by updating my Alexa rank list for Australian sport clubs and teams.  This is what can be found below.  (The list isn&#8217;t all comprehensive.  I tend to mostly focus on the AFL and NRL.) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been some what lax with collecting data during the past month.  This morning, I decided to remedy this a bit by updating my Alexa rank list for Australian sport clubs and teams.  This is what can be found below.  (The list isn&#8217;t all comprehensive.  I tend to mostly focus on the AFL and NRL.) It is interesting to see who is doing well, especially when compared to other clubs in the same league or clubs playing in the same geographic area.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Site</td>
<td>Alexa</td>
<td>World Rank</td>
<td>Rank in AU</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>afl.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afl.com.au</td>
<td>4,840</td>
<td>55</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>nrl.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nrl.com</td>
<td>11,713</td>
<td>136</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>collingwoodfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/collingwoodfc.com.au</td>
<td>141,212</td>
<td>1,593</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>richmondfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/richmondfc.com.au</td>
<td>159,928</td>
<td>2,141</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>hawthornfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hawthornfc.com.au</td>
<td>141,561</td>
<td>2,360</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>saints.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saints.com.au</td>
<td>222,651</td>
<td>2,476</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>sydneyswans.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyswans.com.au</td>
<td>172,672</td>
<td>2,577</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td>lions.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lions.com.au</td>
<td>190,241</td>
<td>2,785</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>melbournefc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournefc.com.au</td>
<td>199,203</td>
<td>2,956</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>essendonfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/essendonfc.com.au</td>
<td>165,405</td>
<td>2,992</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td>broncos.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/broncos.com.au</td>
<td>289,581</td>
<td>3,434</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>carltonfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carltonfc.com.au</td>
<td>206,878</td>
<td>3,739</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>talkingfootball.net</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/talkingfootball.net</td>
<td>214,367</td>
<td>3,938</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>a-league.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/a-league.com.au</td>
<td>341,845</td>
<td>4,362</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>demonland.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/demonland.com</td>
<td>255,537</td>
<td>4,505</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>westcoasteagles.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoasteagles.com.au</td>
<td>336,948</td>
<td>5,114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>bomberblitz.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bomberblitz.com</td>
<td>418,968</td>
<td>5,284</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>netball.asn.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netball.asn.au</td>
<td>250,151</td>
<td>5,912</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Queensland Rugby League</td>
<td>Queensland Rugby League</td>
<td>qrl.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/qrl.com.au</td>
<td>401,634</td>
<td>5,971</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Sydney Roosters</td>
<td>sydneyroosters.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyroosters.com.au</td>
<td>543,273</td>
<td>6,714</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>afc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afc.com.au</td>
<td>360,510</td>
<td>6,853</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly Warringah Sea Eagles</td>
<td>mwse.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mwse.com.au</td>
<td>440,562</td>
<td>7,460</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Australian Sports Commission</td>
<td>ausport.gov.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ausport.gov.au</td>
<td>255,419</td>
<td>7,584</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td>dragons.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dragons.com.au</td>
<td>378,400</td>
<td>7,650</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>gfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gfc.com.au</td>
<td>345,849</td>
<td>7,771</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>portadelaidefc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/portadelaidefc.com.au</td>
<td>357,096</td>
<td>8,099</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td>rabbitohs.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rabbitohs.com.au</td>
<td>451,061</td>
<td>8,266</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td>goldcoastfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/goldcoastfc.com.au</td>
<td>574,715</td>
<td>8,500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>nbl.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nbl.com.au</td>
<td>284,908</td>
<td>8,712</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs</td>
<td>bulldogs.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bulldogs.com.au</td>
<td>616,764</td>
<td>8,939</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td>weststigers.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/weststigers.com.au</td>
<td>596,849</td>
<td>9,114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>fremantlefc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fremantlefc.com.au</td>
<td>440,121</td>
<td>9,471</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla Sharks</td>
<td>sharks.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sharks.com.au</td>
<td>773,661</td>
<td>10,578</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>westernbulldogs.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westernbulldogs.com.au</td>
<td>602,105</td>
<td>11,042</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup Soccer</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td>footballaustralia.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/footballaustralia.com.au</td>
<td>198,167</td>
<td>11,304</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td>raiders.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/raiders.com.au</td>
<td>669,540</td>
<td>12,400</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td>melbournestorm.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournestorm.com.au</td>
<td>613,914</td>
<td>12,449</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Cycling Federation</td>
<td>Australian Cycling Federation</td>
<td>cycling.org.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cycling.org.au</td>
<td>647,545</td>
<td>12,636</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>saintsational.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saintsational.com</td>
<td>432,371</td>
<td>13,078</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>kangaroos.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kangaroos.com.au</td>
<td>520,203</td>
<td>14,172</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Swimming Australia</td>
<td>Swimming Australia</td>
<td>swimming.org.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/swimming.org.au</td>
<td>758,972</td>
<td>14,489</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New South Wales Rugby League</td>
<td>New South Wales Rugby League</td>
<td>nswrl.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswrl.com.au</td>
<td>598,635</td>
<td>14,559</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Perth Glory</td>
<td>perthglory.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/perthglory.com.au</td>
<td>911,733</td>
<td>15,235</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Penrith Panthers</td>
<td>penrithpanthers.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/penrithpanthers.com.au</td>
<td>958,373</td>
<td>16,056</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td>adelaideunited.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/adelaideunited.com.au</td>
<td>977,696</td>
<td>16,077</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td>parraeels.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/parraeels.com.au</td>
<td>612,992</td>
<td>16,933</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Heart</td>
<td>melbourneheartfc.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbourneheartfc.com.au</td>
<td>884,578</td>
<td>18,199</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>anz-championship.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/anz-championship.com</td>
<td>614,050</td>
<td>18,351</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td>melbournevictory.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevictory.com.au</td>
<td>792,846</td>
<td>19,209</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td>sydneyfc.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyfc.com</td>
<td>793,348</td>
<td>20,076</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td>titans.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/titans.com.au</td>
<td>580,157</td>
<td>22,532</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>New Zealand Warriors</td>
<td>thewarriors.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thewarriors.com.au</td>
<td>1,180,727</td>
<td>25,967</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>contestedfooty.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/contestedfooty.com</td>
<td>766,302</td>
<td>33,222</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td>ccmariners.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ccmariners.com.au</td>
<td>1,698,474</td>
<td>33,300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>North Queensland Cowboys</td>
<td>cowboys.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cowboys.com.au</td>
<td>1,648,323</td>
<td>33,491</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td>newcastleknights.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastleknights.com.au</td>
<td>1,779,286</td>
<td>43,681</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hockey Victoria</td>
<td>Hockey Victoria</td>
<td>hockeyvictoria.org.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hockeyvictoria.org.au</td>
<td>1,593,746</td>
<td>46,956</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets</td>
<td>newcastlejets.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastlejets.com.au</td>
<td>2,637,017</td>
<td>48,043</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>netballonline.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netballonline.com</td>
<td>2,659,884</td>
<td>101,686</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Rugby League</td>
<td>Australian Rugby League</td>
<td>australianrugbyleague.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/australianrugbyleague.com.au</td>
<td>1,958,139</td>
<td>104,238</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>rugbyleague3.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rugbyleague3.com</td>
<td>5,062,279</td>
<td>130,822</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tennis Australia</td>
<td>Sam Stosur</td>
<td>samstosur.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/samstosur.com</td>
<td>462,503</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td>redandwhiteonline.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/redandwhiteonline.com</td>
<td>1,306,356</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>mynetball.co.nz</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mynetball.co.nz</td>
<td>1,801,761</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>teamgws.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teamgws.com.au</td>
<td>2,033,718</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Western Australia Rugby League</td>
<td>Western Australia Rugby League</td>
<td>warugbyleague.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/warugbyleague.com.au</td>
<td>2,704,352</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>theaihl.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theaihl.com</td>
<td>2,769,640</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Volleyball Australia</td>
<td>Volleyball Australia</td>
<td>avf.org.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/avf.org.au</td>
<td>2,791,802</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Queensland Firebirds</td>
<td>firebirds.net.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/firebirds.net.au</td>
<td>2,979,485</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>W-League</td>
<td>Canberra United</td>
<td>canberraunited.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraunited.com.au</td>
<td>3,683,958</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>act4gws.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/act4gws.com.au</td>
<td>3,869,775</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>NSW Swifts</td>
<td>nswswifts.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswswifts.com.au</td>
<td>4,105,444</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td>wildcats.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wildcats.com.au</td>
<td>4,185,338</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>thecattery.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thecattery.com.au</td>
<td>4,250,299</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td>melbournevixens.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevixens.com.au</td>
<td>4,495,622</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>mightyhawk.net</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mightyhawk.net</td>
<td>5,014,151</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>New South Wales Rugby League</td>
<td>Western Suburbs Magpies</td>
<td>westsmagpies.net</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westsmagpies.net</td>
<td>5,339,211</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian Cycling Federation</td>
<td>rachel neylan</td>
<td>rachelneylan.com</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rachelneylan.com</td>
<td>5,360,003</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority</td>
<td>asada.gov.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/asada.gov.au</td>
<td>5,521,619</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Greater Western Sydney</td>
<td>aflnswact.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnswact.com.au</td>
<td>5,640,097</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AIHL</td>
<td>Canberra Knights</td>
<td>canberraknights.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraknights.com.au</td>
<td>6,819,666</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Confederation of Australian Sport</td>
<td>sportforall.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sportforall.com.au</td>
<td>8,294,745</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFLNT</td>
<td>AFLNT</td>
<td>aflnt.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnt.com.au</td>
<td>8,665,760</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Canterbury Tactix</td>
<td>tactix.org.nz</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tactix.org.nz</td>
<td>9,048,673</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Swimming Australia</td>
<td>Stephanie Rice</td>
<td>stephanierice.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/stephanierice.com.au</td>
<td>10,678,587</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Southern Steel</td>
<td>southernsteel.co.nz</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/southernsteel.co.nz</td>
<td>11,632,258</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>West Coast Fever</td>
<td>westcoastfever.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoastfever.com.au</td>
<td>13,051,518</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNCL</td>
<td>Victorian Spirit</td>
<td>vicspirit.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vicspirit.com.au</td>
<td>15,218,497</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Sydney Kings</td>
<td>sydneykings.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneykings.com.au</td>
<td>19,447,871</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League</td>
<td>NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League</td>
<td>tertiaryleague.com.au</td>
<td>http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tertiaryleague.com.au</td>
<td>22,593,505</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I generally don&#8217;t believe in sentiment analysis.  I tend to think it is junk because so much of automated sentiment analysis misses contextual clues, relying too heavily on keywords.  Sentiment analysis also tends to give sentiment to bot generated posts and to posts that are neutral.  Despite this, I thought it might be a bit [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I generally don&#8217;t believe in sentiment analysis.  I tend to think it is junk because so much of automated sentiment analysis misses contextual clues, relying too heavily on keywords.  Sentiment analysis also tends to give sentiment to bot generated posts and to posts that are neutral.  Despite this, I thought it might be a bit interesting to try to do a sentiment analysis of the AFL fan community on Twitter.  Are they happy or are they sad?  And later, where are the happy fans and where are the sad fans?</p>
<p>The first step in doing that was to collect a whole bunch of AFL related tweets using <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">searchtastic</a>.  I&#8217;m currently up around 3,400 tweets. (When/If I do the geolocation version, I&#8217;ll provide the raw data set.)  The second step was to develop a list of AFL specific sentiment related words.  In my case, I&#8217;m just going with the characteristic of happy and sad to make this easier.  My sentiment keyword list is as follows:</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>Happy</strong></td>
<td><strong>Sad</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Best</td>
<td>Worst</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Win</td>
<td>Spoon</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>happy</td>
<td>lose</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>excited</td>
<td>sucks</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>smile</td>
<td>awful</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>star</td>
<td>sackermanis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>brownlo</td>
<td>fired</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>medal</td>
<td>suspended</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>victory</td>
<td>fouled</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>club song</td>
<td>sad</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>pride</td>
<td>upset</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>won</td>
<td>fail</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>congrats</td>
<td>heartbreak</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Purchased</td>
<td>lost</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>lucky</td>
<td>Sold</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>success</td>
<td>Desperate</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>champions</td>
<td>blow it</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fit</td>
<td>blew it</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Riewolt</td>
<td>damn</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>glad</td>
<td>avoid</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>legend</td>
<td>unlucky</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>star</td>
<td>failed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>brilliant</td>
<td>Akermanis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>cruised</td>
<td>slammed</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>hope</td>
<td>injured</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>strained</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>medical</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>ugly</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>suspension</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>crisis</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>stumble</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>tribunal</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>poor</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>loss</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>wounded</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>The next step was to give a happy or sad label for tweets that included these terms. The last step was to count up how many Tweets were labeled Happy, Happy / Sad, Sad, No Sentiment.  I generated the following table:</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td>Tweets</td>
<td>%</td>
<td>% &#8211; None</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Happy</td>
<td>704</td>
<td>21%</td>
<td>55%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Happy / Sad</td>
<td>147</td>
<td>4%</td>
<td>11%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sad</td>
<td>436</td>
<td>13%</td>
<td>34%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>No Sentiment</td>
<td>2128</td>
<td>62%</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>3415</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>1287</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Later, I&#8217;m hoping to match this sentiment with the geographic location of the tweets to find out where the pockets of AFL happiness are versus the pockets of AFL sadness are.<br />
<h3 class='related_post_title'>Related Posts:</h3>
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/richmond-tigers-followers-on-twitter/' title='Richmond Tigers followers on Twitter'>Richmond Tigers followers on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/st-kilda-followers-on-twitter/' title='St. Kilda followers on Twitter'>St. Kilda followers on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/what-afl-related-hashtags-get-the-most-rt-retweets/' title='What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?'>What #afl related hashtags get the most RT @ ReTweets?</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/afl-sentiment-by-location-where-are-fans-the-happiest-and-saddest/' title='AFL sentiment by location: Where are fans the happiest and saddest?'>AFL sentiment by location: Where are fans the happiest and saddest?</a></li>
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		<title>The Impact of Jason Akermanis&#8217;s Comments on the Western Bulldogs&#8217;s Online Fanbase</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Abstract
On May 20, 2010, Jason Akermanis of the Western Bulldogs published a column that suggested gay players in the AFL should stay in the closet.  This column generated significant negative publicity for Akermanis, to which the Bulldogs and the AFL both spoke out in response to.  The incident begs the question of how Akermanis's comments reflected back on his club.  This paper examines the online fan response to the controversy as it reflects back on the Bulldogs.  Sites examined include Facebook, Twitter, bebo, Wikipedia, Alexa, Quantcast and a few smaller social networks.  It demonstrates that situation did not adversely affect the team in terms of their traditional geographic and demographic markets, and that people did not link Akermanis's views with those of the club.
Keywords: Western Bulldogs, Jason Akermanis, homosexuality, AFL, social media
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was originally written on June 14, 2010.  It has not been edited since then.  There may be some grammatical errors and citation related issues.</p>
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<p><strong>The Impact of Jason Akermanis&#8217;s Comments on the Western Bulldogs Online Fanbase</strong></p>
<p>On May 20, the Jason Akermanis says gay AFL players should stay in the closet backlash started in response to his column in the Herald Sun. (Akermanis, 2010) The media covered the story on television, in print and online.  AFL fans discussed it on Twitter, created protest pages on Facebook, wiki articles were updated and a lot of people posted about it on the blogosphere.  Management within the AFL and the Western Bulldogs felt compelled to speak out against Jason&#8217;s comments.  People talked of reporting Jason to the Victorian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity commission.</p>
<p>From a marketing perspective, Akermanis&#8217;s opinions were perceived as damaging to the sport and league.  The Western Bulldogs have an association with VicHealth and the Gay and Lesbian Health Association and Akermanis&#8217;s comments seemed to contradict and undermine that support. (Walsh, 2010)  The possibility of negative backlash may not have been apparent to the team prior to the article being published as, according to the Sydney Star Observer, team management signed off on the column. (Noonan, 2010)   The size of the backlash and efforts to try to address it can probably be best evidenced by the suspension of Akermanis from the playing field and talking to the media.</p>
<p>Unlike the Melbourne Storm controversy, Akermanis&#8217;s comments do not give the appearance of having activated his personal fan base and the fan base for the Western Bulldogs.  There were no media reports of pastors speaking out on Akermanis&#8217;s behalf.  His teammates did not support him.  The media did not dismiss his comments, excusing them because of his otherwise excellent on field performance.  Perhaps had Akermanis made these comments in a different country, his comments would have had the potential to be less damaging to the club he played for.  There is also a general view, at least in the United States, that sport teams are run by conservatives who maintain traditional family values.  The assumption is often that sport fans reflect those same values; those that do not chose to follow other popular culture products like movies, television and video games.   If the fanbase for the AFL had actually reflected those underlying assumptions, the situation could have been much more easily ignored and have had the potential to be much less damaging.</p>
<p>The question is how damaging was the situation for the Western Bulldogs online?  How can this be measured? Did the team lose the potential to grow their audience when compared to other AFL teams as a result of Akermanis&#8217;s comments?  Who supported Jason and who did not?</p>
<p>The measurement question is probably the most difficult one to address.  Unlike the Melbourne Storm situation, this does not involve a team: The situation involves a specific player.  Liking or adding the team as an interest cannot necessarily be seen as supporting or condemning Jason Akermanis.  People could like the team because they suspended Akermanis for his comments. It is much harder to attribute page views to Akermanis and/or Western Bulldogs supporters who want to find out the situation in order to justify or reaffirm their allegiances.  Almost none of the media coverage and very few people on Twitter indicated that the fanbase was activated in defense of the team and Akermanis.  Thus, a default assumption for any data is that publicity of the situation will activate a larger audience to be against both the club and Akermanis unless contextual evidence suggests otherwise.</p>
<p>Given the measurement difficulties, this paper will nonetheless try to determine how the online community responded to the Jason Akermanis situation and how this reflects back on the Western Bulldogs.  This will be done by looking at Facebook, Wikipedia, Twitter, bebo, Alexa and a few selected sites.</p>
<p><strong>Facebook</strong><br />
Facebook is the most popular social network in Australia.  Facebook&#8217;s advertising data says that there are over nine million users from Australia using the site.  (<a href="#1">1</a>)  The following of some Australian based sport teams and leagues are quite large.  The official fan pages for the Queensland Maroons, Brisbane Broncos, Socceroos, AFL and Essendon Bombers all have more than 50,000 fans.</p>
<p>Given the large number of Australians using the network, the official presence of so many clubs and the amount of media attention paid to the service, a response on network was inevitable.   There are several Facebook metrics that can be looked at to ascertain how the controversy effected the Western Bulldogs and Jason Akermanis.  The first way is to compare the relative growth of the Western Bulldogs&#8217; total fans on their fan page compared to other teams during the same page.  A second way is to examine comparative growth of groups that supported Akermanis versus those that condemned his views.  The third way is to compare demographic and geographic distinctions between fans that support Akermanis, people that condemned Akermanis&#8217;s views and Western Bulldogs fans.</p>
<p>If the Jason Akermanis controversy hurt the Western Bulldogs on Facebook, it should have resulted in a loss or slower growth in terms of total and percentage of new fans on Facebook when compared to other teams. Data was collected between March 25 and June 10, 2010 regarding the size of the official Facebook fan pages for several AFL teams.  (<a href="#2">2</a>)</p>
<p><em>Table 1</em><br />
<img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image20.gif" alt="" /></p>
<p>In the period between May 3 to May 30, the Western Bulldogs were in the middle of the teams for number of new fans with 1,453.  This was almost three times as many as the bottom ranked Geelong Cats who had 519 new fans in that period and a third of new fans of the top ranked Collingwood Magpies who saw an increase of 4,150 fans.  An argument could be made that period had too much time preceding it that could have lessened any potential loss with earlier gains.   Thus comparing the period between May 30 and June 5 migh be more helpful as Akermanis was suspended on June 1.  That new brought additional attention to the column that led to his suspension.  During this period, the Western Bulldogs ranked seven out of nine for total new fans with 213 people liking them.  This number may not be that accurate as not all teams that had performed worse than them in the previous period were included in this sample.  The better comparison could be between May 3 and June 10, 2010 as it is larger and includes the initial controversy and the suspension use.  That data set is also more complete.  During this longer period, the Western Bulldogs finish in the middle with a gain of 1,812 fans.  This compares to the Carlton Blues who on top with 5,185 new fans and the Geelong Cats who are on the bottom with 657 new fans.  All of this supports the idea that, when compared to other team&#8217;s growth, the Western Bulldogs were not hurt by the controversy.</p>
<p>	Another way of looking at this data is to compare percentage growth of new followers.  This number compares a club&#8217;s ability to get new followers relative to their own performance as opposed to all AFL fans.  Using this number, the Western Bulldogs saw the most growth in the period between May 3 and May 30 with a 22.8% increase.  The next highest performing club was the Carlton Blues with 19.5%.  The Western Bulldogs growth is impressive when compared to the Essendon Bombers who had 4.5% growth, the St. Kilda Saints who had 3.7% and the Adelaide Crows who had 2.1% growth.  In the period between May 30 and June 5, the Western Bulldogs were second only to the Gold Coast Football Club: The Bulldogs had a 3.2% increase in new fans compared to the Gold Coast&#8217;s 44.9%.  The Western Bulldogs saw .8% more growth to the next highest team, the Richmond Tigers who had 2.4%.   The Bulldogs percentage growth was roughly 6.4 times as much as the bottom teams, Essendon, St. Kilda and Adelaide who saw between .5 and .7% growth. For the period between June 5 and June 10, the Western Bulldogs finished second for highest percentage growth.  The only team that outperformed them was Greater Western Sydney, another expansion team who had just made a lot of news with their signing of Israel Folau.  With the exception of the Gold Coast, all teams had one or more percent less growth than the Western Bulldogs.  For the overall period between May 3 and June 10, the Western Bulldogs finished on top with 26.9%, 1.1% more growth than the number two team of Carlton and well above that of the last place performer Adelaide who had 3.3% growth in fans on Facebook.  Given these numbers where the Bulldogs led in percentage growth on Facebook, it is hard to argue that the Jason Akermanis controversy hurt their Facebook strategy.  It might be argued that the team was able to effectively capitalize on Akermanis related traffic on Facebook and their website to convert some fringe fans into Facebook fans.</p>
<p>	Beyond the total fans of official pages, there are other interesting metrics that can explain the fan response to the Jason Akermanis controversy.  One involves the creation and growth of Facebook groups and fan pages: Facebook easily allows users to create them and they do.  Some of the fastest member growing Facebook groups and fan pages are created to get media attention for an issue, to help people spread the word about breaking news and share knowledge, to express disgust with actions taken by institutions or to express allegiance with a person or organization in response to negative publicity.  Once the catalyst for the event is out of the news, many of these groups face stagnant growth and become irrelevant having been abandoned by their creators.</p>
<p>	While it is not possible to date the creation of a group, the Akermanis controversy likely resulted in the creation of a number of fan pages and groups.  These groups have names such as Jason Akermanis, you are a MORON!, Jason Akermanis: Homophobe and complete fuckwit!, Jason Akermanis is a homophobe., Jason Akermanis is a dick, Jason Akermanis Is Totally Gay, Only Homophobes think Jason Akermanis is a homophobe!, Jason Akermanis should be locked and gagged in a closet!, Don&#8217;t you hate it when you&#8217;re in the shower and Jason Akermanis comes in?, Jason Akermanis is a homophobe.,  Jason Akermanis is a F*ckwit, Jason Akermanis Can&#8217;t Drive A Race Car, JASON AKERMANIS&#8217;S &#8220;IQ OF A PLANT&#8221;, Jason Akermanis slept with me, Jason Akermanis is a coward, and for people who wanna see Jason Akermanis shove his head up his own Ass.  There are a number of pro or neutral Akermanis groups on Facebook.  They likely predate the controversy.  They include groups named Jason Akermanis, Jason Akermanis Biography, Jason Akermanis Autobiography, The Battle Within by Jason Akermanis, jason akermanis is amazing!, The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society, Jason Akermanis is a legend, Jason Akermanis handstand appreciation society, and Jason Akermanis for Brownlow 2008. (<a href="#3">3</a>)  </p>
<p>	Some of the anti-Akermanis groups saw relatively impressive levels of growth. Jason Akermanis is a homophobe. is one of the most popular anti groups.  It had 126 members on May 20 and had 547 members by May 24.  Membership levels stabilized and it had only 627 members by June 12. Don&#8217;t you hate it when you&#8217;re in the shower and Jason Akermanis comes in? had 171 fans as of May 22.  By May 30, it had 482.  Most of the other anti-Jason groups sampled had smaller total populations and smaller membership increases.  Some of the anti groups were deleted during this period.  One such group was Jason Akermanis Is Totally Gay, which had one member when checked on May 20 and was deleted some time between then and June 10. Jason Akermanis: Homophobe and complete fuckwit! had 118 members on May 20 before being removed from Facebook by May 22.</p>
<p>	The pro and neutral Akermanis groups in the sample were all smaller than the two largest anti-Akermanis groups as of June 12, 2010.  A pro-Akermanis group ranked third for the total number of fans.  In comparison to the anti-Akermanis groups, the growth rate was much smaller. The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society went from 454 members on May 20 to 469 on June 12. Jason Akermanis is a legend saw no growth during that period, continuing to have 201 total members. Jason Akermanis handstand appreciation society saw a growth of one, going from 88 to 89 during that period.  Jason Akermanis at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/107712129252191 is the group that probably saw the biggest percentage increase of clearly established fan pages.  It went from 56 fans on May 20 to 165 on June 12. Jason Akermanis at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/301148780410 went from 307 fans on May 20 to 382 on June 12. Growth levels for the pro and neutral groups are level compared to the anti groups.  The data suggests that people did not respond to the Akermanis controversy by rushing out to assert their support of him and his views by joining communities about him on Facebook.  The data also suggests that the anti-sentiment regarding Akermanis was not sustained for a long period of time and that people were not scared to affiliate with Akermanis, despite people&#8217;s negative attitudes towards him.</p>
<p>	Another way of evaluating the effect of the Akermanis controversy on the Western Bulldogs is to compare the characteristics of Western Bulldog fans, Akermanis supporters and Akermanis detractors.  Facebook shows the network membership for people who belong to many groups and fan pages, which allows such a comparison to take place.  On June 13, 2010, a list of all the members of the Western Bulldogs official fan page was pulled.  While Facebook shows the page as having 6,819 fans, it only provided names and network membership for 3,343 people.  Of these fans, 188 or 5.6% belonged to a network.   A membership list for Jason Akermanis is a homophobe. (<a href="#4">4</a>)  was also pulled.  As of June 13, 2010, the group had 627 members, of which Facebook lists 428.  Of the 428, 28 or 6.5% belong to a network.    A membership list for The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society was pulled.  As of June 13, the group had 469 members of which 337 were on the member list.  Of these, 27 or 8.0% belonged to a network.</p>
<p>	Networks are Facebook created groupings that early in the site&#8217;s history allowed people to easily filter content to people who shared an affiliation with other users.  These networks cover three broad general categories: Places of employment, secondary schools and high schools.  The pro-Akermanis people belong to thirteen networks not shared by detractors or Western Bulldogs fans.  That means 48% of Akermanis fans do not belong to a network that is shared by Western Bulldogs fans and highly suggests that Akermanis&#8217;s fanbase largely is independent of the Bulldogs.  Eight anti-Akermanis fans or 27% of that population belong to networks not represented by the Western Bulldogs or Akermanis supporters.  This suggests that Akermanis detractors likely come from with in the Western Bulldogs fanbase. </p>
<p>	The differences between Akermanis detractors and Western Bulldogs fans are really clear when network membership is sorted by type (secondary school, university, company) and then tabulated.  (<a href="#5">5</a>) 78.6% of all Akermanis detractors that list a network belong to a university related one.  This compares to 50.0% for Akermanis supporters and 48.6% for Bulldogs supporters.  Bulldog supporter network membership suggests that the club&#8217;s goal of building a barracker base from the working class has been successful.  The pattern of network membership may also suggest that Akermanis detractors are older than the club&#8217;s current supporter base.  Given these two conditions, the Bulldogs are likely to be unaffected by the detractors as they represent a demographically distinct group that the club is not marketing to.</p>
<p><strong>Twitter</strong><br />
	Twitter is a popular microblogging platform.  Many teams, players and fansites have established a presence on the site.  Australian sport fans are also actively using Twitter to discuss their club&#8217;s performance, celebrity athlete related gossip and to find other sport news.</p>
<p>	There are several possible ways to monitor the impact of the Akermanis controversy as it pertains to Western Bulldogs.  Sadly, the most important Twitter metrics are not accessible as the author did not get the data in the moment.  (<a href="#6">6</a>) These include total number of followers before and after the controversy for the official account and total number of tweets featuring certain keywords.  The counting the total number of Tweets by the official account was also not done, as it was believed that this data would not have meaningful results.  Unlike the Melbourne Storm controversy, the focus was on a player where the media and fan attention appeared to be on him to the exclusion of his club.  Given that, the Bulldogs did not have to respond or change their practices in their official fan communication channels and monitoring their Tweet volume would be unlikely to provide any insight into the fan response to the controversy.</p>
<p>	As the three of the most popular Twitter metrics are not available or not relevant, the question is what other metrics can be used?  One Twitter analysis tool that can be useful in this case is Twitter Venn.  (<a href="#7">7</a>) The service creates Venn diagrams based on keywords that a user selects.  The service uses Twitter&#8217;s search API to find Tweets that mention the two or three teams the user selected, determines if the terms were used together or independently, counts the total Tweets and then creates the Venn. (Clark,  n.d.)  Using this service on June 11, a Venn diagram (Figure 1) was created.  The keywords chosen were based on the goal of trying to exclude irrelevant tweets, such as people talking about their pet Bulldogs or other teams named the Bulldogs.  Phrases such as gay, homosexual and homophobic were also not included as their usage extends beyond this controversy and would pick up a lot of irrelevant data.</p>
<p><img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image21.gif"></p>
<p><i>Figure 1.</i>  Twitter Venn. This Venn diagram generated by Twitter Venn demonstrates the lack of overlap between use of Akermanis and Western Bulldogs.</p>
<p>	On Twitter, people who mentioned Jason Akermanis did not mention his club affiliation, instead referencing the AFL, gay and other words that indicate the controversy involving the column he published.  Based on this, it can be concluded that on Twitter, Akermanis&#8217;s comments did not result in rage directed at his club.</p>
<p><strong>Wikipedia</strong><br />
	Wikipedia is one of the first sources of information that many people turn to when a news story breaks.  Articles on the site often provide background information and context to an event, and include a summary and links of breaking news.  Wikipedia also has an excellent search engine optimization. When people go to Google or other search engines to find out what is happening, Wikipedia often appears as the first, second or third result.  Thus, an increase in an article&#8217;s views should be expected when controversy happens.</p>
<p>	In terms of the Jason Akermanis and Wikipedia, the way to measure the controversy as it impacts the Western Bulldogs would be to compare the total page views between those two articles.  If the controversy reflected more upon Akermanis than his team, the expectation is the page view spike would be higher.   The chart below contains traffic information to those two articles for the period between May 1 and June 8, 2010. (<a href="#8">8</a>) To give perspective to Akermanis&#8217;s situation as it pertains to athlete interest connecting to club interest, data for the Israel Folau, Brisbane Broncos and Western Sydney Football Club articles have been included on the chart. (Figure 2)</p>
<p><img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image22.gif"></p>
<p><i>Figure 2.</i> Article Views on Wikipedia by Date.   Graph shows total views of selected Wikipedia articles between May 1 and June 10, 2010.</p>
<p>	The Jason Akermanis controversy did not result in increase in attention for the Western Bulldogs: Total page views by date have a correlation of .280, which suggests that interest in the two is not related.  This is much different than the situation that exists for Israel Folau and Greater Western Sydney: The two articles move in tandem in terms of total article views by date with a correlation of .943. (<a href="#9">9</a>)</p>
<p>	There are two other aspects of Wikipedia worth analyzing as they pertain to understanding the fan community&#8217;s actions in response to the controversy.  One is the total edits.  The second is the location of those edits.  For total edits, controversial and high visibility stories tend to lead to an increase in editing.  For less controversial news stories, where there isn&#8217;t much new information and the topic is not one people are passionate about, there tend to be fewer peaks in editing.  Below is a chart (Figure 3) that compares the total number of edits to the Jason Akermanis, Western Bulldogs, Israel Folau and Greater Western Sydney articles.</p>
<p><img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image23.gif"></p>
<p><i>Figure 3.</i> Total Edits Between May 1 and June 8, 2010 for Selected Wikipedia Articles.</p>
<p>	The Jason Akermanis controversy resulted in people editing the article about him.  The total number of daily edits does not mirror total number of daily edits to the Western Bulldogs.  This continues to suggest that people viewed Akermanis&#8217;s actions independently of his club.  This contrasts with the Israel Folau situation, where the total number of edits appears to be a bit more connected.</p>
<p>	The Western Bulldogs are based in a Melbourne suburb.  An argument could be made that the Western Bulldogs should be concerned about maintaining or developing a fanbase in their local area; they do not need to worry about the fan community outside their geographic home.  The only way to measure the local fan community response on Wikipedia expressed by editing an article is to use geolocation for IP addresses that have edited an article.  As the total edits by date chart shows, there have been very few edits to the Western Bulldogs article since the Jason Akermanis controversy broke.  Of the five edits made to the Western Bulldogs article, two edits have been made by users who have not logged in and have a visible IP address.  Neither of these edits references the controversy.  Both edits are from Melbourne.   (<a href="#10">10</a>) This suggests that the controversy did not impact their local fanbase.</p>
<p>	The edit history for the Jason Akermanis article stands in stark contrast to the Western Bulldogs article.  It has a lot more edits and almost all of the non-logged in edits involved editing the article to reference the stay in the closet controversy.   There were 29 total edits made by 14 non-logged in users.  Of these edits, four are from Melbourne, one each from Camberwell and Sandringham in Victoria, two are from Adelaide, three are from Sydney and three are international.  Only 42 percent of the edits to the Jason Akermanis article originate from the Western Bulldog&#8217;s geographic home.  Determining what this means is more problematic.  The most obvious conclusion is that the offended population were geographically dispersed and were more interested in the topic because of the homophobic aspects than because of their interest in Akermanis and the Western Bulldogs.  These edits should not be seen as being committed by a base who will punish the Western Bulldogs by not watching games on television or in person.</p>
<p><strong>Bebo</strong><br />
	Bebo was a popular social networking site in Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and the United Kingdom.  Its popularity has slipped in the past year but there is still a large population of AFL fans on the site.  It probably ranks amongst the top ten most popular social networks inside Australia<br />
Bebo allows people to search for keywords and interest that appear in people&#8217;s profiles, in videos, descriptions of bands, groups, applications and skins.  For profiles, the general assumption is that people do not update interests listed on them regularly after they register.  Doing so generally requires a strong desire to associate or disassociate with a person or organization.  This desire has to overcome general antipathy towards updating.  Thus, interest levels remain relatively stable unless something happens that causes a huge emotional response.  </p>
<p>	What does this mean for the Western Bulldogs?  Did the Jason Akermanis situation reach that point, causing people to want to associate or disassociate with the team? As of March 17, there were 93 people who listed the Western Bulldogs as an interest. (<a href="#11">11</a>)   By June 8, 2010, this number had increased to 95.  There does not appear to have been an attitude shift that causes many people to want to change their public allegiances.  The small increase may mean something when compared to Melbourne Storm who saw zero interest listing growth during a similar period prior to and after a major controversy. (Hale, 2010)</p>
<p>	While no bebo video data is available for the Western Bulldogs prior to June 9, video data is available for the Brisbane Lions.  On May 1, 2010, a search was done of videos on bebo for the &#8220;Brisbane Lions.&#8221;  This is a team that Jason Akermanis played for.  On that date, there were 74 videos which mentioned the Brisbane Lions.  Three of these videos referenced an Australian soccer league team.  The rest were about the AFL team.  Of these 71 videos, only one contained Akermanis in the title or description.   As of May 1, it had only eleven views.  When the video viewing statistics were check on June 9, 2010, there were still only 11 views: The Jason Akermanis controversy has not translated into people seeking out video content on bebo featuring him to watch.</p>
<p>	There are no groups about Jason Akermanis.  This contrasts to Facebook, where there are several that cover several different views of the player.  The Jason Akermanis did not inspire anyone on bebo to create any anti-Jason group, which suggests either antipathy towards the situation or fans not being particularly active on bebo any more.</p>
<p>	The only other large player/club controversy that occurred during this time period involved Israel Falou, who switched from the NRL and Brisbane Broncos to the AFL and Greater Western Sydney.  To put Jason Akermanis&#8217;s fan community as it related to the Western Bulldogs on bebo into context, it is worth comparing the two players.  The following data was gathered on June 8, 2010.</p>
<p><i>Table 2</i><br />
<img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image24.gif"></p>
<p>	Bebo interests suggest that Israel Folau is much more important to the Brisbane Broncos fan community than Jason Akermanis is.  Jason Akermanis&#8217;s comments look like, based on these numbers, that they would have less potential to harm the club than Israel Folau&#8217;s desertion to the AFL.</p>
<p><strong>Website Traffic and Demographics</strong><br />
	There are primarily three services which track website traffic.  They are Alexa, Quantcast and Compete.  (<a href="#12">12</a>) Each one has something different to offer in terms of how they measure and information they provide about a site.  None of these sites are perfect in that they cannot convey a completely accurate picture of a website&#8217;s traffic or the demographic composition of visitors to the site.  Despite these deficiencies, using their data can begin to give an idea to the fan response by looking for traffic movement out of sync with other teams and if there was a major difference in audiences visiting the Bulldogs site.</p>
<p>	Alexa ranks websites based on the amount of traffic they get.  It measures traffic using a user-installed toolbar coupled with other data.  (<a href="#13">13</a>)  (alberto, 2009)  They can differentiate traffic based on nation and will provide ranking information by country for sites that get a majority of their traffic from specific countries.  Their data is also updated daily. This makes them more useful than Compete and Quantcast in that Alexa provides information about Australian sites and updates daily so that daily traffic patterns can be examined.</p>
<p>	On June 5, June 8 and June 9, 2010, the international and Australian ranking on Alexa was recorded for all official AFL club websites.   (<a href="#14">14</a>) This is not ideal, as it does not include traffic prior to and immediately after the Jason Akermanis situation.   Still, it can provide a picture of what was happening 16 days after the incident broke, a few days after news of Akermanis&#8217;s suspension was announced. </p>
<p><i>Table 3.</i></p>
<p><img src="http://ozziesport.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/Image25.gif"></p>
<p>	The only team with less traffic to their site is Greater Western Sydney, a team that has not started playing in the AFL yet.  While only three of the seventeen teams saw an increase in Australian traffic ranking from June 5 to June 9,  (<a href="#15">15</a>) the decrease in rank between those dates for the Western Bulldogs was the most extreme: It dropped almost 2,000 places.  This suggests that something is going on to depress traffic to the Bulldogs when compared to other teams.</p>
<p>	Quantcast and Alexa both provide demographic information about visitors to a site.  Quantcast can directly measure a site&#8217;s traffic and build a better demographic picture if a site inserts Quantcast&#8217;s code into their site. (Quantcast Corporation, 2008)  Quancast&#8217;s data tends to be American centric and does not always provide a picture of international visitors unless a site is Quantified.  Alexa&#8217;s demographic data comes from a survey users complete when they install the toolbar. (alberto, 2009)</p>
<p>	Bearing in mind that the Quantcast&#8217;s description is based on American visitors, the site characterizes visitors to the Western Bulldogs&#8217;s site  (<a href="#16">16</a>) as female, middle aged, Hispanic, have children, make between $30,000 and $60,000 a year and are college graduates.  This information was based on all of May 2010, including the nineteen days before the controversy broke out.   Alexa, which has much more data from Australian users, characterizes visitors to the Western Bulldogs site as generally between the ages of 18 to 24, male, college graduates, childless and visiting the site from work.</p>
<p>	The Geelong Cats and North Melbourne Kangaroos are closest to the Western Bulldogs in terms of amount of traffic.  They are also based in the same metro area.  Thus, it makes sense to compare their audience with the of the Bulldogs to determine if the there are demographic differences between the clubs that could be attributed to a shift in viewing habits as a result of the Akermanis controversy.</p>
<p>	Quantcast characterizes visitors to the Geelong Cats site  (<a href="#17">17</a>) as female, extremely young, Asian, having no children, making between $30,000 and $60,000 a year and being college graduates.  Quantcast characterizes North Melbourne Kangaroos website visitors  (<a href="#18">18</a>) as being split evenly amongst both genders, teenaged, Asian, having kids in their household, affluent and possessing a graduate degree.</p>
<p>	Alexa characterizes Geelong Cats website visitors as being between 18 and 24, male, having a graduate degree, having children, and visiting the site from bother home and work.  Alexa characterizes North Melbourne Kangaroos visitors as between 18-24, male, having a college degree, childless and visiting the site from home.</p>
<p> There does not appear to be a demographically homogenous group visiting the websites of all three clubs.  The major difference appears to be the racial make up of visitors, with the Western Bulldogs over representing in Hispanics.  It would be difficult to make a claim, based on available website demographic data, that the Akermanis situation changed the composition of the fanbase.</p>
<p><strong>43 Things, Blogger and Other Small Networks</strong><br />
	While smaller and less influential sites like 43 Things, Blogger and BlackPlanet have tiny populations, they are worth monitoring as they can often be one of the first signs of a major public relations problem online that can no longer be controlled.  Twitter and Facebook can often be very temporal: Things happen in the moment and are quickly forgotten.  Those sites are not set up to record fan responses.  Other sites, either because they are inactive, allow for longer posting, have greater visibility to people outside the network the content exists on or because influential fans from those networks may have greater crossover to a wider selection of sites, can hurt a club or league&#8217;s reputation.  The content does not go away.  There are influential people on some of those sites that can spread the message to a totally different audience with a different demographic profile.  Also, when you&#8217;re talking to some one in a much smaller group, there tends to be more trust and greater potential for people to believe what their friends are saying.  While a person reading one hundred tweets by nominal acquaintances may be able to forget and move on as things move so fast, in a one on one environment, the chances are the smaller group may have bigger problems letting go and moving on.<br />
43things is a goal setting site that is relatively popular in Australia.  Prior to the Jason Akermanis controversy, there was one goal related to the Western Bulldogs: See the Western Bulldogs win the grand final.   One person was trying to accomplish this goal.  Since the controversy, there has been no change in people creating new goals related to the club, nor in the number of people trying to accomplish the existing goal.  There have been no goals, either positive or negative, created related to Jason Akermanis.  This mirrors the non-action taken by Brisbane Broncos, Israel Folau and Greater Western Sydney fans who added no goals in response to the change in code news for Israel Folau.</p>
<p>	BlackPlanet is a small social network marketed at African Americans in the United States.  It has a small community of Australians on it.  The major sport league that Australians are interested on the site is the NRL.  Prior to and after the controversy, no one listed the Western Bulldogs as an interest.  After the controversy, no one updated their profiles to include Jason Akermanis as an interest.</p>
<p>	Blogger is a blogging site powered by Google.  It is one of the more popular free blogging services in Australia.  Users can create a profile on the site, which is used to link their different blogs and comments on one page.  The profile page includes an interest field that users can fill out.  As of January 16, twelve people listed the Western Bulldogs as an interest.  This number only changed by one as of June 4 and June 8, 2010, with 13 people listing the team as interest.  No one listed Jason Akermanis as an interest on blogger as of June 4, 2010.  It is unlikely that the Jason Akermanis situation resulted in any behavioral change in terms of public allegiances shown on profiles for the Western Bulldogs.</p>
<p>	Care2 is a small social network marketed at people who want to make the world a better place.  It hosts blogs, groups, discussions, personal profiles, petitions and photos.  Care2 has a small population of Australian sport fans using it.  As the site is geared towards making a difference and addressing social problems, it is a bit surprising that Akermanis does not show up when searching  (<a href="#19">19</a>) site profiles, discussions, groups or petitions.  As of June 11, the Western Bulldogs are only mentioned four times in blogs and only included on one person&#8217;s profile.  While this data was gathered three weeks after the controversy, it seems unlikely that with no mentions of Akermanis, the small community on Care2 turned against the team. 	ecademy is a niche social networking site that is an alternative to LinkedIn for professionals.  With no earlier benchmarks, a June 11, 2010 profile search  (<a href="#20">20</a>) turned up similar results to Care2: No one listed the team or Jason Akermanis as an interest on their profile. It is unlikely that the controversy had an impact on the small AFL community on the site.</p>
<p>	Wikia is an extremely popular wiki hosting company  (<a href="#21">21</a>)  that allows anyone to freely create a wiki.  They are home to three small wikis dedicated to the AFL and Australian rules football.   (<a href="#22">22</a>)   These wikis are small and not very comprehensive.   Two were created prior to the controversy and one was created after it.  None have had any edits to the Western Bulldogs or Jason Akermanis article.  Coincidentally, there have been no edits related to Israel Folau and Greater Western Sydney.  The Wikia community for the AFL was clearly not activated in response to the Akermanis or Folau situations.  This suggests that the community is either inactive or more interested in historical on field play rather than off field player antics.</p>
<p><strong>Conclusion</strong><br />
	Based on fan behavior online, Jason Akermanis&#8217;s comments did not help the player build his personal brand.  He upset some fans in the short term, and motivated people to create long time reminders of views that they consider problematic. Very few fans rushed to his defense by affiliating with him or creating groups to defend his position.   While the controversy may be problematic for Akermanis, the controversy was less problematic for his club, the Western Bulldogs.   Fans did not link the club and player on Wikipedia or Twitter. People did not remove their Western Bulldogs interest on sites such as Blogger or change their behavior goals on sites like 43 Things.  Inactive Bulldogs fans were not motivated to become active in order to express disgust for the team. The people that had problems with Akermanis were demographically distinct from Bulldogs fans on Facebook.   The controversy harmed Akermanis but it did not harm his team&#8217;s image.</p>
<p><strong>References</strong><br />
Akermanis, J. (2010, May 20). &#8220;Stay in the closet, Jason Akermanis tells homosexuals.&#8221; Herald Sun. Newspaper. Retrieved June 7, 2010, from http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/stay-in-the-closet-jason-akermanis-tells-homosexuals/story-e6frf9ix-1225868871934</p>
<p>alberto. (2009, July 13). &#8220;How are Alexa&#8217;s traffic rankings determined?&#8221; Alexa. Retrieved June 8, 2010, from http://www.alexa.com/help/viewtopic.php?f=6&#038;t=17&#038;sid=70b7eee4fd8d92a4f74c66e3680d1275</p>
<p>Clark, J. (n.d.). &#8220;Twitter Venn.&#8221; Twitter Venn. Retrieved June 11, 2010, from http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterVenn/view.php</p>
<p>Hale, L. (2010, May 20). &#8220;Online Activity in the Wake of the Melbourne Storm Controversy.&#8221; Ozzie Sport. Retrieved June 9, 2010, from http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/online-activity-in-the-wake-of-the-melbourne-storm-controversy/</p>
<p>Noonan, A. (2010, May 27). &#8220;AFL closet furore continues.&#8221; Sydney Star Observer. Newspaper. Retrieved June 7, 2010, from http://www.starobserver.com.au/news/2010/05/27/afl-closet-furore-continues/25965</p>
<p>Quantcast Corporation. (2008, June 28). &#8220;Cookie Corrected Audience Data, Leveraging Multiple Data Sources to<br />
Calibrate Unique Cookie, Machine, and People Counts in a Direct-Measurement Media Economy.&#8221; Quantcast. Retrieved June 9, 2010, from http://www.quantcast.com/docs/display/info/Cookie+to+People+Translation+Overview</p>
<p>Walsh, C. (2010, May 21). &#8220;Aker&#8217;s viewpoint bizarre: Roos.&#8221; The Australian. Retrieved from http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/sport/akers-viewpoint-bizarre-roos/story-e6frg7mf-1225869370860</p>
<p><strong>Footnotes</strong></p>
<ol>
<li><a name="1">Facebook&#8217;s advertising page is located at http://www.facebook.com/ads/create/ .  As of June 11, 2010, it said that there were 9,300,240 people from Australia.</a></li>
<li><a name="2">The urls for the fan pages in this sample are http://www.facebook.com/adelaidecrows, http://www.facebook.com/AFL, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brisbane-Lions/21301860172, http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarltonFC, http://www.facebook.com/collingwoodfc, http://www.facebook.com/Essendon, http://www.facebook.com/fremantlefootballclub, http://www.facebook.com/GeelongCatsInsider, http://www.facebook.com/GoldCoastFC, http://www.facebook.com/teamgws, http://www.facebook.com/hawthornfc, http://www.facebook.com/MELBOURNEfc, http://www.facebook.com/northkangaroos, http://www.facebook.com/portadelaidefootballclub, http://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC, http://www.facebook.com/stkfc, http://www.facebook.com/sydneyswans, and http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles/38862387223, http://www.facebook.com/Western.Bulldogs<br />
.</a></li>
<li><a name="3">The following is a complete list of URLs for Jason Akermanis related Facebook fan pages and groups that the author looked at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/107712129252191, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/105738419448658, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/373300971735, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/376142636801, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/301148780410, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Biography/106142142741832, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Autobiography/106446502709782, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-you-are-a-MORON/109009685810123, http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Battle-Within-by-Jason-Akermanis/110570445624262, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Homophobe-and-complete-fuckwit/105067262872425, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124872100865630, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118380594866779, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118537708183794, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118573961511057, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344061166761, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20900401086, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10308061363, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19647855868, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128825660465576, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16522463154, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109095775801131, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18564050741, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21877556009, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123972501889, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107444465957654, http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38642639632, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-slept-with-me/115552025153010, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-is-an-idiot/125326927493237, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-is-a-coward/105337389512086,  and http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dont-you-hate-it-when-youre-in-the-shower-and-Jason-Akermanis-comes-in/124465230905493 .</a></li>
<li><a name="4">The group can be found at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118380594866779 .</a></li>
<li><a name="5">The following table lists the network, the type of network and the total members from the three different groups looked at.<br />
</a></p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Network</td>
<td>Type</td>
<td>Supporters</td>
<td>Detractors</td>
<td>Bulldogs</td>
<td>Total</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Victoria AU</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>18</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Monash</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>17</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Melbourne</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>RMIT</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>15</td>
<td>15</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>State Government of Victoria</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>11</td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Deakin</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>8</td>
<td>10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>La Trobe University</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>7</td>
<td>9</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Westbourne Grammar School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>4</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bendigo Senior Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Curtin</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Haileybury College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>MacKillop College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St. Paul&#8217;s College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>3</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Sydney</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>3</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Catholic College Bendigo</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Essendon Keilor College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hoppers Crossing Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ivanhoe Girls&#8217; Grammar School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>James Cook</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Methodist Ladies&#8217; College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>National Australia Bank</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St. Bernard&#8217;s College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sunbury College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Swinburne</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Telstra</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UNSW</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Whitefriars College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Academy of Mary Immaculate</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australian National</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bacchus Marsh College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ballarat &amp;amp;amp; Clarendon College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ballarat High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Benedictine IL</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Binghamton</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Bowness High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Box Hill High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Braemar College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Burnside State High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Cairns State High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Catholic Regional College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Central Queensland</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chairo Christian School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles Campbell Secondary School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles Darwin</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Charles Sturt University</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Chelmer Valley High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Clonard College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Computer Sciences Corporation</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Copperfield College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>De La Salle College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Elsevier</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Emmaus College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Esperance Senior High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FedEx</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Firbank Grammar School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ford Motor Company</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>FRANCE 24</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Geelong Grammar School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gisborne Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Governor Stirling High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Griffith</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Guilford Young College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gymnase de Beaulieu</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Heathfield High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hellyer College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>IESEG School of Management</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Illawarra Sports High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>John Willcock Senior High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jones Lang LaSalle</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Kantonsschule Büelrain</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Karingal Park Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Keilor Downs College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>KPMG</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Launceston College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Lowther Hall Anglican School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mac.Robertson Girls’ High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Macquarie</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Melbourne High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Merrimac State High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Metso</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mildura Senior College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mincom</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mirrabooka Senior High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mount Carmel College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Mowbray College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nazareth College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Newcastle</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Newcomb High</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Northern Beaches Christian School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Norwood Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nowra Christian School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Nowra High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Optus</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Padua College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Patterson River Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Presentation College Windsor</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sacred Heart AU</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Sacred Heart College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Salesian College Rupertswood</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>San Diego State</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Smithfield State High School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St Albans Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St. Aloysius College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St. Thomas</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Star Of The Sea</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Star of the Sea College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Strathmore Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>T. D. Williamson</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The British School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Friends&#8217; School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Peninsula School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Trinity Catholic School</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of New England</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Peradeniya</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>University of Zimbabwe</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UT Arlington</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>UWA</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Webber Academy</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wellesley</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Westpac Banking</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>William Angliss Institute of TAFE</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wodonga Senior Secondary College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Wycheproof College</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>12</td>
<td>5</td>
<td>80</td>
<td>97</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>13</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>82</td>
<td>117</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>1</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Total</td>
<td>26</td>
<td>28</td>
<td>188</td>
<td>242</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Percentage</td>
<td>Secondary school</td>
<td>46.2%</td>
<td>17.9%</td>
<td>42.6%</td>
<td>40.1%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Percentage</td>
<td>University</td>
<td>50.0%</td>
<td>78.6%</td>
<td>43.6%</td>
<td>48.3%</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Percentage</td>
<td>Company</td>
<td>3.8%</td>
<td>3.6%</td>
<td>13.8%</td>
<td>11.6%</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</li>
<li><a name="6"> Data regarding the comparative size of total Twitter followers for the Western Bulldogs was initially gathered on June 1, almost a week after the controversy first started.  Twitter follower counts for other official club accounts were not recorded on that.  This further hampers the ability to make comparisons between teams.</a></li>
<li><a name="7">Twitter Venn is located at http://www.neoformix.com/Projects/TwitterVenn/view.php .</a></li>
<li><a name="8">Article view information is provided by http://stats.grok.se/ .</a></li>
<li><a name="9">The correlation between the Brisbane Broncos article and the Israel Folau article is .155.  The relationship between page views for each article is close to random.</a></li>
<li><a name="10">http://whatismyipaddress.com/ was used to determine the geolocation of IP addresses.</a></li>
<li><a name="11">This number came from visiting http://www.bebo.com/c/search? , clicking on the people tab and searching for &#8220;Western Bulldogs.&#8221;</a></li>
<li><a name="12">Compete is not being looked at here because they have not updated their data to include May.  They also do not provide free demographic details about visitors to sites that they track.</a></li>
<li><a name="13">It is important to note that this tool does not measure direct traffic to a site.  Rather, it involves sampling traffic to the site to get an approximate for this his compares to other sites.</a></li>
<li><a name="14">The list of Alexa pages checked include: http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afl.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lions.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carltonfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/collingwoodfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/essendonfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fremantlefc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teamgws.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hawthornfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournefc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kangaroos.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/portadelaidefc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/richmondfc.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saints.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyswans.com.au , http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoasteagles.com.au , and http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westernbulldogs.com.au .</a></li>
<li><a name="15">There are almost certainly cyclical patterns to the checking of AFL club websites: People check them on game and around game day to keep up with the team.  They are unlikely to check club websites when there is no club news and teams are not playing.</a></li>
<li><a name="16">The Quantcast information is from http://www.quantcast.com/westernbulldogs.com.au#demographics</a></li>
<li><a name="17">The Quantcast information is from http://www.quantcast.com/gfc.com.au#demographics</a></li>
<li><a name="18">The Quantcast information is from http://www.quantcast.com/kangaroos.com.au#demographics</a></li>
<li><a name="19">The url for the search that was confused is http://www.care2.com/find/site#q=%22Jason+Akermanis%22 .</a></li>
<li><a name="20">The ecademy search can be found at http://www.ecademy.com/module.php?mod=member&amp;q=%22Western+Bulldogs%22&amp;op=Search+People</a></li>
<li><a name="21">As of June 11, 2010, Alexa ranks Wikia as the 312th most popular site on the Internet.  Compete estimates that the site gets around 3.2 million visitors a month.</a></li>
<li><a name="22">The wikis are http://afl.wikia.com/wiki/Australian_Football_League_Wiki , http://aussierules.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page , and  http://aflpedia.wikia.com/wiki/AFL_Wiki .</a></li>
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		<title>How to sell GWS to the ACT&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/how-to-sell-gws-to-the-act/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 08:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t particularly high quality. I made it using Microsoft Paint, PowerPoint and Windows Movie Maker. It is good for a giggle. Related Posts: Has there been a population shift for the AFL on Dreamwidth Studios since June? Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter Alexa [...]]]></description>
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<p>This isn&#8217;t particularly high quality.  I made it using Microsoft Paint, PowerPoint and Windows Movie Maker.  It is good for a giggle. <img src='http://ozziesport.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
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		<title>AFL team related Tweets by location</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/afl-team-related-tweets-by-location/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 06:34:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After I did A map of Team GWS on Facebook, which included a comment in the follow up about Twitter location, I wanted to do a similar map for other AFL teams using Twitter. The problem is I can&#8217;t easily get all the follower data on Twitter in a way that is easy for me [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>After I did <a href="http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/a-map-of-team-gws-on-facebook/">A map of Team GWS on Facebook</a>, which included a comment in the follow up about Twitter location, I wanted to do a similar map for other AFL teams using Twitter.</p>
<p>The problem is I can&#8217;t easily get all the follower data on Twitter in a way that is easy for me to work with.  Instead, I used a tool called <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">Searchtastic</a> to get profile information about people who mentioned specific keywords in their Tweets.  <a href="http://www.searchtastic.com/index.php">Searchtastic</a> pulls that information from Twitter&#8217;s Search API and then outputs in Excel.  Each Twitter search I did I related to a team:  #gosaints for St. Kilda, Lions AFL for the Brisbane lions.  (I tried to do at least three Twitter searches for each team to maximize my data set size.) The raw data used in this post can be found at <a href="http://www.ozziesport.com/AFLTweets.xls">AFLTweets.xls</a>.  After that was done, I went through the location field and determined the city, state, country for everyone who had listed a location.  I then chose a few teams, added up how many references by city and created the map below.  With the particular tool I&#8217;m using, I can only add about 7 or 8 teams before I can&#8217;t add more. The teams in this sample include: Adelaide Crows, Brisbane Lions, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Geelong Cats, and St. Kilda Saints.</p>
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<p>Things that strike me as interesting: No one from the Northern Territories and only one person from Tasmania and the ACT tweeted about the AFL.  Is this because they have less internet access, fewer people, use social networks other than Twitter, or aren&#8217;t interested in AFL and these particular clubs?  Western Australia also had tiny representation here with the max people per team from the city being one.  The state has two teams but fans of the league in the state weren&#8217;t mentioning any of the competition. What also strikes me as interesting is that interest in the AFL in Queensland only goes as far north as Maroochydore.  Beyond that, nothing.  Brisbane suburbs are also largely absent. I should finish the rest of the teams and see if I can&#8217;t get a bigger data set to see if that effects the results at all.<br />
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		<title>A map of Team GWS on Facebook</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 09:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love visualizing data.  It can make things so much easier to understand.  If you haven&#8217;t heard, there is going to be a new AFL team called Greater Western Sydney or Team GWS.  There are a number of Facebook fanpages and groups dedicated to the team.  I went to http://www.facebook.com/teamgws, http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Western-Sydney/110850405598090, http://www.facebook.com/pages/GO-Team-GWS/201507074991 and http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=211851956941.  I [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I love visualizing data.  It can make things so much easier to understand.  If you haven&#8217;t heard, there is going to be a new AFL team called Greater Western Sydney or Team GWS.  There are a number of Facebook fanpages and groups dedicated to the team.  I went to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/teamgws">http://www.facebook.com/teamgws</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Western-Sydney/110850405598090">http://www.facebook.com/pages/Greater-Western-Sydney/110850405598090</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/GO-Team-GWS/201507074991">http://www.facebook.com/pages/GO-Team-GWS/201507074991</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=211851956941">http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=211851956941</a>.  I created a list of everyone who belonged to those fan pages and groups and the networks that those members were part of.  I then counted the total members of each networks, identified the geographic location of each network, added the total number of people from a city together&#8230; and yay! I got the pretty map below.</p>
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<p>People who know Australian geography better than me: Are the fans in New South Wales from western Sydney?<br />
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		<title>Digital Sport Summit: Harry O&#8217;Brien</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 01:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry O&#8217;Brien; Footballer, Collingwood Magpies This was a presentation I enjoyed even as I boggled.  Part of me is an extremely cynical American who on the face of it took parts of his talk to be: I&#8217;m all about promoting myself above anything.  The other part of me found him very genuine and thinking he [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>Ha</strong><strong>rry O&#8217;Brien; Footballer, Collingwood Magpies</strong><br />
This was a presentation I enjoyed even as I boggled.  Part of me is an extremely cynical American who on the face of it took parts of his talk to be: I&#8217;m all about promoting myself above anything.  The other part of me found him very genuine and thinking he probably did a lot of good work, promoted a lot of worthy causes and didn&#8217;t flaunt his efforts to make those charities about himself.  There was a RMIT journalism student sitting at my table who was a huge fan of O&#8217;Brien.  He asked O&#8217;Brien for his autograph and O&#8217;Brien was really nice about it.  If you get the chance to hear O&#8217;Brien speak on this topic, it is worth it.  He was asked to speak about social media from the athlete perspective.</p>
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<li>Denying social media is denying the multitude.  Social media is a vehicle for sharing the message that you want to share.</li>
<li>Why should athletes use social media?  To share the message that you have.  Harry was asked by Web Guru to contribute to the Collingwood site.  This developed into his website, Harry&#8217;s World.</li>
<li>Social media can effect positive change.</li>
<li>If social media is good enough for Barack Obama and Julia Gillard, then it is good enough for him.</li>
<li>Harry did his first interview in December 2004 after he was drafted.  He used the interview with The Age to share is ideas and beliefs.  He stands for sharing hope through positivity.</li>
<li>Players complained to him about their privacy being violated.  He thinks fans just want insight, glimpses into his life in a controlled manner.</li>
<li>People started uploading pictures of him all over Facebook.   He ran out of friends.  He was overwhelemed.  Then he moved to Twitter.  He now loves Twitter.  Then he started his own website, which was his dream: Having people here what he has to say.</li>
<li>Social media is unfiltered.  It gives you the essence of a person.  He&#8217;ll always have insight into the Collingwood Football Club.  He can share pictures, videos and eventually merchandise.</li>
<li>People want Harry to speak! Social media allows him to share his message.</li>
<li>Harry O&#8217;Brien doesn&#8217;t really follow sport stars on Twitter, but is aware of what they are doing.  He has his own style and doew what he feels is right based on guidelines and a path.</li>
<li>People are made u of energy.  Science has proven it.</li>
<li>Some one dated $50,000 to one of his charities after hearing about his work.    He uses social media but he is not always aware of the real world impact of it.</li>
<li>Harry O&#8217;Brien doesn&#8217;t care about other players ranting about service they get.  O&#8217;Brien studied sociology.  Just because you&#8217;re a sport person and society values that, it doesn&#8217;t mean you should be treated special.  You should be proactive, not negatively complaining about bad service.</li>
<li>O&#8217;Brien says football is his profession.  Football is like the bait, so he can share his message.  His football comments are so general that the club doesn&#8217;t have a problem with his activities.  If the club wanted to use him more for inspiration, good luck to them as motivation should come from with in.</li>
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<p>And that&#8217;s it.  Those are all the presentations.<br />
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		<title>Data absent context can change the meaning: Did Julia Gillard hurt the Bulldogs?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 05:51:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not writing this up as a particularly long post, although I could. I was curious as to the impact that Julia Gillard had on the Western Bulldogs. Her name had been linked with them a lot the day of and after she became Prime Minister. I have a paper that I&#8217;m trying to figure [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m not writing this up as a particularly long post, although I could.  I was curious as to the impact that Julia Gillard had on the Western Bulldogs.  Her name had been linked with them a lot the day of and after she became Prime Minister.  I have a paper that I&#8217;m trying to figure out what to do with that shows that Jason Akermanis&#8217;s comments regarding how gays should stay in the AFL closet didn&#8217;t hurt his team.  (Though it could have hurt him.  That&#8217;s a different story.)  The US media also made a big deal of Obama being a White Sox fan and there is <a href="http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2009/01/24/barack-obama-increases-merchandise-sales/">some evidence to suggest that his presidency helped the team</a>.</p>
<p>The ways I wanted to determine this were to measure the Alexa traffic for the Western Bulldogs site, the number of followers for Bulldogs related accounts on Twitter, the number of fans for the official page and unofficial fan pages on Facebook, the number of and membership increase for fan pages that mention both Julia Gillard and the Western Bulldogs, possibly demographic differences between the Gillard groups and Buldogs only fanpages, the number of mentions for the Western Bulldogs on bebo, the number of people listing the team as an interest on LiveJournal and its clones, the number of pages mentioning Julia Gillard and the Western Bulldogs on google.com.au, and the number and geographic location of edits to the Western Bulldogs article on Wikipedia.</p>
<p>Some of this data on its own might suggest that Julia Gillard hurt the Bulldogs.  Heck, that was my initial assessment.  One of the Western Bulldogs fan pages on Facebook lost 30 people, an anti-Akermanis group lost two people, a pro-Akermanis group lost two people, the Twitter growth was almost non-existent despite Tweets mentioning Gillard, and the Western Bulldog&#8217;s site rank on Alexa for Australia fell almost 2,000 places between the 25th and 26th.  Toss in the fact that the Gillard created communities on Facebook were fewer and had much less growth than the anti-Akermanis over the same period.   All of these appear to be really good indicators that Gillard&#8217;s effect on the team online was not a great one.</p>
<p>I really want to draw that conclusion.  I almost think I could make a really strong argument that this is exactly the case.  The problem involves putting this into the context of the rest of the AFL.  The Brisbane Lions don&#8217;t appear to have an official Facebook fan page but one of their biggest ones lost 30 members the day after the Bulldogs lost 30 members.  Between June 22 and June 26, only one AFL team hasn&#8217;t had their Alexa traffic rank for Australia rise; that is the Melbourne Demons.  For that period, three teams saw a rank drop of over 1,000.  Twitter follow gains are about even for all teams.  Official Facebook fan page growth is also pretty close.  In that context, it is hard to say that Julia Gillard had much impact at all.  In fact, for the Alexa data, the big drop could probably be attributed to the fact that they only had half the teams playing a game for this weekend and the weekend before that.  The impact of Gillard on the growth of the Western Bulldogs just probably isn&#8217;t there.</p>
<p>In the wider context, no effect.  In a limited context of the team she barracks for, possible effect.  Which conclusion is the right one?<br />
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		<title>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 21:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post is basically an update of Version 2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers. I haven&#8217;t actively sought to improve or update the accounts included on this list though there are a few new accounts.  A few accounts have been deleted and one has been suspended, LanceFranklin. Deleted [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This post is basically an update of <em><a href="../2010/03/version-2-most-popular-australian-athlete-and-team-related-twitter-accounts-by-total-followers/">Version  2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by  total followers</a>. </em> I haven&#8217;t actively sought to improve or update the accounts included on this list though there are a few new accounts.  A few accounts have been deleted and one has been suspended, LanceFranklin.  Deleted and suspended accounts have been marked with a 0 for total number of followers.</p>
<p>This data was gathered on May 30, 2010.  It includes non-Australian teams that compete in Australian based leagues.  It also contains Australian some athlete accounts where the athlete competes for a club in an Australian based league.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>League</td>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Account</td>
<td>Total followers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PH408">PH408 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>11902</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Pretoria  Bulls (Northern Bulls)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/VictorMatfield">VictorMatfield (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>7452</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Natal Sharks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/JohnSmit123">JohnSmit123 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>7221</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/LoteTuqiri">LoteTuqiri (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>6688</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>NRL</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NRL">NRL</a></td>
<td>5469</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Essendon_FC">Essendon_FC</a></td>
<td>5242</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Collingwood_FC">Collingwood_FC</a></td>
<td>5183</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Adelaide_FC">Adelaide_FC</a></td>
<td>5008</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jimstynes">jimstynes (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>4476</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/sydneyswans">sydneyswans </a></td>
<td>4340</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/JobeWatson">JobeWatson (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>4284</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/harry_o">harry_o (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>4174</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AngusMonfries">AngusMonfries (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>3801</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Hurricanesrugby">Hurricanesrugby</a></td>
<td>3696</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/RealBigDell">RealBigDell (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>3688</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/stkildafc">stkildafc </a></td>
<td>3351</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/neyza3">neyza3 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>3330</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Carlton_FC">Carlton_FC </a></td>
<td>3223</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/mat_rogers6">mat_rogers6 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>3056</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Canterbury Crusaders</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/mornesteyn">mornesteyn (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>2790</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Geelong_FC">Geelong_FC (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>2667</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/QuadeCooper">QuadeCooper (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>2363</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BrisBroncosClub">BrisBroncosClub</a></td>
<td>2322</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Richmond_FC">Richmond_FC </a></td>
<td>2085</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/GCTitans">GCTitans</a></td>
<td>2052</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/HawthornFC">HawthornFC </a></td>
<td>2031</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/nathan2jones">nathan2jones (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>2019</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Socceroos">Socceroos</a></td>
<td>1998</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/nzwarriors">nzwarriors (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1959</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/gomvfc">gomvfc </a></td>
<td>1959</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/northkangaroos">northkangaroos </a></td>
<td>1891</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>World Cup</td>
<td>Socceroos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/socceroos_news">socceroos_news  (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1668</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/THESTORMERS">THESTORMERS</a></td>
<td>1652</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jarryd_hayne">jarryd_hayne (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1643</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Wellington Hurricanes</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Powza13">Powza13 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1619</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NBRACKEN142">NBRACKEN142 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1559</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>North Queensland Cowboys</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/northqldcowboys">northqldcowboys</a></td>
<td>1544</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/CamSchwab">CamSchwab (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1542</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PAFC">PAFC </a></td>
<td>1539</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/DemonsHQ">DemonsHQ (official)</a></td>
<td>1522</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/sharksrugby">sharksrugby</a></td>
<td>1521</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/WCEofficial">WCEofficial </a></td>
<td>1475</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Wests_Tigers">Wests_Tigers (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1440</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Hawks_AFL">Hawks_AFL (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1396</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Melbourne Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Follow24Hodge">Follow24Hodge (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1338</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ClarkeVC">ClarkeVC (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>1268</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SSFCRABBITOHS">SSFCRABBITOHS </a></td>
<td>1263</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MelbourneVixens">MelbourneVixens</a></td>
<td>1232</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Fremantle_FC">Fremantle_FC </a></td>
<td>1232</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Bushrangers">Bushrangers</a></td>
<td>1189</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly Sea Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/manlyseaeagles">manlyseaeagles</a></td>
<td>1129</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MelbStormRLC">MelbStormRLC (official)</a></td>
<td>1124</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Adelaide36ers">Adelaide36ers </a></td>
<td>1030</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Football Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/GoldCoastFC">GoldCoastFC </a></td>
<td>1001</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Sydney Roosters</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/sydroosters">sydroosters (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>995</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Canterbury Crusaders</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/crusadersrugby">crusadersrugby</a></td>
<td>962</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ALFbrisbane">ALFbrisbane (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>908</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PeterDaicos">PeterDaicos (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>903</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/mitchlangerak">mitchlangerak (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>881</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Penrith Panthers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/penrithpanthers">penrithpanthers (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>840</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/parramatta_eels">parramatta_eels</a></td>
<td>838</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/LawrieMcKinna">LawrieMcKinna</a></td>
<td>815</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/LawrieMcKinna">LawrieMcKinna (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>815</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/andrewswallow">andrewswallow (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>810</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>New South Wales Waratahs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/HSBCWaratahs">HSBCWaratahs</a></td>
<td>772</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/wollongonghawks">wollongonghawks</a></td>
<td>757</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Melbourne Storm</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MelbourneStorm_">MelbourneStorm_ (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>750</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/adrianleijer">adrianleijer (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>745</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>North Queensland Fury FC</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/nqfuryfc">nqfuryfc</a></td>
<td>744</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/RedsRugby">RedsRugby (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>732</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Melbourne Vixens</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SharelleVixens">SharelleVixens</a></td>
<td>724</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Reds_Rugby">Reds_Rugby</a></td>
<td>705</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/rabbitohs">rabbitohs (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>699</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BrumbiesRugby">BrumbiesRugby</a></td>
<td>683</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PirtekParraEels">PirtekParraEels (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>670</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/collingwoodnews">collingwoodnews (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>649</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Natal Sharks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/KeeganDaniel">KeeganDaniel (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>632</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Queensland Bulls</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/andrew_symonds">andrew_symonds (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>608</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/therabbitohs">therabbitohs (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>605</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/perthwildcats">perthwildcats</a></td>
<td>591</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/bigdyman">bigdyman (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>568</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/victoryinmelb">victoryinmelb</a></td>
<td>552</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/johnrillie">johnrillie (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>537</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/wingsofperth">wingsofperth (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>536</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/thenzwarriors">thenzwarriors</a></td>
<td>521</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Freo_Dockers">Freo_Dockers (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>519</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>South Dragons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Joeingles7">Joeingles7 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>516</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AshHarrison1">AshHarrison1 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>498</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>South Sydney Rabbitohs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/benross23">benross23 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>487</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/njbrown17">njbrown17 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>481</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BNERoar">BNERoar (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>471</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Premier League</td>
<td>Sydney Olympic</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MarkBosnich">MarkBosnich (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>470</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Melbourne Rebels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/melbournerebels">melbournerebels </a></td>
<td>469</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/lukeodwyer">lukeodwyer (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>467</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Basketball Australia</td>
<td>Australian Boomers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/aussieboomers">aussieboomers</a></td>
<td>465</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/FremantleFC">FremantleFC (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>453</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Newcastle Jets</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/newcastle_jets">newcastle_jets</a></td>
<td>441</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/adelaideunited">adelaideunited</a></td>
<td>423</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SharksOnline">SharksOnline (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>422</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SFCNews">SFCNews (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>421</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Perth Glory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PerthGlory_FC">PerthGlory_FC</a></td>
<td>414</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NetballAust">NetballAust</a></td>
<td>377</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Canberra Raiders</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/RaidersCanberra">RaidersCanberra</a></td>
<td>375</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PlanetEels">PlanetEels (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>374</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Adelaide United</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/adelaidereds">adelaidereds</a></td>
<td>350</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Queensland Firebirds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/laurafirebirds">laurafirebirds (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>338</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/broncosbigfan">broncosbigfan (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>336</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Tassie Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/crickettas">crickettas</a></td>
<td>328</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/milisimic">milisimic (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>327</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/nickmarvin">nickmarvin (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>322</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/mighty_dragons">mighty_dragons (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>321</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/TsvCrocs">TsvCrocs</a></td>
<td>313</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Melbourne Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Wortho33">Wortho33 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>313</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Wellington Phoenix</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/wgtnphoenixfc">wgtnphoenixfc</a></td>
<td>307</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Victoria</td>
<td>Netball Victoria</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/netballvic">netballvic</a></td>
<td>306</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Brisbane Roar</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/brisbaneroar">brisbaneroar</a></td>
<td>305</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Adelaide Thunderbirds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NatTbirds">NatTbirds</a></td>
<td>304</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/WestCoastEagles">WestCoastEagles (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>294</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/chomicide">chomicide (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>287</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Cairns Taipans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Dusty_Rychart">Dusty_Rychart (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>283</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AFLBrisbaneFC">AFLBrisbaneFC</a></td>
<td>283</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/blueandgoldarmy">blueandgoldarmy (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>280</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BrisbaneBronco">BrisbaneBronco (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>274</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>New South Wales Swifts</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SusanSwifts">SusanSwifts</a></td>
<td>263</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MelbourneFC">MelbourneFC (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>263</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Manly Sea Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/gorgeousgrose">gorgeousgrose (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>248</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MitchJbrown17">MitchJbrown17 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>242</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball Australia</td>
<td>Australian Diamonds (national team)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AussieDiamonds">AussieDiamonds</a></td>
<td>242</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/fakebrycegibbs">fakebrycegibbs (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>222</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Fergo1990">Fergo1990 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>220</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/eddiecowan">eddiecowan (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>213</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/essendonfc">essendonfc (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>212</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/oscarforman">oscarforman (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>203</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Gold Coast United</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/GCUSC">GCUSC </a></td>
<td>202</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>ACT Brumbies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Hoilesy">Hoilesy (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>201</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Brisbane Broncos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/broncobasher">broncobasher (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>200</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>New South Wales Blues</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NSWRL">NSWRL</a></td>
<td>198</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/RedbacksT20">RedbacksT20</a></td>
<td>196</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Central Coast Mariners Football Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/CCMarinersFC">CCMarinersFC  (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>183</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Perth Wildcats</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/TheRealSchensh">TheRealSchensh (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>179</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Victorian Bushrangers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/petersiddle">petersiddle (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>171</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>New South Wales Swifts</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/nswswifts">nswswifts</a></td>
<td>171</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/rustyhinder">rustyhinder (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>168</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Western Australia Force (Western Force)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/s14_force">s14_force</a></td>
<td>163</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Basketball Australia</td>
<td>Australian Opals</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AustralianOpals">AustralianOpals</a></td>
<td>160</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/1eyedeel">1eyedeel (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>159</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/s14_queensland">s14_queensland (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>153</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/WNBL">WNBL</a></td>
<td>152</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>New Zealand Breakers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NZBreakers">NZBreakers</a></td>
<td>152</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Sydney Swans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BionicSwan">BionicSwan (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>151</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td>Queensland Maroons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/QLD_Maroons">QLD_Maroons</a></td>
<td>144</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/victorytwit">victorytwit (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>144</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Casey Scorpions</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/CaseyScorpions">CaseyScorpions</a></td>
<td>144</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/VodacomCheetahs">VodacomCheetahs</a></td>
<td>141</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>Adelaide Thunderbirds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AdelaideTBirds">AdelaideTBirds</a></td>
<td>135</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>North Ballarat Roosters</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/NB_Roosters">NB_Roosters</a></td>
<td>134</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/DarrenNg8">DarrenNg8 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>128</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ryanmcrowley">ryanmcrowley (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>124</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Marcus__White">Marcus__White (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>121</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/mvfcfanzone">mvfcfanzone</a></td>
<td>114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/bmsew">bmsew (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>113</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jgovereasy">jgovereasy (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>113</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>St. George Illawarra Dragons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jsaffy">jsaffy (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>111</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Newcastle Knights</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Corypato">Corypato (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>110</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Australia Athletics</td>
<td>Australian Flames (national team)</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/australianflame">australianflame</a></td>
<td>108</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Balmain Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/tigers1908">tigers1908 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>106</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>ANZ Championship</td>
<td>West Coast Fever</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SusanWCFever">SusanWCFever</a></td>
<td>93</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/RWBFooty">RWBFooty (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>93</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridiron Australia Nationals</td>
<td>Perth Blitz</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/fatloaf">fatloaf (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>91</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/matesOmelbourne">matesOmelbourne (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>90</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ccaallward">ccaallward (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>88</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball New South Wales</td>
<td></td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Sydney_Netball">Sydney_Netball</a></td>
<td>88</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>First class cricket</td>
<td>Queensland Bulls</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/qldcricket">qldcricket</a></td>
<td>81</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Sydney Kings</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/sydneykings">sydneykings</a></td>
<td>73</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/briansham">briansham (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>71</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SydneyFC">SydneyFC</a></td>
<td>69</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/yellow_n_black">yellow_n_black (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>67</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>SFL</td>
<td>Caulfield Bears</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/CaulfieldBears">CaulfieldBears</a></td>
<td>66</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/JoshJenkins24">JoshJenkins24 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/demonwiki">demonwiki (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>65</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BenFitz">BenFitz (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>64</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Semi Professional Basketball League</td>
<td>Semi Professional Basketball League</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SEABL">SEABL</a></td>
<td>58</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Aaron_Cannings">Aaron_Cannings (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>57</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/36ers">36ers (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>55</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>South (Melbourne) Dragons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SAVEOURDRAGONS">SAVEOURDRAGONS (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/VictoriaParkHC">VictoriaParkHC (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>49</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Claxton Shield</td>
<td>Barbagallo Perth Heat</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PerthHeat">PerthHeat</a></td>
<td>48</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Wollongong Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/danjackson9">danjackson9 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Kegs42">Kegs42 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>39</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/bomberblitz">bomberblitz (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>37</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Premier League</td>
<td>Manly United</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ManlyUnited">ManlyUnited</a></td>
<td>35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Bendio Spirit</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/bendigospirit">bendigospirit</a></td>
<td>35</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/willo43">willo43 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>34</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Parramatta Eels</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/parraeels">parraeels (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Gold Coast Blaze</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Vandy21">Vandy21 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>33</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Netball New South Wales</td>
<td>Petersham RUFC Netball Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/PetershamNetbal">PetershamNetbal</a></td>
<td>32</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Brisbane Netball Association</td>
<td>ACE Netball Club</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ACENetball">ACENetball</a></td>
<td>31</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Plenty Valley Netball Association</td>
<td>Orcas Netball</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/Orcas_Netball">Orcas_Netball</a></td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Dandenong Jayco Rangers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/JaycoRangers">JaycoRangers</a></td>
<td>30</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/bc8977">bc8977 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>20</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>VFL</td>
<td>Port Melbourne Borough</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/BoroughBoy">BoroughBoy (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>19</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ToffCedar">ToffCedar (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>16</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Townsville Crocodiles</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/cameronwhiting">cameronwhiting (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Logan Thunder</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/loganthunder">loganthunder</a></td>
<td>11</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NBL</td>
<td>Adelaide 36ers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/brad_393">brad_393 (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>6</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Gridiron Australia Nationals</td>
<td>Perth Blitz</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/perthblitz">perthblitz</a></td>
<td>1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NRL</td>
<td>Wests Tigers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/beauryan_winger">beauryan_winger (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>NSW Premier League</td>
<td>Sydney United</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/addsie">addsie (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Sydney FC</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/SydneyFC0910">SydneyFC0910 </a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Super 14</td>
<td>Queensland Reds</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/ezytaylor">ezytaylor (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>A-League</td>
<td>Melbourne Victory</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/MVFCVIDEOS">MVFCVIDEOS (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jordiemck">jordiemck (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/LanceFranklin">LanceFranklin (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>WNBL</td>
<td>Dandenong Jayco Rangers</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/jennaohea">jennaohea (unofficial)</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>Brisbane Lions</td>
<td><a href="http://twitter.com/AFLbrisbanelion">AFLbrisbanelion</a></td>
<td>0</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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		<title>Most popular official team pages on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-official-team-pages-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 May 2010 06:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NRL]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Socceroos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Super 14]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WNBL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACT Brumbies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adelaide Crows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bendigo Spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brisbane Lions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canberra Raiders]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carlton Blues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Collingwood Magpies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Essendon Bombers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fremantle Dockers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Geelong Cats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gold Coast Titans]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Melbourne Storm]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been data collecting again. In this case, I was updating my Facebook group and fan pages member totals. Eventually, this will all be written up and include an analysis of some patterns that exist. In the meantime, I feel the need to share of this data as the results&#8230; surprised me.  I was curious [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been data collecting again.  In this case, I was updating my Facebook group and fan pages member totals.  Eventually, this will all be written up and include an analysis of some patterns that exist.  In the meantime, I feel the need to share of this data as the results&#8230; surprised me.  I was curious as to which Australian team had the most popular official Facebook page.  Bearing in mind that outside the AFL and NRL, my inclusion list is limited and that not every team has an official page&#8230; This list should not be considered all comprehensive.  Still, it gives a fairly good idea of what may be going on Facebook:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >League</td>
<td >Team</td>
<td >Name</td>
<td >Total members</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td >Queensland Maroons</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/queenslandmaroons>Queensland Maroons</a></td>
<td >96751</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >World Cup Soccer</td>
<td >Socceroos</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/Socceroos>Socceroos &#8211; Australian National Football Team</a></td>
<td >59215</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/Essendon>Essendon FC</a></td>
<td >54556</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Brisbane Lions</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Red-Hill-Australia/Brisbane-Broncos/99453774630>Brisbane Broncos</a></td>
<td >51458</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Adelaide Crows</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/adelaidecrows>Adelaide Crows</a></td>
<td >42119</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >West Coast Eagles</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles/38862387223>West Coast Eagles</a></td>
<td >38541</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/collingwoodfc>Collingwood Football Club</a></td>
<td >35516</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/stkfc>St Kilda Football Club</a></td>
<td >26072</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Gold Coast Titans</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Gold-Coast-Australia/Gold-Coast-Titans/22602574592>Gold Coast Titans</a></td>
<td >20975</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/fremantlefootballclub>Fremantle Football Club</a></td>
<td >19244</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Carlton Blues</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarltonFC>Carlton Football Club</a></td>
<td >18554</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/hawthornfc>Hawthorn Football Club</a></td>
<td >17996</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Manly-Warringah-Sea-Eagles/222674735992>Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles</a></td>
<td >17691</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Wests Tigers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/WestsTigers.com.au>Wests Tigers &#8211; Official National Rugby League Club</a></td>
<td >16521</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Newcastle Knights </td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/NewcastleKnights>Newcastle Knights </a></td>
<td >14337</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Sydney Roosters</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Official-Sydney-Roosters-Page/222342250384?ref=sgm>The Official Sydney Roosters Page</a></td>
<td >13923</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/northkangaroos>North Melbourne Football Club</a></td>
<td >12682</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/portadelaidefootballclub>Port Adelaide Football Club</a></td>
<td >11906</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/cronullasutherlandsharks>Cronulla Sharks</a></td>
<td >10416</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Richmond Tigers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC>Richmond FC</a></td>
<td >7805</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Richmond Tigers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC>Richmond FC</a></td>
<td >7805</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Melbourne Demons</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/MELBOURNEfc>Melbourne Football Club</a></td>
<td >6995</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/Western.Bulldogs>Western Bulldogs</a></td>
<td >6383</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AFL</td>
<td >Geelong Cats</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/GeelongCatsInsider>Geelong Cats Insider</a></td>
<td >5264</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Melbourne Storm</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=725961793&amp;amp;ref=search&amp;amp;sid=7259>Storm Man</a></td>
<td >4778</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >North Queensland Cowboys</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Kirwan-Australia/North-Queensland-Toyota-Cowboys/9098495661>North Queensland Toyota Cowboys</a></td>
<td >2948</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >NRL</td>
<td >Canberra Raiders</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?v=wall&amp;amp;ref=profile&amp;amp;id=1589355881>Canberra Raiders</a></td>
<td >2883</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Super 14</td>
<td >ACT Brumbies</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/BrumbiesFanPage>Official Brumbies Fan Page</a></td>
<td >2123</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Women&#8217;s Flat Track Derby Association</td>
<td >Western Sydney Rollers</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Penrith-Australia/Western-Sydney-Rollers/42792267115>Western Sydney Rollers</a></td>
<td >1659</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Rugby League/State of Origin</td>
<td >New South Wales Blues</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-South-Wales-Rugby-League/62360768317>New South Wales Rugby League</a></td>
<td >1297</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >SEABL</td>
<td >SEABL</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/SEABL/156802199436>SEABL</a></td>
<td >560</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >WNBL</td>
<td >Bendigo Spirit</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bendigo-Australia/The-Official-Bendigo-Spirit-Basketball/227515051849>The Official Bendigo Spirit Basketball</a></td>
<td >174</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >WNBL</td>
<td >Townsville Fire</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/pages/Townsville-Australia/Townsville-McCafe-Fire/239691963244>Townsville McCafe Fire</a></td>
<td >114</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >WNBL</td>
<td >Bendigo Spirit</td>
<td> <a href=http://www.facebook.com/BendigoSpirit>WNBL &#8211; Bendigo Spirit</a></td>
<td >87</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/most-popular-australian-sports-teams-on-twitter/' title='Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.'>Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
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		<title>Jason Akermanis follow up</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/jason-akermanis-follow-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 May 2010 05:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This isn&#8217;t much of a follow up. I was out walking after having read a few chapters in The Australian football business : a spectator&#8217;s guide to the VFL / Bob Stewart and I began wondering if there were some geographic pattens in who was condemning Jason Akermanis on Facebook, where condemning equals joining a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This isn&#8217;t much of a follow up.  I was out walking after having read a few chapters in <a href="http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/726144?lookfor=author:%22Stewart,%20Bob,%201946-%22&#038;offset=1&#038;max=10">The Australian football business : a spectator&#8217;s guide to the VFL / Bob Stewart </a> and I began wondering if there were some geographic pattens in who was condemning Jason Akermanis on Facebook, where condemning equals joining a group or liking a fan page that criticized his comment.</p>
<p>There were two real options to create comparisons: Get information from a few of the smaller groups with 10 or fewer members and declare them representative of each position or find a larger sample and get the network affiliation for all members of the larger group.   I decided on the second.  <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118380594866779">Jason Akermanis is a homophobe.</a> is a Facebook group that has gained 281 members since May 20 for a total of 427 members.  It appears to have been created directly in response to Jason&#8217;s comments and could be seen as condemning them.  When scrolling through the membership list, I found 24 people who listed a network they belonged to.  We&#8217;ll call this the dislike Jason group.  As a control group of people who &#8220;like&#8221; Jason, I chose <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20900401086">The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society</a>.  It had 457 members on May 22, up only three from May 20.  24 people in this group also had a network listed.  This group should be his fanbase.  Their lack of quitting should not be read as supporting his comments: Non-action does not imply support.  I&#8217;m mostly after the idea of are these two separate groups similar based on location.  The following table was generated after tabulating how many people from each group listed specific networks:</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Network</td>
<td >Dislike</td>
<td >Like</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Ballarat</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Binghamton</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Box Hill High School</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Burnside State High School</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Cairns State High School</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Charles Sturt University</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Deakin</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Esperance Senior High School</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Essendon Keilor College</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Flinders</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Griffith</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Haileybury College</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Heathfield High School</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >iiNet</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Illawarra Sports High School</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Ivanhoe Girls&#8217; Grammar School</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >La Trobe University</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >MacKillop College</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Metso</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Mirrabooka Senior High School</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Monash</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Newcastle</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Overnewton Anglican Community College</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Star Of The Sea</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Star of the Sea College</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >University of Melbourne</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >University of New England</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >University of Sydney</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >0</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >University of Zimbabwe</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >UNSW</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >UWA</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Victoria AU</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >2</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Wesley College</td>
<td >0</td>
<td >1</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p>The simple answer appears to be yes, there is a difference between the two.  Fans of Jason appear to be more evenly distributed across various networks.  Of the high schools and colleges I could easily identify, 3 were in the dislike Jason group and 7 were in the like Jason group.  18 university students joined the anti-group versus 13 in the like group.  (These numbers are probably off.  I&#8217;m not completely familiar with all the schools involved so some were not counted.)  This suggests that university students were more likely to condemned the comments compared to high school students&#8230; or at least, university students were more willing to indicate their displeasure on a public profile.  That is a bit interesting.  It would be nice to have a Facebook data miner so I could see if larger patterns like this existed.</p>
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		<title>Google, the Melbourne Demons, Port Adelaide Power and that game in Darwin&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 03:26:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend, the Melbourne Demons are playing the Port Adelaide Power in Darwin.  This game is one of two AFL games being held in Darwin this season.  I&#8217;m rather keen on geographic patterns in fan communities.  Where are they located?  How many people are there?  What is the size and interest level in a particular [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This weekend, the Melbourne Demons are playing the Port Adelaide Power in Darwin.  This game is one of two AFL games being held in Darwin this season.  I&#8217;m rather keen on geographic patterns in fan communities.  Where are they located?  How many people are there?  What is the size and interest level in a particular place?  Given that there isn&#8217;t an AFL team based in Darwin and the nearest team is team is over 3,000 kms (1,800+miles), it would be hard to figure out what team allegiances would be based on.  (The Canberra game with the Swans had a large number of people who barracked for the Sydney based team.  Canberra&#8217;s distance from Sydney and the Swans support of AFL Canberra are probably the major reasons for that.)  I wanted to explore what those loyalties would be in the Northern Territory to the exclusion of other states.</p>
<p>There really is no good way about getting numbers for the Northern Territory with out picking up everyone else across the country.  And even when that isn&#8217;t the case, people frequently will list themselves as residing or belonging to the next biggest city even if they don&#8217;t reside there.  This is highly problematic when you&#8217;re looking to see if there are pockets of team support in the suburbs and rural areas where city affiliation is more important when dealing with a wider, more international audience that may not have heard of Freemantle but may have heard of Perth, or who may not have heard of Geelong but do know where Sydney is.  There are ways to tease those patterns out by removing the major cities, like Melbourne, where the core is very tiny.  And I&#8217;m digressing because even when you can do that, it is rather hard to still just get data off major networks about a person&#8217;s interest by city, while excluding other states.  I can&#8217;t do that on Facebook, LiveJournal and its clones, bebo, blogger, orkut, 43things, LinkedIn, Twitter, care2&#8230; the list goes on and on.  There is no easy solution other than getting everyone and then, after the data is collected, filtering it down by state.</p>
<p>While I have a<a href="http://ozziesport.com/category/afl/adelaide-crows-afl/"> lot of data of that sort</a> already, not many people live in the Northern Territory.  (For the Adelaide Crows, across six networks and with 75 fans, only one is from the Northern Territory.)  It is really hard to get regional patterns inside the Northern Territories.  My solution to try to figure this out was go to Google.com.au, put in the team&#8217;s name and the city.  (I got the list of cities I used from a list of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_postcodes_in_the_Northern_Territory">postal codes for the Northern Territory on Wikipedia</a>. I was logged out of my Google account.  I did not use the API.) My list of cities was 114 long after I removed cities with multiple postal codes.  City names, when they included more than one word, were put in quotes.  Team names were put in quotes.  An example search with that would be <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=&quot;Melbourne+Demons&quot;+&quot;Alice+Springs&quot;">&#8220;Melbourne Demons&#8221; &#8220;Alice Springs&#8221;</a>.</p>
<p>This is all fine and dandy.  You can easily repeat the results.  You should be able to get regional patterns on a large scale that you can&#8217;t get with maps.google.com.au or video.google.com.au or bebo. Everything theoretically should work to get a some one accurate picture of the interest level by city in the Northern Territory for both teams.  Except, well, no.  Midstream, methodology begins to change.  Things I had not necessarily thought of come in to play.  First, there are duplicate city names.  This is an issue for Palmerston, which is a city in New Zealand, a city in the Northern Territory and a suburb in the Australian Capital Territory.  Second, some cities have common names or share names with people.  This is the case for Gray, Northern Territory.  It is the case for another city that shares a name of a player for a different AFL team.  This issue might be correctable by adding a &#8220;Northern Territory&#8221; or an NT to the search phrase.  I did this for Palmerston.  I just didn&#8217;t do it consistently because Google did not always realize NT meant &#8220;Northern Territory&#8221; and there were three wildly different search results in some cases.  It becomes just easier to ignore and accept that search results are going to be faulty.  The third major issue was Google spelling.  This issue can be less obvious unless you actually look at the results.  Moil is a city in the Northern Territory.  Google helpfully wanted correct my spelling by pulling up results featuring the word Mobile.  Moil and Mobile are not the same thing.  Karama and Karma are also not the same thing.  Google, if you don&#8217;t specifically tell it that these are not the same thing, treats them as if they are.  When I found this, I did correct the results number by putting a + in front of it to force Google to only pull up results with that exactly spelling.  Outside those two examples, I did this for Katherine, Elliott, Farrar, Gray, Gunn, Malak, Millner, Mitchell, The Gardens, and The Narrows. This helped insure slightly more relevance and didn&#8217;t create the problems of what is the preferential way to indicate that a city is in the Northern Territory.</p>
<p>The methodology problems out of the way, it is time for the results.  I couldn&#8217;t get a good visualization tool.  (The ones I tend to use aren&#8217;t really good with the Northern Territory.  I&#8217;ll find a fix for that in the future.)  Therefor, the easiest way to see the results is to download the <a href="http://ozziesport.com/DarwinAFL.xls">xls file</a> or the <a href="http://ozziesport.com/DarwinAFL.csv">csv file</a>.  The results, to me with out the aid of a map, are pretty boring when compared to methodology but still interesting.  On the whole, it looks like there is more interest in the Melbourne Demons than there is in the Port Adelaide Power.  If I give each team a point if they are more popular in a particular city, the Demons easily win the day with 93 to the Power&#8217;s 15 and with six cities being tied.  If I add up all the search results (each city gets added.  This number has little relationship to the total pages in the Northern Territory because many pages reference both teams or multiple cities in the Northern Territory), the Demons also win with 114,368 total pages compared to the Power&#8217;s 64,191.  The ratio to cities and total pages is not particularly close.  The Power are more popular in 13% of cities and represent 35% of total pages.</p>
<p>The top city for Port Adelaide Power is represented by the following search: &#8220;<a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=&quot;Port+Adelaide+Power&quot;+Driver+NT">Port Adelaide Power&#8221; Driver NT</a>.  Driver is a popular common word so it is highly probable that this is not accurate, even with the attempt to correct for the Northern Territory by adding NT to the search.  The next city that &#8220;prefers&#8221; the Power based on total search results is Parap, with 839 results.  For the Melbourne Demons, <a href="http://www.google.com.au/search?q=&quot;Melbourne+Demons&quot;+%2BMitchell">&#8220;Melbourne Demons&#8221; +Mitchell</a> is the top city.  That&#8217;s another problematic place as this is a common surname.  The next most popular city based on total search results for the Melbourne Demons is Yuendumu with 12,200 page results.   What is interesting here is that Darwin and Alice Springs do not appear at the top of the list, even when we exclude Driver and Mitchell.  When the Demons and Power lists are combined and sorted descending by pages per city, Darwin doesn&#8217;t appear until the 12th spot for the Demons and 18th sport for the Power.  Alice Spring doesn&#8217;t appear until 32 for the Demons and 39th position for the Power.  The biggest population bases in the territory are not generating the most references for either teams.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m not entirely certain why &#8220;big&#8221; cities don&#8217;t rank higher.  Are all the cities ahead of them problematic with their names where steps were not taken to correct for that?  Or is it possible that more rural fans are reliant on the Internet to express their fannishness for a team?  Are there players from these rural communities playing in the AFL so local news sources give additional attention to players that they would not get in more urban areas?  It is possible.  The real reason is probably rather complex.</p>
<p>So if you&#8217;re going to the game in Darwin this weekend, you probably see more people barracking for the Demons.</p>
<p><strong>Notes:</strong></p>
<p>1. I could theoretically get data from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/ads/create/">Facebook&#8217;s advertiser page</a> for the number of people who list an interest and live with in a certain distance of a city.  There are just a few limitations.  First, not every location in the Northern Territory is listed.  Second, since Facebook forced users to like their interests, things have been in a state of flux and I&#8217;ve found zeros where there should not be zeros based on the number of people who like a fan page that Facebook uses and its default for a search of that interest.</p>
<p>2.  There are other ways I might have gone about doing this besides Google, including searching local newspapers for references to a team.  There are just limitations there in that not every location has its own newspaper and it excludes a lot of fan created references on sites likes bebo and blogger where the audience may be different than the ones that newspapers market to.  I might also have tried a geolocation based search.  I just haven&#8217;t found a good one yet that is based in Australia.  And even the ones I have seen tend to focus on Twitter and Foursquare.  AFL fandom is located more than just there.</p>
<p>3.  The methodology problems are a recurring problem when doing any sort of social media or web based research with the intent to create data sets.  It is why I&#8217;m generally deeply skeptical of any numbers I see unless some one clearly states their methodology, explains the problems and provides their data to give benchmarks.  This methodology issue also probably explains why much of the research done in regards to social media involves case studies and qualitative style research: The data is just so problematic to attain.</p>
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<p><b>Edited to add:</b>  <a href="http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/15581">Visualization of this data</a>.  It isn&#8217;t perfect.  There are a number of erroneous data points.  (Anything outside of the Northern Territory is incorrectly placed on the map.)  That said, it begins to give an idea of these patterns going on&#8230; though looking at the map, I don&#8217;t really see what I would consider overwhelming patterns.  One of the islands is all Melbourne Demons. I had some data for about 15 cities for the North Melbourne Kangaroos that I overlaid to give this a bit more perspective.  At some point, I should do every city in the Northern Territory, corrected as much as possible for the problems discussed above, with every team on the map.<br />
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		<title>Benchmarking: Jason Akermanis on Facebook and Google</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 May 2010 09:26:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a quick data dump post.  I know who Jason Akermanis is because I saw him play this past weekend in Canberra.  I&#8217;ve been told he has a tendency to open his mouth and speak frankly in such a way that his previous club didn&#8217;t like him.  Thus, it was apparently not that surprising [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This is a quick data dump post.  I know who Jason Akermanis is because I saw him play this past weekend in Canberra.  I&#8217;ve been told he has a tendency to open his mouth and speak frankly in such a way that his previous club didn&#8217;t like him.  Thus, it was apparently not that surprising that he opened his mouth and offended people today.  I may or may not be interested in writing about him and the response to his comments at a later date.  It will come down to time and interest.  Still, benchmarks in case I do and data dumping now for those who might want to write an analysis that I&#8217;m not keen to write right now.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Google data</strong></p>
<p>This data was retrieved between 6pm and 7pm on May 20, 2010 Canberra time.   It was retrieved using manual screen scraping.  (I visited each page and copy and pasted the number.)  I was not logged in to any account at the time to prevent my previous searches from influencing the numbers.  The API was not used.  The SE stands for search engine that was used to get the number.  (There are sometimes differences between .com and .com.au.)  The Jason story is beginning to circulate but doesn&#8217;t appear to be widely picked up outside the metro areas so far.  I added a by city component because I find geographic patterns interesting.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>SE</td>
<td>Date</td>
<td>Full search term</td>
<td>Search term</td>
<td>+ City</td>
<td>State</td>
<td>Total results</td>
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<tr>
<td>news.google.com</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>news.google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>78</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>62500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>video.google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td></td>
<td></td>
<td>148</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Geelong</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Geelong</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>269000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Mackay</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Mackay</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>170000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Melbourne</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Melbourne</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>47000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Brisbane</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Brisbane</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>45100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Sydney</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Sydney</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>42500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Adelaide</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Adelaide</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>37800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Richmond</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Richmond</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>35200</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Ballarat</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Ballarat</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>34500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bendigo</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bendigo</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>31400</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Gold Coast</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Gold Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>30100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Perth</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Perth</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>23500</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bunbury</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bunbury</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>22300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Palmerston</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Palmerston</td>
<td>Northern Territory</td>
<td>21900</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Mandurah</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Mandurah</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>21400</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Tweed</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Tweed</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>20400</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Warrnambool</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Warrnambool</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>18100</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Launceston</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Launceston</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>12600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Wollongong</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Wollongong</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>12600</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bathurst</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bathurst</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>10200</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Toowoomba</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Toowoomba</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>9960</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Canberra</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Canberra</td>
<td>Australian Capital Territory</td>
<td>9460</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Rockhampton</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Rockhampton</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>7030</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Newcastle</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Newcastle</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>6320</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Albury</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Albury</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>6130</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Geraldton</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Geraldton</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>5800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Murray Bridge</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Murray Bridge</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>5760</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Shepparton</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Shepparton</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>5190</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Cairns</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Cairns</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>5000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Tamworth</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Tamworth</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>4950</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Melton</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Melton</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>4590</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Lismore</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Lismore</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>4570</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Nowra</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Nowra</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>4290</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Gawler</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Gawler</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>3610</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Sunshine Coast</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Sunshine Coast</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>3210</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Strathalbyn</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Strathalbyn</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>3080</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Naracoorte</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Naracoorte</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>2930</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Dubbo</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Dubbo</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>2640</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Orange</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Orange</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>2490</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bundaberg</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bundaberg</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>2370</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Devonport</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Devonport</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>2370</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Kalgoorlie</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Kalgoorlie</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>2250</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Darwin</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Darwin</td>
<td>Northern Territory</td>
<td>2160</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Queanbeyan</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Queanbeyan</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>1980</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Mildura</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Mildura</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>1800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Windsor</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Windsor</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>1720</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Hobart</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Hobart</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>1580</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Wodonga</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Wodonga</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>1520</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Hervey Bay</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Hervey Bay</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>1510</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Maitland</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Maitland</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>1360</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Townsville</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Townsville</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>1300</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Port Pirie</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Port Pirie</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>988</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Boulder</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Boulder</td>
<td>Western Australia</td>
<td>800</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Loxton</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Loxton</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>786</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Clare</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Clare</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>697</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Burnie</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Burnie</td>
<td>Tasmania</td>
<td>650</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Port Augusta</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Port Augusta</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>626</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Berri</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Berri</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>545</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Gladstone</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Gladstone</td>
<td>Queensland</td>
<td>482</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Alice Springs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Alice Springs</td>
<td>Northern Territory</td>
<td>439</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Whyalla</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Whyalla</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>348</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Coffs Harbour</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Coffs Harbour</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>273</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Wagga Wagga</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Wagga Wagga</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>253</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Mount Gambier</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Mount Gambier</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>246</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Victor Harbor</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Victor Harbor</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>245</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Goolwa</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Goolwa</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>219</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Port Lincoln</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Port Lincoln</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>179</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Millicent</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Millicent</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>177</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Renmark</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Renmark</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>176</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis La Trobe Valley</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>La Trobe Valley</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>174</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Port Macquarie</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Port Macquarie</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>135</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Mooroopna</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Mooroopna</td>
<td>Victoria</td>
<td>128</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bordertown</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bordertown</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>117</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Wallaroo</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Wallaroo</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>95</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Ceduna</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Ceduna</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>85</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Tanunda</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Tanunda</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>71</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Roxby Downs</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Roxby Downs</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>28</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Moonta</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Moonta</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>8</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Nuriootpa</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Nuriootpa</td>
<td>South Australia</td>
<td>7</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>google.com.au</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td>&#8216;Jason Akermanis Bomaderry</td>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>Bomaderry</td>
<td>New South Wales</td>
<td>4</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Facebook</strong></p>
<p>Before I did Google, I looked at Facebook.  This was done between 5:30 and 6:00pm Canberra time on May 20, 2010.  The Jason situation had already hit Facebook as there was a Facebook group dedicated to being unhappy with Jason by that time.  I found these fan pages by searching for him.  I did not include people or groups in this sample.  None of these pages appear to be officially connected to either the AFL, the Western Bulldogs or Jason Akermanis.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Name</td>
<td>Url</td>
<td>Total members</td>
<td>Type</td>
<td>Date checked</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/107712129252191</td>
<td>56</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/105738419448658</td>
<td>6</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/373300971735</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/376142636801</td>
<td>62</td>
<td>Athlete</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis/301148780410</td>
<td>307</td>
<td>Athlete</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis Biography</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Biography/106142142741832</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis Autobiography</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Autobiography/106446502709782</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis, you are a MORON!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-you-are-a-MORON/109009685810123</td>
<td>22</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
<td></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>The Battle Within by Jason Akermanis</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Battle-Within-by-Jason-Akermanis/110570445624262</td>
<td>2</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Jason Akermanis: Homophobe and complete fuckwit!</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jason-Akermanis-Homophobe-and-complete-fuckwit/105067262872425</td>
<td>118</td>
<td>Page</td>
<td>20-May-10</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>I&#8217;m going to speculate that two of those are likely to see an increase in membership over the next couple of days.  How large an increase, I do not yet know and do not feel comfortable speculating about.</p>
<p>After that, it occurred to me that it would be a good idea to benchmark the Facebook groups.  These can be easy to create.  When I looked, there turned out to be a number of them dedicated to Jason, some of which were created in response to the situation.  As I have no previous benchmarks, I can&#8217;t tell when some of the larger groups were created.  Still, this is where the groups about Jason stand now.</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Name</td>
<td >Url</td>
<td >Total members</td>
<td >Type</td>
<td >Date checked</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=124872100865630</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis is a homophobe.</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118380594866779</td>
<td >146</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis is a dick</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118537708183794</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis Is Totally Gay</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=118573961511057</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >jason akermanis is amazing!</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=344061166761</td>
<td >12</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=20900401086</td>
<td >454</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis is a legend</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10308061363</td>
<td >201</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis handstand appreciation society</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=19647855868</td>
<td >88</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Only Homophobes think Jason Akermanis is a homophobe!</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=128825660465576</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis for Brownlow 2008</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16522463154</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis for Brownlow 2008</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=16522463154</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis should be locked and gagged in a closet!</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=109095775801131</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis is a F*ckwit</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18564050741</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis to win the Coleman medal.</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=21877556009</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Jason Akermanis Can&#8217;t Drive A Race Car</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123972501889</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >JASON AKERMANIS&#8217;S IQ OF A PLANT</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=107444465957654</td>
<td >8</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Anything To Do With Footy.</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=46374304132</td>
<td >1041</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >for people who wanna see Jason Akermanis shove his head up his own Ass</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38642639632</td>
<td >42</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Akermaniacs!!</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=13979751018</td>
<td >87</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >It&#8217;s All Good &#8211; in memory of Andrea Louise Bell 11-4-78 to 19-9-03</td>
<td >http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=33117363124</td>
<td >97</td>
<td >Group</td>
<td >20-May-10</td>
</tr>
</table>
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		<title>AFL cheer squads</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 06:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently read a chapter in Fanfare: spectator culture and Australian rules football / edited by Matthew Nicholson about the history of AFL cheer squads.  When I had visited Australia in July, an Australian acquaintance explained to me the importance of cheer squads and talked a little bit about what they did.  The banners they [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I recently read a chapter in <em>Fanfare: spectator culture and Australian rules football </em>/  edited by Matthew Nicholson about the history of AFL cheer squads.  When I had visited Australia in July, an Australian acquaintance explained to me the importance of cheer squads and talked a little bit about what they did.  The banners they do are really impressive and as an outsider, the organization do to something like that seemed pretty complex.  How do you organize the fans?  How do they all know where to sit and how do they make sure to get tickets to sit in those sections?  How much of that is done online?</p>
<p>My assumption was that a fair amount of the organization would have to be done online and that the organization online could be a key component for keeping a highly mobilized to participate fan base even more mobilized.  I mostly used a little Google-fu and some searching on Facebook.  What I&#8217;ve learned is that the team cheer squads information appears to be hosted on the official pages for the corresponding club.  The level of information provided is slightly different but most have contact information for an organizer.  The cheer squad pages don&#8217;t appear to have a separate Twitter accounts or Facebook fanpages or mailing lists.  In some cases, fan pages or groups on Facebook have been created.  These fan pages and groups tend to have extremely limited membership and at least one was for a single season.  If there is a separate effort for members to create their own outreach, it isn&#8217;t obvious.</p>
<p>I really need to spend some more time looking at this and to check other networks to see if something exists.  I&#8217;ve been through bebo a lot and don&#8217;t recall having seen anything there.  I also haven&#8217;t seen anything on Twitter&#8230; maybe old school fansites?  Anyone have any better information or a history of cheer squads online?<br />
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		<title>Foursquare and the AFL</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 May 2010 05:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a little obsessed with foursquare data at the moment and I&#8217;m doing this a little early.  I&#8217;ll probably update this on Tuesday with a new post after the St. Kilda Monday night match.  At the moment though, based on the two completed games so far this week and last week, this post answers what [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m a little obsessed with foursquare data at the moment and I&#8217;m doing this a little early.  I&#8217;ll probably update this on Tuesday with a new post after the St. Kilda Monday night match.  At the moment though, based on the two completed games so far this week and last week, this post answers what team has the largest community of Foursquare users.  The surprise is how Collingwood hasn&#8217;t run away with this.</p>
<table >
<tr>
<td ></td>
<td >Checkins</td>
<td >Unique Visitors</td>
<td >Checkins / Home</td>
<td >Unique Visitors / Home</td>
<td >Checkins / Away</td>
<td >Unique Visitors / Away</td>
<td >Homeground</td>
<td >Other places</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Melbourne Demons</td>
<td >32</td>
<td >21.5</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >18</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Sydney Swans</td>
<td >33</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >33</td>
<td >25</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
<td >34.5</td>
<td >19</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >13</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >14</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >13</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >13</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Carlton Blues</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >18</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >18</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >West Coast Eagles</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >5.5</td>
<td >3.5</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Adelaide Crows</td>
<td >5.5</td>
<td >3.5</td>
<td >5.5</td>
<td >3.5</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Geelong Cats</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >2</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Brisbane Lions</td>
<td >33</td>
<td >25</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >33</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >Gabba</td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Richmond Tigers</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >2</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >4</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table >
<tr>
<td >Facility</td>
<td >Name</td>
<td >Type</td>
<td >Link</td>
<td >Checkins</td>
<td >Unique Visitors</td>
<td >Mayor</td>
<td >Difference</td>
<td >Difference</td>
<td >Date checked</td>
<td >Home team</td>
<td >Road team</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/281644</td>
<td >968</td>
<td >#REF!</td>
<td >-417965</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/281644</td>
<td >999</td>
<td >496</td>
<td >-417965</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >2-May-10</td>
<td >Carlton Blues</td>
<td >Collingwood Magpies</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/281644</td>
<td >1037</td>
<td >521</td>
<td >-417965</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >25</td>
<td >7-May-10</td>
<td >Melbourne Demons</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/306196</td>
<td >652</td>
<td >338</td>
<td >sydlow</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >27-Apr-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/306196</td>
<td >683</td>
<td >351</td>
<td >_hoshi_</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >13</td>
<td >30-Apr-10</td>
<td >St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td >Western Bulldogs</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/306196</td>
<td >709</td>
<td >369</td>
<td >_hoshi_</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >18</td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td >North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td >Melbourne Demons</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Etihad Stadium</td>
<td >Stadium  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/306196</td>
<td >740</td>
<td >383</td>
<td >_hoshi_</td>
<td >31</td>
<td >14</td>
<td >8-May-10</td>
<td >Essendon Bombers</td>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396</td>
<td >17</td>
<td >15</td>
<td >dlparkinson</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >27-Apr-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396</td>
<td >26</td>
<td >21</td>
<td >dlparkinson</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >6</td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td >Adelaide Crows</td>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >Adelaide Oval</td>
<td ></td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >jasondunstone</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >28-Apr-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >AAMI Stadium</td>
<td >Adelaide Oval</td>
<td ></td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010</td>
<td >9</td>
<td >5</td>
<td >jasondunstone</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >1</td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td >Adelaide Crows</td>
<td >Port Adelaide Power</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Cricket  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/283942</td>
<td >135</td>
<td >103</td>
<td >franksting</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >27-Apr-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521</td>
<td >24</td>
<td >22</td>
<td >kristibarrow</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >27-Apr-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Cricket  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/283942</td>
<td >178</td>
<td >137</td>
<td >franksting</td>
<td >43</td>
<td >34</td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td >Sydney Swans</td>
<td >Brisbane Lions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground</td>
<td >Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521</td>
<td >47</td>
<td >38</td>
<td >kristibarrow</td>
<td >23</td>
<td >16</td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td >Sydney Swans</td>
<td >Brisbane Lions</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796</td>
<td >6</td>
<td >5</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
<td >Skilled Stadium</td>
<td ></td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >-774286</td>
<td >4</td>
<td >2</td>
<td >2-May-10</td>
<td >Geelong Cats</td>
<td >Richmond Tigers</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/569404</td>
<td >86</td>
<td >53</td>
<td >flyingblogspot</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
<td >1-May-10</td>
<td ></td>
<td ></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td >Subiaco Oval</td>
<td >Football  </td>
<td >http://foursquare.com/venue/569404</td>
<td >96</td>
<td >60</td>
<td >flyingblogspot</td>
<td >10</td>
<td >7</td>
<td >2-May-10</td>
<td >West Coast Eagles</td>
<td >Fremantle Dockers</td>
</tr>
</table>
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		<title>AFL fandom growth on Facebook: Which team is the winner?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 07:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back on March 25, 2010, I collected data regarding the number of fans of the official AFL team Facebook fan pages.  It has been a while and I was curious as to which team had the most growth since the last time I looked.  Did any team do a really good job picking up fans?  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Back on March 25, 2010, I collected data regarding the number of fans of the official AFL team Facebook fan pages.  It has been a while and I was curious as to which team had the most growth since the last time I looked.  Did any team do a really good job picking up fans?  Does that have any connection to how well the team did?  (There are a whole bunch of other potential factors.  I just haven&#8217;t looked at them.)  The team at the top of the ladder for Facebook fan growth is the Essendom Bombers.  The team at the bottom of the ladder is the Adelaide Crows.  Teams not included didn&#8217;t have official pages on March 25, 2010.</p>
<table>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td>Team</td>
<td>Url</td>
<td>25-Mar-10</td>
<td>3-May-10</td>
<td>Difference</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>AFL</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/AFL</td>
<td>88,546</td>
<td>99,722</td>
<td>11,176</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Essendon Bombers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Essendon</td>
<td>44,511</td>
<td>52,126</td>
<td>7,615</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Collingwood Magpies</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/collingwoodfc</td>
<td>26,314</td>
<td>31,366</td>
<td>5,052</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Western Bulldogs</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Western.Bulldogs</td>
<td>0</td>
<td>4,930</td>
<td>4,930</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Fremantle Dockers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/fremantlefootballclub</td>
<td>12,939</td>
<td>17,513</td>
<td>4,574</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>St. Kilda Saints</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/stkfc</td>
<td>21,310</td>
<td>25,106</td>
<td>3,796</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Melbourne Demons</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/MELBOURNEfc</td>
<td>3,159</td>
<td>6,278</td>
<td>3,119</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Geelong Cats</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/GeelongCatsInsider</td>
<td>1,632</td>
<td>4,745</td>
<td>3,113</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>West Coast Eagles</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles/38862387223</td>
<td>33,501</td>
<td>36,559</td>
<td>3,058</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Port Adelaide Power</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/portadelaidefootballclub</td>
<td>7,892</td>
<td>10,815</td>
<td>2,923</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carlton Blues</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarltonFC</td>
<td>12,693</td>
<td>14,932</td>
<td>2,239</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Richmond Tigers</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC</td>
<td>4,798</td>
<td>6,626</td>
<td>1,828</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/northkangaroos</td>
<td>9,866</td>
<td>11,678</td>
<td>1,812</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Hawthorn Hawks</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/hawthornfc</td>
<td>14,342</td>
<td>16,129</td>
<td>1,787</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Adelaide Crows</td>
<td>http://www.facebook.com/adelaidecrows</td>
<td>39,546</td>
<td>41,246</td>
<td>1,700</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>Is there a correlation between a team&#8217;s performance so far this season based on their ladder position and the number of new fans?  No, the correlation is -0.04002 where the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions get zero new fans as they do not have a fan page.   If those two teams are removed, -0.10666.  That still is completely random.  The cause for the big increase in fans is not dependent on team performance; other factors must explain the increase in fans.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/03/afl-on-facebook/' title='AFL on Facebook'>AFL on Facebook</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/alexa-rank-for-australian-leagues-and-clubs/' title='Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs'>Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs</a></li>
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		<title>AFL stadiums, fields and ovals on FourSquare</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/04/afl-stadiums-fields-and-ovals-on-foursquare/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:39:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Whitten Oval]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been obsessed with foursquare for about a month now.  I love it because I like the idea of earning things, like badges.  It gives my social media experience more meaning as a result.  (It doesn&#8217;t really, I just think it does because I&#8217;ve earned these badges.)  In May, I shall be seeing an AFL [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been obsessed with foursquare for about a month now.  I love it because I like the idea of earning things, like badges.  It gives my social media experience more meaning as a result.  (It doesn&#8217;t really, I just think it does because I&#8217;ve earned these badges.)  In May, I shall be seeing an AFL game in Canberra and I really want to check in to the stadium because yay! More checkins.  This peaked my curiosity as to how many people had already checked in to this venue (Answer?  None.)   and in to other AFL stadiums across the country.  Today, I got a list of AFL stadiums from <a href="http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/sort_sport.php?sport=1">austadiums</a> and then searched for the facilities with those names on Foursquare.  Having done that, I got the following chart, which not surprisingly shows the most checkins at Melbourne based AFL stadiums.</p>
<p><center><img src="http://www.fanhistory.com/img/thumb/a/a8/AFL_foursquare.png/846px-AFL_foursquare.png"></center></p>
<p>For clarification, if a line is blank and has no url, I searched for the location in the city listed on austadiums and nothing appeared. Duplicate entries appear when there were duplicates for the same location.  Type includes the default listing.  If no type is listed, none provided on the listing.</p>
<p>Apparently, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=115567578463636&#038;ref=ts">Essendon was heavily promoting</a> people checking into the MCG on Foursquare on ANZAC day so that people could get the Swarm badge.  That could also account for the really high numbers of the Melbourne Cricket Grounds.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/04/nrl-ovals-fields-and-stadiums-on-foursquare/' title='NRL ovals, fields and stadiums on foursquare'>NRL ovals, fields and stadiums on foursquare</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/05/foursquare-and-the-afl/' title='Foursquare and the AFL'>Foursquare and the AFL</a></li>
<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/08/has-there-been-a-population-shift-for-the-afl-on-dreamwidth-studios-since-june/' title='Has there been a population shift for the AFL on Dreamwidth Studios since June?'>Has there been a population shift for the AFL on Dreamwidth Studios since June?</a></li>
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		<title>australianfootballleague.wikia.com: The AFL wiki community</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/04/australianfootballleague-wikia-com-the-afl-wiki-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 16:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[australianfootballleague.wikia.com is yet another tiny Wikia wiki dedicated to the AFL.  This one has three real articles.  Like two of the other AFL wikis on Wikia, it has an article about a team.  The team for this wiki, the Geelong Cats, is one not found on the other wikis looked at.  It has only eight [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://australianfootballleague.wikia.com">australianfootballleague.wikia.com</a> is yet another tiny Wikia wiki dedicated to the AFL.  This one has three real articles.  Like two of the other AFL wikis on Wikia, it has an article about a team.  The team for this wiki, the Geelong Cats, is one not found on the other wikis looked at.  It has only eight real edits of which five were made by one individual and the rest were bot created.</p>
<p>Having looked at three small wikis so far, it looks like individuals make small wikis because they are fans of a specific team and then later lose interest and mostly abandon them.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-afl-and-nrl-teams-on-facebook/' title='Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook'>Most popular AFL and NRL teams on Facebook</a></li>
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		<title>aflpedia.wikia.com: The AFL wiki community</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/04/aflpedia-wikia-com-the-afl-wiki-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[aflpedia.wikia.com is another small Wikia wiki dedicated to the AFL.  It is slightly bigger than afl.wikia.com with 6 real articles and 18 edits.  It was founded in May 2009, later than afl.wikia.com.  There are three articles about specific teams: The Collingwood Magpies, the Melbourne Demons and the Hawthorn Hawks.  The article about the Collingwood Magpies [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://aflpedia.wikia.com">aflpedia.wikia.com</a> is another small Wikia wiki dedicated to the AFL.  It is slightly bigger than afl.wikia.com with 6 real articles and 18 edits.  It was founded in May 2009, later than afl.wikia.com.  There are three articles about specific teams: The Collingwood Magpies, the Melbourne Demons and the Hawthorn Hawks.  The article about the Collingwood Magpies is the most edited article on the wiki with eight edits made by two people.  The edit to the Melbourne Demons article contains only one link, to a Melbourne Demon wiki.</p>
<p>This wiki should probably be merged with afl.wikia.com, or another Wikia related AFL.<br />
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<li><a href='http://ozziesport.com/2010/07/most-popular-australian-clubs-and-teams-on-twitter/' title='Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter'>Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter</a></li>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[afl.wikia.com is a tiny, two page wiki hosted on Wikia. One page is the main page for the wiki.  The other page is an article dedicated to the Adelaide Crows.  A total of 6 edits have been made to this wiki, with half coming from bots or Wikia staff.  There really isn&#8217;t much more that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://afl.wikia.com">afl.wikia.com</a> is a tiny, two page wiki hosted on Wikia. One page is the main page for the wiki.  The other page is an article dedicated to the Adelaide Crows.  A total of 6 edits have been made to this wiki, with half coming from bots or Wikia staff.  There really isn&#8217;t much more that can be said about this wiki other than it exists, it is dedicated to the AFL and has never developed a community.  There is a footy wiki on Wikia.  That wiki is probably where most editors for the AFL on Wikia can be found.<br />
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		<title>AFL on Facebook</title>
		<link>http://ozziesport.com/2010/03/afl-on-facebook/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:14:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s the most popular AFL team on Facebook?  That really does depend on how you measure it. The following table has a column for total people listing a team as an interest, total number of members of the largest fan page dedicated to a team, total number of fans of the largest page dedicated to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What&#8217;s the most popular AFL team on Facebook?  That really does depend on how you measure it.</p>
<p>The following table has a column for total people listing a team as an interest, total number of members of the largest fan page dedicated to a team, total number of fans of the largest page dedicated to a team and the grand total.  This information was collected in the past three days.</p>
<p><strong></p>
<h2>AFL on Facebook</h2>
<table class="wptable rowstyle-alt" id="wptable-11"  cellspacing="1">
	<thead>
	<tr>
		<th class="sortable" style="width:30px" align="center">Team</th>
		<th class="sortable" style="width:30px" align="center">Interest</th>
		<th class="sortable" style="width:30px" align="center">Page</th>
		<th class="sortable" style="width:30px" align="center">Group</th>
		<th class="sortable" style="width:30px" align="center">Total</th>
	</tr>
	</thead>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Collingwood Magpies</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">59800</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">80</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">7969</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">67849</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">West Coast Eagles</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">26020</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">33501</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">5094</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">64615</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Carlton Blues</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">58120</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">317</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">1626</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">60063</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Adelaide Crows</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">50020</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">1579</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">5827</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">57426</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Fremantle Dockers</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">43660</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">96</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">3625</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">47381</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Sydney Swans</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">21260</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">18094</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4737</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">44091</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Hawthorn Hawks</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">21220</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2602</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">6595</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">30417</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Essendon Bombers</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">27920</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">248</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">1989</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">30157</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Richmond Tigers</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">13960</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">11727</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2782</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">28469</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Geelong Cats</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">15760</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">5092</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">3976</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">24828</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Brisbane Lions</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">10940</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">10556</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2302</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">23798</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">St. Kilda Saints</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">15480</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">317</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4281</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">20078</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Port Adelaide Power</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">6100</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">9766</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">3157</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">19023</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">North Melbourne Kangaroos</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">9120</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4314</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2420</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">15854</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Western Bulldogs</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2740</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4745</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">7295</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">14780</td>
	</tr>
	<tr class="alt">
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Melbourne Demons</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">5940</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4057</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">4003</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">14000</td>
	</tr>
	<tr>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">Gold Coast Football Club</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">1200</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">1720</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">66</td>
		<td style="width:30px" align="center">2986</td>
	</tr>
</table><p>
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<p><strong>And then I completed this and realized the biggest fan pages I had?  They weren&#8217;t the official ones.   Time to get the official ones, where the total fans are much bigger, and then update.</strong></p>
<p><img src="http://www.fanhistory.com/img/e/e7/Facebook_fixed.png" alt="" /></p>
<p>Green: Indicates official Facebook fanpage has the most fans.<br />
Blue: Indicates a page not linked on the official page has the most fans.<br />
Red: Indicates an official Facebook fanpage was not found to be linked to on the Club&#8217;s official site.<br />
Black: AFL does not link to an official page for the team.</p>
<p>Fixed.   As an American, I&#8217;m used to professional team names being City Mascot.  When I search, this tends to be my default mode of searching.  It can screw up results and I have to remember to search all variations to make sure this doesn&#8217;t happen.  When I was just looking for biggest, I didn&#8217;t. Woe.  But anyway, these results should hopefully be a bit more accurate.  I went to every team&#8217;s official site that was linked on the AFL&#8217;s site.  On the official site, I looked for their official Facebook fanpage accounts.  Then I took that information and added it to the above table to get a more accurate picture.  If an unofficial fanpage had more fans than the official one?  I left the unofficial one.  I&#8217;ve color coded that chart to make easy to see where I did that.<br />
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		<description><![CDATA[Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location map I&#8217;m trying to make a map of Australian sports fandom across various social networks.  This is going to take a long time and require a long explanation to understand exactly what you&#8217;re seeing.  This map isn&#8217;t intended to be all comprehensive.  I&#8217;m still collecting data [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/13214">Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location map</a></strong></p>
<p>I&#8217;m trying to make a map of Australian sports fandom across various social networks.  This is going to take a long time and require a long explanation to understand exactly what you&#8217;re seeing.  This map isn&#8217;t intended to be all comprehensive.  I&#8217;m still collecting data and will likely continue to collecting data for a long time.    That&#8217;s why a long explanation is needed.</p>
<p><strong>Country League Rugby: Group 21</strong> is represented exclusively by the Facebook group <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=24581172134">SCONE THOROUGHBREDS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB</a>. Location was identified the location of the school network members listed themselves as belonging to.</p>
<p>For the <strong>NWBL</strong>, amongst the social networks I&#8217;ve checked so far, only You!Tube had people who listed the league.  And that was one person.  There were several people on Facebook who belonged <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34282398124">the Wollongong Roller Hawks group</a> and listed a network which I could affiliate with a city.</p>
<p>The AHL is represented by a <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=10850081395">Facebook group for the Tassie Tigers</a> and three people on bebo.  There were no fans on LiveJournal&#8217;s clones or blogger.</p>
<p>The AFL includes full data from 43things, bebo, blogger, eacademy, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=123091481992"> Daniel Jackson &#8211; TIGER TUFF!</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5033799337"> Law Hawks</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80991032015"> No matter how bad they are, I will still barrack for the Richmond Tigers! </a> groups on Facebook, Gaia Online (but no one was an AFL fan who listed a city), LiveJournal and its clones, only Collingwood from MySpace profile search,  only Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies and Carlton Blues from orkut, only the scrapheap_afl mailing list on Yahoo!groups, and only the Geelong Cats on YouTube.</p>
<p>For the <strong>NRL</strong>, the following Facebook groups were included: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=105298639854">Matt Johns to coach the Newcastle Knights in 2010! </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=14767245041">Wests Tigers NYC</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4979514491">Melbourne-based Wests Tigers Fanatics</a>. Only the Brisbane Broncos were looked at on 43things.  Every team was searched for on bebo, blogger, Gaia Online, LiveJournal and its clones.  The sample is much smaller than the AFL.  (Though the community on bebo is much larger than AFL community on bebo.  It might sort of make up for that.)</p>
<p><strong>WNBL </strong>totals came from YouTube, MySpace, eacademy, bebo and LiveJournal clones.</p>
<p>For the NBL, only the Brisbane Bullets were looked at on 43 things.  On Facebook for the NBL, unlike for most leagues looked at, an attempt was made to find every group connected to the team.  Thus, the following groups and fanpages are represented: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7992749399"> Townsville McDonald&#8217;s Crocodiles</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6537866439">Adelaide 36ers</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=4668998590">Adelaide 36ers are the greatest team of ANY kind EVER!!</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=18471779614">Adelaide 36ers Fan Zone</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=130841542045">Bring Allen Iverson to the Adelaide 36ers!</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9299494855">Bring Dusty Rychart back to the Adelaide 36ers ~ beg, plead, grovel ;p</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cairns-Australia/Cairns-Taipans/21797657272">Cairns Taipans </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=52006301589">Croc Nation</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=48149719523">Early 90&#8242;s Perth Wildcats appreciation group</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7547802362">Gold Coast Blaze</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=5606014924">Melbourne Tigers</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=277972958959">melbourne tigers are the best team</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=34648208493">Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38933291344">Melbourne Tigers cheer squeda east and south ends </a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=23988850194">Melbourne Tigers NBL HUMMER CHAMPIONS 2007/08</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7559722913">Melbourne Tigers NBL supporters</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/New-Zealand-Breakers/13572853087">New Zealand Breakers</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Official-Perth-Wildcats/119401594313">Official Perth Wildcats</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/perthwildcats">Perth Wildcats</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9526289713">Perth Wildcats</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7620876603">Perth Wildcats (Catties Fans)</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=80781137420">SAVE OUR MELBOURNE TIGERS NBL TEAM , THIS SEASON.</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=119477681571">Save Our South Dragons:www. saveourdragons.com</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=74419386400">South Dragons 2008/09 Nbl Champions</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38436781980">South Melbourne Dragons</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=35392738918">The Melbourne Tigers Fan Group</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Findon-Australia/The-Official-Adelaide-36ers-Page/108987183569">The Official Adelaide 36ers Page</a>, <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=7992749399">Townsville McDonald&#8217;s Crocodiles</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2511926702">Wollongong Hawks</a>.  If this was done with other clubs and leagues, the representation for the AFL and NRL would probably be much, much bigger. Every team was looked at on bebo, blogger, LiveJournal and its clones.  It also includes members of melbournetigers on Yahoo!Groups.</p>
<p>For the <strong>VFL</strong>,  only the Geelong Cats and Coburg Tigers were checked.  On MySpace, Frankston Dolphins , Sandringham Zebras , Werribee Tigers , Collingwood Magpies and Geelong Cats were checked.  All teams were checked on LiveJournal and its clones, blogger and bebo.</p>
<p><strong>A-League</strong> is represented by a search of all teams on bebo, blogger, LiveJournal and its clones.  Orkut was searched for Melbourne Victory fans.  It might not show up on the first version of this map because after about seven layers, the mapping software gets slow.</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><a href="http://maker.geocommons.com/maps/13214">Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location map</a></strong></p>
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