I wasn’t intending to run this again until tomorrow. Things came up. I’m going away for the weekend and I want to get everyone’s follower information to see if I can’t begin to map that again. Also, it’s been a month since I last that information. (It took about five days. That was back when Shane Warne had only 198,000 followers.) I like benchmarking that data to see if there are geographic shifts in where people follow are from. (Has the location of where Team GWS followers come from?) So yeah, I figured I would run the script this morning instead of a week from now.
This particular list only includes AFL related accounts. (And everyone on it appears on the list of most popular for all of Australia.) I’m hoping all the labels are right. If anything is incorrect, players switched team, I’m missing people… let me know and I’ll fix it. And yeah, I’ve ranked this one so you can more easily see who is popular and who is not.
Rank | Account | League | Team | Description | Followers | Statuses | Listed | Friends |
1 | AFL | AFL | AFL | official | 16764 | 5346 | 571 | 1269 |
2 | harry_o | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player | 10909 | 2211 | 302 | 534 |
3 | Collingwood_FC | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | official | 9742 | 2095 | 291 | 5537 |
4 | jimstynes | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 9490 | 145 | 226 | 13 |
5 | karmichaelhunt | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | Karmichael Hunt (player) | 9102 | 5424 | 293 | 193 |
6 | Essendon_Fc | AFL | Essendon Bombers | official team (male) | 7440 | 4162 | 234 | 7291 |
7 | GaryAblettJnr | AFL | Geelong Cats | player | 7051 | 138 | 123 | 34 |
8 | mickmalthouse | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | Mick Malthouse | 6875 | 88 | 188 | 27 |
9 | Adelaide_FC | AFL | Adelaide Crows | official | 6711 | 3154 | 239 | 6638 |
10 | DT_13 | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | Dale Thomas | 6652 | 286 | 142 | 19 |
11 | JobeWatson | AFL | Essendon Bombers | player | 6395 | 140 | 190 | 4 |
12 | swandane | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player (male) | 6243 | 139 | 109 | 10 |
13 | sydneyswans | AFL | Sydney Swans | official | 6227 | 2813 | 253 | 2451 |
14 | SP_10 | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player | 6057 | 348 | 126 | 66 |
15 | lehmo23 | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | player | 5598 | 1871 | 208 | 591 |
16 | stkildafc | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | official | 5494 | 2892 | 211 | 5549 |
17 | BrendanFevola05 | AFL | Brisbane Lions | player | 5339 | 294 | 146 | 28 |
18 | AngusMonfries | AFL | Essendon Bombers | player | 5241 | 268 | 186 | 18 |
19 | Carlton_FC | AFL | Carlton Blues | official | 5213 | 2509 | 238 | 4055 |
20 | tjrharley | AFL | Geelong Cats | former player (male) | 5094 | 912 | 162 | 193 |
21 | Richmond_FC | AFL | Richmond Tigers | official | 4334 | 1206 | 173 | 4725 |
22 | heathshaw39 | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player (male) | 4318 | 61 | 91 | 7 |
23 | northkangaroos | AFL | North Melbourne Kangaroos | official | 4312 | 1993 | 163 | 4724 |
24 | craighutchy | AFL | AFL | journalist (male)(Nine Network) | 4266 | 223 | 117 | 655 |
25 | SharrodW_21 | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player | 4211 | 77 | 113 | 25 |
26 | Geelong_FC | AFL | Geelong Cats | fansite | 3749 | 3746 | 161 | 1941 |
27 | HawthornFC | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | official | 3748 | 1052 | 170 | 10 |
28 | nathan2jones | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 3531 | 1493 | 147 | 311 |
29 | SuperCoachAFL | AFL | AFL | fansite | 3389 | 219 | 169 | 2305 |
30 | SpidaEveritt | AFL | AFL | former player | 3225 | 240 | 76 | 1409 |
31 | DemonsHQ | AFL | Melbourne Demons | official | 2934 | 2051 | 158 | 543 |
32 | GoldCoastFC | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | official | 2818 | 949 | 150 | 608 |
33 | marcmurphy3 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player | 2665 | 130 | 84 | 42 |
34 | stevenbaker10 | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | player | 2630 | 773 | 71 | 125 |
35 | Fremantle_FC | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | official | 2612 | 651 | 141 | 164 |
36 | WCEofficial | AFL | West Coast Eagles | 2555 | 1367 | 143 | 1079 | |
37 | CamSchwab | AFL | Melbourne Demons | ceo | 2553 | 2122 | 106 | 460 |
38 | PAFC | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | official | 2550 | 1253 | 162 | 79 |
39 | FitzySA | AFL | Sydney Swans | player (male) | 2440 | 48 | 50 | 23 |
40 | AndrewMackieGFC | AFL | Geelong Cats | player | 2292 | 33 | 97 | 3 |
41 | chooka_86 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player | 2114 | 1509 | 77 | 198 |
42 | triplemfooty | AFL | AFL | Triple M Footy | 2089 | 2860 | 79 | 112 |
43 | Rickypetterd15 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | unofficial | 2063 | 340 | 93 | 90 |
44 | JeffWhite34 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | former player (male) | 2061 | 7329 | 108 | 329 |
45 | Adam0017 | AFL | Western Bulldogs | player | 2035 | 231 | 60 | 89 |
46 | westernbulldogs | AFL | Western Bulldogs | official | 2034 | 324 | 101 | 53 |
47 | andrewswallow | AFL | North Melbourne Kangaroos | unofficial | 1991 | 386 | 85 | 16 |
48 | Beamdogg | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1907 | 147 | 65 | 112 |
49 | BradMilzy | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1869 | 151 | 60 | 81 |
50 | howcroft | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1773 | 280 | 71 | 79 |
51 | anthonyalsop | AFL | AFL | sport media specialist (male) | 1700 | 12487 | 122 | 1437 |
52 | Real_ColSylvia | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1689 | 20 | 56 | 32 |
53 | AFLStatsGuys | AFL | AFL | 1678 | 934 | 100 | 101 | |
54 | bigdyman | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | player | 1663 | 588 | 88 | 23 |
55 | Hawks_AFL | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | unofficial | 1631 | 1085 | 30 | 1951 |
56 | SteveAlessio | AFL | Essendon Bombers | former Essendon AFL player | 1574 | 762 | 80 | 222 |
57 | warrentredrea | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player | 1537 | 506 | 58 | 93 |
58 | brett_kirk | AFL | Sydney Swans | player (Brett Kirk) (male) | 1498 | 10 | 27 | 3 |
59 | kadesimpson6 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player | 1495 | 47 | 50 | 13 |
59 | sgrigg88 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player | 1495 | 87 | 53 | 19 |
61 | ALFbrisbane | AFL | Brisbane Lions | fansite | 1445 | 38 | 58 | 3 |
62 | GWS_Giants | AFL | Greater Western Sydney | official team (male) | 1433 | 268 | 79 | 177 |
63 | PeterDaicos | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | unofficial | 1419 | 59 | 77 | 678 |
64 | CaleMorton | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1234 | 229 | 47 | 63 |
65 | zacd_6 | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | player | 1220 | 115 | 35 | 55 |
66 | DrDreamTeam | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 1210 | 547 | 50 | 27 |
67 | AFLphotos | AFL | AFL | official | 1200 | 784 | 56 | 96 |
68 | AFL_Shifter | AFL | AFL | talent scout Kevin Sheehan | 1191 | 108 | 35 | 12 |
69 | AFLInsider | AFL | AFL | official | 1165 | 54 | 58 | 84 |
70 | IanPrendergast | AFL | AFL | AFL Players’ Association General Manager (male) | 1100 | 821 | 58 | 289 |
71 | ThaBigRush | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player (male) | 1093 | 35 | 43 | 32 |
72 | samjacobs32 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player | 1081 | 53 | 36 | 23 |
73 | AFL_JenWitham | AFL | AFL | 1062 | 884 | 56 | 286 | |
74 | cornes18 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 1047 | 183 | 36 | 60 |
75 | Rivshouse | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 1039 | 10 | 49 | 8 |
76 | collingwoodnews | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | unofficial | 1004 | 6 | 34 | 1 |
77 | bater06 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | Matthew Bate | 986 | 110 | 40 | 63 |
78 | njbrown17 | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | player | 982 | 43 | 54 | 19 |
79 | troychaplin30 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player | 960 | 316 | 39 | 85 |
80 | JasonJohnson14 | AFL | Essendon Bombers | former Essendon AFL player | 928 | 90 | 36 | 31 |
81 | championdata | AFL | AFL | Official Statisticians of the AFL. | 899 | 2226 | 49 | 2 |
82 | ssalopek3 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player | 858 | 200 | 36 | 51 |
83 | ChadCornes | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 819 | 72 | 31 | 29 |
84 | AFLBrisbaneFC | AFL | Brisbane Lions | fansite | 798 | 1212 | 34 | 25 |
85 | Robeddy40 | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | player | 785 | 74 | 29 | 52 |
86 | APWelsh | AFL | Essendon Bombers | player | 765 | 59 | 27 | 56 |
87 | JaredCrouch | AFL | Sydney Swans | former player | 734 | 693 | 43 | 129 |
88 | MattBurgan | AFL | Melbourne Demons | melbournefc.com.au editor | 727 | 1143 | 32 | 86 |
89 | JackRiewoldt08 | AFL | Richmond Tigers | player (male) | 707 | 11 | 22 | 13 |
90 | tboak10 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 704 | 38 | 29 | 21 |
91 | RustyRussell02 | AFL | Carlton Blues | player (male) | 683 | 19 | 19 | 9 |
92 | RTTF_AU | AFL | Sydney Swans | fansite | 681 | 1297 | 38 | 952 |
93 | Swatta02 | AFL | Sydney Swans | player (male) | 661 | 542 | 23 | 245 |
94 | newto29 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 653 | 193 | 31 | 94 |
95 | Freo_Dockers | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | fansite | 645 | 2293 | 43 | 380 |
96 | wingsofperth | AFL | West Coast Eagles | unofficial | 612 | 849 | 9 | 8 |
97 | hughesy_53 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 610 | 83 | 24 | 43 |
98 | PencilsCase | AFL | Melbourne Demons | Jake Spencer | 588 | 36 | 38 | 40 |
99 | GraceOf41 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 587 | 184 | 16 | 30 |
100 | chipa__8 | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player (male) | 575 | 31 | 16 | 44 |
101 | KurtTippett4 | AFL | Adelaide Crows | player (male) | 567 | 136 | 11 | 32 |
102 | MitchMorton | AFL | Richmond Tigers | player (male) | 553 | 50 | 19 | 30 |
103 | Sam_Blease | AFL | Melbourne Demons | player | 547 | 69 | 15 | 69 |
104 | Maverick_weller | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | player | 546 | 603 | 31 | 77 |
105 | DTTALK | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 520 | 1574 | 34 | 124 |
106 | rgray17 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player | 517 | 52 | 21 | 42 |
107 | TheBigTicket4 | AFL | Adelaide Crows | player (male) | 510 | 34 | 22 | 14 |
108 | Carltonfc | AFL | Carlton Blues | fansite | 507 | 602 | 19 | 58 |
109 | TalkingCarlton | AFL | Carlton Blues | fansite | 491 | 2243 | 33 | 36 |
110 | FremantleFC | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | unofficial | 485 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
111 | BrendanWhiteX | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | player (male) | 482 | 72 | 10 | 30 |
112 | surj9 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 461 | 63 | 21 | 37 |
113 | MitchJbrown17 | AFL | West Coast Eagles | unofficial | 460 | 13 | 42 | 6 |
114 | essendonfc | AFL | Essendon Bombers | unofficial | 456 | 2 | 10 | 0 |
115 | Harts08 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 455 | 39 | 20 | 43 |
116 | AFL_AdamMcNicol | AFL | AFL | Adam McNicol (male) | 449 | 31 | 14 | 149 |
117 | AFL_JasonPhelan | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 445 | 373 | 17 | 99 |
118 | PAFCNews | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | fansite (male) | 430 | 1427 | 17 | 151 |
118 | ryanmcrowley | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | player | 430 | 31 | 26 | 17 |
120 | Israel_Folau | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | player | 423 | 204 | 14 | 10 |
121 | Tomlogan44 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 402 | 83 | 18 | 28 |
122 | _the_kennel_ | AFL | Western Bulldogs | fansite | 382 | 2775 | 21 | 37 |
123 | AFL_LHolmesby | AFL | AFL | 379 | 514 | 23 | 125 | |
123 | Blueseum | AFL | Carlton Blues | fansite | 379 | 186 | 18 | 1466 |
125 | paulstewy14 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 376 | 289 | 19 | 21 |
126 | bmsew | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | unofficial | 367 | 0 | 24 | 66 |
127 | ChrisLKnights | AFL | Adelaide Crows | player (male) | 352 | 29 | 14 | 11 |
128 | bNason47 | AFL | Richmond Tigers | player (male) | 351 | 0 | 19 | 4 |
129 | MelbourneFC | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 330 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
130 | Cousins9 | AFL | West Coast Eagles | former player (male) | 323 | 148 | 3 | 112 |
131 | mitchF15 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 318 | 47 | 14 | 23 |
132 | WestCoastEagles | AFL | West Coast Eagles | unofficial | 315 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
133 | okeeferyan | AFL | Sydney Swans | player (male) | 311 | 34 | 14 | 6 |
134 | ccaallward | AFL | Western Bulldogs | player | 310 | 1 | 33 | 0 |
135 | bigfootynews | AFL | AFL | fansite | 309 | 139 | 15 | 141 |
136 | demonland | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 306 | 566 | 12 | 209 |
137 | go_saints | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | fansite | 304 | 68 | 13 | 274 |
138 | Dockerland | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | fansite | 295 | 387 | 13 | 0 |
138 | WarnieDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 295 | 1151 | 10 | 396 |
140 | Brogsy5 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player | 294 | 29 | 17 | 49 |
140 | Demonblog | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 294 | 3453 | 13 | 53 |
142 | Brodie_Martin41 | AFL | Adelaide Crows | player (male) | 285 | 195 | 11 | 52 |
143 | Lobbe23 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 272 | 32 | 16 | 37 |
144 | Andrew_Crowell | AFL | Adelaide Crows | AFL Ladder Project Officer (Adelaide Crows Emcee) (SANFL Radio Commentator) | 271 | 513 | 18 | 258 |
145 | JoeyDaye | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | player | 262 | 300 | 26 | 124 |
146 | AFL_BenBroad | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 256 | 132 | 17 | 97 |
147 | BionicSwan | AFL | Sydney Swans | unofficial | 242 | 415 | 27 | 20 |
148 | NABCup | AFL | AFL | fansite | 225 | 2384 | 23 | 217 |
148 | SydAFLFan | AFL | Sydney Swans | fan account | 225 | 695 | 8 | 646 |
150 | groundwork21 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 213 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
151 | briansham | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | unofficial | 212 | 38 | 18 | 12 |
151 | dstewy43 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 212 | 58 | 13 | 32 |
153 | GrandstandAFL | AFL | AFL | ABC | 211 | 31 | 14 | 10 |
154 | jpittard29 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 206 | 28 | 12 | 17 |
155 | matesOmelbourne | AFL | Melbourne Demons | unofficial | 201 | 25 | 14 | 22 |
156 | 6prfootball | AFL | AFL | radio station | 200 | 964 | 15 | 16 |
157 | CF_Demons | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 197 | 344 | 10 | 106 |
158 | AFLgf2 | AFL | AFL | fansite | 196 | 150 | 4 | 849 |
158 | Saints_FC | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | fansite | 196 | 86 | 14 | 8 |
160 | Marcus__White | AFL | North Melbourne Kangaroos | player | 180 | 33 | 21 | 27 |
161 | wceaglesfc | AFL | West Coast Eagles | fansite | 173 | 110 | 5 | 55 |
162 | MayorDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 172 | 688 | 12 | 70 |
163 | matt_jaensch | AFL | Adelaide Crows | player (male) | 168 | 79 | 8 | 15 |
164 | swansreserves | AFL Canberra | Sydney Swans Reserves | 167 | 1732 | 8 | 176 | |
165 | AFL_Aus | AFL | AFL | fansite | 148 | 157 | 10 | 0 |
165 | ftscrazy | AFL | Western Bulldogs | fansite | 148 | 329 | 12 | 29 |
167 | adelaidefc | AFL | Adelaide Crows | fansite | 146 | 186 | 5 | 0 |
168 | RWBFooty | AFL | St. Kilda Saints | unofficial | 141 | 539 | 8 | 79 |
169 | StangerDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 137 | 296 | 9 | 49 |
170 | CFC_Multimedia | AFL | Carlton Blues | 133 | 50 | 9 | 112 | |
171 | melbfcblog | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 132 | 156 | 5 | 84 |
172 | RoyDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 125 | 26 | 5 | 17 |
173 | CalvinDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 124 | 41 | 6 | 7 |
174 | ChopperDT | AFL | AFL | Dream Team (male) | 123 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
174 | yellow_n_black | AFL | Richmond Tigers | unofficial | 123 | 1130 | 12 | 12 |
176 | Nicksy2323 | AFL | Sydney Swans | player (male) | 119 | 14 | 6 | 9 |
177 | BF_Lions | AFL | Brisbane Lions | fansite | 117 | 416 | 5 | 46 |
178 | thecattery | AFL | Geelong Cats | unofficial | 112 | 478 | 8 | 28 |
179 | Bradenstokes | AFL | AFL | Player Relations Coordinator with the AFLPA | 111 | 157 | 6 | 158 |
180 | ACT4GWS | AFL | Greater Western Sydney | 96 | 222 | 3 | 58 | |
181 | hawkaDT | AFL | Hawthorn Hawks | fansite | 94 | 12 | 4 | 474 |
181 | jarrad34 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 94 | 2 | 7 | 34 |
183 | demonwiki | AFL | Melbourne Demons | fansite | 92 | 195 | 3 | 76 |
184 | lewis_moss | AFL | Gold Coast Football Club | player (male) | 89 | 54 | 5 | 32 |
184 | natskii | AFL | Brisbane Lions | player (male) | 89 | 667 | 4 | 173 |
186 | AFL_MarkConway | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 76 | 330 | 11 | 100 |
186 | AFL_MikeRogers | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 76 | 28 | 11 | 24 |
188 | CatmanForever | AFL | Geelong Cats | fansite | 71 | 700 | 7 | 6 |
188 | nthmelbourne | AFL | North Melbourne Kangaroos | fansite | 71 | 54 | 2 | 92 |
190 | Chippa39 | AFLNT | AFLNT | official | 67 | 972 | 0 | 122 |
191 | AFL_MicCullen | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 57 | 234 | 8 | 1 |
191 | VictoriaParkHC | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | grounds | 57 | 98 | 2 | 23 |
193 | fake_EssendonFC | AFL | Essendon Bombers | fansite | 49 | 66 | 4 | 79 |
194 | NicksBB | AFL | Collingwood Magpies | fansite | 46 | 6 | 2 | 64 |
195 | MOORE_26 | AFL | Port Adelaide Power | player (male) | 45 | 7 | 4 | 30 |
196 | bc8977 | AFL | Fremantle Dockers | unofficial | 42 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
197 | AFL_ChrisPike | AFL | AFL | 41 | 283 | 8 | 0 | |
198 | bomberblitz | AFL | Essendon Bombers | player | 40 | 117 | 1 | 20 |
199 | AFL_MuzzBelkin | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 35 | 137 | 7 | 0 |
200 | AFL_CamNoakes | AFL | AFL | 29 | 122 | 7 | 1 | |
201 | AFL_BenOliver | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 28 | 534 | 7 | 1 |
201 | AFL_Nschmook | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 28 | 238 | 6 | 0 |
201 | AFL_ScottBevo | AFL | AFL | 28 | 126 | 8 | 2 | |
204 | AFL_Jbartold | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 26 | 81 | 8 | 0 |
204 | AFL_PaulJohnson | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 26 | 118 | 6 | 4 |
206 | AFL_Undercover | AFL | AFL | fansite | 23 | 27 | 1 | 116 |
207 | SwansPerthCrew | AFL | Sydney Swans | fan group | 22 | 182 | 3 | 131 |
208 | AFL_KatrinaGill | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 21 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
208 | AFL_SteveRice | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 21 | 53 | 7 | 12 |
209 | bobalski | AFL Canberra | Sydney Swans Reserves | 19 | 115 | 3 | 14 | |
210 | jreynojreyno | AFL | Essendon Bombers | player | 16 | 11 | 1 | 25 |
211 | AFL_StuWarren | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 12 | 20 | 4 | 0 |
212 | AFL_JOConnell | AFL | AFL | AFL employee | 10 | 53 | 5 | 0 |