After reading World Cup 2010: England players banned from Twitter , I was curious as the social media usage policy for the Socceroos. When I met with Canberra United, I asked about their own social media policy for players and the W-League. I also asked if they knew about the social media usage policy for the Socceroos. They weren’t sure at the time but they followed up with the FFA and gave me an answer. (I love the people at Canberra United. When the season starts, I’ll definitely be seeing a few games. ) What I was told was that members of the Socceroos are not allowed to use social media while they are in training camp. What this means is that you’re not going to see them on Twitter or Facebook. Members of the Socceroos are also subject to Hyundai A-League and FFA code of conduct, which can limit some of their activities. There are good arguments to allow players and ban players from using social media. I’m happy to know what’s official going on as it can put other metrics into context.
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This post is basically an update of Version 2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers. I haven’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.
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.
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I’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… 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… This list should not be considered all comprehensive. Still, it gives a fairly good idea of what may be going on Facebook:
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One of my favorite blogs does a lot of analysis based on Google search results for a location. I’m not equipped to do their level of analysis but I figured I could do something smaller to see if I could find any interesting patterns about sports in Australia. What I did was develop a list of the major metro areas in Australia based on a list on Wikipedia. I then searched for each city plus the term “Super 14″ or Socceroos. An example search: “Super 14″ Canberra. Next, I recorded the number of search results for each search. Having done that, I got the following results:
Socceroos more popular:
- Albury, New South Wales
- Ballarat, Victoria
- Bathurst, New South Wales
- Bendigo, Victoria
- Bunbury, Western Australia
- Bundaberg, Queensland
- Burnie, Tasmania
- Cairns, Queensland
- Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Coffs Harbour, New South Wales
- Devonport, Tasmania
- Dubbo, New South Wales
- Geelong, Victoria
- Geraldton, Western Australia
- Gladstone, Queensland
- Hervey Bay , Queensland
- Hobart, Tasmania
- Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- La Trobe Valley, Victoria
- Launceston, Tasmania
- Lismore, New South Wales
- Mackay, Queensland
- Mandurah, Queensland
- Mildura, Victoria
- Nowra, New South Wales
- Orange, New South Wales
- Queanbeyan, New South Wales
- Rockhampton, Queensland
- Shepparton, Victoria
- Toowoomba, Queensland
- Townsville, Queensland
- Tweed, New South Wales
- Wagga Wagga, New South Wales
- Warrnambool, Victoria
- Wodonga, Victoria
- Wollongong, New South Wales
Super 14 more popular:
- Adelaide, South Australia
- Bomaderry, New South Wales
- Brisbane, Queensland
- Darwin, Northern Territory
- Gold Coast, Queensland
- Melbourne, Victoria
- Newcastle, New South Wales
- Perth, Western Australia
- Port Macquarie, New South Wales
- Sunshine, Queensland
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Tamworth, New South Wales
Socceroos and Super 14 equally popular:
- Boulder, Western Australia
It looks like regional patterns of liking rugby in Queensland and New South Wales hold up. Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth can probably be explained as being larger media markets where they have a number of newspapers covering national leagues and a large number of book makers in the area who promote their Super 14 related betting. Melbourne and Perth can probably also be explained as they both have teams. The absence of the Super 14 possessing team Canberra is likely a result of the Socceroos playing a number of games in Canberra, and the commitment of the government to supporting its national sides.
Boulder is something of an enigma. I cannot explain it. I searched for both later in the day and there was a 30 results difference that favored the Socceroos by 30 results.
I’m not sure what this means in terms of any larger patterns that could be discussed. It would need a larger sample of search terms to have real meaning about the comparative interest in soccer versus rugby. It is something I may consider doing in the future.
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