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Flickr and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

Flickr is a photo sharing site owned by Yahoo. According to Alexa, it is the 36th most popular site on the Internet and 30th most popular in Australia. Flickr has made it easy for people to upload their pictures on the move by creating mobile applications that allow sharing from phone’s camera.

To get an idea for the popularity of Flickr in Australia and New Zealand, a search was done for Australia in the pictures search section. It had 5,856,165 results. A search for Sydney had 2,678,431 results. A search for New Zealand had 2,136,668 results. The interest in taking pictures of both countries is high.

Interest in sport is also high. A search for all the AFL teams results in around 200 to 500 images each. There are several groups on Flickr specifically dedicated to the league and its teams. The generic term surf Australia has 73,441 results, demonstrating that interest goes beyond traditional professional sports and into niche sport and participation sports. Sport organizations inside Australia have begun to realize its value: Canoeing Australia has set up its own Flickr account to upload pictures.

Why are picture sites like Flickr important? What can they tell us about Australian and Kiwi women’s sport? They are important because they help grow the visibility of the sport. Well composed, beautiful pictures can help really sell sport in a way that text, the primary method of sharing on most of the sites referenced so far, cannot. This visibility could translate into ticket and event sales: These women play so beautifully I should check them out in person. Beyond that aspect, Flickr can also help identify what type of content that people are interested in based on the type of pictures they take. This group can thus be catered to more by creating events or providing similar content on a team or athlete’s internet stream. If there are a lot of event pictures, have a meet up for Flickr and Picassa users during a practice session where they are invited to take pictures of athletes in motion. If there are a lot of pictures that are like head shots and traditional promotional images, then a consideration should be made to include more of that content and make it available where online users can access it. Both of these require a bit of content analysis but a most people will be looking at only only team or a few athletes, this becomes much more feasible.

Pictures can also be useful in terms of identifying potential employees. If there are one or two people who take beautiful pictures, they might be worth contacting to see if they can be brought in in an official capacity. Their work sells the team or athlete already, but by doing that, you help add validation to their work which might get them a bigger audience. This in turn can lead to increased visibility for the team or athlete as each party gets the benefit of the other’s audience.

Beyond the issues above, another way of understanding photographer interest in women’s sport involves the total search results, which when compared to other teams can be useful. It gives another perspective on the comparative interest amongst the more creative classes of Internet users and the kind who get out into the real world to engage in the things that they love. Group results and total members to those groups provides perspective on the total comparative audience for the work of photographers.

The table below includes data from all the total search results found by searching Flickr for total number of images related to a keyword. It is sorted by league and then team. It highlights the popularity of swimming in Australia, though the search results rarely refer to Swimming Australia sanctioned events or Australian swimmers who compete internationally. The W-League results are extremely high and undoubtedly include pictures from the American league with the same name. When looking at individual teams, it appears that the ANZ Championship, W-League and WNBL all have comparative levels of interest. The Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League has zero results and there is obviously much less interest in it.

Date checked League Team Keyword Pictures
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 24
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 154
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 39
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 3
28-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 10
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 20
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 17
27-Nov-10 AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 10
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Anna Meares Anna Meares 27
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 20
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 117
28-Nov-10 Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand 2
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 73
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Swimming Australia 1299
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 31
27-Nov-10 W-League W-League W-League 1143
27-Nov-10 WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 21
27-Nov-10 WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 84
27-Nov-10 WNBL WNBL WNBL 101
27-Nov-10 WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 28
28-Nov-10 Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 5

The table below includes the results when searching for groups related to Australian and New Zealand women’s sport. The total search results is small and there are no relevant groups. This suggests a couple of possible things. First, that while people are interested in taking pictures of women’s sport, they do not see their primary interests being focused around organizing people around women’s sport. Second, being photographers of specific women’s sport is not part of their internalized identity in such a way that they need to continually affirm it. Third, that Flickr may not have a large audience for specific Australian and New Zealand women’s sport that the upload totals might suggest is there.

Date checked League Team Keyword Groups Relevant groups
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Adelaide Thunderbirds 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Championship 1 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts New South Wales Swifts 0 0
28-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 0 0
27-Nov-10 ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0
27-Nov-10 AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL 0 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Amy Gillett Amy Gillett 1 0
27-Nov-10 Cycling Australia Anna Meares Anna Meares 0 0
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Katie Hollywood 0 0
27-Nov-10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 1 0
28-Nov-10 Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand Netball New Zealand 0 0
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0
27-Nov-10 Swimming Australia Swimming Australia Swimming Australia 1 0
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 0
27-Nov-10 W-League Canberra United Canberra United 38 0
27-Nov-10 W-League W-League W-League 2 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNBL WNBL WNBL 0 0
27-Nov-10 WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 0 0
28-Nov-10 Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 0 0

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Friendster and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

friendster is small social networks.  Alexa ranks it as the 685th most popular site on the Internet and the 1,483th most popular site in Australia.  It is not nearly as popular as Facebook or Twitter, but is more popular than bebo and appears to have a slightly more active community.  In 2009, friendster was acquired by an Asian company and sought a more Asian audience and worked to improve the mobile version of the site.  Given that, the direction of the site, if Australian and Kiwi sport teams are looking at friendster, it should probably be with an eye towards growing their Asian audience.  This focus would not necessarily lend itself to women’s sport outside of soccer.

Despite the potentially limiting audience and best approach to using the site, it is worth looking at as the more sites examined, the greater the understanding of how Australian and Kiwi women sport fandom exist on the Internet.

One of the ways friendster fosters communities is through groups.  There are several Australian sport related groups, including one for the Socceroos with over a hundred members and one for the Melbourne Victory with over sixty.   While this community for men’s sport exist, the same does not appear to be true for women.

Searching friendster groups is done by country.  For this, search was conducted for Australian groups.  If quotation marks are not used, every group that mentions any of those terms is used.  That means that pages and pages of search results need to be sorted through or quotation marks need to be used in order to improve search results.  This is not ideal as many women’s sport teams use common words or have multiple names, if sponsor names are considered.  The results below give an idea as to how this plays out.

League Team Keyword Groups Checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 1006 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 1006 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 1010 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 1002 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 326 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 1006 16-Aug-10
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville Fire 1007 27-Nov-10
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville Fire 0 27-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 1010 16-Aug-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 0 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 1005 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns Football Ferns 0 27-Nov-10

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Most popular Australian/Kiwi women’s sport related Facebook pages/groups

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

This list is far from complete. It is a beginning attempt on my part to really start to work on it. I’m hoping the labels regarding official/unofficial pages are accurate but they are worth double checking just to be sure. If you know of any fanpages or groups I should be watching that aren’t on this list, comment to let me know.

Url Official Total members
Sam Stosur Yes 15,344
Victorian Roller Derby League Yes 6,730
ANZ Netball Yes 5,902
Hockeyroos Yes 5,729
Sydney Roller Derby League Yes 5,583
Melbourne Vixens Yes 3,391
Matildas – Australian National Women’s Football Team Yes 2,897
Convict City Roller Derby League Yes 2,253
WNBL No 2,185
Brisbane City Rollers Yes 1,838
Westfield W-League Yes 1,680
Football Ferns Yes 1,628
Van Diemen Rollers Yes 1,357
WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby Yes 1,339
Queensland Firebirds No 1,256
Melbourne Vixens No 1,079
Northern Mystics Yes 977
West Coast Waves WNBL (Official) Yes 865
VicSpirit Yes 847
Southern Steel Yes 828
Ballarat Roller Derby – Rat Pack Yes 654
Canberra United Fans Yes 626
WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers No 550
Waikato/BOP Magic Netball No 524
We Love the HOCKEYROOS!! No 483
Adelaide Thunderbirds No 440
Sharelle McMahon is a legend! No 398
Hockeyroos No 387
WNBL – Canberra Capitals Yes 384
West Coast Fever No 333
Fans of Hockeyroos Star Kate Hollywood No 320
Perth Glory Women Yes 257
Eastern Region Roller Derby Yes 250
Show Our support for Hockeyroos legend, Nikki Hudson !!!! No 249
Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League (AWIHL) Yes 230
Sarah ‘Missy’ Charlesworth – Western Sydney Rollers Yes 225
Southern Steel No 220
BDS Logan Thunder (WNBL) No 217
Thunderbirds Adelaide Netball Club Appreciation Community No 186
The Nicole Arrold supporters group No 142
I think the Hockeyroos are HOT!!! No 134
Melbourne Dragons Ice Hockey Club Yes 124
Canterbury Tactix No 93
Hockeyroos No 91
TOWNSVILLE FIRE No 81
Loughgall Lakers FC Yes 80
Australian Women’s Ice Hockey League Yes 77
Perth Glory Women No 77
Pulse Netball No 62
Kooaburras & Hockeyroos 4 GOLD in Bejing No 60
Hockeyroos Online No 59
SARAH O’CONNOR FAN CLUB No 54
Brisbane Roar FC W-League No 42
Coverage of Aussie Hockey in the Beijing is crap!! No 35
Northern Mystics Fans No 28
Thunderbirds are GO in the 2009 grand final! No 28
Sydney FC W-League No 25
Thwaitsey is a champ… No 19
W League No 19
Melbourne Victory FC W-League No 17
I love the mElbourne Vixens No 16
SUPPORT THE CANTERBURY TACTIX WITH TIC TACS No 15
Wnbl No 14
Newcastle United Jets FC W-League No 11
Fire Roster No 10
Wnbl No 10
Westfield W-League No 8
Perth Glory FC W-League No 7
Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL) players No 6
Canberra United FC W-League No 6
Melbourne Victory W-League No 5
Newcastle Jets FC W-League No 5
Newcastle United Jets W-League No 5
WNBL No 5
Central Coast Mariners W-League No 4
Adelaide United FC W-League No 3
Central Coast Mariners FC W-League No 3
Westfield W-League No 3
Brisbane Roar W-League No 2
Canberra United W-League No 2
Newcastle Jets W-League No 2
Perth Glory F.C. W-League No 2
Perth Glory FC W-League players No 2
Perth Glory W-League No 2
Queensland Roar FC W-League No 2
Queensland Roar W-League No 2
The Wallaroos No 2

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Ecademy and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

ecademy is a small social network for business professionals that is an alternative to LinkedIn. It has a small number of people connected to Australian sport. In using and evaluating ecademy, it should be looked at from the perspective of using it liked in: Developing a network of employees, volunteers and athletes who can help network with other professionals to bring in an audience of potential sponsors and higher income bracket fans.

Given the nature of ecademy, the total number of people who have clubs listed in their profiles should not be gauged as a representation of fandom on the network. Rather, it should be looked at as industry professionals who want to be affiliated with the club or league.

One of the challenges involved with measuring membership on ecademy is that team sport names may not be the name of organization that runs the club or league. This could possibly exclude some people actually connected to them. For example, in the W-League, most teams are run by the state football associations, not by a specific organization with the club’s name in the title.

The table below gives an idea as to the historical size of the Australian and Kiwi women’s sport community on the network.

League Team Interest Total Checked
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Northern Mystics 0 27-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever ‘West Coast Fever 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever ‘West Coast Fever 0 27-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 3-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 15-Jun-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 1-Jul-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 0 27-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 3-Jun-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx ‘Perth Lynx 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL Perth Lynx ‘Perth Lynx 0 27-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves ‘West Coast Waves 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves ‘West Coast Waves 0 27-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury ‘Western Fury 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury ‘Western Fury 0 27-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 16 1-Jul-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 16 27-Nov-10

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Digg and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 27 November, 2010

digg is similar to social news.  Users submit links. Then other users can “digg” the links to indicate that the like them or thumb down the links if they do not.  The more “diggs” a link gets, the greater its visibility is on the site.  If it gets enough likes, it may be featured on the front page.  Being featured on the front page is considered highly desirable by many sites as it means a lot of traffic that they might not get otherwise.

According to Alexa on November 27, digg ranks 103 in Australia.  The AFL appears to have an official digg account, which they use to promote some of the articles that appear on their site.  Despite these two favorables, digg does not appear to play an important role in Australia’s sport fandom picture.  Over in men’s sport, when the Joel Monaghan story broke, it wasn’t Australians who submitted links to digg about it; rather, articles were submitted by Americans, a Kiwi and an Indonesian.  Similarly, two of the three links found for the ACT Brumbies were submitted by South Africans; only one was submitted by an Australian.  In a sample of around 200 unique Australian sport related digg submitted links, the average story had only 2.7 diggs, and median and mode of 1 digg per article.  Australian sport related articles are just not getting much attention on the site.  This reinforces the view that digg does not have a large, active community of sport fans despite its popularity in Australia.

Data was gathered on digg for Canberra United.  In gathering this data, a few other W-League teams were also picked up.  Getting information on the W-League continued to be problematic because the W-League shares a name with a US league and the W-League teams, with the exception of Canberra, share names with their A-League counterparts.  The easiest way to find W-League related links submitted on digg is to find a user who has submitted one link, and then see what else the user has submitted.
The links fall into two general categories: 1) Where to watch the games streaming. 2) Team profiles and game news.  The type of link submitted was based on who was submitting it.  In both cases, the links were posted during the W-League season, which suggests that interest in mentioning the league is not maintained during the off season.

The timeline of links being submitted also suggests that the digg users who posted them were posting them as part of a large digg submission effort: The digg submissions were not spread out over the season. It would be interesting to see if this pattern was repeated for other leagues, clubs and athletes.  If it is, it suggests other fundamental problems with the Australian and Kiwi female sport community on digg.  Namely, it suggests that people are less interested in long term promotion of sport but are focused on one off promotion of their sites to improve their own site’s visibility.  They are not necessarily interested in promoting women’s sport in a wider context.

Team Diggs Title Description Submitted Submitter Comments Checked
Canberra United 1 WATCH LIVE MATCH QUEENSLAND V CANBERRA ONLINE VIDEO STREAMIN watsports.blogspot.com — Canberra United again will prove that they are the only team that can defeat the Queensland Roar on the green field. WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE FIRST GRAND… 16-Jan-09 ngl0323 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Canberra United 1 LIVE MATCH QUEENSLAND Vs CANBERRA ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD VIDEO watolin1.blogspot.com — WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE FIRST GRAND FINAL LIVE AT BALLYMORE STADIUM, HERSTON. IT WILL BE AN EVENT THAT WOULD SHAPE THE COURSE OF THIS PART OF WOMENS LEA… 16-Jan-09 ngl0323 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar 1 WATCH LIVE MATCH QUEENSLAND V CANBERRA ONLINE VIDEO STREAMIN watsports.blogspot.com — Canberra United again will prove that they are the only team that can defeat the Queensland Roar on the green field. WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE FIRST GRAND… 16-Jan-09 ngl0323 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar 1 LIVE MATCH QUEENSLAND Vs CANBERRA ONLINE AND DOWNLOAD VIDEO watolin1.blogspot.com — WESTFIELD W-LEAGUE FIRST GRAND FINAL LIVE AT BALLYMORE STADIUM, HERSTON. IT WILL BE AN EVENT THAT WOULD SHAPE THE COURSE OF THIS PART OF WOMENS LEA… 16-Jan-09 ngl0323 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Sydney FC 1 Sydney FC Womens Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Sydney FC 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Sydney FC 1 Sydney FC 4 – 2 Brisbane Roar Round One W-League Match Photos – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Sydney FC has run out comfortable 4-2 winners over the Brisbane Roar in the opening round of W-League In a replay of the 2009 final, Sydney were o… 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Perth Glory 1 Perth Glory Women Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Perth Glory 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Newcastle Jets 1 Newcastle Jets Womens Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Newcastle Jets 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Newcastle Jets 1 Adelaide United V Newcastle Jets Round One W-League Match Photos – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Newcastle Jets have opened their Westfield W-League account with a 2-0 win over Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium on Saturday. A double to forme… 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Melbourne Victory 1 Melbourne Victory Womens Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Melbourne Victory 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Canberra United 1 Canberra United Womens Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Canberra United 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Canberra United 1 Canberra United V Perth Glory Round One W-League Match Photos – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Michelle Heyman’s hat-trick has ensured Canberra United enjoyed a winning start to their Westfield W-League campaign, producing a 4-1 victory … 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar 1 Brisbane Roar Women’s Team Photo Slide-Show – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Team profile photos Photos: Brisbane Roar 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Adelaide United 1 Adelaide United V Newcastle Jets Round One W-League Match Photos – Women’s Soccer United womenssoccerunited.com — Newcastle Jets have opened their Westfield W-League account with a 2-0 win over Adelaide United at Hindmarsh Stadium on Saturday. A double to forme… 6 days ago womenssoccer 0 Comments 14-Nov-10
Team Username Location Followers Following Diggs Daily Diggs Submissions Daily Submissions Comments Date checked
Adelaide United womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar ngl0323 Farwania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14-Nov-10
Brisbane Roar womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Canberra United ngl0323 Farwania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14-Nov-10
Canberra United womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Melbourne Victory womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Newcastle Jets womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Perth Glory womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
Sydney FC womenssoccer 1 0 186 0 190 3 0 14-Nov-10
League Team Keyword Story Results Profile Results Date checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 9243 0 25-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 1 0 25-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 0 0 25-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0 25-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Melbourne Vixens 0 0 25-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Queensland Firebirds 0 0 25-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 2 0 25-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockey Australia Hockey Australia 194 0 25-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockey Australia Hockey Australia 5 0 25-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United Canberra United 4 0 14-Nov-10

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43 Things and Australian women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Friday, 26 November, 2010

43 things is a goal setting community found at www.43things.com/.  Compared to professional sports for men, the women related goals are less likely to exist and less likely to involve a component that expresses fandom such as a desire to buy a shirt or attend a championship match.  This presents two issues.  First, the number of goals related to women’s sport is less than men’s: There is clearly a gap in interest levels between men and men’s sport that needs to be addressed.  Beyond that, it highlights the idea that women’s sport does not have the built in spectatorship that men’s sport has and people do not identify as clearly as fans of these teams.

The table below begins to give an idea as to the amount of interest in randomly selected women’s clubs, leagues and athletes on 43things over time.  As you can see, there isn’t. For comparisons sake, the Fremantle Dockers have 5 goals, the Collingwood Magpies have 6, Hawthorn Hawks have 4 and the Melbourne Storm have 2.

It appears, based on the audience using the site, that growing the women’s sport related goals in an organic manner, done with out deliberation on the part of various stakeholders, appears unlikely.  There is barely an audience for men and the Australian population using the site is much smaller than on other networks.

League Team Keyword Results Relevant goals Relevant goals + people Date checked
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3019 0 0 16-Aug-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3122 0 0 19-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever West Coast Fever 3135 0 0 26-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 0 0 0 24-Nov-10
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Hockeyroos 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0 0 19-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 591 0 0 19-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice Stephanie Rice 592 0 0 26-Nov-10
W-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
W-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
W-League W-League W-League 0 0 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League W-League 1 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 6 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL Perth Lynx Perth Lynx 113 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 3104 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNBL West Coast Waves West Coast Waves 3227 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 448 0 0 16-Aug-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 0 0 0 26-Nov-10
WNCL Western Fury Western Fury 471 0 0 26-Nov-10

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Most popular female Australian (and New Zealand) sport related Twitter accounts (November 24)

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 24 November, 2010

This is an updated version of from November 13 , November 16 and November 18.

If there is anyone missing, please let me know. I’m always happy to improve this list. I feel like there are probably more roller derby accounts out there that I’m missing. I also feel like there should be more Kiwi women on the list that I’m just not seeing. If anyone knows a good place to begin to find either group, please comment. :)

If anyone wants the list of followers for these accounts and all the public information that you basically see in the list below, please let me know and I will be happy to send you a csv file containing that information. I’m just hesitant to upload it as I only have so much bandwidth and I have about 805 files with follower information.

The biggest movers on this list appear to be ItsStephRice, RochelleGilmore, Sally_Fitz, gypsy_gilmore, libby_trickett who have all gained 50+ followers. This contrasts with kristy_giteau, MelissaBreen_, muirsop, TheFlyingBats, saltydolls, samikennedy, SportingSheilas, watsonjessica who all lost between 1 and 3 followers, which if you think about it isn’t that many followers.

. . . . . . . . Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov Difference: 18-Nov to 24-Nov
Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 13281 2970 424 51 166 9 0 0
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5203 259 190 8 -3 0 -2 0
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 4922 1468 163 111 73 48 -1 0
Sally_Fitz Association of Surfing Professionals Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 4161 566 244 72 100 17 7 1
gypsy_gilmore Association of Surfing Professionals Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 3423 174 201 31 90 1 6 1
LayneCBeachley Association of Surfing Professionals Layne Beachley surfer (female) 2642 187 125 33 39 0 0 0
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 1810 321 69 46 26 14 -1 2
clairebevo Association of Surfing Professionals Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 1778 1279 116 235 47 16 2 1
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1735 892 71 25 9 48 -1 0
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 1697 13 222 24 31 0 -1 0
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 1673 1051 123 52 26 17 1 0
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 1528 884 57 87 37 34 -2 0
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 1502 74 98 19 23 3 0 0
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 1423 340 241 19 13 12 0 0
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 1388 123 89 90 104 6 1 0
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 1374 412 81 1906 5 3 3 -2
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 1264 171 82 2 49 4 4 0
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1193 482 58 137 28 34 0 6
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1152 1047 91 508 3 27 2 2
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1097 114 95 123 10 0 2 0
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1093 41 87 38 22 -41 2 0
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 1006 629 52 84 19 42 0 0
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 1001 6435 90 1058 4 57 0 5
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 999 77 42 20 27 5 0 0
jessmileydyer Association of Surfing Professionals Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 963 645 67 166 10 14 1 0
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 953 487 66 903 7 0 1 -3
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 902 1651 47 97 22 80 -1 -7
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 843 643 40 115 4 8 0 0
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 817 364 28 127 17 17 0 4
lauraenever Association of Surfing Professionals Laura Enever surfer (female) 792 70 58 72 33 0 4 0
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 777 43 40 11 8 0 1 0
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 776 467 36 48 6 7 1 -1
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 772 355 57 220 12 1 -1 4
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 741 2156 53 279 16 10 1 -1
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 695 54 44 34 6 3 0 10
becwoods Association of Surfing Professionals Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 694 140 59 629 21 6 2 10
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 658 1793 67 332 4 32 -2 4
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 655 1494 47 72 16 24 1 1
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 646 563 37 32 3 3 0 0
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete) 622 22 76 8 10 0 4 0
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 539 710 53 257 14 7 0 1
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 537 693 32 112 2 15 0 1
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 515 1875 51 106 6 30 1 4
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 507 2351 32 883 14 30 0 18
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 498 559 25 100 3 14 0 2
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 487 51 33 210 19 1 2 6
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 469 676 10 69 9 12 0 0
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 459 40 29 625 5 0 0 0
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 441 256 22 24 15 14 0 0
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 431 192 21 27 16 8 0 0
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 421 14 31 36 3 0 1 0
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 416 789 38 29 5 18 1 0
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 413 228 16 78 15 17 0 3
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 375 1255 32 260 11 75 2 19
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 375 317 34 317 3 0 1 0
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 364 15 33 52 2 0 0 0
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 356 118 25 22 1 0 0 0
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 353 5 27 8 4 0 0 0
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 350 149 13 108 7 1 0 0
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 319 182 22 0 2 4 1 0
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 304 30 36 39 3 -28 0 0
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 301 94 17 37 7 5 1 5
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 290 250 24 26 -1 4 1 0
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 283 407 28 46 3 2 0 0
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 266 612 34 56 2 17 1 0
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 263 141 38 153 1 -140 1 0
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 262 632 9 360 31 108 0 36
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 254 1098 23 55 0 5 0 0
petrinaprice Athletics Australia Petrina Price athlete, high jumper (female) 248 1048 15 132 1 31 0 -10
GirlsLikeLeague NRL NRL fansite (female) 239 533 15 157 3 0 0 1
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 239 894 6 473 5 14 0 12
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 234 513 20 106 -2 1 -1 -1
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 230 7 29 8 3 0 0 0
Epicrollerderby Australia Roller Derby ENRG Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 215 478 21 232 7 26 0 0
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 214 49 24 422 1 -40 1 1
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 212 340 25 53 1 0 0 0
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 195 20 4 488 1 1 0 2
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 190 802 18 45 8 41 4 -2
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 178 371 0 461 7 14 0 7
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 177 67 25 239 1 0 -1 0
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 159 244 9 89 -1 0 0 0
CricNSWBreakers Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 156 367 14 125 17 8 1 17
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 148 31 15 188 -2 2 0 -1
MelissaBreen_ Athletics Australia Melissa Breen athlete (female) 144 247 11 48 -1 13 0 0
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 142 236 19 24 2 8 1 0
KristenBeams Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 140 173 10 62 12 20 1 10
ahealy77 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 137 124 13 33 26 14 0 2
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 135 282 19 342 1 19 1 34
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 134 242 12 22 1 6 0 2
RikkiSwannell General New Zealand sport General New Zealand sport journalist (female) 128 402 9 76 NEW NEW NEW NEW
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 126 123 10 52 0 0 0 0
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 124 0 16 1 0 0 0 0
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 115 44 13 36 8 0 1 -2
RachaelHaynes Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 115 109 9 61 13 15 1 4
ElyseVillani Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 105 90 10 45 10 12 1 18
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 97 170 6 63 0 -168 0 0
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 92 2 13 82 3 -4 0 0
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 91 8 11 14 1 -8 0 0
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 91 39 19 40 3 0 0 0
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 91 46 7 83 5 6 -1 1
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 91 38 14 10 4 -38 0 0
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 90 11 5 34 4 0 1 0
bendigospirit WNBL Bendigo Spirit (female) 89 275 7 63 2 8 0 -1
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 86 184 5 130 -2 6 0 0
DECspirit Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit official team (female) 75 29 8 49 1 1 0 0
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 73 34 10 143 3 -20 1 0
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 67 222 8 31 1 17 0 0
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 64 533 3 309 2 12 0 4
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 63 29 10 23 -1 0 0 0
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 62 30 13 74 1 0 0 0
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 58 18 11 57 0 0 0 0
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 57 84 3 55 4 7 1 2
JoBrigdenJones Australian Canoeing Jo Brigden Jones Jo Brigden Jones (female) (kayaker) 53 22 1 62 NEW NEW NEW NEW
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 52 6 4 57 7 0 0 1
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 46 9 6 13 0 0 0 0
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 42 232 2 69 0 3 0 0
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 40 38 12 49 4 4 0 1
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 31 23 7 3 0 0 0 0
ckoski55 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 27 40 7 20 1 6 0 0
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 24 69 6 5 1 19 0 0
DragonsHockey AWIHL Melbourne Dragons team (female) 23 119 3 30 0 0 0 0
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 22 31 7 15 0 0 4 0
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 11 5 3 8 0 0 0 0
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 10 2 4 10 0 0 0 0
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5 0 0 0 0
BCRollerDerbyHB New Zealand Roller Derby Bay City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

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More popular Australian (and Kiwi) sport related Facebook fanpages and groups

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 21 November, 2010

I’m hoping that I can finally begin to get an accurate idea as to the size of the Australian (and Kiwi) sport community on Facebook based on membership in groups and liking of fan pages. I can’t necessarily get good demographic data out of this because of how Facebook works. (Twitter is better in that regards.) Still, if news stories like Akermanis, Monaghan and the Storm break again, I should have total membership that is more recent. woot woot.

That said, the following is data that I’ve manually data mined so far today. Hopefully some people will find it useful in terms of conceptualizing the size of the Australian (and Kiwi) sport community on Facebook. Yeah, a lot of this is random.

League Team Page Total members Official
Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 724,407 Yes
Rugby World Cup All Blacks All Blacks 625,280 Yes
AFL AFL AFL 251,010 Yes
NRL NRL National Rugby League 230,020 Yes
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Support Australia’s 2022 Official FIFA World Cup Bid 229,322 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Queensland Maroons 201,189 Yes
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos – Australian National Football Team 142,953 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Australian Tennis Open Series Australian Open 138,672 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 120,821 Yes
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Cricket Australia 111,004 Yes
AFL Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club 104,275 Yes
AFL Essendon Bombers Essendon FC 90,510 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues NSW Blues 87,451 Yes
AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 60,122 Yes
AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 59,763 Yes
AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 59,762 Yes
AFL St. Kilda Saints St Kilda Football Club 57,278 Yes
AFL Carlton Blues Carlton Football Club 50,875 Yes
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit Victorian Bushrangers 43,509 Yes
NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 43,016 Yes
NRL Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans 40,977 Yes
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Qantas Wallabies 40,822 Yes
AFL Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 39,126 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 37,832 Yes
General Australian sport General Australian sport Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 36,388 Yes
AIS AIS Australian Institute of Sport 35,212 Yes
AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Football Club 33,530 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Wests Tigers – Official National Rugby League Club 32,867 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Wests Tigers 32,864 Yes
AFL Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club 32,089 Yes
NRL St George-Illawarra Dragons St George-Illawarra Dragons 31,870 Yes
Rugby League New Zealand Kiwis New Zealand Kiwis 31,042 Yes
AFL Richmond Tigers Richmond FC 29,020 Yes
NRL Sydney Roosters The Official Sydney Roosters Page 28,951 Yes
NRL Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters 28,947 Yes
NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26,086 Yes
AFL Port Adelaide Power Port Adelaide Football Club 24,240 Yes
NSWRL Central Coast Bears Central Coast Bears 21,578 Yes
NRL Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights 21,202 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Benji Marshall 19,802 No
AFL Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 19,516 Yes
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Football Club 19,152 Yes
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Australian Olympic Team 18,256 Yes
AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 16,492 Yes
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos Australian Kangaroos 15,512 Yes
NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla Sharks 15,386 Yes
Tennis Australia Sam Stosur Sam Stosur 15,300 Yes
Rugby World Cup All Blacks BackingBlack 15,254 Yes
NRL Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers 14,084 Yes
Super League NSW Waratahs Waratahs 11,841 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Quade Cooper 10,330 Yes
AIS Tennis Australia Tennis 9,765 Yes
AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Football Club 9,741 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Gold Coast Football Club 9,474 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Queensland Reds 9,406 Yes
NRL NRL NRL Lone Scout 8,982 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 8,714 Yes
A-League A-League Hyundai A-League 8,448 Yes
AFL Geelong Cats Geelong Cats Insider 7,310 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 6,905 No
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs – Official Page 6,637 Yes
Victorian Roller Derby League Victorian Roller Derby League Victorian Roller Derby League 6,636 Yes
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Netball 5,852 Yes
Cricket Australia Cricket New South Wales Cricket NSW 5,533 Yes
Sydney Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League 5,520 Yes
NRL New Zealand Warriors Vodafone Warriors 5,272 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Storm Man 4785 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 4,785 Yes
Rugby League Papua New Guinea Kumuls Papua New Guinea Kumuls 4,712 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 4,547 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Toyota Cowboys 4,427 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Toyota Cowboys 4,425 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Cowboys 4,424 Yes
Super League Melbourne Rebels Melbourne Rebels – The Official Fan Page 4,382 Yes
Super League Melbourne Rebels Rebel Army 4,135 Yes
Super League Western Force Western Force 3,732 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos Cheerleaders 3,519 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Maroon Crusade 3,215 Yes
Women’s World Cup Matildas Matildas – Australian National Women’s Football Team 2,874 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Brisbane International Brisbane International – Australian Open Series 2,842 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney Team GWS 2,605 Yes
Auckland Rugby League Auckland Rugby League Auckland Rugby League 2,581 Yes
Super League ACT Brumbies Official Brumbies Fan Page 2,558 Yes
Country Rugby League Country Rugby League Country Rugby League 2,411 Yes
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Western Sydney Rollers Western Sydney Rollers 2,381 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Medibank International Sydney Medibank International Sydney – Australian Open Series 2,280 Yes
NRL NRL Women In League 2,280 Yes
Convict City Roller Derby League Convict City Roller Derby League Convict City Roller Derby League 2,232 Yes
NSW Rugby League Balmain Tigers Balmain Tigers 2,224 No
NRL Gold Coast Titans The Legion – Gold Coast Titans 2,198 Yes
NRL NRL Indigenous All Stars 2,023 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 1,967 Yes
Brisbane City Rollers Brisbane City Rollers Brisbane City Rollers 1,824 Yes
New Shute Shield New Shute Shield Tooheys New Shute Shield 1,817 Yes
Cricket Australia Western Australian Cricket Association Western Australian Cricket Association 1,723 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues New South Wales Rugby League 1,683 Yes
W-League W-League Westfield W-League 1,671 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds QR Reds – Queensland Reds 1,610 No
AIS Rowing Australia Rowing Australia 1,576 Yes
Super League Super League Investec Bank Super 14 Rugby 1,554 Yes
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Green and Gold Rugby 1,534 No
Super League Super League Super Rugby 1,494 Yes
NSW Rugby League North Sydney Bears North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club 1,402 Yes
AIS Equestrian Australia Equestrian Australia 1,348 Yes
Van Diemen Rollers Van Diemen Rollers Van Diemen Rollers 1,343 Yes
NRL Parramatta Eels Parramatta Eels 1,336 Yes
WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby 1,314 Yes
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos The Roo Crew 1,306 Yes
AFL AFL AFLPA 1,246 Yes
General Australian sport General Australian sport ANZ Stadium 1,200 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 1,192 No
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Hamish McIntosh 1,145 No
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Michael Firrito 1,143 No
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs Magpies 1,005 Yes
Australian Roller Derby Australian Roller Derby Australian Roller Derby 867 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 852 No
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit VicSpirit 825 Yes
SEABL SEABL SEABL 758 Yes
Australian Canoeing Australian Canoeing Australian Canoeing 714 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 703 No
AIS Triathlon Australia Triathlon Australia 695 Yes
Ballarat Roller Derby Rat Pack Ballarat Roller Derby – Rat Pack 639 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 632 No
W-League Canberra United Canberra United Fans 622 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney ACT 4 GWS 605 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney ACT 4 GWS 605 Yes
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos The NMFC Hoodie 588 No
Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Australian Tennis Magazine 583 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney GWS Giants 567 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Moorilla Hobart International Moorilla Hobart International – Australian Open Series 555 Yes
AIS Australia International Shooting Limited Australia International Shooting Limited 519 Yes
VFL Williamstown Football Club Williamstown Football Club 490 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans – Official Site 460 Yes
AIHL Sydney Bears Sydney Bears 424 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Karmichael Hunt & Israel Folau: Smartest NRL players in history 386 No
WNBL Canberra Capitals WNBL – Canberra Capitals 382 Yes
Australian Commonwealth Games Australian Commonwealth Games Australian Commonwealth Games Team 349 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans 297 No
NRL NRL NRL All Stars 283 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Broncos Sydney Stable – Below the Border 282 No
NRL Penrith Panthers Penrith Panther Pride Group 274 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Van Humphries 268 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Todd Carney 16 – Canberra Raiders 6……..(17/4/2010) Roosters Vs. Raiders 253 No
Eastern Region Roller Derby Eastern Region Roller Derby Eastern Region Roller Derby 250 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 241 No
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Cowboys Supporters Team 239 Yes
WNBL Bendigo Spirit The Official Bendigo Spirit Basketball 239 Yes
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Sydney 2000 Volunteers Reunion 238 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 221 No
Western Sydney Rollers Western Sydney Rollers Sarah ‘Missy’ Charlesworth – Western Sydney Rollers 216 Yes
Archery Australia Guy Phillips Guy Phillips 214 Yes
NSW Rugby League Balmain Tigers TIGERS 211 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 201 No
Gridiron Australia Perth Blitz Perth Blitz 195 Yes
NBL NBL NBL fans deserve more! 188 No
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville McCafe Fire 161 Yes
AFL Brisbane Lions Brendan Fevola 155 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Digby Ioane 152 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders i bet u i can find 10,000 people who hate canberra raiders 131 No
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Australia Gridiron Australia 124 Yes
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies WESTS MAGPIES SG BALL 2010 109 No
NRL Canberra Raiders I’m a 2010 Canberra Raiders member 71 No
Queensland Rugby Union Gold Coast Rugby Breakers Gold Coast Rugby Breakers 67 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 66 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Bring Back Joel Monaghan to the Canberra Raiders 64 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 53 No
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Cowboys Leagues Club 46 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 44 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 42 No
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Ricky Thomas Ponting 41 Yes
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Victoria Gridiron Victoria 34 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 34 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 33 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 28 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 25 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Supporting the Canberra Raiders 24 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 21 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Rugby League Canberra Raiders 21 No
NBL NBL The National Basketball League (Australia) Appreciation Society 19 No
NRL Canberra Raiders History of the Canberra Raiders 13 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 11 No
Gridiron Australia Gridiron SA Gridiron SA, The Gridiron Association of South Australia 9 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Free cheeseburgers when the Cairns Taipans score 85 or more 9 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 8 No
NRL Canberra Raiders CANBERRA RAIDERS (GREEN MACHINE) 8 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 7 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 6 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Book:Canberra Raiders 6 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club ISRAEL FOLAU 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2008 Canberra Raiders season 3 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders players 2 No
NRL Canberra Raiders On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 2 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders templates 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders Cup 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Raiders de Canberra 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders List of Canberra Raiders records 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2009 Canberra Raiders season 1 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans players 0 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Basketball Cairns Taipans 0 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans Fan Page 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders coaches 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders seasons 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Raiders De Canberra 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders List of Canberra Raiders representatives 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2007 Canberra Raiders season 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2006 Canberra Raiders season 0 No
Rugby League England Rugby League England Rugby League DELETED Yes
WNBL Bendigo Spirit WNBL – Bendigo Spirit DELETED Yes

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Most popular female Australian (and New Zealand) sport related Twitter accounts (November 18)

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 18 November, 2010

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.

I feel like there should be a bunch of new accounts on this list but in actuality, there are only two new accounts that have been added.  (That’s compared to general and male specific sports where I added close to two hundred.)   To give an idea as to potential momentum of who is gaining followers (and no, this isn’t really a competition but a point of interest), I’ve shown the growth since I ran this on November 16.

This is an updated version of from November 13 and November 16.

18-Nov 18-Nov 18-Nov 18-Nov Difference: 16-Nov Difference: 16-Nov Difference: 16-Nov Difference: 16-Nov
Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 13115 2961 424 51 29 5 2 0
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5206 259 192 8 4 0 0 0
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 4849 1420 164 111 17 5 0 0
Sally_Fitz Association of Surfing Professionals Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 4061 549 237 71 29 4 0 0
gypsy_gilmore Association of Surfing Professionals Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 3333 173 195 30 33 0 2 0
LayneCBeachley Association of Surfing Professionals Layne Beachley surfer (female) 2603 187 125 33 12 0 1 0
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 1784 307 70 44 -2 6 0 1
clairebevo Association of Surfing Professionals Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 1731 1263 114 234 16 6 -1 0
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1726 844 72 25 5 19 1 0
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 1666 13 223 24 5 0 2 0
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 1647 1034 122 52 12 2 1 0
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 1491 850 59 87 14 26 0 1
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 1479 71 98 19 8 0 1 0
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 1410 328 241 19 1 3 0 0
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 1369 409 78 1908 1 3 0 0
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 1284 117 88 90 3 2 1 0
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 1215 167 78 2 4 3 0 0
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1165 448 58 131 6 6 0 -2
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1149 1020 89 506 3 4 1 0
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1087 114 93 123 5 0 1 0
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1071 82 85 38 7 0 0 0
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 997 6378 90 1053 7 46 1 3
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 987 587 52 84 4 6 0 1
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 972 72 42 20 -3 0 0 0
jessmileydyer Surf Life Saving Australia Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 953 631 66 166 3 7 0 0
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 946 487 65 906 3 0 1 1
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 880 1571 48 104 3 34 1 0
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 839 635 40 115 5 2 0 0
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 800 347 28 123 3 0 0 0
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 770 460 35 49 2 5 0 0
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 769 43 39 11 3 0 0 0
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 760 354 58 216 3 4 0 0
lauraenever Association of Surfing Professionals Laura Enever surfer (female) 759 70 54 72 6 0 0 0
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 725 2146 52 280 4 10 0 2
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 689 51 44 24 1 -51 2 0
becwoods Association of Surfing Professionals Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 673 134 57 619 4 12 0 133
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 654 1761 69 328 3 8 0 0
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 643 560 37 32 2 2 0 0
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 639 1470 46 71 6 3 0 1
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete) 612 22 72 8 8 0 1 0
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 535 678 32 111 10 8 1 0
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 525 703 53 256 6 1 1 0
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 509 1845 50 102 2 9 0 0
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Australian Diamonds player (female) 495 545 25 98 2 5 0 0
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 493 2321 32 865 0 5 -1 -2
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 468 50 31 204 10 1 0 2
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 460 664 10 69 1 1 0 0
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 454 40 29 625 2 -40 0 0
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 426 242 22 24 4 3 1 0
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 418 14 30 36 -1 0 0 0
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 415 184 21 27 6 4 0 0
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 411 771 37 29 1 7 0 0
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 398 211 16 75 1 8 0 0
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 372 317 33 317 1 5 0 0
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 364 1180 30 241 8 2 1 4
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 362 15 33 52 1 0 1 0
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 355 118 25 22 2 -118 0 0
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 349 5 27 8 0 -5 0 0
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 343 148 13 108 4 0 0 2
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 317 178 21 0 4 3 0 0
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 301 58 36 39 1 0 1 0
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 294 89 16 32 3 0 0 0
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 291 246 23 26 -1 8 0 0
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 280 405 28 46 2 0 0 0
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 264 595 33 56 4 8 1 0
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 262 281 37 153 1 0 0 0
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 254 1093 23 55 4 6 0 0
petrinaprice Athletics Australia Petrina Price athlete, high jumper (female) 247 1017 15 142 5 12 0 0
GirlsLikeLeague NRL NRL fansite (female) 236 533 15 156
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 236 512 21 107 0 1 0 0
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 234 880 6 461 3 4 0 3
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 231 524 9 324 7 27 0 9
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 227 7 29 8 0 0 0 0
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 213 89 23 421 2 0 0 0
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 211 340 25 53 2 0 0 0
Epicrollerderby Australia Roller Derby ENRG Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 208 452 21 232 0 3 1 0
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 194 19 4 486 3 0 0 0
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 182 761 14 47 -1 0 0 0
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 176 67 26 239 0 0 0 0
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 171 357 0 454 4 16 0 14
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 160 244 9 89 -2 1 0 0
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 150 29 15 189 0 0 0 0
MelissaBreen_ Athletics Australia Melissa Breen athlete (female) 145 234 11 48 0 0 0 0
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 140 228 18 24 2 4 0 0
CricNSWBreakers Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 139 359 13 108 7 2 0 4
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 134 263 18 308 0 6 0 0
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 133 236 12 20 0 2 0 0
KristenBeams Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 128 153 9 52 4 9 0 2
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 126 123 10 52 1 0 0 0
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 124 0 16 1 -1 0 0 0
ahealy77 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 111 110 13 31 2 5 0 1
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 107 44 12 38 5 2 0 5
RachaelHaynes Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 102 94 8 57 3 -71 0 1
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 97 338 6 63 2 2 0 0
ElyseVillani Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 95 78 9 27 2 4 0 0
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 90 16 11 14 0 0 0 0
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 89 6 13 82 0 0 1 0
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 88 39 19 40 0 0 0 0
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 88 178 5 130 0 2 0 0
bendigospirit WNBL Bendigo Spirit (female) 87 267 7 64 2 0 0 0
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 87 76 14 10 0 0 0 0
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 86 11 4 34 1 0 0 0
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 86 40 8 82 1 0 0 0
DECspirit Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit official team (female) 74 28 8 49 3 0 0 0
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 70 54 9 143 0 24 0 0
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 66 205 8 31 1 1 0 -1
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 64 29 10 23 1 0 0 0
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 62 521 3 305 1 1 0 1
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 61 30 13 74 0 -28 0 2
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 58 18 11 57 1 0 0 0
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 53 77 2 53 1 3 0 0
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 46 9 6 13 0 0 0 0
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 45 6 4 56 0 0 0 0
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 42 229 2 69 0 2 0 2
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 36 34 12 48 0 0 0 0
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 31 23 7 3 0 0 0 0
ckoski55 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 26 34 7 20 3 4 1 1
DragonsHockey AWIHL Melbourne Dragons team (female) 23 119 3 30
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 23 50 6 5 0 5 0 2
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 22 31 3 15 0 0 0 0
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 11 5 3 8 0 0 0 0
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 10 2 4 10 0 0 0 0
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 2 2 0 0 0 0
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5 0 0 0 0
BCRollerDerbyHB New Zealand Roller Derby Bay City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0

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Most popular female Australian (and New Zealand) sport related Twitter accounts (November 16)

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 16 November, 2010

Yeah, it is that time again! The top ten of this list differ a lot from the last version as wow, Australian (and Kiwi) surfers are very popular.

I’ve added about 50 new accounts to this list. The focus was on adding cricketers and surfers. There are a few that where the accounts to have been deleted and those are just left off this list rather than be signified with a 0. This is an updated version of from November 13. If I’m missing anyone or anything, let me know. This work is a constant work in progress, with the results changing every time it updates.  Every iteration should be an improvement.  (For example, the next run has one spelling variation for the national netball and fixed the typo for Bendigo.)  A new version of this list should be available on  Friday, November 19 or on Monday, November 22.     Please let me know if any athlete, team, league, organization or fansite is missing.  If you have better descriptions for accounts listed, let me know. I will try to get it included in the next update.

I love women’s sport.  Australian women are just fantastic, both as professionals in professional leagues and in team and individual competitions on an international level.  This list is a celebration of that. I list the most popular women’s sport separately in order to draw attention to it.  The Matildas have great potential for the 2011 world cup, perhaps more than the Socceroos. Yet if you look at Facebook, the men have 141,880 fans, while the women only have 2,847.   I’d love to see this gap decrease and I’d love to see more research done on women’s sport fandom.  By providing these benchmarks, maybe I’ll encourage one of my readers to take up that mantle.

I’ve been debating putting this information on a static page and updating that regularly in contrast to creating new posts every time I update the totals.  I haven’t found a compromise that makes me happy yet as I really like the historical data that becomes available by creating new posts.  As readers, you’re allowed to go back through posts and try to track the growth of some athletes and leagues.  That could have potential value depending on the narrative you create surrounding the data.  If people would prefer a static list, rather than new posts, please let me know and I will make the change in the future.

Account League Team Description Followers Statuses Listed Friends
ItsStephRice Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice athlete (female) 13086 2956 422 51
watsonjessica Yachting Australia Jessica Watson sailor (female) 5202 259 192 8
libby_trickett Swimming Australia Libby Trickett athlete (female) 4832 1415 164 111
Sally_Fitz Surf Life Saving Australia Sally Fitzgibbons surfer (female) 4032 545 237 71
gypsy_gilmore Surf Life Saving Australia Stephanie Gilmore surfer (female) 3300 173 193 30
LayneCBeachley Surf Life Saving Australia Layne Beachley surfer (female) 2591 187 124 33
SharelleVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) 1786 301 70 43
MelbourneVixens ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens official team (female) 1721 825 71 25
clairebevo Surf Life Saving Australia Claire Bevilacqua surfer (female) 1715 1257 115 234
caseydellacqua Tennis Australia Casey Dellacqua player (female athlete) 1661 13 221 24
paigehareb Surfing New Zealand Paige Hareb surfer (female) 1635 1032 121 52
katehollywood10 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos player (female) 1477 824 59 86
_Moffy Triathlon Australia Emma Moffatt triathlete (female) 1471 71 97 19
arodionova Tennis Australia Anastasia Rodionova player (female athlete) 1409 325 241 19
QLDrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Queensland RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 1368 406 78 1908
RochelleGilmore Cycling Australia Rochelle Gilmore biker (female athlete) 1281 115 87 90
TorahBright Ski and Snowboard Australia Torah Bright snowboarder (female) 1211 164 78 2
NetballAust Netball Australia Netball Australia (female) 1159 442 58 133
richtercity New Zealand Roller Derby RC Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 1146 1016 88 506
sydneyderby Australia Roller Derby Sydney Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 1082 114 92 123
rebekahkeat Triathlon Australia Rebekah Keat triathlete (female) 1064 82 85 38
saskystewart AWIHL AWIHL player (female) 990 6332 89 1050
AussieDiamonds Netball Australia Australian Diamonds national team (female) 983 581 52 83
NicLiv Swimming Australia Nicole Livingstone retired athlete, former Olympian (female) 975 72 42 20
jessmileydyer Surf Life Saving Australia Jess Miley-Dyer surfer (female) 950 624 66 166
bcr_rollerderby Australia Roller Derby Brisbane City Rollers Roller Derby team or league 943 487 64 905
meagen_nay Swimming Australia Meagen Nay athlete (female) 877 1537 47 104
biancachatfield ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Bianca Chatfield) (female) 834 633 40 115
JulieCorletto ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Julie Corletto (female) 797 347 28 123
Renaehallinan ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (female) (Renae Hallinan) 768 455 35 49
laurafirebirds ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds player (female) 766 43 39 11
Soph_Edington Swimming Australia Soph Edington athlete (female) 757 350 58 216
lauraenever Surf Life Saving Australia Laura Enever surfer (female) 753 70 54 72
SophieSmith86 General Australian sport General Australian sport sport journalist for Geelong Advertisers (female) 721 2136 52 278
NatTbirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds (female) 688 102 42 24
becwoods Surf Life Saving Australia Rebecca Woods surfer (female) 669 122 57 486
amberhalliday Cycling Australia Amber Halliday rower, biker (female) 651 1753 69 328
SusanSwifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts player (female) 641 558 37 32
ash_delaney Swimming Australia Ashley Delaney athlete (female) 633 1467 46 70
AliciaMolik Tennis Australia Alicia Molik player (female athlete) 604 22 71 8
flickabram Triathlon Australia Felicity Abram triathlete (female) 525 670 31 111
rachneylan Cycling Australia Rachel Neylan athlete (female) 519 702 52 256
NikButterfield Cycling Australia Nikki Butterfield biker (female athlete) 507 1836 50 102
Kimmygee8 Netball Australia Aussie Diamonds player (female) 493 540 25 98
snowygrl Triathlon Australia MacBeth Kingsbury Watson triathlete (female) 493 2316 33 867
Jade_Sutcliffe Triathlon Australia Jade Sutcliffe triathlete (female) 459 663 10 69
AnnaMeares Cycling Australia Anna Meares biker (female athlete) 458 49 31 202
netballvic Netball Victoria Netball Victoria (female) 452 80 29 625
KateBevNetball ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds player (Kate Beveridge) (female) 422 239 21 24
saracarrigan Cycling Australia Sara Carrigan coach (female athlete) 419 14 30 36
Bridie_OD Cycling Australia Bridie O’Donnell biker (Cyclones) (female athlete) 410 764 37 29
madibrowne ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Madison Browne) (female) 409 180 21 27
SarahLWall ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens player (Sarah L Wall) (female athlete) 397 203 16 75
piratecity New Zealand Roller Derby Pirate City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 371 312 33 317
geelongrollers Australia Roller Derby Geelong Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 361 15 32 52
NBRrollerderby Australia Roller Derby NBR Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 356 1178 29 237
SusanWCFever ANZ Championship West Coast Fever player (female) 353 236 25 22
nswswifts ANZ Championship New South Wales Swifts official team (female) 349 10 27 8
amygillettfdn Cycling Australia Amy Gillett track cyclists (female) 339 148 13 106
AdelaideTBirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds official team (female) 313 175 21 0
PerthRollaDerby Australia Roller Derby Perth Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 300 58 35 39
kristy_giteau Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Kristy Giteau) 292 238 23 26
TheFirebirds ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds team (female) 291 89 16 32
WNBL WNBL WNBL (female) 278 405 28 46
wirdrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Wollongong Derby Roller Derby team or league 261 281 37 153
sarahkent90 Cycling Australia Sarah Kent biker (female athlete) 260 587 32 56
katebevilaqua Triathlon Australia Kate Bevilaqua triathlete (female) 250 1087 23 55
petrinaprice Athletics Australia Petrina Price athlete, high jumper (female) 242 1005 15 142
SportingSheilas Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 236 511 21 107
Mengelsman Swimming Australia Michelle Engelsman athlete (female) 231 876 6 458
sallypeers3 Tennis Australia Sally Peers player (female athlete) 227 7 29 8
SportForWomen Australian Olympic Committee Australian Olympic Committee fansite (female) 224 497 9 315
GCRollerDerby Australia Roller Derby Gold Coast Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 211 89 23 421
OZrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Australia RollerDerby Roller Derby team or league 209 340 25 53
Epicrollerderby Australia Roller Derby ENRG Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 208 449 20 232
AustralianOpals Basketball Australia Australian Opals national team (female) 191 19 4 486
AusWomensGame W-League W-League fansite (female) 183 761 14 47
Towns_Villains Australia Roller Derby Towns Villains Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 176 67 26 239
shaunanderson22 Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Manager at Hockey Australia (female) 167 341 0 440
TheFlyingBats Football New South Wales The Flying Bats team (female) 162 243 9 89
saltydolls Australia Roller Derby Salty Dolls Roller Derby team or league 150 29 15 189
MelissaBreen_ Athletics Australia Melissa Breen athlete (female) 145 234 11 48
kateporter83 Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) 138 224 18 24
SWSRockets Australia Roller Derby SWS Rockets Roller Derby team or league 134 257 18 308
LisaWeightman Athletics Australia Lisa Weightman Marathon runner, Olympian (female) 133 234 12 20
CricNSWBreakers Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers official team (female) 132 357 13 104
LaurenBoden Athletics Australia Lauren Boden athlete (female) 125 123 10 52
LDevanna_dc Football Federation Australia Matildas player (Lisa De Vanna) (female) 125 0 16 1
KristenBeams Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Kristen Beams) (female) 124 144 9 50
ahealy77 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 109 105 13 30
AlexBlackwell2 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 102 42 12 33
RachaelHaynes Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (RachaelHaynes) (female) 99 165 8 56
Sydney_Netball Netball New South Wales Netball New South Wales Organization (female) 95 336 6 63
ElyseVillani Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit player (Elyse Villani) (female) 93 74 9 27
Debby_H_Rugby Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Debby Hodgkinson) 90 16 11 14
WA_Roller_Derby Australia Roller Derby WA Roller Derby Roller Derby team or league 89 6 12 82
KirstyBroun Cycling Australia Kirsty Broun biker (female athlete) 88 39 19 40
samikennedy Ski and Snowboard Australia Sami Kennedy Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 88 176 5 130
newcastlederby Australia Roller Derby NRDL Roller Derby team or league 87 76 14 10
ANZnetball ANZ Championship ANZ Championship league (female) 85 11 4 34
bendigospirit WNBL Bendio Spirit (female) 85 267 7 64
mariekeguehrer Swimming Australia Marieke Guehrer swimmer (female athlete) 85 40 8 82
DECspirit Cricket Victoria DEC Spirit official team (female) 71 28 8 49
AWIHL AWIHL AWIHL official league (female) 70 30 9 143
JaycoRangers WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers (female) 65 204 8 32
muirsop Skate Australia Sophie Muir speed skater (female) 63 29 10 23
shellwu Triathlon Australia Shelly Wu triathlete (female) 61 520 3 304
vandiemenroller Australia Roller Derby Van Diemen Rollers Roller Derby team or league 61 58 13 72
WSRollers Australia Roller Derby Western Sydney Rollers Roller Derby team or league 57 18 11 57
PerthGloryWomen W-League Perth Glory team (female) 52 74 2 53
PetershamNetbal Netball New South Wales Petersham RUFC Netball Club (female) 46 9 6 13
Anna_Flanagan Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Anna Flanagan (female) (player) 45 6 4 56
Shannon_McCann Athletics Australia Shannon McCann athlete, one hundred meter hurdles (female) 42 227 2 67
becdomange Cycling Australia Bec Domange biker (female athlete) 36 34 12 48
DollsAuGoGo Australia Roller Derby Dolls Australia Go Go Roller Derby team or league 31 23 7 3
ckoski55 Cricket New South Wales New South Wales Breakers player (female) 23 30 6 19
loganthunder WNBL Logan Thunder (female) 23 45 6 3
abcwleague W-League W-League media outlet (female) 22 31 3 15
aimee_watson Ski and Snowboard Australia Aimee Watson Australian National Ski Cross Team Athlete (female) 11 5 3 8
CoffsDerbyDolls Australia Roller Derby Coffs Derby Dolls Roller Derby team or league 10 2 4 10
cheltz333 Skate Australia Cheltzie Breanna Lee figure skater (female) 9 0 2 2
SelenaJW Australian Rugby Union Wallaroos player (female) (Selena Tranter) 4 2 4 5
BCRollerDerbyHB New Zealand Roller Derby Bay City Rollers Roller Derby team or league from New Zealand 3 1 1 1
gladrollerderby Australia Roller Derby Gladstone Derby Roller Derby team or league 2 3 1 1
SWBLest1995 Sydney Women’s Basketball League Sydney Women’s Baseball League league (female) 1 1 1 2

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