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Data dump: Australian sport on LiveJournal and its clones

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 24 October, 2010

This post is another data dump. There are some numbers that changed here. (For interests where there were zero people and zero communities interested in it, I left it off this list. This was to make the list shorter than 500.) The Adelaide Crows lost both people and communities listing them as an interest. The Brisbane Broncos also lost a person. My guess is that these losses were less a result of loss of interest in a team than account deletions because of LiveJournal policy changes. If/When they shifted to say Dreamwidth, they may not have listed the same interests or reccreated all the communities that they had belonged to. On the other hand, this could be a bit moot as the Melbourne Victory and North Melbourne Kangaroos both gained one person listing them as an interest…


Service League Team Interest Date checked Communities People
LiveJournal Super 14 ACT Brumbies ACT Brumbies 23-Oct-10 1 17
LiveJournal AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 7-Jun-10 6 69
LiveJournal AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 23-Oct-10 4 68
LiveJournal A-League Adelaide United Adelaide United 12-Feb-10 10
LiveJournal A-League Adelaide United Adelaide United 31-May-10 10
LiveJournal A-League Adelaide United Adelaide United 25-Jun-10 1 10
LiveJournal A-League Adelaide United Adelaide United 24-Oct-10 1 10
LiveJournal A-League Adelaide United Adelaide United 24-Oct-10 1 10
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Albicelestes Albicelestes 22-Jun-10 3 3
LiveJournal A-League A-League A-League 25-Jun-10 3 21
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Azzurri Azzurri 22-Jun-10 27 154
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Bafana Bafana Bafana Bafana 22-Jun-10 2 2
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Beli Orlovi Beli Orlovi 22-Jun-10 1 1
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Black Stars Black Stars 22-Jun-10 1 46
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Blue Samurai Blue Samurai 22-Jun-10 0 1
LiveJournal NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 2-Jan-10 42
LiveJournal NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 13-May-10 41
LiveJournal NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 2-Jun-10 5 40
LiveJournal NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 7-Jun-10 5 40
LiveJournal NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 23-Oct-10 5 40
LiveJournal AFL Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 7-Jun-10 6 59
LiveJournal AFL Brisbane Lions brisbane lions 23-Oct-10 6 59
LiveJournal A-League Brisbane Roar Brisbane Roar 31-May-10 2
LiveJournal A-League Brisbane Roar (Queensland Roar) Brisbane Roar 25-Jun-10 0 2
LiveJournal A-League Brisbane Roar (Queensland Roar) Queensland Roar 25-Jun-10 3 10
LiveJournal NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 3-Jun-10 5 28
LiveJournal NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 21-Jun-10 5 28
LiveJournal NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 23-Oct-10 5 30
LiveJournal NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury Bulldogs 23-Oct-10 3 27
LiveJournal AFL Carlton Blues Carlton Blues 7-Jun-10 5 18
LiveJournal AFL Carlton Blues Carlton Blues 23-Oct-10 5 18
LiveJournal A-League Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners 31-May-10 2
LiveJournal A-League Central Coast Mariners Central Coast Mariners 24-Oct-10 1 2
LiveJournal A-League Central Coast Mariners Football Club central coast mariners 25-Jun-10 1 2
LiveJournal AFL Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Magpies 7-Jun-10 4 23
LiveJournal AFL Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Magpies 23-Oct-10 4 23
LiveJournal NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks cronulla sharks 23-Oct-10 4 16
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Die Mannschaft Die Mannschaft 22-Jun-10 1 18
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer El Tri El Tri 22-Jun-10 7 62
LiveJournal AFL Essendon Bombers Essendon Bombers 7-Jun-10 5 52
LiveJournal AFL Essendon Bombers Essendon Bombers 23-Oct-10 5 52
LiveJournal AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 7-Jun-10 3 39
LiveJournal AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 23-Oct-10 3 39
LiveJournal AFL Geelong Cats Geelong Cats 7-Jun-10 5 22
LiveJournal AFL Geelong Cats Geelong Cats 23-Oct-10 5 21
LiveJournal AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 24-Oct-10 0 1
LiveJournal NRL Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans 23-Oct-10 2 3
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Guaraní Guaraní 22-Jun-10 1 2
LiveJournal AFL Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Hawks 7-Jun-10 4 14
LiveJournal AFL Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Hawks 23-Oct-10 4 15
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Albirroja La Albirroja 22-Jun-10 1 1
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Celeste La Celeste 22-Jun-10 0 2
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Furia Roja La Furia Roja 22-Jun-10 9 59
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Nazionale La Nazionale 22-Jun-10 1 4
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Roja La Roja 22-Jun-10 2 13
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer La Seleccion La Seleccion 22-Jun-10 10 62
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Les Bleus Les Bleus 22-Jun-10 8 57
LiveJournal NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles manly sea-eagles 23-Oct-10 2 1
LiveJournal NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles manly sea eagles 23-Oct-10 1 10
LiveJournal Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 25-Jun-10 1 6
LiveJournal Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas Matildas 24-Oct-10 1 5
LiveJournal AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Demons 25-Feb-10 26
LiveJournal AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Demons 13-May-10 26
LiveJournal AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Demons 7-Jun-10 5 25
LiveJournal AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Demons 23-Oct-10 5 25
LiveJournal NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 2-Jun-10 5 25
LiveJournal NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 23-Oct-10 5 25
LiveJournal NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 10-Jan-10 25
LiveJournal NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 10-May-10 25
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 27-Feb-10 24
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 27-Feb-10 24
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 13-May-10 24
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 31-May-10 24
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 25-Jun-10 1 25
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 1-Jul-10 1 25
LiveJournal A-League Melbourne Victory Melbourne Victory 24-Oct-10 1 25
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer National Mannschaft National Mannschaft 22-Jun-10 0 4
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Nationalmannschaft Nationalmannschaft 22-Jun-10 18 107
LiveJournal NRL New Zealand Warriors new zealand warriors 23-Oct-10 3 4
LiveJournal A-League Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jets 25-Jun-10 2 5
LiveJournal A-League Newcastle Jets Newcastle Jets 24-Oct-10 2 5
LiveJournal NRL Newcastle Knights newcastle knights 23-Oct-10 5 74
LiveJournal AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 7-Jun-10 0 12
LiveJournal AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 23-Oct-10 0 13
LiveJournal NRL North Queensland Cowboys north queensland cowboys 23-Oct-10 5 20
LiveJournal A-League North Queensland Fury FC North Queensland Fury 25-Jun-10 0 1
LiveJournal A-League North Queensland Fury FC North Queensland Fury 24-Oct-10 0 1
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Oranje Oranje 22-Jun-10 14 95
LiveJournal NRL Parramatta Eels parramatta eels 23-Oct-10 3 47
LiveJournal NRL Penrith Panthers penrith panthers 23-Oct-10 4 34
LiveJournal A-League Perth Glory Perth Glory 25-Jun-10 2 13
LiveJournal A-League Perth Glory Perth Glory 24-Oct-10 2 13
LiveJournal AFL Port Adelaide Power Port Adelaide Power 7-Jun-10 4 10
LiveJournal AFL Port Adelaide Power Port Adelaide Power 23-Oct-10 4 10
LiveJournal A-League Queensland Roar (Brisbane Roar) Queensland Roar (Brisbane Roar) 17-Feb-10 10
LiveJournal A-League Queensland Roar (Brisbane Roar) Queensland Roar 24-Oct-10 3 10
LiveJournal A-League Queensland Roar (Brisbane Roar) Brisbane Roar 24-Oct-10 0 2
LiveJournal AFL Richmond Tigers Richmond Tigers 7-Jun-10 4 18
LiveJournal AFL Richmond Tigers Richmond Tigers 23-Oct-10 4 17
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Seleção Seleção 22-Jun-10 1 6
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 14-May-10 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 15-May-10 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 28-May-10 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 3-Jun-10 6 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 17-Jun-10 6 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Tim Cahill 17-Jun-10 7 59
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 22-Jun-10 6 101
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 24-Oct-10 6 101
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Tim Cahill 24-Oct-10 7 59
LiveJournal NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs south sydney rabbitohs 23-Oct-10 4 14
LiveJournal NRL St George Illawarra Dragons st george illawarra dragons 23-Oct-10 2 7
LiveJournal AFL St Kilda Saints St Kilda Saints 7-Jun-10 4 16
LiveJournal AFL St Kilda Saints st kilda saints 23-Oct-10 4 16
LiveJournal AFL St Kilda Saints st. kilda saints 23-Oct-10 1 4
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st. kilda 26-May-10 12
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st. kilda saints 26-May-10 3
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st kilda saints 26-May-10 16
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st kilda 26-May-10 94
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints St. Kilda Saints 7-Jun-10 1 3
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st kilda 24-Oct-10 6 91
LiveJournal AFL St. Kilda Saints st. kilda 24-Oct-10 3 11
LiveJournal A-League Sydney FC Sydney FC 25-Jun-10 2 25
LiveJournal A-League Sydney FC Sydney FC 24-Oct-10 2 26
LiveJournal NRL Sydney Roosters sydney roosters 23-Oct-10 5 41
LiveJournal AFL Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 7-Jun-10 6 102
LiveJournal AFL Sydney Swans sydney swans 23-Oct-10 6 100
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Taeguk Warriors Taeguk Warriors 22-Jun-10 0 2
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer The Red Devils The Red Devils 22-Jun-10 2 7
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Three Lions Three Lions 22-Jun-10 2 14
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer USMNT USMNT 22-Jun-10 6 71
LiveJournal A-League Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 25-Jun-10 0 1
LiveJournal A-League Wellington Phoenix Wellington Phoenix 24-Oct-10 0 2
LiveJournal AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 7-Jun-10 3 99
LiveJournal AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 23-Oct-10 3 98
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 25-Feb-10 21
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 1-Jun-10 5 22
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs jason akermanis 1-Jun-10 2 2
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 2-Jun-10 5 22
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 7-Jun-10 5 22
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 24-Jun-10 5 22
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Julia Gillard 24-Jun-10 5 13
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs jason akermanis 24-Jun-10 2 2
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 23-Oct-10 5 23
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs jason akermanis 24-Oct-10 2 2
LiveJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Julia Gillard 24-Oct-10 5 14
LiveJournal NRL Wests Tigers wests tigers 23-Oct-10 4 24
LiveJournal W-League W-League W-League 1-Jun-10 1
LiveJournal W-League W-League W-League 25-Jun-10 0 1
InsaneJournal AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 24-Oct-10 0 3
InsaneJournal AFL Brisbane Lions brisbane lions 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 24-Oct-10 0 2
InsaneJournal AFL Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Hawks 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal NRL Newcastle Knights newcastle knights 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal NRL North Queensland Cowboys north queensland cowboys 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 14-May-10 3
InsaneJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 24-Oct-10 0 3
InsaneJournal AFL St Kilda Saints st. kilda saints 24-Oct-10 0 1
InsaneJournal AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 24-Oct-10 0 3
InsaneJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 24-Jun-10 0 1
InsaneJournal AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 7-Jun-10 0 4
Dreamwidth AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 23-Aug-10 0 4
Dreamwidth AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 24-Oct-10 0 4
Dreamwidth A-League A-League A-League 25-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth A-League A-League A-League 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Azzurri Azzurri 22-Jun-10 0 2
Dreamwidth NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Brisbane Lions brisbane lions 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Die Mannschaft Die Mannschaft 22-Jun-10 0 2
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer El Tri El Tri 22-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Dockers 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer La Furia Roja La Furia Roja 22-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer La Seleccion La Seleccion 22-Jun-10 0 2
Dreamwidth NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 24-Oct-10 0 2
Dreamwidth NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 9-Jan-10 2
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Nationalmannschaft Nationalmannschaft 22-Jun-10 0 3
Dreamwidth NRL Newcastle Knights newcastle knights 24-Oct-10 0 3
Dreamwidth AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Kangaroos 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Oranje Oranje 22-Jun-10 1 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Schweizer Nati Schweizer Nati 22-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 14-May-10 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 28-May-10 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 7-Jun-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Tim Cahill 17-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 17-Jun-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 22-Jun-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 25-Jun-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 23-Aug-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 24-Oct-10 0 3
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos Tim Cahill 24-Oct-10 0 2
Dreamwidth AFL St Kilda Saints St Kilda Saints 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL St Kilda Saints St Kilda Saints 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL St Kilda Saints st kilda saints 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth NRL Sydney Roosters sydney roosters 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 7-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth AFL Sydney Swans sydney swans 24-Oct-10 0 1
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Three Lions Three Lions 22-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth W-League W-League W-League 1-Jun-10 1
Dreamwidth W-League W-League W-League 25-Jun-10 0 1
Dreamwidth W-League W-League W-League 23-Aug-10 0 1
Dreamwidth W-League W-League W-League 24-Oct-10 0 1
DeadJournal NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 23-Dec-09 1
DeadJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos 14-May-10 1
Blurty NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 9-Jan-10 1

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Socceroos: A creative research data dump (part 3)

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 12 June, 2010

This is the third post in a series of creative research data dumps that relate to the Socceroos.

LinkedIn

League Team Name URL Owner Members Type Access Created Date checked
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Australian Socceroos – Supporters in Business http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1155907 Luis Aleixo 6 Networking Group 1-Nov-08 15-May-10
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Australian Socceroos – Supporters in Business http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=1155907 Luis Aleixo 6 Networking Group 1-Nov-08 3-Jun-10

LiveJournal and clones

Service League Interest Date checked People Communities
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 102
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 3
Blurty World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 0
InsaneJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 3
DeadJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 1
JournalFen World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 0
scribbld World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 0
Inksome World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 0
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 15-May-10 102
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer australian national soccer team 15-May-10 0
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer aussie national football team 15-May-10 0
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 28-May-10 102
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos 28-May-10 3
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 3-Jun-10 102 6
Dreamwidth World Cup Soccer Socceroos 7-Jun-10 3 0

This table looks at activity patterns for LJ comms…

Service League Interest Date checked Community name Created on Last updated Comments received Account type Journal entries Tags Memories Virtual gifts Userpics Maintainers Members Watched by
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 the_socceroos 23-Jun-06 Never updated 0 Basic 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 tim_cahill 18-Nov-05 1-Jul-07 83 Basic 26 0 0 0 1 1 29 25
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 ozsoccer 1-Jun-06 20-May-08 620 Basic 78 0 0 0 3 1 76 65
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 14-May-10 harrykewell_7 4-Jan-07 3-Nov-08 271 Basic 137 13 0 0 5 1 72 68
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 28-May-10 tim_cahill 18-Nov-05 1-Jul-07 83 Basic 26 0 0 0 1 1 29 25
LiveJournal World Cup Soccer Socceroos 28-May-10 the_socceroos 23-Jun-06 Never updated 0 Basic 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 4
LiveJournal AFL Brisbane Broncos 1-Jun-10 brisbanelions 30-Apr-05 30-Apr-05 1 Basic 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 6

MySpace

Service League Interest People Artists Music Videos Albums Songs Videos Images Date gathered
MySpace World Cup Soccer Socceroos 20 12 1 1 1 66 500 14-May-10

Age break down of some accounts’s friends…

League Team Account Date checked Total friends Age: 18-24 Age: 25-29 Age: 30-35 Age: 36-40 Age: 40+
World Cup Socceroos socceroos 28-May-10 769 303 125 42 11 66
Women’s World Cup Matildas matildasonline 28-May-10 8 5 1 2 0 0

Orkut

Service League Team Interest Users Communities Topics Date gathered Notes
orkut World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 36 14 628 5-Jun-10
orkut World Cup All Whites "All Whites" 14 1 319 5-Jun-10 Not all references are to the football team.
orkut Women’s World Cup Matildas Matildas 14 2 124 5-Jun-10 Not all references are to the football team.

Twitter
Looking for growth information…

Service League Team Account Date collected Total followers
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 8-Mar-10 353
Twitter World Cup Socceroos socceroos_news (unofficial) 8-Mar-10 1 099
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 28-May-10 1 952
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 29-May-10 1965
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 30-May-10 1 998
Twitter World Cup Socceroos socceroos_news (unofficial) 30-May-10 1 668
Twitter World Cup Socceroos socceroos_news (unofficial) 1-Jun-10 1907
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 1-Jun-10 2077
Twitter World Cup Socceroos GGArmy (unofficial) 2-Jun-10 357
Twitter World Cup Socceroos socceroos_news (unofficial) 2-Jun-10 1 701
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 2-Jun-10 2 165
Twitter World Cup Socceroos HalfTimeHeroes (soccer fansite) 9-Jun-10 293
Twitter World Cup Socceroos GGArmy (unofficial) 10-Jun-10 390
Twitter World Cup Socceroos socceroos_news (unofficial) 10-Jun-10 1 775
Twitter World Cup Socceroos Socceroos 10-Jun-10 2 661
Twitter World Cup Socceroos HalfTimeHeroes (soccer fansite) 10-Jun-10 293

YouTube

Service League Interest Videos Date gathered
YouTube World Cup Soccer Socceroos 1 760 14-May-10
YouTube World Cup Soccer "All Blacks" 13 200 14-May-10
YouTube Basketball Australia Australian Boomers 98 14-May-10
YouTube Basketball Australia Australian Opals 538 14-May-10
YouTube World Cup Soccer "All Whites" 429 14-May-10

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AFL Canberra on LiveJournal clones

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 10 February, 2010

AFL Canberra is a local Australian rules football league based in Canberra and affiliated with the AFL.  The teams in the league are Ainslie Football Club, Belconnen Magpies, Eastlake Football Club, Queanbeyan Tigers, Sydney Swans Reserves, and Tuggeranong Hawks. Some of the players in this league have been called up to train with AFL teams and one team is officially affiliated with the Sydney Swans.  The league’s core audience is centered around Canberra, though Wikipedia says the audience has decreased as other sports have grown in popularity.

Given the small size of the potential fanbase for the league and the small size of the communities on LiveJournal clones, the assumption is that the potential interest in the league would be tiny to non-existent.  For Dreamwidth, DeadJournal, InsaneJournal, Blurty, Inksome, CrazyLife and scribbld, this is true.  There are zero people who list any of these teams as an interest on those services.  The single exception to this lack of interest involves a Belconnen Magpies fan on JournalFen. That individual last updated 302 weeks ago and is from the ACT.  They were born in 1975.

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Australian Hockey League on blogger, LiveJournal, and LiveJournal clones

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 3 February, 2010

Wikipedia says that the AHL is Australia’s “premier national domestic field hockey competition. Despite its non-professional nature, AHL is considered one of the strongest and most competitive national field hockey leagues in the world.”  There is a men’s and women’s league.  On the men’s side, the teams include New South Wales Waratahs, NT Stingers, Southern Hotshots, Tassie Tigers, Victoria Vikings, and WA Thundersticks.

Unsurprisingly, no one lists these teams as an interest on blogger, LiveJournal or LiveJournal’s clones.  These are niche teams for a small audience.  The sport isn’t likely to have much international interest.  The league isn’t professional.  The Australian audience on these services isn’t that big or active.  It seems unlikely that they will ever garner a community around them unless some one comes in and brings their own audience for this content.

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Australian Football League on LiveJournal clones like Blurty, Dreamwidth Studios and InsaneJournal

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 5 January, 2010

This post is a series of posts looking at the size of Australian sports leagues on LiveJournal and its clones. Three earlier posts were Australian Football League on JournalFen , Australian Football League community on DeadJournal and National Rugby League on DeadJournal and JournalFen. These posts acknowledge that the communities aren’t very big and in the grand scheme of things, this is not very meaningful in terms of understanding sports communities in Australia.  Still, hopefully they can lead people to be more curious about online demographics and the activity level of these communities .

Do communities for the AFL exist on other LiveJournal clones?  The answer is yes, but for the vast majority of them, they do not.  This post examines LiveJournal clones and some of their characteristics.  It identifies those networks which have people with an interest in the AFL and then does a deeper examination of those networks.

Outside of JournalFen and DeadJournal, there a number of LiveJournal clones.  These include asks.jp, blurty, CrazyLife, Dreamwidth Studios, Inksome, InsaneJournal, Ivanovo, IziBlog, Kraslan, OpenWeblog, Scribbld, Sviesta Ciba and ????????.  Each of these caters to a unique audience with its own history.

About half of these are non-English based service.  They include asks.jp targeted at a Japanese audience that does not rank for Australian visitors.  It also includes Ivanovo which is geared at a Russian speaking audience and does not rank for an Australian audience.  Kraslan and ???????? are bot clones aimed at Russian speakers that did not rank for on Alexa for Australian visitors.  Sviesta Ciba is a Latvian language based LiveJournal clone that does not rank on Alexa for Australian visitors.  Unsurprisingly, none of these non-English based LiveJournal clones have a community that expresses interest in the Australian Football League.  (Or the National Rugby League for that matter.)

The English speaking LiveJournal clones include blurty, CrazyLife, Dreamwidth Studios, Inksome, InsaneJournal, IziBlog, OpenWeblog and Scribbld.  Blurty was one of the most popular LiveJournal clones that was most active five to six years ago and for a while was one of a series of clones used by fandom_wank.  Its traffic has since fallen off a cliff and it has only had 715 users update in the past 24 hours on December 24.  It does not rank on Alexa for Australian traffic.  CrazyLife is a small LiveJournal clone that only had 5 accounts updated in the past 24 hours and only 62 of its 44,323 accounts include Australians.  Dreamwidth Studios is a new LiveJournal clone that launched in May 2009 and caters mostly to a media fandom audience. Of the 468044 accounts on December 27, only 1,797 list Australian as their country of residence.  According to Alexa on December 28, the site ranks as 7,337 in Australia.  Inksome was originally founded as scribblit and was the first LiveJournal clone created specifically in response to LiveJournal’s Strikethrough event in May 2007.  It catered a bit to LiveJournal media fandom and never really took off.  As of December 27, 2009, it had only 79 accounts that had been active in the last 24 hours and only 138 of 30,323 accounts list the country of residence as Australia.  The site does not rank in Australia.  InsaneJournal is one of the most popular LiveJournal clones.  As of December 27, 2009, 3,174 active accounts or 890 more active accounts than Dreamwidth.  The site has fewer Australians, with only 910 users listing Australia as their country of residence.  Alexa ranks the site as 4,885 in Australia. Iziblog is a small LiveJournal clone that had only 8 accounts updated in the 24 hour period around December 24, 2009 and did not rank on Alexa for Australian sites.  OpenWeblog is a tiny LiveJournal clone with only 3,780 total accounts, of which two had been updated in the 24 hour period on December 27, 2009 and the site does not rank in Australia.  Scribbld is another small LiveJournal clone.  It has 33,343 accounts as of December 27, 2009 of which 77 of those accounts were active in the last 24 hours.  Only 32 of those accounts list their ountry of residence as Australia, where the traffic does not rank on Alexa.

Of these clones, Blurty, CrazyLife, Dreamwidth Studios, Inksome, and InsaneJournal had communities which listed AFL as an interest.  None of the others, as of December 24, 2009, listed AFL as an interest, neither were teams listed as interests on these services.

28 people list the AFL as an interest on blurty.  Of these, only two people are from the United States and one does not list a country.  The rest are Australians.  Of these, seven list their year of birth.  The median year of birth is 1982.7, median is 1984 and mode is 1985.  None of these users have updated recently, with the most recent update happening 196 weeks ago and five of them never having updated.  They represent a number of states: 8 from Victoria, 3 from New South Wales, 2 from South Australia, Queensland and the ACT, 1 from Tasmania and Western Australia, and 4 Australians who did not list a state of residence.  Blurty has four teams where people list them as an interest.  They include the Adelaide Crows, the Brisbane Lions, the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Sydney Swans.  The Swans have three fans who list them as an interest, the Lions have two fans, and the North Melbourne Kangaroos and Adelaide Crows both have one fan who lists them as an interest.  This represents a total of seven individuals.  With the exception of the Swans and one fan, all the fans are from the state that the team plays in.

CrazyLife has five people who list AFL as an interest.  Three of these are the same person.  Two are from South Australia and one does not list a state.  One lists an age of 1985 and the other 1986. Of the three, the most recent update was 234 weeks ago.  Two people list specific teams as an interest: One listing the Fremantle Dockers and the Hawthorn Hawks, the other with three accounts listing the Adelaide Crows.

Twelve people list the AFL as an interest on Dreamwidth Studios.  Of these, three are from Victoria, two are from New South Wales and Queesnland and one is from Western Australia.  Only three of these twelve accounts have updated in the last week.  Two have been been updated and five have not been updated in the past 28 weeks or more.    There are four teams that are listed as interests: The Adelaide Crows with five people, Brisbane lions with one person, the Fremantle Dockers with one person and the Brisbane Lions with one person.  The Adelaide Crows may have the largest group of fans but only one has updated in the past twenty weeks.  The fan of the Brisbane Lions has never updated.  The Fremantle Dockers fan updated in the past week.  The fan of the Sydney Swans last updated 32 weeks ago.

The Inksome community had one user from South Australia who listed the AFL and the Adelaide Crows as an interest.  They have never posted a blog entry on their inksome account.

On InsaneJournal, fifteen people list the AFL as an interest.  Of these, one lists the US as their country of residence and are clearly a fan of the American Arena Football League.  The other does not list a country and it cannot be determined by other information available on their profile. Of the remaining thirteen, Three are from Western Australia, two are from Victoria and one is from Queensland.  The rest do not list their state of residence.  One last updated in the past week. Another last updated eleven weeks ago   Four have never updated.  Four last updated between 85 and 124 weeks ago. Six last updated between 41 and 58 weeks ago. Five people list their year of birth: 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986. Twelve people list interest in nine teams: Three for the Adelaide Crows, one for the Brisbane Lions, two for the Freemantle Dockers, one for the Hawthorn Hawks, one for the North Melbourne Kangaroos, one for the St. Kilda Saints, three for the West Coast Eagles and one for the Western Bulldogs.  There are several fans of teams located outside their home state: The Fremantle Dockers have a fan from Victoria, the North Melbourne Kangaroo have a fan from Western Australia and the Western Bulldogs have a fan from Minnesota in the United States.  With the exception of one Fremantle Dockers fan, none of the people listing specific teams as interest has updated earlier than 48 weeks ago and five of those have never updated.

The AFL community on LiveJournal clones, expressed by listing the AFL as an interest, looks like this when all the different networks are looked at together:

One of the problems with this little analysis is that there are often inconsistent uses of a team’s name that can make it hard to distinguish fans of a team from a city or another sports team.  For example, people might include Brisbane or Lions as an interest when they are actually fans of the Brisbane Lions.  As both are so common, it is a problem when trying to compile a data set like this.  What it means is that in actuality, the fan base for a team might actually be larger than the listing of interests indicates.  In general, it is why I tend to use membership in communities dedicated to a source to evaluate a community’s size and interest on a LiveJournal clone.  This is problematic as these clones are so small that they do not have a user base that is interested in creating communities for their teams.  With larger social networking sites or dedicated sites, this should be less problematic and the data should be more reliable.

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