The Twitter accounts from my November 18 list are the basis for this post. The league labels attached to the accounts from that date are from my November 24 post. As described in earlier posts, a list of user inputted locations was created. These were connected to City, State, Country information. This data was also matched against a generic list of cities to help make it more complete. The total location matched file has some 63,000 variations. Account followers by leagues were then combined. The duplicate followers were removed. The total followers by league were added together for each Australian and New Zealand city that appeared on the followers list.
Before reading further if you’re a fan of the NPC, please look at the Twitter list. I’d love to see more NPC and regional club sides on my Twitter list for New Zealand rugby union and league. Either they don’t exist or people near me aren’t tweeting with links to them. Two of the major ANZ Championship Twitter accounts weren’t added to my list until after this data was compiled. Therefor, that competition is likely to be under represented. The lack of accounts for various New Zealand sport probably means that the patterns are a bit out of sync with the actual situation in New Zealand’s offline fan base.
I’ve listed Auckland first because it falls that way alphabetically. I’ve also included Christchurch because I had the data and it is one of the three major metro areas in New Zealand. Each city appears to have its own flavor of sport loyalties based on who is followed. Fascinating stuff. If there are any Kiwis who could explain to me why each city likely follows the way it does, that would be awesome. I’m guessing the A-League is so high in Wellington because the national team for soccer comes out of there and the Wellington Phoenix play there.
| Auckland |
Total Followers |
| Rugby World Cup |
1037 |
| NRL |
742 |
| Super League |
653 |
| General New Zealand sport |
218 |
| Cricket Victoria |
187 |
| AFL |
150 |
| Cricket New South Wales |
129 |
| Cricket New Zealand |
101 |
| NBL |
85 |
| A-League |
83 |
| New Zealand Roller Derby |
75 |
| Cricket Australia |
66 |
| Surfing New Zealand |
46 |
| Association of Surfing Professionals |
43 |
| Cycling Australia |
41 |
| Swimming Australia |
41 |
| Cricket Western Australia |
38 |
| NPC |
38 |
| General Australian sport |
37 |
| Basketball Australia |
21 |
| Yachting Australia |
18 |
| World Cup |
16 |
| Triathlon Australia |
16 |
| ANZ Championship |
16 |
| International Olympic Committee |
14 |
| V8 Supercars |
14 |
| Tennis Australia |
13 |
| Netball Australia |
8 |
| New Zealand Rugby Union |
8 |
| Rugby League-State of Origin |
7 |
| Sydney League |
6 |
| Athletics Australia |
5 |
| Baseball New Zealand |
5 |
| Australia Roller Derby |
5 |
| Cricket Queensland |
4 |
| Australian Olympic Committee |
4 |
| Golf Australia |
4 |
| NSW Premier League |
3 |
| Hockey Australia |
3 |
| Netball Victoria |
3 |
| A-League-W-League |
3 |
| AIHL |
2 |
| Australian Rugby Union |
2 |
| Cycling South Australia |
2 |
| Rugby League World Cup |
1 |
| NSWRL |
1 |
| Volleyball Australia |
1 |
| Rowing Australia |
1 |
| AIS |
1 |
| Cricket Tasmania |
1 |
| Runaway Rugby League |
1 |
| Netball New South Wales |
1 |
| Christchurch |
Total Followers |
| Rugby World Cup |
209 |
| Super League |
169 |
| NRL |
108 |
| General New Zealand sport |
45 |
| Cricket New Zealand |
37 |
| Cricket Victoria |
34 |
| Cricket New South Wales |
28 |
| A-League |
24 |
| Cycling Australia |
19 |
| AFL |
18 |
| Cricket Australia |
14 |
| NPC |
11 |
| General Australian sport |
9 |
| NBL |
9 |
| Surfing New Zealand |
9 |
| Swimming Australia |
7 |
| International Olympic Committee |
6 |
| V8 Supercars |
6 |
| Cricket Western Australia |
6 |
| Association of Surfing Professionals |
5 |
| Triathlon Australia |
5 |
| Athletics Australia |
3 |
| Australia Roller Derby |
3 |
| Yachting Australia |
3 |
| ANZ Championship |
3 |
| Basketball Australia |
2 |
| Tennis Australia |
2 |
| New Zealand Roller Derby |
2 |
| NSW Premier League |
1 |
| Netball Australia |
1 |
| Australian Canoeing |
1 |
| Australian Baseball |
1 |
| WNBL |
1 |
| World Cup |
1 |
| AIS |
1 |
| Golf Australia |
1 |
| New Zealand Rugby Union |
1 |
| Australia Paralympics |
1 |
| Baseball New Zealand |
1 |
| Runaway Rugby League |
1 |
| Wellington |
Total Followers |
| Super League |
646 |
| Rugby World Cup |
480 |
| A-League |
297 |
| NRL |
220 |
| NPC |
214 |
| New Zealand Roller Derby |
207 |
| General New Zealand sport |
160 |
| Cricket Victoria |
93 |
| AFL |
73 |
| Cricket New South Wales |
62 |
| Cricket New Zealand |
60 |
| Cycling Australia |
25 |
| Cricket Australia |
24 |
| NBL |
20 |
| Surfing New Zealand |
20 |
| Swimming Australia |
19 |
| General Australian sport |
17 |
| New Zealand Rugby Union |
16 |
| Association of Surfing Professionals |
13 |
| V8 Supercars |
12 |
| ANZ Championship |
11 |
| NSW Premier League |
9 |
| Netball Australia |
9 |
| Cricket Western Australia |
9 |
| Australia Roller Derby |
9 |
| A-League-W-League |
9 |
| World Cup |
8 |
| Basketball Australia |
7 |
| International Olympic Committee |
6 |
| Triathlon Australia |
6 |
| Yachting Australia |
6 |
| Tennis Australia |
5 |
| Sydney League |
4 |
| Athletics Australia |
4 |
| Australian Rugby Union |
3 |
| Australian Olympic Committee |
3 |
| Rugby League-State of Origin |
2 |
| Hockey Australia |
2 |
| Cycling ACT |
2 |
| Netball Victoria |
2 |
| Cycling South Australia |
2 |
| Cricket Queensland |
1 |
| W-League |
1 |
| Australian WaterPolo |
1 |
| Country Rugby League |
1 |
| WNBL |
1 |
| Sydney Union |
1 |
| Rowing Australia |
1 |
| Football Federation Australia |
1 |
| Golf Australia |
1 |
| SFL |
1 |
| Baseball New Zealand |
1 |
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The Twitter accounts from my November 18 list are the basis for this post. The league labels attached to the accounts from that date are from my November 24 post. As described in earlier posts, a list of user inputted locations was created. These were connected to City, State, Country information. This data was also matched against a generic list of cities to help make it more complete. The total location matched file has some 63,000 variations. Account followers by leagues were then combined. The duplicate followers were removed. The total followers by league were added together for each Australian and New Zealand city that appeared on the followers list.
So what’s the most popular sport league in Melbourne where people list Melbourne as their location? (This doesn’t count people who list themselves as belonging to suburbs like St. Kilda or Collingwood.)
| League |
Unique Twitter Followers |
| AFL |
11893 |
| Cricket Victoria |
3262 |
| General Australian sport |
2715 |
| Cricket New South Wales |
1912 |
| Cycling Australia |
1767 |
| Swimming Australia |
1687 |
| NRL |
1578 |
| A-League |
1272 |
| Basketball Australia |
1222 |
| Cricket Australia |
1094 |
| ANZ Championship |
855 |
| World Cup Soccer |
798 |
| Association of Surfing Professionals |
648 |
| Tennis Australia |
636 |
| Super League |
609 |
| Cricket Western Australia |
607 |
| Rugby World Cup |
455 |
| NBL |
442 |
| Athletics Australia |
294 |
| Hockey Australia |
286 |
| VFL |
249 |
| Netball Australia |
227 |
| AIS |
206 |
| Australia Roller Derby |
203 |
| Yachting Australia |
184 |
| Australian Olympic Committee |
182 |
| V8 Supercars |
180 |
| AIHL |
167 |
| International Olympic Committee |
160 |
| NSW Premier League |
152 |
| Australian Baseball League |
142 |
| Netball Victoria |
128 |
| A-League-W-League |
117 |
| Golf Australia |
84 |
| Cricket Tasmania |
78 |
| Cricket South Australia |
65 |
| Triathlon Australia |
65 |
| Cricket Queensland |
61 |
| Skateboarding Australia |
46 |
| Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League |
42 |
| UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region) |
42 |
| WNBL |
42 |
| Rowing Australia |
41 |
| SFL |
41 |
| SANFL |
36 |
| Ski and Snowboard Australia |
36 |
| U18 National Championships |
34 |
| Australian Commonwealth Games Team |
32 |
| Football Federation Victoria |
32 |
| Australian Baseball |
31 |
| Cycling South Australia |
29 |
| W-League |
26 |
| Gymnastics Australia |
25 |
| AFL Canberra |
21 |
| Rugby League-State of Origin |
21 |
| Surfing New Zealand |
19 |
| Cricket New Zealand |
18 |
| Australia Paralympics |
17 |
| Semi Professional Basketball League |
14 |
| Volleyball Australia |
14 |
| NPC |
13 |
| Runaway Rugby League |
13 |
| Australian Canoeing |
11 |
| General New Zealand sport |
11 |
| AFLNT |
9 |
| Sydney League |
8 |
| Australian WaterPolo |
7 |
| Country Rugby League |
7 |
| Australian Rugby Union |
6 |
| Rugby League World Cup |
6 |
| New Zealand Roller Derby |
5 |
| AWIHL |
4 |
| Victorian Institute of Sport |
4 |
| Australian Cross Country Ski Team |
3 |
| Handball Australia |
3 |
| Netball New South Wales |
3 |
| NSWRL |
3 |
| Plenty Valley Netball Association |
3 |
| South Australian Baseball |
3 |
| Brisbane Netball Association |
2 |
| Cycling ACT |
2 |
| Gridiron Australia Nationals |
2 |
| New Zealand Rugby Union |
2 |
| Newcastle Baseball |
2 |
| Australian International Shooting Limited |
1 |
| Football New South Wales |
1 |
| NSW Touch Association |
1 |
| Skate Australia |
1 |
| Surf Life Saving Australia |
1 |
| Sydney Union |
1 |
That’s pretty fantastic news for Swimming Australia: They rank higher than the NRL. Anything else on there that surprises people?
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