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Most popular Australian clubs and teams on Twitter

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 July, 2010

I haven’t done an update in a month or so… but this is my list of Australian clubs, leagues and athletes on Twitter. It is sorted by followers. The list is rather comprehensive but not all comprehensive. A few accounts have been deleted since the last time I did this. Those accounts aren’t noted this time around. And unlike the last time around, I haven’t htmled the Twitter accounts. If you see any people or clubs or fansites that I’m missing, let me know in the comments.

League	Team	Account	Date collected	Following	Followers	Lists
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	PH408 (player)	29-Jul-10	0	12,146	407
Super 14	Natal Sharks	JohnSmit123 (player)	29-Jul-10	21	11,368	414
AFL	AFL	AFL (official)	29-Jul-10	269	11,326	388
Super 14	Pretoria Bulls (Northern Bulls)	VictorMatfield (player)	29-Jul-10	36	10,651	414
Rugby World Cup	South Africa Lions	LionsRugbyTeam	29-Jul-10	10,529	9,738	291
NRL	Wests Tigers	LoteTuqiri (player)	29-Jul-10	70	9,307	449
Rugby World Cup	All Blacks	nzru	29-Jul-10	88	8,795	432
NRL	NRL	NRL	29-Jul-10	29	6,816	216
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	RealBigDell (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	113	6,641	215
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	Collingwood_FC	29-Jul-10	5,516	6,205	207
AFL	Essendon Bombers	Essendon_FC	29-Jul-10	5,677	5,791	196
AFL	Adelaide Crows	Adelaide_FC	29-Jul-10	5,642	5,656	199
AFL	Melbourne Demons	jimstynes (player)	29-Jul-10	13	5,508	142
Super 14	Queensland Reds	QuadeCooper (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	50	5,439	215
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	harry_o (player)	29-Jul-10	498	5,329	201
AFL	Essendon Bombers	JobeWatson (player)	29-Jul-10	5	4,937	156
AFL	Sydney Swans	sydneyswans (official)	29-Jul-10	2,461	4,848	195
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders	mornesteyn (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	2	4,566	213
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	NeemiaTialata (Neemia Tialata)	29-Jul-10	1,283	4,541	283
Swimming Australia	Stephanie Rice	ItsStephRice (athlete)	29-Jul-10	93	4,418	225
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	mat_rogers6 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	132	4,285	224
AFL	Essendon Bombers	AngusMonfries (player)	29-Jul-10	16	4,264	157
World Cup	Socceroos	socceroos (official)	29-Jul-10	756	4,043	181
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	lehmo23 (player)	29-Jul-10	521	4,010	154
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Hurricanesrugby	29-Jul-10	3,320	3,825	159
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	stkildafc (official)	29-Jul-10	3,885	3,816	157
AFL	Carlton Blues	Carlton_FC (official)	29-Jul-10	2,979	3,659	169
AFL	Geelong Cats	Geelong_FC (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1,992	3,119	126
Rugby World Cup	Wallabies	QantasWallabies	29-Jul-10	383	3,076	172
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	NBRACKEN142 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	85	2,828	152
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Powza13 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	390	2,690	173
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	HawthornFC (official)	29-Jul-10	8	2,597	139
AFL	Richmond Tigers	Richmond_FC	29-Jul-10	148	2,525	122
AFL	Melbourne Demons	nathan2jones (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	253	2,490	106
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	GCTitans	29-Jul-10	12	2,447	109
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	mickmalthouse (Mick Malthouse)	29-Jul-10	11	2,297	66
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	northkangaroos (official)	29-Jul-10	69	2,241	125
A-League	Melbourne Victory	gomvfc	29-Jul-10	1,429	2,211	144
AFL	Brisbane Lions	BrendanFevola05 (player)	29-Jul-10	27	2,189	72
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)	nzwarriors (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	372	2,182	77
AFL	Melbourne Demons	DemonsHQ (official)	29-Jul-10	311	1,896	114
World Cup	Socceroos	socceroos_news (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1,723	1,858	80
Super 14	Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)	THESTORMERS	29-Jul-10	213	1,828	76
AFL	Melbourne Demons	CamSchwab (ceo)	29-Jul-10	288	1,810	81
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	PAFC (official)	29-Jul-10	31	1,804	123
NRL	Wests Tigers	Wests_Tigers (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	827	1,787	74
AFL	West Coast Eagles	WCEofficial	29-Jul-10	4	1,775	113
Super 14	Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks)	sharksrugby	29-Jul-10	36	1,766	86
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	DT_13 (Dale Thomas)	29-Jul-10	6	1,751	44
NRL	North Queensland Cowboys	northqldcowboys	29-Jul-10	37	1,649	77
Tennis Australia	Tennis Australia	TennisAustralia (official)	29-Jul-10	63	1,638	165
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	Follow24Hodge (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	27	1,638	93
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	SSFCRABBITOHS	29-Jul-10	789	1,610	89
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	Fremantle_FC (official)	29-Jul-10	147	1,578	104
NRL	Melbourne Storm	MelbStormRLC (official)	29-Jul-10	1,184	1,473	87
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	GoldCoastFC (official)	29-Jul-10	571	1,458	110
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	Hawks_AFL (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1,979	1,446	29
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	MelbourneVixens	29-Jul-10	706	1,405	56
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles	manlyseaeagles	29-Jul-10	111	1,338	72
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	Bushrangers	29-Jul-10	1,389	1,336	89
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	ClarkeVC (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	34	1,264	41
AFL	Melbourne Demons	Rickypetterd15 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	66	1,260	57
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide36ers	29-Jul-10	834	1,132	66
AFL	Melbourne Demons	howcroft	29-Jul-10	68	1,127	38
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	andrewswallow (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	13	1,096	67
NRL	NRL	NRLNEWS (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	182	1,068	27
NRL	Penrith Panthers	penrithpanthers (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	83	1,067	70
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders	crusadersrugby	29-Jul-10	2	1,065	75
AFL	Western Bulldogs	westernbulldogs (official)	29-Jul-10	9	1,053	68
AFL	Brisbane Lions	ALFbrisbane (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	3	1,053	45
A-League	Melbourne Victory	mitchlangerak (player)	29-Jul-10	13	1,010	58
NRL	Parramatta Eels	parramatta_eels	29-Jul-10	1,090	993	27
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	PeterDaicos (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	684	964	60
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	SharelleVixens	29-Jul-10	35	961	37
A-League	Sydney FC	SydneyFC1011	29-Jul-10	786	955	78
AFL	AFL	SENfooty	29-Jul-10	59	946	48
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	LawrieMcKinna (coach)	29-Jul-10	1	922	68
A-League	Melbourne Victory	adrianleijer (player, Adrian Leijer)	29-Jul-10	48	906	65
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	wollongonghawks	29-Jul-10	1,568	881	63
AFL	Melbourne Demons	MCC_Members	29-Jul-10	558	857	27
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	benross23 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	48	854	42
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	BrumbiesRugby	29-Jul-10	135	848	65
NBL	South Dragons	Joeingles7 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	43	830	50
NRL	Melbourne Storm	MelbourneStorm_ (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	13	827	28
Super 14	Queensland Reds	RedsRugby (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	166	824	44
Super 14	Queensland Reds	Reds_Rugby	29-Jul-10	26	817	58
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	bigdyman (player)	29-Jul-10	19	810	54
AFL	AFL	AFLphotos (official)	29-Jul-10	75	798	46
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	therabbitohs (official)	29-Jul-10	10	790	61
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	therabbitohs (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	10	790	61
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	rabbitohs (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	665	788	36
A-League	North Queensland Fury FC	nqfuryfc	29-Jul-10	1,808	786	52
Super 14	Natal Sharks	KeeganDaniel (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	5	761	42
NRL	Parramatta Eels	PirtekParraEels (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	7	759	46
NRL	NRL	NRLTweet (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	161	731	43
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	collingwoodnews (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1	729	31
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	andrew_symonds (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	5	716	28
NBL	Perth Wildcats	perthwildcats	29-Jul-10	74	704	54
Super 14	Melbourne Rebels	melbournerebels	29-Jul-10	738	695	38
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies	unicanberra	29-Jul-10	118	688	36
NSW Premier League	Sydney Olympic	MarkBosnich (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	16	676	44
Basketball Australia	Australian Boomers	aussieboomers	29-Jul-10	0	656	53
NBL	NBL	NBLhoops	29-Jul-10	47	651	52
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	AshHarrison1 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	25	618	40
A-League	Melbourne Victory	victoryinmelb	29-Jul-10	80	616	47
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)	thenzwarriors	29-Jul-10	72	614	49
A-League	Wellington Phoenix	wgtnphoenixfc	29-Jul-10	57	612	41
NRL	Canberra Raiders	RaidersCanberra	29-Jul-10	5	608	58
A-League	A-League	thefootballsack (fansite)	29-Jul-10	1,920	594	39
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	johnrillie (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	347	592	48
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	Freo_Dockers (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	319	581	44
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	SharksOnline (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	846	569	11
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	lukeodwyer (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	49	561	42
Netball Australia	Netball Australia	NetballAust	29-Jul-10	121	559	53
AFL	West Coast Eagles	wingsofperth (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	5	555	11
A-League	Brisbane Roar	BNERoar (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	186	539	42
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	team_gws (official)	29-Jul-10	102	538	50
A-League	Perth Glory	PerthGlory_FC	29-Jul-10	13	526	56
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	njbrown17 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	19	506	34
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles	gorgeousgrose (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	28	503	27
AFL	Brisbane Lions	AFLBrisbaneFC	29-Jul-10	25	484	21
NRL	NRL	TWiLeague (show)	29-Jul-10	1,262	480	29
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaideunited	29-Jul-10	134	480	46
A-League	Newcastle Jets	newcastle_jets	29-Jul-10	15	480	30
Super 14	Queensland Reds	L_Weeks (player)	29-Jul-10	77	475	34
World Cup	Socceroos	GGArmy (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	576	471	28
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	FremantleFC (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	0	461	12
AFL	Essendon Bombers	JasonJohnson14 (former player)	29-Jul-10	17	460	18
NRL	Parramatta Eels	PlanetEels (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	551	456	26
A-League	Sydney FC	SFCNews (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	135	455	51
ANZ Championship	Queensland Firebirds	laurafirebirds (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	11	451	21
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsGM	29-Jul-10	53	424	53
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	milisimic (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	736	422	30
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaidereds	29-Jul-10	280	409	52
A-League	Brisbane Roar	brisbaneroar	29-Jul-10	4	404	47
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	snorkymortlock (player)	29-Jul-10	9	403	23
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncosbigfan (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	398	389	20
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds	NatTbirds	29-Jul-10	0	389	20
AFL	AFL	AFL_Shifter (talent scout, Kevin Sheehan)	29-Jul-10	9	386	16
NRL	NRL	NRLlivebetting (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	17	379	2
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	TsvCrocs	29-Jul-10	343	377	34
Netball Australia	Australian Diamonds (national team)	AussieDiamonds	29-Jul-10	40	371	21
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	SusanSwifts	29-Jul-10	23	360	22
AFL	Sydney Swans	JaredCrouch (former player)	29-Jul-10	72	356	22
Netball Victoria	Netball Victoria	netballvic	29-Jul-10	633	355	21
AFL	AFL	AFLInsider (official)	29-Jul-10	85	354	26
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	Wortho33 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	81	352	30
NBL	Sydney Kings	thesydneykings (official)	29-Jul-10	5	352	31
First class cricket	Tassie Tigers	crickettas	29-Jul-10	1	352	18
Rugby League/State of Origin	New South Wales Blues	NSWRL	29-Jul-10	58	345	23
NRL	Wests Tigers	fakebrycegibbs (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	369	344	19
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	mighty_dragons (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	7	330	17
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	Renaehallinan (player)	29-Jul-10	35	328	14
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Fergo1990 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	16	327	21
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	chomicide (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	201	323	26
AFL	AFL	AFL_JenWitham	29-Jul-10	140	322	34
NRL	Parramatta Eels	blueandgoldarmy (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	61	320	12
NBL	Cairns Taipans	Dusty_Rychart (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	45	317	22
Australian Cycling Federation	rachel neylan	rachneylan (athlete)	29-Jul-10	225	306	29
World Cup	Socceroos	HalfTimeHeroes (soccer fansite)	29-Jul-10	790	302	18
AFL	West Coast Eagles	WestCoastEagles (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	0	299	5
A-League	A-League	ultimatealeague (fansite)	29-Jul-10	44	287	29
AFL	Melbourne Demons	MelbourneFC (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	0	281	11
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	BrisbaneBronco (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	86	277	10
AFL	Essendon Bombers	essendonfc (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	0	266	9
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies	520507 (Keith Lyons)	29-Jul-10	336	265	12
AFL	West Coast Eagles	MitchJbrown17 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	7	263	30
NRL	Newcastle Knights	Corypato (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	25	261	16
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	MatthewWade13 (player)	29-Jul-10	62	260	18
A-League	Gold Coast United	GCUSC (unofficial supporter club)	29-Jul-10	242	259	20
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	eddiecowan (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	134	258	27
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	AaronFinch5 (player)	29-Jul-10	78	256	17
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	NZBreakers	29-Jul-10	12	254	28
UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)	Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia	teamjaycoskins (official)	29-Jul-10	19	249	19
AFL	Melbourne Demons	demonland (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	176	247	9
AFL	Western Bulldogs	_the_kennel_	29-Jul-10	28	245	15
Hockey Australia	Hockeyroos	katehollywood10	29-Jul-10	66	242	13
AIHL	Sydney Bears	sydneybears	29-Jul-10	568	240	4
Tennis Australia	Sam Stosur	samstosurnews (official)	29-Jul-10	54	235	19
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	oscarforman (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	38	232	22
Handball Australia	Canberra Handball Club	sashpet (player)	29-Jul-10	897	222	6
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncobasher (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	243	219	5
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	nswswifts	29-Jul-10	8	216	16
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	CCMarinersFC (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	117	215	27
VFL	Casey Scorpions	CaseyScorpions	29-Jul-10	5	211	8
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball Australia	ausvolley	29-Jul-10	10	207	12
First class cricket	South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks)	RedbacksT20	29-Jul-10	7	206	23
NBL	Perth Wildcats	TheRealSchensh (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	17	202	21
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	rustyhinder (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	100	200	26
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	petersiddle (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1	193	18
AIHL	Melbourne Ice	TheMelbourneIce	29-Jul-10	1	193	9
NRL	Parramatta Eels	1eyedeel (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	646	188	11
VFL	Williamstown Football Club	WilliamstownFC	29-Jul-10	175	188	7
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds	AdelaideTBirds	29-Jul-10	0	188	14
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	JulieCorletto (Julie Corletto)	29-Jul-10	27	187	6
Super 14	Western Australia Force (Western Force)	s14_force	29-Jul-10	2	183	13
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	ryanmcrowley (player)	29-Jul-10	17	179	15
WNBL	WNBL	WNBL	29-Jul-10	38	178	22
Super 14	Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs)	VodacomCheetahs	29-Jul-10	44	177	13
AFL	Sydney Swans	BionicSwan (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	20	177	26
Super 14	Queensland Reds	s14_queensland (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	2	169	10
VFL	North Ballarat Roosters	NB_Roosters	29-Jul-10	26	167	10
Rugby League/State of Origin	Queensland Maroons	QLD_Maroons	29-Jul-10	1	167	4
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	DarrenNg8 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	59	163	14
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	jsaffy (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	11	159	13
NRL	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	bulldogsnews (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	105	145	6
A-League	Melbourne Victory	victorytwit (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	49	143	11
A-League	Melbourne Victory	mvfcfanzone	29-Jul-10	115	142	20
ANZ Championship	West Coast Fever	SusanWCFever	29-Jul-10	23	142	13
AFL	Melbourne Demons	matesOmelbourne (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	1	141	11
NRL	Balmain Tigers	tigers1908 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	7	137	11
AFL	Western Bulldogs	ccaallward (player)	29-Jul-10	0	136	24
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Marcus__White (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	27	135	16
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	bmsew (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	22	132	21
NBL	Perth Wildcats	catslisch	29-Jul-10	10	132	8
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	qldcricket	29-Jul-10	13	130	6
AFL	AFL	AFL_Aus (fansite)	29-Jul-10	0	126	7
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	jgovereasy (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	35	122	11
W-League	W-League	AusWomensGame (fansite)	29-Jul-10	43	112	11
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	RWBFooty (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	70	111	9
SFL	Caulfield Bears	CaulfieldBears	29-Jul-10	195	107	1
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz	fatloaf (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	170	100	4
Gridiron Australia Nationals	WA Raiders	fatloaf (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	170	100	4
AIHL	AIHL	AIHL	29-Jul-10	31	99	2
AIHL	Gold Coast Bluetongues	gcbluetongues	29-Jul-10	47	97	2
AFL	Geelong Cats	thecattery (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	16	97	5
NBL	Sydney Kings	sydneykings	29-Jul-10	61	94	12
Netball New South Wales		Sydney_Netball	29-Jul-10	64	90	5
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	briansham (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	12	87	12
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	danjackson9 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	60	84	8
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsTM	29-Jul-10	26	84	8
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	Aaron_Cannings (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	3	81	11
AIS	New South Wales Institute of Sport	theNSWIS (official)	29-Jul-10	259	80	0
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	JoshJenkins24 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	59	75	8
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball SA	mmurpha (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	113	74	2
AFL	Richmond Tigers	yellow_n_black (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	4	74	8
A-League	Sydney FC	SydneyFC	29-Jul-10	0	73	4
Semi Professional Basketball League	Semi Professional Basketball League	SEABL	29-Jul-10	12	70	8
AFL	Melbourne Demons	demonwiki (fansite)	29-Jul-10	70	69	1
AFL Canberra	Sydney Swans Reserves	swansreserves	29-Jul-10	24	67	4
NBL	Perth Wildcats	Cats_Coach	29-Jul-10	11	67	4
U18 National Championships	Western Australia U18s team	WA_U18s	29-Jul-10	9	67	1
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	BenFitz (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	54	66	7
U18 National Championships	Victoria U18s team	VicMetroU18s	29-Jul-10	4	66	2
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsWagstaff	29-Jul-10	10	65	5
U18 National Championships	Tasmania U18s team	TasU18s	29-Jul-10	7	64	1
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	36ers (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	16	60	11
U18 National Championships	South Australia U18s team	SA_U18s	29-Jul-10	8	60	2
NRL	NRL	womeninleague	29-Jul-10	15	59	6
Australian Baseball League	Australian Baseball League	ABLeague	29-Jul-10	5	58	3
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsGear	29-Jul-10	35	57	2
U18 National Championships	Victoria U18s team	VicCountryU18s	29-Jul-10	5	57	2
Claxton Shield	Barbagallo Perth Heat	PerthHeat	29-Jul-10	23	56	4
U18 National Championships	Northern Territory U18s team	NT_U18s	29-Jul-10	16	55	1
U18 National Championships	Queensland U18s team	QldU18s	29-Jul-10	5	54	1
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsTickets	29-Jul-10	7	53	5
NBL	South (Melbourne) Dragons	SAVEOURDRAGONS (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	54	51	3
UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)	Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia	AlexCarver91 (athlete)	29-Jul-10	71	50	3
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	VictoriaParkHC (grounds)	29-Jul-10	21	50	2
AFL	Sydney Swans	RTTF_AU (fansite)	29-Jul-10	99	47	5
NSW Premier League	Manly United	ManlyUnited	29-Jul-10	26	46	5
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	willo43 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	24	46	6
U18 National Championships	New South Wales U18s team	NSWACT_Rams	29-Jul-10	7	46	1
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	ACT4GWS	29-Jul-10	40	44	1
WNBL	Bendio Spirit	bendigospirit	29-Jul-10	31	43	4
NRL	Parramatta Eels	parraeels (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	0	42	4
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CatsCommunity	29-Jul-10	79	41	3
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	Kegs42 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	43	40	7
AIHL	AIHL	hnim (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	2	40	4
AFL	Essendon Bombers	bomberblitz (player)	29-Jul-10	19	38	1
AIHL	AIHL	hockeypulse (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	20	36	2
Australian Cross Country Ski Team	Australian Cross Country Ski Team	AUS_XC (official)	29-Jul-10	6	35	4
Netball New South Wales	Petersham RUFC Netball Club	PetershamNetbal	29-Jul-10	13	34	5
Brisbane Netball Association	ACE Netball Club	ACENetball	29-Jul-10	3	33	5
WNBL	Dandenong Jayco Rangers	JaycoRangers	29-Jul-10	1	32	7
Plenty Valley Netball Association	Orcas Netball	Orcas_Netball	29-Jul-10	2	31	8
NBL	Gold Coast Blaze	Vandy21 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	8	30	9
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	bc8977 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	10	22	7
Cycling Australia	Velo Canberra	velocanberra	29-Jul-10	24	20	0
NBL	Perth Wildcats	Cats_Media	29-Jul-10	11	20	2
VFL	Port Melbourne Borough	BoroughBoy (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	2	20	12
W-League	W-League	abcwleague (media outlet)	29-Jul-10	15	19	4
AFL	Essendon Bombers	jreynojreyno (player)	29-Jul-10	16	18	1
NBL	Perth Wildcats	nickmarvin (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	5	16	2
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	ToffCedar (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	39	15	5
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies	ucniss (official)	29-Jul-10	20	14	1
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	cameronwhiting (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	11	13	6
WNBL	Logan Thunder	loganthunder	29-Jul-10	2	11	6
Triathlon	TriathlonTSO	TriathlonTSO	29-Jul-10	35	9	0
Tennis Australia	Tennis Canberra	tenniscanberra (official)	29-Jul-10	9	8	0
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	brad_393 (unofficial)	29-Jul-10	10	7	3
AFLNT	AFLNT	Chippa39 (official)	29-Jul-10	15	4	0
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz	perthblitz	29-Jul-10	0	1	2

Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 July, 2010

I’ve been some what lax with collecting data during the past month. This morning, I decided to remedy this a bit by updating my Alexa rank list for Australian sport clubs and teams. This is what can be found below. (The list isn’t all comprehensive. I tend to mostly focus on the AFL and NRL.) It is interesting to see who is doing well, especially when compared to other clubs in the same league or clubs playing in the same geographic area.

League	Team	Site	Alexa	World Rank	Rank in AU
AFL	AFL	afl.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afl.com.au	4,840	55
NRL	NRL	nrl.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nrl.com	11,713	136
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	collingwoodfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/collingwoodfc.com.au	141,212	1,593
AFL	Richmond Tigers	richmondfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/richmondfc.com.au	159,928	2,141
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	hawthornfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hawthornfc.com.au	141,561	2,360
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	saints.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saints.com.au	222,651	2,476
AFL	Sydney Swans	sydneyswans.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyswans.com.au	172,672	2,577
AFL	Brisbane Lions	lions.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/lions.com.au	190,241	2,785
AFL	Melbourne Demons	melbournefc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournefc.com.au	199,203	2,956
AFL	Essendon Bombers	essendonfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/essendonfc.com.au	165,405	2,992
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncos.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/broncos.com.au	289,581	3,434
AFL	Carlton Blues	carltonfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/carltonfc.com.au	206,878	3,739
AFL	AFL	talkingfootball.net	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/talkingfootball.net	214,367	3,938
A-League	A-League	a-league.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/a-league.com.au	341,845	4,362
AFL	Melbourne Demons	demonland.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/demonland.com	255,537	4,505
AFL	West Coast Eagles	westcoasteagles.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoasteagles.com.au	336,948	5,114
AFL	Essendon Bombers	bomberblitz.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bomberblitz.com	418,968	5,284
Netball Australia	Netball Australia	netball.asn.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netball.asn.au	250,151	5,912
Queensland Rugby League	Queensland Rugby League	qrl.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/qrl.com.au	401,634	5,971
NRL	Sydney Roosters	sydneyroosters.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyroosters.com.au	543,273	6,714
AFL	Adelaide Crows	afc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/afc.com.au	360,510	6,853
NRL	Manly Warringah Sea Eagles	mwse.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mwse.com.au	440,562	7,460
	Australian Sports Commission	ausport.gov.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ausport.gov.au	255,419	7,584
NRL	St George Illawarra Dragons	dragons.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/dragons.com.au	378,400	7,650
AFL	Geelong Cats	gfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/gfc.com.au	345,849	7,771
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	portadelaidefc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/portadelaidefc.com.au	357,096	8,099
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	rabbitohs.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rabbitohs.com.au	451,061	8,266
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	goldcoastfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/goldcoastfc.com.au	574,715	8,500
NBL	NBL	nbl.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nbl.com.au	284,908	8,712
NRL	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	bulldogs.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/bulldogs.com.au	616,764	8,939
NRL	Wests Tigers	weststigers.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/weststigers.com.au	596,849	9,114
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	fremantlefc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/fremantlefc.com.au	440,121	9,471
NRL	Cronulla Sharks	sharks.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sharks.com.au	773,661	10,578
AFL	Western Bulldogs	westernbulldogs.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westernbulldogs.com.au	602,105	11,042
World Cup Soccer	Socceroos	footballaustralia.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/footballaustralia.com.au	198,167	11,304
NRL	Canberra Raiders	raiders.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/raiders.com.au	669,540	12,400
NRL	Melbourne Storm	melbournestorm.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournestorm.com.au	613,914	12,449
Australian Cycling Federation	Australian Cycling Federation	cycling.org.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cycling.org.au	647,545	12,636
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	saintsational.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/saintsational.com	432,371	13,078
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	kangaroos.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/kangaroos.com.au	520,203	14,172
Swimming Australia	Swimming Australia	swimming.org.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/swimming.org.au	758,972	14,489
New South Wales Rugby League	New South Wales Rugby League	nswrl.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswrl.com.au	598,635	14,559
A-League	Perth Glory	perthglory.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/perthglory.com.au	911,733	15,235
NRL	Penrith Panthers	penrithpanthers.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/penrithpanthers.com.au	958,373	16,056
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaideunited.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/adelaideunited.com.au	977,696	16,077
NRL	Parramatta Eels	parraeels.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/parraeels.com.au	612,992	16,933
A-League	Melbourne Heart	melbourneheartfc.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbourneheartfc.com.au	884,578	18,199
ANZ Championship	ANZ Championship	anz-championship.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/anz-championship.com	614,050	18,351
A-League	Melbourne Victory	melbournevictory.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevictory.com.au	792,846	19,209
A-League	Sydney FC	sydneyfc.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneyfc.com	793,348	20,076
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	titans.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/titans.com.au	580,157	22,532
NRL	New Zealand Warriors	thewarriors.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thewarriors.com.au	1,180,727	25,967
AFL	AFL	contestedfooty.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/contestedfooty.com	766,302	33,222
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	ccmariners.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/ccmariners.com.au	1,698,474	33,300
NRL	North Queensland Cowboys	cowboys.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/cowboys.com.au	1,648,323	33,491
NRL	Newcastle Knights	newcastleknights.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastleknights.com.au	1,779,286	43,681
Hockey Victoria	Hockey Victoria	hockeyvictoria.org.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/hockeyvictoria.org.au	1,593,746	46,956
A-League	Newcastle Jets	newcastlejets.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/newcastlejets.com.au	2,637,017	48,043
ANZ Championship	ANZ Championship	netballonline.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/netballonline.com	2,659,884	101,686
Australian Rugby League	Australian Rugby League	australianrugbyleague.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/australianrugbyleague.com.au	1,958,139	104,238
NRL	NRL	rugbyleague3.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rugbyleague3.com	5,062,279	130,822
Tennis Australia	Sam Stosur	samstosur.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/samstosur.com	462,503
AFL	Sydney Swans	redandwhiteonline.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/redandwhiteonline.com	1,306,356
ANZ Championship	ANZ Championship	mynetball.co.nz	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mynetball.co.nz	1,801,761
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	teamgws.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/teamgws.com.au	2,033,718
Western Australia Rugby League	Western Australia Rugby League	warugbyleague.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/warugbyleague.com.au	2,704,352
AIHL	AIHL	theaihl.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/theaihl.com	2,769,640
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball Australia	avf.org.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/avf.org.au	2,791,802
ANZ Championship	Queensland Firebirds	firebirds.net.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/firebirds.net.au	2,979,485
W-League	Canberra United	canberraunited.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraunited.com.au	3,683,958
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	act4gws.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/act4gws.com.au	3,869,775
ANZ Championship	NSW Swifts	nswswifts.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/nswswifts.com.au	4,105,444
NBL	Perth Wildcats	wildcats.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/wildcats.com.au	4,185,338
AFL	Geelong Cats	thecattery.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/thecattery.com.au	4,250,299
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	melbournevixens.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/melbournevixens.com.au	4,495,622
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	mightyhawk.net	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/mightyhawk.net	5,014,151
New South Wales Rugby League	Western Suburbs Magpies	westsmagpies.net	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westsmagpies.net	5,339,211
Australian Cycling Federation	rachel neylan	rachelneylan.com	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/rachelneylan.com	5,360,003
	Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority	asada.gov.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/asada.gov.au	5,521,619
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	aflnswact.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnswact.com.au	5,640,097
AIHL	Canberra Knights	canberraknights.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/canberraknights.com.au	6,819,666
	Confederation of Australian Sport	sportforall.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sportforall.com.au	8,294,745
AFLNT	AFLNT	aflnt.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/aflnt.com.au	8,665,760
ANZ Championship	Canterbury Tactix	tactix.org.nz	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tactix.org.nz	9,048,673
Swimming Australia	Stephanie Rice	stephanierice.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/stephanierice.com.au	10,678,587
ANZ Championship	Southern Steel	southernsteel.co.nz	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/southernsteel.co.nz	11,632,258
ANZ Championship	West Coast Fever	westcoastfever.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/westcoastfever.com.au	13,051,518
WNCL	Victorian Spirit	vicspirit.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/vicspirit.com.au	15,218,497
NBL	Sydney Kings	sydneykings.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/sydneykings.com.au	19,447,871
NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League	NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League	tertiaryleague.com.au	http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/tertiaryleague.com.au	22,593,505

Popular sport team and league sites in Australia

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 5 June, 2010

I was curious as to which team had the most popular website in the AFL. There are three places to get this information: Quantcast, Alexa and Compete. Each has various advantages and disadvantages. In this case, I chose Alexa as I can get the rank of a website in Australia. I can’t get that information using Compete or Quantcast. Alexa has its issues and I can’t translate this into real traffic numbers but it is the best option. While doing the AFL, I wanted to look at some other teams to see how they compare. These ranks date to today, June 5, 2010.

This list is not comprehensive. It does not include every major team in Australia. At some point in the future, I’ll update this list and it will be more comprehensive but just not today. That AFL teams generally are near the top, NRL teams coming in just below them. The NBL, W-League and A-League are scattered around in the bottom 2/3rds. As these leagues are not currently active, that can offer a bit of an explanation. These leagues also draw smaller crowds, which also goes to explain their comparatively low ranking.

League	Team	Site	World Rank	Rank in AU	Notes
		heraldsun.com.au	480	10	Newspaper
		theage.com.au	1411	21	Newspaper
AFL	AFL	afl.com.au	4981	43	Official page
NRL	NRL	nrl.com	11856	139	Official page
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	collingwoodfc.com.au	125048	1548	Official page
AFL	Essendon Bombers	essendonfc.com.au	134041	1549	Official page
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	hawthornfc.com.au	130153	1624	Official page
AFL	Sydney Swans	sydneyswans.com.au	153740	1644	Official page
AFL	Brisbane Lions	lions.com.au	199852	1973	Official page
AFL	Carlton Blues	carltonfc.com.au	164306	2084	Official page
AFL	Richmond Tigers	richmondfc.com.au	155839	2367	Official page
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	saints.com.au	220585	2616	Official page
AFL	AFL	talkingfootball.net	179293	3020	Fansite
AFL	Melbourne Demons	melbournefc.com.au	214459	3049	Official page
AFL	Melbourne Demons	demonland.com	250209	3084	Fansite
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	portadelaidefc.com.au	308152	4183	Official page
AFL	Adelaide Crows	afc.com.au	273306	4500	Official page
AFL	West Coast Eagles	westcoasteagles.com.au	329644	4678	Official page
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	fremantlefc.com.au	325524	4757	Official page
NRL	St George Illawarra Dragons	dragons.com.au	344472	5398	Official page
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	kangaroos.com.au	435131	6042	Official page
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncos.com.au	293295	6094	Official page
A-League	A-League	a-league.com.au	302774	6435	Official page
AFL	Geelong Cats	gfc.com.au	346158	6727	Official page
Queensland Rugby League	Queensland Rugby League	qrl.com.au	500941	6820	Official page
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	rabbitohs.com.au	382358	7809	Official page
AFL	Essendon Bombers	bomberblitz.com	444657	8038	Fansite
NBL	NBL	nbl.com.au	246581	8499	Official page
New South Wales Rugby League	New South Wales Rugby League	nswrl.com.au	569991	9181	Official page
AFL	Western Bulldogs	westernbulldogs.com.au	504585	9758	Official page
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	saintsational.com	603805	10425	Fansite
NRL	Melbourne Storm	melbournestorm.com.au	322986	12304	Official page
AFL	AFL	contestedfooty.com	696070	13869	Fansite
NRL	Sydney Roosters	sydneyroosters.com.au	490632	15478	Official page
A-League	Melbourne Victory	melbournevictory.com.au	614721	17874	Official page
NRL	Cronulla Sharks	sharks.com.au	862900	18169	Official page
AFL	Sydney Swans	redandwhiteonline.com	797187	19352	Fansite
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	titans.com.au	602278	19366	Official page
A-League	Perth Glory	perthglory.com.au	1307741	20308	Official page
A-League	Sydney FC	sydneyfc.com	829172	23148	Official page
NRL	Penrith Panthers	penrithpanthers.com.au	901889	25798	Official page
W-League	Canberra United	canberraunited.com.au	5088164	52476	Official page
W-League	Canberra United	canberraunited.com.au	5088164	52476	Official page
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	ccmariners.com.au	1792652	61405	Official page
NRL	Newcastle Knights	newcastleknights.com.au	1411848	67121	Official page
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaideunited.com.au	1098452	69128	Official page
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball Australia	avf.org.au	2013818	78589	Official page
Australian Rugby League	Australian Rugby League	australianrugbyleague.com.au	2464044	86084	Official page
A-League	Newcastle Jets	newcastlejets.com.au	1860876		Official page. Not AU ranked.
NBL	Perth Wildcats	wildcats.com.au	3137392		Official page
AFL	Geelong Cats	thecattery.com.au	3511841		Fansite
New South Wales Rugby League	Western Suburbs Magpies	westsmagpies.net	6130730		Official page
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	mightyhawk.net	6592328		Fansite
Western Australia Rugby League	Western Australia Rugby League	warugbyleague.com.au	12703243		Official page
NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League	NSW Tertiary Student Rugby League	tertiaryleague.com.au	14752272		Official page
AFL	Geelong Cats	metrocats.com.au	17481491		Fansite
NBL	Sydney Kings	sydneykings.com.au	19390631		Official page

Version 3: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.

Posted by Laura on Monday, 31 May, 2010

This post is basically an update of Version 2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers. I haven’t actively sought to improve or update the accounts included on this list though there are a few new accounts. A few accounts have been deleted and one has been suspended, LanceFranklin. Deleted and suspended accounts have been marked with a 0 for total number of followers.

This data was gathered on May 30, 2010. It includes non-Australian teams that compete in Australian based leagues. It also contains Australian some athlete accounts where the athlete competes for a club in an Australian based league.

League	Team	Account	Total followers
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	PH408 (unofficial)	11902
Super 14	Pretoria Bulls (Northern Bulls)	VictorMatfield (unofficial)	7452
Super 14	Natal Sharks	JohnSmit123 (unofficial)	7221
NRL	Wests Tigers	LoteTuqiri (unofficial)	6688
NRL	NRL	NRL	5469
AFL	Essendon Bombers	Essendon_FC	5242
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	Collingwood_FC	5183
AFL	Adelaide Crows	Adelaide_FC	5008
AFL	Melbourne Demons	jimstynes (unofficial)	4476
AFL	Sydney Swans	sydneyswans	4340
AFL	Essendon Bombers	JobeWatson (unofficial)	4284
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	harry_o (unofficial)	4174
AFL	Essendon Bombers	AngusMonfries (unofficial)	3801
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Hurricanesrugby	3696
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	RealBigDell (unofficial)	3688
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	stkildafc	3351
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	neyza3 (unofficial)	3330
AFL	Carlton Blues	Carlton_FC	3223
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	mat_rogers6 (unofficial)	3056
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders	mornesteyn (unofficial)	2790
AFL	Geelong Cats	Geelong_FC (unofficial)	2667
Super 14	Queensland Reds	QuadeCooper (unofficial)	2363
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	BrisBroncosClub	2322
AFL	Richmond Tigers	Richmond_FC	2085
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	GCTitans	2052
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	HawthornFC	2031
AFL	Melbourne Demons	nathan2jones (unofficial)	2019
World Cup	Socceroos	Socceroos	1998
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)	nzwarriors (unofficial)	1959
A-League	Melbourne Victory	gomvfc	1959
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	northkangaroos	1891
World Cup	Socceroos	socceroos_news (unofficial)	1668
Super 14	Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)	THESTORMERS	1652
NRL	Parramatta Eels	jarryd_hayne (unofficial)	1643
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Powza13 (unofficial)	1619
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	NBRACKEN142 (unofficial)	1559
NRL	North Queensland Cowboys	northqldcowboys	1544
AFL	Melbourne Demons	CamSchwab (unofficial)	1542
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	PAFC	1539
AFL	Melbourne Demons	DemonsHQ (official)	1522
Super 14	Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks)	sharksrugby	1521
AFL	West Coast Eagles	WCEofficial	1475
NRL	Wests Tigers	Wests_Tigers (unofficial)	1440
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	Hawks_AFL (unofficial)	1396
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	Follow24Hodge (unofficial)	1338
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	ClarkeVC (unofficial)	1268
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	SSFCRABBITOHS	1263
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	MelbourneVixens	1232
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	Fremantle_FC	1232
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	Bushrangers	1189
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles	manlyseaeagles	1129
NRL	Melbourne Storm	MelbStormRLC (official)	1124
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	Adelaide36ers	1030
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	GoldCoastFC	1001
NRL	Sydney Roosters	sydroosters (unofficial)	995
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders	crusadersrugby	962
AFL	Brisbane Lions	ALFbrisbane (unofficial)	908
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	PeterDaicos (unofficial)	903
A-League	Melbourne Victory	mitchlangerak (unofficial)	881
NRL	Penrith Panthers	penrithpanthers (unofficial)	840
NRL	Parramatta Eels	parramatta_eels	838
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	LawrieMcKinna	815
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	LawrieMcKinna (unofficial)	815
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	andrewswallow (unofficial)	810
Super 14	New South Wales Waratahs	HSBCWaratahs	772
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	wollongonghawks	757
NRL	Melbourne Storm	MelbourneStorm_ (unofficial)	750
A-League	Melbourne Victory	adrianleijer (unofficial)	745
A-League	North Queensland Fury FC	nqfuryfc	744
Super 14	Queensland Reds	RedsRugby (unofficial)	732
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	SharelleVixens	724
Super 14	Queensland Reds	Reds_Rugby	705
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	rabbitohs (unofficial)	699
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	BrumbiesRugby	683
NRL	Parramatta Eels	PirtekParraEels (unofficial)	670
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	collingwoodnews (unofficial)	649
Super 14	Natal Sharks	KeeganDaniel (unofficial)	632
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	andrew_symonds (unofficial)	608
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	therabbitohs (unofficial)	605
NBL	Perth Wildcats	perthwildcats	591
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	bigdyman (unofficial)	568
A-League	Melbourne Victory	victoryinmelb	552
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	johnrillie (unofficial)	537
AFL	West Coast Eagles	wingsofperth (unofficial)	536
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)	thenzwarriors	521
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	Freo_Dockers (unofficial)	519
NBL	South Dragons	Joeingles7 (unofficial)	516
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	AshHarrison1 (unofficial)	498
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	benross23 (unofficial)	487
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	njbrown17 (unofficial)	481
A-League	Brisbane Roar	BNERoar (unofficial)	471
NSW Premier League	Sydney Olympic	MarkBosnich (unofficial)	470
Super 14	Melbourne Rebels	melbournerebels	469
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	lukeodwyer (unofficial)	467
Basketball Australia	Australian Boomers	aussieboomers	465
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	FremantleFC (unofficial)	453
A-League	Newcastle Jets	newcastle_jets	441
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaideunited	423
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	SharksOnline (unofficial)	422
A-League	Sydney FC	SFCNews (unofficial)	421
A-League	Perth Glory	PerthGlory_FC	414
Netball Australia	Netball Australia	NetballAust	377
NRL	Canberra Raiders	RaidersCanberra	375
NRL	Parramatta Eels	PlanetEels (unofficial)	374
A-League	Adelaide United	adelaidereds	350
ANZ Championship	Queensland Firebirds	laurafirebirds (unofficial)	338
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncosbigfan (unofficial)	336
First class cricket	Tassie Tigers	crickettas	328
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	milisimic (unofficial)	327
NBL	Perth Wildcats	nickmarvin (unofficial)	322
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	mighty_dragons (unofficial)	321
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	TsvCrocs	313
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	Wortho33 (unofficial)	313
A-League	Wellington Phoenix	wgtnphoenixfc	307
Netball Victoria	Netball Victoria	netballvic	306
A-League	Brisbane Roar	brisbaneroar	305
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds	NatTbirds	304
AFL	West Coast Eagles	WestCoastEagles (unofficial)	294
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	chomicide (unofficial)	287
NBL	Cairns Taipans	Dusty_Rychart (unofficial)	283
AFL	Brisbane Lions	AFLBrisbaneFC	283
NRL	Parramatta Eels	blueandgoldarmy (unofficial)	280
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	BrisbaneBronco (unofficial)	274
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	SusanSwifts	263
AFL	Melbourne Demons	MelbourneFC (unofficial)	263
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles	gorgeousgrose (unofficial)	248
AFL	West Coast Eagles	MitchJbrown17 (unofficial)	242
Netball Australia	Australian Diamonds (national team)	AussieDiamonds	242
NRL	Wests Tigers	fakebrycegibbs (unofficial)	222
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Fergo1990 (unofficial)	220
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	eddiecowan (unofficial)	213
AFL	Essendon Bombers	essendonfc (unofficial)	212
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	oscarforman (unofficial)	203
A-League	Gold Coast United	GCUSC	202
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	Hoilesy (unofficial)	201
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	broncobasher (unofficial)	200
Rugby League/State of Origin	New South Wales Blues	NSWRL	198
First class cricket	South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks)	RedbacksT20	196
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	CCMarinersFC (unofficial)	183
NBL	Perth Wildcats	TheRealSchensh (unofficial)	179
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	petersiddle (unofficial)	171
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	nswswifts	171
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	rustyhinder (unofficial)	168
Super 14	Western Australia Force (Western Force)	s14_force	163
Basketball Australia	Australian Opals	AustralianOpals	160
NRL	Parramatta Eels	1eyedeel (unofficial)	159
Super 14	Queensland Reds	s14_queensland (unofficial)	153
WNBL	WNBL	WNBL	152
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	NZBreakers	152
AFL	Sydney Swans	BionicSwan (unofficial)	151
Rugby League/State of Origin	Queensland Maroons	QLD_Maroons	144
A-League	Melbourne Victory	victorytwit (unofficial)	144
VFL	Casey Scorpions	CaseyScorpions	144
Super 14	Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs)	VodacomCheetahs	141
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds	AdelaideTBirds	135
VFL	North Ballarat Roosters	NB_Roosters	134
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	DarrenNg8 (unofficial)	128
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	ryanmcrowley (unofficial)	124
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Marcus__White (unofficial)	121
A-League	Melbourne Victory	mvfcfanzone	114
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	bmsew (unofficial)	113
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	jgovereasy (unofficial)	113
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	jsaffy (unofficial)	111
NRL	Newcastle Knights	Corypato (unofficial)	110
Australia Athletics	Australian Flames (national team)	australianflame	108
NRL	Balmain Tigers	tigers1908 (unofficial)	106
ANZ Championship	West Coast Fever	SusanWCFever	93
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	RWBFooty (unofficial)	93
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz	fatloaf (unofficial)	91
AFL	Melbourne Demons	matesOmelbourne (unofficial)	90
AFL	Western Bulldogs	ccaallward (unofficial)	88
Netball New South Wales		Sydney_Netball	88
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	qldcricket	81
NBL	Sydney Kings	sydneykings	73
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	briansham (unofficial)	71
A-League	Sydney FC	SydneyFC	69
AFL	Richmond Tigers	yellow_n_black (unofficial)	67
SFL	Caulfield Bears	CaulfieldBears	66
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	JoshJenkins24 (unofficial)	65
AFL	Melbourne Demons	demonwiki (unofficial)	65
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	BenFitz (unofficial)	64
Semi Professional Basketball League	Semi Professional Basketball League	SEABL	58
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	Aaron_Cannings (unofficial)	57
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	36ers (unofficial)	55
NBL	South (Melbourne) Dragons	SAVEOURDRAGONS (unofficial)	49
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	VictoriaParkHC (unofficial)	49
Claxton Shield	Barbagallo Perth Heat	PerthHeat	48
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	danjackson9 (unofficial)	39
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	Kegs42 (unofficial)	39
AFL	Essendon Bombers	bomberblitz (unofficial)	37
NSW Premier League	Manly United	ManlyUnited	35
WNBL	Bendio Spirit	bendigospirit	35
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	willo43 (unofficial)	34
NRL	Parramatta Eels	parraeels (unofficial)	33
NBL	Gold Coast Blaze	Vandy21 (unofficial)	33
Netball New South Wales	Petersham RUFC Netball Club	PetershamNetbal	32
Brisbane Netball Association	ACE Netball Club	ACENetball	31
Plenty Valley Netball Association	Orcas Netball	Orcas_Netball	30
WNBL	Dandenong Jayco Rangers	JaycoRangers	30
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	bc8977 (unofficial)	20
VFL	Port Melbourne Borough	BoroughBoy (unofficial)	19
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	ToffCedar (unofficial)	16
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	cameronwhiting (unofficial)	12
WNBL	Logan Thunder	loganthunder	11
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	brad_393 (unofficial)	6
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz	perthblitz	1
NRL	Wests Tigers	beauryan_winger (unofficial)	0
NSW Premier League	Sydney United	addsie (unofficial)	0
A-League	Sydney FC	SydneyFC0910	0
Super 14	Queensland Reds	ezytaylor (unofficial)	0
A-League	Melbourne Victory	MVFCVIDEOS (unofficial)	0
AFL	Melbourne Demons	jordiemck (unofficial)	0
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	LanceFranklin (unofficial)	0
WNBL	Dandenong Jayco Rangers	jennaohea (unofficial)	0
AFL	Brisbane Lions	AFLbrisbanelion	0

Australian sports fandom on Gaia Online

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 11 March, 2010

Gaia Online is an anime, role playing themed social network aimed at an English speaking audience. According to Alexa, the site is ranked the 2,988th most popular in Australia. Given the target audience, I was curious as to how large the Australian based sports fandom was. I went to the search page, selected interest and then searched every team on my list.

The list of teams on my list include: Collingwood Magpies, Carlton Blues, Queensland Maroons, Melbourne Victory, Brisbane Broncos, West Coast Eagles, Essendon Bombers, NSW Blues, Parramatta Eels, Adelaide Crows, Melbourne Storm , Wests Tigers, St. Kilda Saints, Sydney Swans, Fremantle Dockers, New South Wales Blues, Richmond Tigers, Sydney Roosters , Gold Coast Titans, Pretoria Bulls (Northern Bulls), St. George Illawarra Dragons, Victorian Bushrangers, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Johannesburg Lions, South Sydney Rabbitohs , Newcastle Knights , Brisbane Lions, Adelaide United, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Geelong Cats, North Queensland Cowboys , Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks), New South Wales Waratahs, Sydney FC, Canberra Raiders, Penrith Panthers, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Melbourne Demons, Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs), Western Australia Force (Western Force), New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors), Wellington Hurricanes, Port Adelaide Power, Adelaide 36ers , Hawthorn Hawks, Central Coast Mariners Football Club, Brisbane Roar (Queensland Roar), Newcastle Jets, Perth Wildcats , Western Bulldogs, ACT Brumbies, Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs , St. George Dragons (defunct), Perth Glory, Melbourne Vixens , Australian Diamonds (national team), Canterbury Crusaders, Balmain Tigers (defunct), Gold Coast Football Club, North Sydney Bears (defunct), Barbagallo Perth Heat, Gold Coast United, South Australia Bite, Western Sydney Rollers, Wellington Phoenix, Illawarra Steelers (defunct), North Queensland Fury FC, Melbourne Tigers , Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)(Vodacom Stormers), Wollongong Hawks , Queensland Reds, Waikato Chiefs, South (Melbourne) Dragons, Australian Boomers, Tassie Tigers (Tasmanian Tigers), Townsville Crocodiles , Sydney Olympic , Cairns Taipans , Queensland Firebirds, Perth Blitz, South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks), Western Suburbs Magpies (defunct), New South Wales Swifts (Sydney Swifts), Northern Eagles (defunct), Melbourne Rebels, WA Raiders, Box Hill Hawks , Casey Scorpions , North Ballarat Roosters , Auckland Blues, Sydney United , Australian Flames (national team), New Zealand Breakers , Queensland Bulls, Old Xaverians , Adelaide Thunderbirds , West Coast Fever, Sydney Kings , Mountains Kariong Cricket Club, East Bentleigh Cricket Club, Sydney Tigers , Penrith City Outlaws (UWS Outlaws), Gold Coast Blaze , Preshil Cricket Club, Western Warriors, Sydney Windies Cricket Club, Manly United , Otago Highlanders, Dandenong Jayco Rangers (Dandenong Rangers), Jinnah Cricket Club, Petersham RUFC Netball Club, ACE Netball Club, Orcas Netball, Australian Opals, Brisbane Bullets, Logan Thunder, Port Melbourne Borough , Fitzroy Lions, Newtown Jets (defunct), Alberton Cricket Club Inc., Australian Institute of Sport, Highett Cricket Club, Werribee Tigers , Gold Coast Seagulls (defunct), Canberra Capitals, Tuggeranong Hawks, Cumberland (defunct), Melbourne Phoenix , West Sydney Berries , Central Pulse , Gold Coast Chargers (defunct), Wollongong Wolves, Adelaide Lightning, Belconnen Magpies, Gold Coast Giants (defunct), Northern Bullants , Southern Steel , Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic, West Sydney Pirates, Adelaide Rams (defunct), Ainslie Football Club, Eastlake Football Club, New South Wales Waratahs, Perth Lynx, Queanbeyan Tigers, SA Fire, Sydney Uni Flames, Townsville Fire, UTS Gridiron, West Sydney Razorbacks , Western Reds (defunct), Bendigo Spirit, Fitzroy Reds, Newcastle Rebels (defunct), Northern Mystics , NT Stingers, Old Melburnians , Perth Orioles , Perth Reds (defunct), Queensland Sundevils, Tassie Tigers, Victoria Aces, Victorian Eagles, Victorian state team, Wollongong Mustangs, ACT Monarchs, Adelaide Thunder, AIS Canberra Darters , Annandale Dales (defunct), Bankstown City Lions , Bendigo Bombers , Blacktown City Demons , Bondi Raiders, Bonnyrigg White Eagles , Brisbane Spinning Bullets, Bulleen Boomers, Canberra Labor Club Lakers, Canterbury Tactix , Coburg Tigers , Collegians Football Club , Collingwood Magpies , De La Salle Old Collegians , Frankston Dolphins , Geelong Cats , Glebe Dirty Reds (defunct), Hunter Jaegers , Hunter Mariners (defunct), Marcellin Old Collegians , Marconi Stallions , Melbourne Kestrels , New South Wales Patriots , Northwestern Predators, NSW Wolfpack, Old Brighton Grammarians , Old Scotch , Old Trinity Grammarians , Perth Wheelcats, Queensland Blades, Queensland Rams, Rockdale City Suns , Sandringham Zebras , South Coast Wolves , South Queensland Crushers (defunct), Southern Hotshots, St Bedes/Mentone Tigers Football Club , Sutherland Seahawks, Sutherland Sharks , Sydney Swans Reserves, Sydney University Lions, University Blues , Victoria Vikings, WA Thundersticks, Wenty Leagues WheelKings, Williamstown Seagulls , and Wollongong Roller Hawks.

It is not a short list. (At the same time, it isn’t all that comprehensive. It only includes about 215 teams of the over 3,000 various teams I know exist in the country.) I found only seven teams had people eleven total who listed a team as an interest. The teams included 4 from the NRL, and 1 from the AFL, A-League and Super 14. Gaia Online is different in league representation that FaceBook, blogger, Twitter, LiveJournal and its clones, where the AFL dominates.

The teams represented on Gaiai Online include Brisbane Broncos (1), Parramatta Eels (1), Sydney Roosters (3), Sydney FC (2), Canberra Raiders (1), Western Bulldogs (1), and ACT Brumbies (1). The 11 team interests listing include 9 people using 10 accounts.

If the duplicates are taken out, the network is the youngest where age can easily be determined. The average of all users on Gaia Online is 18.5. This compares to 24 on bebo, 26 on LiveJournal and its clones, 28 on orkut, and 29 on blogger.

Three people list their city of residence. Two of those are in New South Wales and one is the ACT. This could explain the favoring of the NRL. Everyone who lists a country of residence lists their location as Australia. This is also unique when compared to other networks because except for the smaller LiveJournal clones, there is some one from another country who is a fan of an Australian based team.

Four people list their gender: Three female and one male. This ratio is nearly inverse of what bebo and blogger are where 66% of bebo users listing an Australian team as an interest are male and 70% of blogger users are male.

Gaia Online’s unique audience has an impact on the type of Australian sports fans on it. They are younger, more New South Wales based and much more female.

Version 2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 10 March, 2010

Yesterday, I made a post about the most popular Australian athlete, league and team related Twitter accounts.

On Twitter, @anthonyalsop pointed me to a list of Australian athletes on Twitter he had created. I had missed quite a few on his list and some of those accounts led me to lists where I found additional athletes, teams and leagues. All told, I added about 61 new rows of data. There are a few repeats from yesterday’s list as I updated some numbers. (Historical twitter growth for athletes would be interesting to look at and there are tools for just that. It is a project for a different day. Maybe.) There doesn’t appear to be much change.

Things to remember with this list: It does not include athletes who do not play for team based sports. Swimmers, golfers, tennis players, surfers and race car drivers are not on the list. It also does not include Australian athletes playing for teams outside of Australia. This includes cyclists (who are probably the most popular Australian athletes that I can find) as they often compete for teams outside Australia. It does not include Australian NBA and WNBA players. It also does not include retired Australian athletes, unless they are now involved in a management role with a specific team. National teams are included but players are generally sorted by their other playing affiliation. This list does include athletes and teams from outside Australia when the league has teams from other countries. Thus, South Africa is represented with its Super 14 teams and New Zealand is included with a variety of teams in leagues such as the NRL, Super 14 and the NBL.

First class cricket : New South Wales Blues : PH408 (unofficial) -10,729 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Wests Tigers : LoteTuqiri (unofficial) -4,957 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Pretoria Bulls (Northern Bulls) : VictorMatfield (unofficial) -4,559 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : NRL : NRL -4,231 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : Collingwood_FC -3,980 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : Essendon Bombers : Essendon_FC -3,808 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Adelaide Crows : Adelaide_FC -3,696 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Essendon Bombers : JobeWatson (unofficial) -3,523 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : Collingwood_FC -3,506 (30-Dec-09)

Super 14 : Natal Sharks : JohnSmit123 (unofficial) -3,412 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Wellington Hurricanes : Hurricanesrugby -3,395 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Sydney Swans : sydneyswans -3,160 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Essendon Bombers : AngusMonfries (unofficial) -3,052 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : jimstynes (unofficial) -3,004 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : harry_o (unofficial) -2,712 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : harry_o (unofficial) -2,703 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : St. Kilda Saints : stkildafc -2,617 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Wellington Hurricanes : neyza3 (unofficial) -2,446 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Gold Coast Titans : mat_rogers6 (unofficial) -2,219 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : St. Kilda Saints : stkildafc -2,214 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Carlton Blues : Carlton_FC -1,932 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Geelong Cats : Geelong_FC (unofficial) -1,856 (30-Dec-09)

Super 14 : Canterbury Crusaders : mornesteyn (unofficial) -1,631 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Gold Coast Titans : GCTitans -1,616 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors) : nzwarriors (unofficial) -1,533 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : St. George Illawarra Dragons : RealBigDell (unofficial) -1,438 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : MVFCVIDEOS (unofficial) -1,432 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : North Queensland Cowboys : northqldcowboys -1,403 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Brisbane Broncos : BrisBroncosClub -1,365 (2-Jan-10)

AFL : Hawthorn Hawks : Hawks_AFL (unofficial) -1,336 (9-Mar-10)

First class cricket : New South Wales Blues : ClarkeVC (unofficial) -1,230 (10-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : nathan2jones (unofficial) -1,216 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : gomvfc -1,185 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : Wests Tigers : Wests_Tigers (unofficial) -1,165 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks) : sharksrugby -1,159 (9-Mar-10)

National team : Socceroos : socceroos_news (unofficial) -1,099 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : jarryd_hayne (unofficial) -1,078 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Richmond Tigers : Richmond_FC -1,062 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : North Melbourne Kangaroos : northkangaroos -1,052 (30-Dec-09)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : CamSchwab (unofficial) -961 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Port Adelaide Power : PAFC -946 (30-Dec-09)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : Adelaide36ers -908 (8-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : Melbourne Vixens : MelbourneVixens -904 (12-Jan-10)

First class cricket : Victorian Bushrangers : Bushrangers -895 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Manly Sea Eagles : manlyseaeagles -888 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : PirtekParraEels (unofficial) -853 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : DemonsHQ -841 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : PeterDaicos (unofficial) -838 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : Hawthorn Hawks : HawthornFC -823 (30-Dec-09)

NRL : Sydney Roosters : sydroosters (unofficial) -800 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : South Sydney Rabbitohs : SSFCRABBITOHS -761 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Wellington Hurricanes : Powza13 (unofficial) -719 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Canterbury Crusaders : crusadersrugby -717 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Brisbane Lions : ALFbrisbane (unofficial) -690 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Central Coast Mariners Football Club : LawrieMcKinna (unofficial) -681 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : West Coast Eagles : WCEofficial -671 (30-Dec-09)

NRL : Penrith Panthers : penrithpanthers (unofficial) -644 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : North Queensland Fury FC : nqfuryfc -627 (5-Jan-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : DemonsHQ -624 (30-Dec-09)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : parramatta_eels -618 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : South Sydney Rabbitohs : rabbitohs (unofficial) -617 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Melbourne Tigers : Follow24Hodge (unofficial) -612 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Melbourne Storm : MelbourneStorm_ (unofficial) -605 (8-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Queensland Reds : QuadeCooper (unofficial) -594 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers) : THESTORMERS -593 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Wollongong Hawks : wollongonghawks -585 (10-Mar-10)

First class cricket : New South Wales Blues : NBRACKEN142 (unofficial) -577 (10-Mar-10)

NBL : Wollongong Hawks : wollongonghawks -572 (6-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Queensland Reds : Reds_Rugby -560 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : collingwoodnews (unofficial) -545 (8-Mar-10)

Super 14 : New South Wales Waratahs : HSBCWaratahs -504 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : West Coast Eagles : wingsofperth (unofficial) -503 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : New Zealand Breakers : johnrillie (unofficial) -474 (6-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Queensland Reds : RedsRugby (unofficial) -460 (3-Jan-10)

NRL : Melbourne Storm : MelbStormRLC (unofficial) -458 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Perth Wildcats : perthwildcats -457 (6-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : adrianleijer (unofficial) -454 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : South Sydney Rabbitohs : therabbitohs (unofficial) -448 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : mitchlangerak (unofficial) -445 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : St. Kilda Saints : njbrown17 (unofficial) -437 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : ACT Brumbies : BrumbiesRugby -436 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors) : thenzwarriors -434 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : South Dragons : Joeingles7 (unofficial) -431 (6-Mar-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : FremantleFC (unofficial) -427 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : North Melbourne Kangaroos : andrewswallow (unofficial) -417 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Central Coast Mariners Football Club : LawrieMcKinna -414 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : Gold Coast Titans : AshHarrison1 (unofficial) -410 (9-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : Melbourne Vixens : SharelleVixens -400 (12-Jan-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : victoryinmelb -392 (5-Jan-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : Freo_Dockers (unofficial) -388 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : bigdyman (unofficial) -376 (8-Mar-10)

A-League : Adelaide United : adelaideunited -376 (5-Jan-10)

A-League : Wellington Phoenix : wgtnphoenixfc -376 (5-Jan-10)

AFL : Gold Coast Football Club : GoldCoastFC -373 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Brisbane Lions : AFLbrisbanelion -363 (30-Dec-09)

National team : Socceroos : Socceroos -353 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Gold Coast Titans : lukeodwyer (unofficial) -348 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Newcastle Jets : newcastle_jets -338 (5-Jan-10)

Super 14 : Natal Sharks : KeeganDaniel (unofficial) -333 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : St. George Illawarra Dragons : mighty_dragons (unofficial) -316 (9-Mar-10)

Basketball Australia : Australian Boomers : aussieboomers -307 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Brisbane Roar : BNERoar (unofficial) -300 (5-Jan-10)

A-League : Sydney FC : SFCNews (unofficial) -297 (5-Jan-10)

A-League : Brisbane Roar : BNERoar (unofficial) -296 (3-Jan-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : PlanetEels (unofficial) -293 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : West Coast Eagles : WestCoastEagles (unofficial) -291 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Melbourne Tigers : Wortho33 (unofficial) -285 (6-Mar-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : Fremantle_FC -282 (30-Dec-09)

NBL : Wollongong Hawks : milisimic (unofficial) -272 (8-Mar-10)

First class cricket : Tassie Tigers : crickettas -271 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Brisbane Broncos : BrisbaneBronco (unofficial) -270 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks : SharksOnline (unofficial) -263 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : TsvCrocs -259 (6-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : TsvCrocs -259 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Perth Wildcats : nickmarvin (unofficial) -251 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : Hawthorn Hawks : LanceFranklin (unofficial) -250 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : chomicide (unofficial) -237 (6-Mar-10)

NBL : Cairns Taipans : Dusty_Rychart (unofficial) -234 (8-Mar-10)

A-League : Adelaide United : adelaidereds -231 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : blueandgoldarmy (unofficial) -225 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : MelbourneFC (unofficial) -223 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Brisbane Roar : brisbaneroar -221 (3-Jan-10)

NRL : Wests Tigers : beauryan_winger (unofficial) -215 (9-Mar-10)

First class cricket : Queensland Bulls : andrew_symonds (unofficial) -215 (10-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : Queensland Firebirds : laurafirebirds (unofficial) -213 (3-Jan-10)

NSW Premier League : Sydney Olympic : MarkBosnich (unofficial) -208 (9-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : Adelaide Thunderbirds : NatTbirds -205 (12-Jan-10)

NRL : Canberra Raiders : RaidersCanberra -202 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : West Coast Eagles : MitchJbrown17 (unofficial) -198 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Perth Glory : PerthGlory_FC -190 (5-Jan-10)

First class cricket : New South Wales Blues : eddiecowan (unofficial) -183 (10-Mar-10)

NBL : New Zealand Breakers : oscarforman (unofficial) -177 (6-Mar-10)

A-League : Sydney FC : SydneyFC0910 -174 (5-Jan-10)

Netball Victoria : Netball Victoria : netballvic -174 (12-Jan-10)

First class cricket : South Australian Redbacks (Southern Redbacks) : RedbacksT20 -173 (8-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : New South Wales Swifts : SusanSwifts -160 (12-Jan-10)

NBL : Perth Wildcats : TheRealSchensh (unofficial) -154 (6-Mar-10)

NBL : Perth Wildcats : TheRealSchensh (unofficial) -154 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : rustyhinder (unofficial) -153 (6-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : victorytwit (unofficial) -144 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : 1eyedeel (unofficial) -143 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Essendon Bombers : essendonfc (unofficial) -143 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Melbourne Rebels : melbournerebels -141 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Gold Coast Football Club : GoldCoastFC -139 (30-Dec-09)

WNBL : WNBL : -138 (10-Mar-10)

NRL : Brisbane Broncos : broncosbigfan (unofficial) -137 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : ACT Brumbies : Hoilesy (unofficial) -133 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Brisbane Lions : AFLBrisbaneFC -126 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : South Sydney Rabbitohs : benross23 (unofficial) -124 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Western Australia Force (Western Force) : s14_force -118 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : jgovereasy (unofficial) -110 (6-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : jordiemck (unofficial) -102 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Central Cheetahs (Vodacom Cheetahs) : VodacomCheetahs -102 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Hawthorn Hawks : bmsew (unofficial) -100 (9-Mar-10)

VFL : Casey Scorpions : CaseyScorpions -100 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Sydney Swans : BionicSwan (unofficial) -99 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : North Melbourne Kangaroos : Marcus__White (unofficial) -99 (9-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Queensland Reds : s14_queensland (unofficial) -99 (3-Jan-10)

First class cricket : Victorian Bushrangers : petersiddle (unofficial) -99 (10-Mar-10)

NRL : Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks : Fergo1990 (unofficial) -97 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Wests Tigers : fakebrycegibbs (unofficial) -93 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Gold Coast United : GCUSC -92 (5-Jan-10)

NRL : Brisbane Broncos : broncobasher (unofficial) -91 (9-Mar-10)

Rugby League/State of Origin : Queensland Maroons : QLD_Maroons -91 (3-Jan-10)

ANZ Championship : New South Wales Swifts : nswswifts -90 (12-Jan-10)

VFL : North Ballarat Roosters : NB_Roosters -90 (9-Mar-10)

Rugby League/State of Origin : New South Wales Blues : NSWRL -88 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : DarrenNg8 (unofficial) -86 (6-Mar-10)

A-League : Melbourne Victory : mvfcfanzone -84 (5-Jan-10)

NSW Premier League : Sydney United : addsie (unofficial) -83 (8-Mar-10)

Super 14 : Queensland Reds : ezytaylor (unofficial) -83 (9-Mar-10)

Australia Athletics : Australian Flames (national team) : australianflame -83 (9-Mar-10)

A-League : Central Coast Mariners Football Club : CCMarinersFC (unofficial) -82 (5-Jan-10)

NBL : New Zealand Breakers : NZBreakers -79 (9-Mar-10)

First class cricket : Queensland Bulls : qldcricket -72 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : JoshJenkins24 (unofficial) -72 (6-Mar-10)

Netball Australia : Netball Australia : NetballAust -72 (12-Jan-10)

Netball Australia : Australian Diamonds (national team) : AussieDiamonds -71 (12-Jan-10)

ANZ Championship : West Coast Fever : SusanWCFever -66 (12-Jan-10)

Gridiron Australia Nationals : WA Raiders : fatloaf (unofficial) -65 (8-Mar-10)

Gridiron Australia Nationals : Perth Blitz : fatloaf (unofficial) -65 (8-Mar-10)

ANZ Championship : Adelaide Thunderbirds : AdelaideTBirds -62 (12-Jan-10)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : BenFitz (unofficial) -62 (6-Mar-10)

NRL : St. George Illawarra Dragons : jsaffy (unofficial) -60 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Western Bulldogs : ccaallward (unofficial) -57 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : 36ers (unofficial) -51 (6-Mar-10)

Semi Professional Basketball League : Semi Professional Basketball League : SEABL -50 (10-Mar-10)

A-League : Sydney FC : SydneyFC -44 (5-Jan-10)

NBL : South (Melbourne) Dragons : SAVEOURDRAGONS (unofficial) -44 (10-Mar-10)

NBL : Sydney Kings : sydneykings -43 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : Collingwood Magpies : VictoriaParkHC (unofficial) -42 (8-Mar-10)

NRL : Balmain Tigers : tigers1908 (unofficial) -42 (9-Mar-10)

WNBL : Dandenong Jayco Rangers : jennaohea (unofficial) -42 (10-Mar-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : ryanmcrowley (unofficial) -41 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Gold Coast Titans : Aaron_Cannings (unofficial) -41 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Newcastle Knights : Corypato (unofficial) -41 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : matesOmelbourne (unofficial) -39 (9-Mar-10)

NRL : Manly Sea Eagles : gorgeousgrose (unofficial) -39 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Richmond Tigers : yellow_n_black (unofficial) -38 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : Kegs42 (unofficial) -38 (6-Mar-10)

AFL : Essendon Bombers : bomberblitz (unofficial) -37 (9-Mar-10)

Claxton Shield : Barbagallo Perth Heat : PerthHeat -35 (3-Jan-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : willo43 (unofficial) -35 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Gold Coast Blaze : Vandy21 (unofficial) -33 (6-Mar-10)

NBL : Gold Coast Blaze : Vandy21 (unofficial) -33 (8-Mar-10)

AFL : Melbourne Demons : demonwiki (unofficial) -33 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Wollongong Hawks : danjackson9 (unofficial) -32 (8-Mar-10)

Netball New South Wales : : Sydney_Netball -31 (12-Jan-10)

AFL : St. Kilda Saints : RWBFooty (unofficial) -26 (9-Mar-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : briansham (unofficial) -22 (9-Mar-10)

Netball New South Wales : Petersham RUFC Netball Club : PetershamNetbal -22 (12-Jan-10)

Brisbane Netball Association : ACE Netball Club : ACENetball -21 (12-Jan-10)

WNBL : Dandenong Jayco Rangers : JaycoRangers -21 (10-Mar-10)

Plenty Valley Netball Association : Orcas Netball : Orcas_Netball -20 (12-Jan-10)

NRL : Parramatta Eels : parraeels (unofficial) -19 (9-Mar-10)

Basketball Australia: Australian Opals: AustralianOpals – 19 (9-Mar-10)

NSW Premier League : Manly United : ManlyUnited -18 (8-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : ToffCedar (unofficial) -17 (8-Mar-10)

VFL : Port Melbourne Borough : BoroughBoy (unofficial) -14 (9-Mar-10)

NBL : Townsville Crocodiles : cameronwhiting (unofficial) -13 (6-Mar-10)

AFL : Fremantle Dockers : bc8977 (unofficial) -10 (9-Mar-10)

WNBL : Logan Thunder : loganthunder -8 (10-Mar-10)

NBL : Adelaide 36ers : brad_393 (unofficial) -5 (8-Mar-10)

Gridiron Australia Nationals : Perth Blitz : perthblitz -1 (9-Mar-10)If there is anyone I missed, or anything that really surprised you, let me know.

Updated this list on the 11th to include the Australian Opals thanks to a comment by @SportingSheilas.

Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 9 March, 2010

An updated version of this list can be found at Version 2: Most popular Australian athlete and team related Twitter accounts by total followers.

This is sorted by total number of followers. If an account is tagged (unofficial), it indicates that it is not the official account; it belongs to management, a player or a fansite. The list includes teams from most of the major sports leagues in Australia. Teams that play in those leagues that are not from Australia have also been included. Players were only counted as belonging to a team if they currently play for it. (Some players that are on NRL player lists have gone to play in Europe. They aren’t included.) The date that the information was collected is also included as these numbers actively change over time. If some one/team/organization is listed twice, it is because the data was collected on multiple dates.