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Most popular Australian athletes, clubs, leagues and sport organizations on Twitter

Posted by Laura on Monday, 13 September, 2010

It has been a while since I’ve done one of these lists of most popular. I’m hoping this list is more comprehensive than others I’ve done. The list includes all Australian athletes, clubs, leagues and sport organizations on Twitter that I’m aware of. There are a few cases where athletes and clubs outside Australia have been included. These are on there because the league they are part of is primarily Australian based: The Super 14, the A-League, the NRL, the Tri-Nations Cup, the ANZ Championship, and the NBL. If anyone is missing, let me know. I’m especially interested in athletes competing in the Commonwealth Games.

This list doesn’t necessarily have much meaning from an analysis viewpoint. It can provide insight into some of the leagues, teams and athletes that do social media better. It might suggest who the most popular people and groups are online. Taken as a whole, it might suggest the best type of update strategy for getting followers. Or it might not. This information doesn’t exists in isolation and additional analysis is needed to impart greater meaning.

Now, on with the list…

League	Team	Notes	Account	Followers	Statuses	Listed
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers		warne888	168673	1342	3733
Basketball Australia	Australian Boombers	Andrew Bogut	AndrewMBogut	26740	5146	1401
Super 14	Natal Sharks	player	JohnSmit123	15723	344	519
Super 14	Pretoria Bulls (Northern Bulls)	player	VictorMatfield	14109	408	497
AFL	AFL	official	AFL	13440	4211	482
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	player	PH408	12801	15	462
NRL	Wests Tigers	player	LoteTuqiri	11715	3654	514
Rugby World Cup	All Blacks		nzru	10318	6043	505
Rugby World Cup	South Africa Lions		LionsRugbyTeam	10137	4366	317
Swimming Australia	Stephanie Rice	athlete	ItsStephRice	9850	2803	333
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	player	RealBigDell	9190	4269	286
Super 14	Queensland Reds	player	QuadeCooper	8878	6347	317
NRL	NRL		NRL	8362	4608	285
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	official	Collingwood_FC	7331	1741	240
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	player	harry_o	6948	1983	235
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	jimstynes	6367	141	171
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders	player	mornesteyn	6230	46	251
AFL	Adelaide Crows	official	Adelaide_FC	6176	3048	216
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	player	mat_rogers6	6107	2087	292
AFL	Sydney Swans	official	sydneyswans	5626	2708	225
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	player	giteau_rugby	5577	283	193
AFL	Essendon Bombers	player	JobeWatson	5546	133	168
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes	Neemia Tialata	NeemiaTialata	5423	2272	330
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	player	lehmo23	4748	1662	191
AFL	Essendon Bombers	player	AngusMonfries	4705	229	170
World Cup	Socceroos	official	socceroos	4492	388	202
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	official	stkildafc	4454	2635	177
AFL	Carlton Blues	official	Carlton_FC	4328	2268	206
Rugby World Cup	Wallabies		QantasWallabies	4084	2142	218
Super 14	Wellington Hurricanes		Hurricanesrugby	3906	689	166
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	Mick Malthouse	mickmalthouse	3902	59	110
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	player	NBRACKEN142	3804	2139	218
AFL	Brisbane Lions	player	BrendanFevola05	3703	197	111
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	player	AdamCoopy	3581	126	146
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	official	northkangaroos	3571	1736	142
AFL	Geelong Cats	fansite	Geelong_FC	3568	3708	147
AFL	AFL	fansite	SuperCoachAFL	3234	211	142
AFL	Richmond Tigers	official	Richmond_FC	3170	765	141
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	official	HawthornFC	3159	890	149
AFL	Geelong Cats	player	GaryAblettJnr	3141	71	60
NRL	Gold Coast Titans		GCTitans	3011	270	127
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	nathan2jones	2987	1156	120
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	Dale Thomas	DT_13	2862	75	76
V8 Supercars	V8 Supercars	Jamie Whincup	jamiewhincup	2722	241	175
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)	unofficial?	nzwarriors	2607	255	84
A-League	Melbourne Victory		gomvfc	2527	1229	154
AFL	Melbourne Demons	official	DemonsHQ	2405	1978	140
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	player	SP_10	2315	118	55
NRL	Wests Tigers	fansite?	Wests_Tigers	2224	660	92
AFL	Melbourne Demons	ceo	CamSchwab	2167	1862	93
Cycling Australia	Cycling Australia	official	CyclingAus	2161	1255	145
Super 14	Durban Sharks (Coastal Sharks)(Natal Sharks)		sharksrugby	2136	242	101
AFL	West Coast Eagles		WCEofficial	2124	1271	128
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	official	PAFC	2123	1146	141
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	official	Fremantle_FC	2096	612	120
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs		SSFCRABBITOHS	2044	1466	115
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	official	GoldCoastFC	2021	817	129
Super 14	Cape Town Stormers (Western Stormers)		THESTORMERS	1985	382	83
Tennis Australia	Tennis Australia	official	TennisAustralia	1954	1807	198
NRL	Melbourne Storm	official	MelbStormRLC	1942	677	109
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	player	SharrodW_21	1904	49	56
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	player	Follow24Hodge	1892	1971	110
World Cup	Socceroos	unofficial?	socceroos_news	1845	10800	83
AFL	Geelong Cats	player	AndrewMackieGFC	1729	31	78
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles		manlyseaeagles	1705	806	97
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	Rickypetterd15	1681	225	75
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	player	stevenbaker10	1625	536	48
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	official	Bushrangers	1622	1751	113
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	howcroft	1575	263	56
AFL	Western Bulldogs	official	westernbulldogs	1533	260	82
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens		MelbourneVixens	1516	567	60
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	Beamdogg	1503	147	49
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	unofficial	Hawks_AFL	1500	980	25
AFL	Carlton Blues	player	marcmurphy3	1478	42	49
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	player	andrewswallow	1445	286	72
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	player	benross23	1392	949	62
International Olympic Committee	Australian Olympic Committee	official	AUSOlympicTeam	1378	465	103
NRL	Penrith Panthers	unofficial	penrithpanthers	1357	1299	82
AFL	Carlton Blues	player	chooka_86	1328	563	53
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	BradMilzy	1289	87	42
AFL	Western Bulldogs	player	Adam0017	1271	211	40
AFL	Essendon Bombers	former Essendon AFL player	SteveAlessio	1269	735	74
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	player	ClarkeVC	1258	16	41
NRL	NRL	unofficial	NRLNEWS	1251	1892	34
NBL	Adelaide 36ers		Adelaide36ers	1244	537	71
Super 14	Canterbury Crusaders		crusadersrugby	1226	123	81
AFL	Brisbane Lions	fansite	ALFbrisbane	1219	18	52
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	player	SharelleVixens	1212	238	50
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	Real_ColSylvia	1193	20	41
A-League	Sydney FC		SydneyFC1011	1182	2623	92
NBL	South Dragons	player	Joeingles7	1162	602	73
A-League	Melbourne Victory	player	mitchlangerak	1141	40	60
AFL	Melbourne Demons		MCC_Members	1128	483	31
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	player	PeterDaicos	1072	52	64
A-League	Melbourne Victory	player, Adrian Leijer	adrianleijer	1071	137	75
NRL	Parramatta Eels		parramatta_eels	1065	17	36
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	official	BrumbiesRugby	1049	849	82
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	player	snorkymortlock	1039	56	67
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	coach	LawrieMcKinna	1027	1465	79
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	player	warrentredrea	1026	292	37
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	official	therabbitohs	1021	209	68
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	player	bigdyman	983	478	61
Super 14	Natal Sharks	player	KeeganDaniel	980	41	50
A-League	Wellington Phoenix		wgtnphoenixfc	977	408	50
NBL	Wollongong Hawks		wollongonghawks	973	1518	69
Skateboarding Australia	Skateboarding Australia	official	sba_	957	602	17
AFL	AFL	former player	SpidaEveritt	950	135	26
Super 14	Queensland Reds		Reds_Rugby	947	207	62
Super 14	Queensland Reds	unofficial	RedsRugby	935	180	48
NRL	NRL	unofficial	NRLTweet	927	5742	56
AFL	AFL	official	AFLphotos	920	325	52
Basketball Australia	Australian Boomers	official	aussieboomers	905	242	63
NRL	Melbourne Storm	unofficial	MelbourneStorm_	895	1	32
AFL	Greater Western Sydney	official	team_gws	879	196	64
NRL	South Sydney Rabbitohs	unofficial	rabbitohs	878	1201	43
NRL	Parramatta Eels	unofficial	PirtekParraEels	877	57	51
A-League	North Queensland Fury FC		nqfuryfc	868	2267	61
NRL	Manly Sea Eagles	unofficial	gorgeousgrose	867	287	52
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	CaleMorton	849	150	31
NBL	NBL		NBLhoops	846	565	59
NRL	Canberra Raiders		RaidersCanberra	841	170	73
Super 14	Melbourne Rebels		melbournerebels	836	148	46
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	Rivshouse	836	6	42
NBL	Perth Wildcats		perthwildcats	820	226	58
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	unofficial	collingwoodnews	815	1	31
NSW Premier League	Sydney Olympic	player?	MarkBosnich	810	29	50
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	unofficial	AshHarrison1	808	167	50
Netball Australia	Netball Australia		NetballAust	804	205	30
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	player	andrew_symonds	775	2	28
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies		unicanberra	771	113	47
A-League	A-League	fansite	thefootballsack	769	4092	54
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	unofficial	lukeodwyer	757	657	55
NRL	New Zealand Warriors (Auckland Warriors)		thenzwarriors	756	178	60
AFL	Carlton Blues	player	kadesimpson6	755	11	22
A-League	Perth Glory		PerthGlory_FC	745	82	70
Super 14	Queensland Reds	player	L_Weeks	712	523	47
AFL	Melbourne Demons	Matthew Bate	bater06	707	64	25
AFL	Carlton Blues	player	sgrigg88	699	27	23
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	unofficial	SharksOnline	697	287	52
AFL	Essendon Bombers	former Essendon AFL player	JasonJohnson14	675	49	27
A-League	Melbourne Victory		victoryinmelb	668	1823	51
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	player	njbrown17	656	26	39
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	player	troychaplin30	655	202	24
Hockey Australia	Hockeyroos	player	katehollywood10	653	410	30
AFL	AFL	talent scout Kevin Sheehan	AFL_Shifter	651	85	25
A-League	Brisbane Roar	unofficial	BNERoar	647	757	52
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	unofficial	johnrillie	643	2865	50
AFL	Brisbane Lions	fansite	AFLBrisbaneFC	634	945	29
AFL	AFL	official	AFLInsider	625	54	38
Netball Australia	Australian Diamonds (national team)		AussieDiamonds	615	275	29
AFL	Carlton Blues	player	samjacobs32	613	26	24
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	fansite	Freo_Dockers	600	2178	39
ANZ Championship	Queensland Firebirds	player	laurafirebirds	588	25	30
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	player	zacd_6	588	62	17
NRL	NRL	show	TWiLeague	577	1878	39
AFL	West Coast Eagles	unofficial	wingsofperth	575	763	8
A-League	Newcastle Jets		newcastle_jets	572	8	35
A-League	Adelaide United		adelaideunited	558	100	50
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	Andrew McDonald	AndrewMcDonald4	555	124	45
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds		NatTbirds	534	49	31
World Cup	Socceroos	unofficial	GGArmy	533	444	28
AFL	Sydney Swans	former player	JaredCrouch	531	457	32
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	player	ssalopek3	522	96	15
A-League	Brisbane Roar		brisbaneroar	519	319	58
Rowing Australia	Rowing Australia	official	RowingAust	513	146	17
NBL	Sydney Kings	official	thesydneykings	511	179	36
A-League	Sydney FC	unofficial	SFCNews	506	780	57
AFL	Melbourne Demons	Jake Spencer	PencilsCase	504	35	29
NRL	Parramatta Eels	unofficial	PlanetEels	497	2571	29
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	newto29	496	161	23
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	Julie Corletto	JulieCorletto	485	154	19
ANZ Championship	Melbourne Vixens	player	Renaehallinan	482	269	24
AFL	Sydney Swans	fansite	RTTF_AU	479	1065	31
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	unofficial	FremantleFC	474	1	12
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsGM	470	2415	59
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	hughesy_53	468	60	19
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	player	SusanSwifts	468	389	30
NBL	Melbourne Tigers	player	Wortho33	467	444	32
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	player	milisimic	460	3240	35
Rugby League/State of Origin	New South Wales Blues		NSWRL	459	611	30
AFL	Essendon Bombers	player	APWelsh	452	39	14
AFL	AFL		AFL_JenWitham	448	480	40
A-League	Adelaide United		adelaidereds	446	1150	57
Australian Cycling Federation	rachel neylan	athlete	rachneylan	444	557	37
NRL	Newcastle Knights	unofficial	Corypato	441	151	20
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles		TsvCrocs	438	1750	36
AFL	Carlton Blues	fansite	Carltonfc	430	587	17
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	unofficial	Fergo1990	426	47	26
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	unofficial	broncosbigfan	422	859	28
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	player	Robeddy40	420	63	16
A-League	A-League	fansite	ultimatealeague	416	2235	34
First class cricket	Tassie Tigers		crickettas	409	160	26
NRL	Wests Tigers	unofficial	fakebrycegibbs	408	379	21
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	chomicide	398	505	26
Netball Victoria	Netball Victoria		netballvic	384	17	25
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	player	Maverick_weller	380	379	23
AFL	Carlton Blues	fansite	TalkingCarlton	377	1917	27
NRL	NRL	unofficial	NRLlivebetting	372	1828	4
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	unofficial	mighty_dragons	357	3	15
NBL	Cairns Taipans	player	Dusty_Rychart	354	1496	24
AFL	West Coast Eagles	unofficial	MitchJbrown17	350	13	33
World Cup	Socceroos	soccer fansite	HalfTimeHeroes	345	321	18
NRL	Parramatta Eels	unofficial	blueandgoldarmy	342	2393	16
NBL	New Zealand Breakers		NZBreakers	339	84	34
VFL	Williamstown Football Club		WilliamstownFC	339	407	14
AFL	Melbourne Demons	player	Sam_Blease	336	50	10
A-League	Gold Coast United	unofficial supporter club	GCUSC	335	870	25
Tennis Australia	Sam Stosur	official	samstosurnews	335	2711	37
AFL	Western Bulldogs	fansite	_the_kennel_	330	2411	19
AFL	Essendon Bombers	unofficial	essendonfc	314	1	8
First class cricket	New South Wales Blues	player	eddiecowan	311	922	37
AFL	West Coast Eagles	unofficial	WestCoastEagles	309	2	2
UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)	Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia	official	teamjaycoskins	308	127	23
First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	Clint Mckay	clintmckay27	301	32	28
AFL	Melbourne Demons	fansite	MelbourneFC	299	1	9
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	player	Israel_Folau	297	194	4
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	player	ryanmcrowley	288	29	21
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies	Keith Lyons	520507	282	832	14
ANZ Championship	New South Wales Swifts	official	nswswifts	276	5	21
AIHL	Melbourne Ice		TheMelbourneIce	275	492	16
AFL	Melbourne Demons	fansite	Demonblog	273	2933	12
VFL	Casey Scorpions		CaseyScorpions	272	83	10
A-League	Central Coast Mariners Football Club	unofficial	CCMarinersFC	271	476	36
A-League	Melbourne Heart		mhfcsupporters	270	549	26
AFL	Melbourne Demons	fansite	demonland	267	473	10
NBL	New Zealand Breakers	unofficial	oscarforman	260	460	25
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	fansite	Dockerland	255	358	10
AIHL	Sydney Bears		sydneybears	251	518	6
NBL	Perth Wildcats	player	TheRealSchensh	247	24	22
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball Australia		ausvolley	240	295	14
ANZ Championship	Adelaide Thunderbirds		AdelaideTBirds	239	132	17
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	rustyhinder	233	436	27
NRL	Brisbane Broncos	unofficial	broncobasher	230	492	6
Handball Australia	Canberra Handball Club	player	sashpet	229	578	8
ANZ Championship	West Coast Fever	player	SusanWCFever	221	103	17
NRL	Parramatta Eels	unofficial	1eyedeel	216	1366	12
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	unofficial	bmsew	216	0	19
Gymnastics Australia	Gymnastics Australia	official	gymaustralia	215	392	3
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	fansite	go_saints	210	62	10
First class cricket	Queensland Bulls	official	qldcricket	210	141	12
Super 14	Western Australia Force (Western Force)		s14_force	208	17	11
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	player	DarrenNg8	205	179	16
WNBL	WNBL		WNBL	204	350	24
VFL	North Ballarat Roosters		NB_Roosters	203	23	11
AFL	Sydney Swans	unofficial	BionicSwan	199	205	27
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	player	jgovereasy	196	114	12
AFL	Gold Coast Football Club	player	JoeyDaye	194	246	22
NRL	St. George Illawarra Dragons	unofficial	jsaffy	191	1	19
NBL	Perth Wildcats		catslisch	187	107	12
Rugby League/State of Origin	Queensland Maroons		QLD_Maroons	187	1	4
Super 14	Queensland Reds	unofficial	s14_queensland	186	21	10
NRL	Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs	unofficial	bulldogsnews	185	764	6
AFL	Western Bulldogs	player	ccaallward	185	1	24
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	fansite	Saints_FC	183	86	11
AFL	AFL	fansite	NABCup	179	1995	19
Basketball Australia	Australian Opals	official	AustralianOpals	176	18	3
AFL	Melbourne Demons	unofficial	matesOmelbourne	173	23	12
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	player	rgray17	168	5	6
A-League	Melbourne Victory		mvfcfanzone	162	85	23
NRL	Balmain Tigers	unofficial	tigers1908	162	14	13
AFL	Sydney Swans	fan account	SydAFLFan	158	499	8
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	player	Marcus__White	157	33	18
AFL	Carlton Blues	fansite	Blueseum	156	43	5
A-League	Melbourne Victory	unofficial	victorytwit	154	586	11
AFL	Melbourne Demons	fansite	CF_Demons	148	305	7
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	player	Brogsy5	145	5	6
SFL	Caulfield Bears		CaulfieldBears	144	531	3
AIHL	AIHL		AIHL	140	294	4
AFL	West Coast Eagles	fansite	wceaglesfc	140	55	5
AIS	New South Wales Institute of Sport	official	theNSWIS	138	222	2
AFL	Adelaide Crows	fansite	adelaidefc	137	57	5
W-League	W-League	fansite	AusWomensGame	134	560	9
AFL	AFL	fansite	AFL_Aus	132	150	8
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	unofficial	briansham	132	22	14
NBL	Sydney Kings		sydneykings	128	22	13
AFL Canberra	Sydney Swans Reserves		swansreserves	122	1257	7
AFL	Western Bulldogs	fansite	ftscrazy	120	301	10
Australian Rugby Union	Wallaroos	player	kateporter83	120	128	14
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	unofficial	RWBFooty	120	512	7
NBL	Wollongong Hawks	player	danjackson9	116	208	12
AFL	Brisbane Lions	fansite	BF_Lions	114	416	5
Australian Baseball League	Australian Baseball League	official	ABLeague	112	0	3
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	unofficial	Aaron_Cannings	109	1	14
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz	player	fatloaf	107	662	5
AIHL	Gold Coast Bluetongues		gcbluetongues	105	693	2
AFL	Geelong Cats	unofficial	thecattery	104	177	5
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsTM	102	65	12
NBL	Perth Wildcats		Cats_Coach	99	42	9
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsWagstaff	98	94	7
U18 National Championships	Western Australia U18s team		WA_U18s	96	1	3
Semi Professional Basketball League	Semi Professional Basketball League		SEABL	91	362	10
Netball New South Wales			Sydney_Netball	91	152	5
AFL	Richmond Tigers	unofficial	yellow_n_black	90	1010	9
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	fansite	hawkaDT	89	8	3
U18 National Championships	Tasmania U18s team		TasU18s	88	9	3
Volleyball Australia	Volleyball SA	unofficial	mmurpha	83	26	3
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	unofficial	36ers	82	1	11
AFL	Melbourne Demons	fansite	demonwiki	81	164	2
U18 National Championships	South Australia U18s team		SA_U18s	81	2	4
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	JoshJenkins24	80	1668	8
A-League	Sydney FC		SydneyFC	79	1	5
Claxton Shield	Barbagallo Perth Heat	official	PerthHeat	76	179	5
U18 National Championships	Queensland U18s team		QldU18s	76	1	2
NRL	NRL		womeninleague	76	25	8
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	player	BenFitz	75	72	9
U18 National Championships	Victoria U18s team		VicMetroU18s	75	0	5
AFL	Geelong Cats	fansite	CatmanForever	70	349	6
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsGear	70	74	5
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsTickets	70	7	7
AFL	Greater Western Sydney		ACT4GWS	68	174	2
U18 National Championships	Northern Territory U18s team		NT_U18s	68	40	2
UCI Continental Team (Oceania Region)	Team Jayco Skins / Cycling Australia	athlete	AlexCarver91	67	34	4
WNBL	Bendio Spirit		bendigospirit	65	169	6
U18 National Championships	Victoria U18s team		VicCountryU18s	65	0	4
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	fansite	nthmelbourne	63	11	2
U18 National Championships	New South Wales U18s team		NSWACT_Rams	61	3	2
NSW Premier League	Manly United		ManlyUnited	58	470	5
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	willo43	57	2	8
NBL	Perth Wildcats		CatsCommunity	55	62	7
NBL	South (Melbourne) Dragons	unofficial	SAVEOURDRAGONS	55	40	3
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	grounds	VictoriaParkHC	52	48	2
NBL	Perth Wildcats		Cats_Media	50	52	6
Australian Cross Country Ski Team	Australian Cross Country Ski Team	official	AUS_XC	46	27	8
AIHL	AIHL	unofficial	hockeypulse	46	183	2
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	Kegs42	44	92	7
NRL	Parramatta Eels	unofficial	parraeels	43	4	4
AIHL	AIHL	unofficial	hnim	42	35	4
AFL	Essendon Bombers	player	bomberblitz	40	116	1
Brisbane Netball Association	ACE Netball Club	official	ACENetball	38	20	5
WNBL	Dandenong Jayco Rangers		JaycoRangers	38	56	7
Netball New South Wales	Petersham RUFC Netball Club		PetershamNetbal	38	9	6
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	unofficial	bc8977	35	8	8
Plenty Valley Netball Association	Orcas Netball		Orcas_Netball	35	46	8
NBL	Gold Coast Blaze	player	Vandy21	35	0	8
AFL	Essendon Bombers	fansite	fake_EssendonFC	34	32	3
AFLNT	AFLNT	official	Chippa39	31	300	0
Cycling Australia	Velo Canberra	official	velocanberra	31	39	2
VFL	Port Melbourne Borough	unofficial	BoroughBoy	29	0	12
NBL	Perth Wildcats	CEO	nickmarvin	29	7	3
W-League	W-League	media outlet	abcwleague	20	31	3
AFL	Essendon Bombers	player	jreynojreyno	18	11	1
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	ToffCedar	17	1	5
AIS	University of Canberra National Institute of Sport Studies	official	ucniss	17	64	2
NBL	Townsville Crocodiles	player	cameronwhiting	15	2	7
WNBL	Logan Thunder		loganthunder	15	3	6
NBL	Adelaide 36ers	player	brad_393	10	3	3
Triathlon	TriathlonTSO		TriathlonTSO	10	18	0
Tennis Australia	Tennis Canberra	official	tenniscanberra	9	146	0
AFL	Sydney Swans	fan group	SwansPerthCrew	7	25	3
Gridiron Australia Nationals	Perth Blitz		perthblitz	4	10	2

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

One of the comments included links to several Australian athletes on Twitter that I had missed. Some of these athletes aren’t active in Australian leagues so they don’t necessarily really fit well with most of the people and leagues on the list… but included below for interest. Any more names of people, leagues and clubs I’m missing, let me know.

Service	League	Team	Account	Date collected	Following	Followers	Lists
Twitter	First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	AndrewMcDonald4 (Andrew McDonald)	30-Jul-10	16	199	8
Twitter		V8 Supercars	jamiewhincup (Jamie Whincup)	30-Jul-10	14	2,446	158
Twitter	Basketball Australia	Australian Boombers	AndrewMBogut (Andrew Bogut)	30-Jul-10	175	25,068	1,292
Twitter	AFL	Essendon Bombers	JasonJohnson14 (former Essendon AFL player)	30-Jul-10	17	461	18
Twitter	AFL	Essendon Bombers	SteveAlessio (former Essendon AFL player)	30-Jul-10	145	943	63
Twitter	First class cricket	Victorian Bushrangers	warne888	30-Jul-10	89	129,802	3,137

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

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.