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Most popular official team pages on Facebook

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 30 May, 2010

I’ve been data collecting again. In this case, I was updating my Facebook group and fan pages member totals. Eventually, this will all be written up and include an analysis of some patterns that exist. In the meantime, I feel the need to share of this data as the results… surprised me. I was curious as to which Australian team had the most popular official Facebook page. Bearing in mind that outside the AFL and NRL, my inclusion list is limited and that not every team has an official page… This list should not be considered all comprehensive. Still, it gives a fairly good idea of what may be going on Facebook:

League	Team	Name	Total members
Rugby League/State of Origin	Queensland Maroons	Queensland Maroons	96751
World Cup Soccer	Socceroos	Socceroos – Australian National Football Team	59215
AFL	Essendon Bombers	Essendon FC	54556
NRL	Brisbane Lions	Brisbane Broncos	51458
AFL	Adelaide Crows	Adelaide Crows	42119
AFL	West Coast Eagles	West Coast Eagles	38541
AFL	Collingwood Magpies	Collingwood Football Club	35516
AFL	St. Kilda Saints	St Kilda Football Club	26072
NRL	Gold Coast Titans	Gold Coast Titans	20975
AFL	Fremantle Dockers	Fremantle Football Club	19244
AFL	Carlton Blues	Carlton Football Club	18554
AFL	Hawthorn Hawks	Hawthorn Football Club	17996
NRL	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles	17691
NRL	Wests Tigers	Wests Tigers – Official National Rugby League Club	16521
NRL	Newcastle Knights	Newcastle Knights	14337
NRL	Sydney Roosters	The Official Sydney Roosters Page	13923
AFL	North Melbourne Kangaroos	North Melbourne Football Club	12682
AFL	Port Adelaide Power	Port Adelaide Football Club	11906
NRL	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	Cronulla Sharks	10416
AFL	Richmond Tigers	Richmond FC	7805
AFL	Richmond Tigers	Richmond FC	7805
AFL	Melbourne Demons	Melbourne Football Club	6995
AFL	Western Bulldogs	Western Bulldogs	6383
AFL	Geelong Cats	Geelong Cats Insider	5264
NRL	Melbourne Storm	Storm Man	4778
NRL	North Queensland Cowboys	North Queensland Toyota Cowboys	2948
NRL	Canberra Raiders	Canberra Raiders	2883
Super 14	ACT Brumbies	Official Brumbies Fan Page	2123
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association	Western Sydney Rollers	Western Sydney Rollers	1659
Rugby League/State of Origin	New South Wales Blues	New South Wales Rugby League	1297
SEABL	SEABL	SEABL	560
WNBL	Bendigo Spirit	The Official Bendigo Spirit Basketball	174
WNBL	Townsville Fire	Townsville McCafe Fire	114
WNBL	Bendigo Spirit	WNBL – Bendigo Spirit	87

Tags: ACT Brumbies, Adelaide Crows, AFL, Bendigo Spirit, Brisbane Lions, Canberra Raiders, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Essendon Bombers, Facebook, Fremantle Dockers, Geelong Cats, Gold Coast Titans, Hawthorn Hawks, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Melbourne Demons, Melbourne Storm, New South Wales Blues, Newcastle Knights, North Melbourne Kangaroos, North Queensland Cowboys, NRL, Port Adelaide Power, Queensland Maroons, Richmond Tigers, Rugby League/State of Origin, SEABL, Socceroos, St Kilda Saints, Super 14, Sydney Roosters, Townsville Fire, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs, Western Sydney Rollers, Wests Tigers, WNBL, Women's Flat Track Derby Association, World Cup Category: AFL, Facebook, NRL, Rugby League State of Origin, Socceroos, Super 14, WNBL View Comments

Foursquare and the AFL

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 8 May, 2010

I’m a little obsessed with foursquare data at the moment and I’m doing this a little early. I’ll probably update this on Tuesday with a new post after the St. Kilda Monday night match. At the moment though, based on the two completed games so far this week and last week, this post answers what team has the largest community of Foursquare users. The surprise is how Collingwood hasn’t run away with this.

	Checkins	Unique Visitors	Checkins / Home	Unique Visitors / Home	Checkins / Away	Unique Visitors / Away	Homeground	Other places
Melbourne Demons	32	21.5	38	25	26	18	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Etihad Stadium
Sydney Swans	33	25	33	25			Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Western Bulldogs	34.5	19	31	13	38	25	Etihad Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Essendon Bombers	31	14	31	14			Etihad Stadium
St. Kilda Saints	31	13	31	13			Etihad Stadium
Carlton Blues	31	10	31	10			Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
Collingwood Magpies	31	10	31	10			Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)
North Melbourne Kangaroos	26	18	26	18			Etihad Stadium
West Coast Eagles	10	7	10	7			Subiaco Oval
Fremantle Dockers	10	7	10	7			Subiaco Oval
Port Adelaide Power	14	7	5.5	3.5	31	14	AAMI Stadium	Etihad Stadium
Adelaide Crows	5.5	3.5	5.5	3.5			AAMI Stadium
Geelong Cats	4	2	4	2			Skilled Stadium
Brisbane Lions	33	25			33	25	Gabba	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)
Richmond Tigers	4	2			4	2	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Skilled Stadium

Facility	Name	Type	Link	Checkins	Unique Visitors	Mayor	Difference	Difference	Date checked	Home team	Road team
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/281644	968	#REF!	-417965			1-May-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/281644	999	496	-417965	31	10	2-May-10	Carlton Blues	Collingwood Magpies
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/281644	1037	521	-417965	38	25	7-May-10	Melbourne Demons	Western Bulldogs
Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/306196	652	338	sydlow			27-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/306196	683	351	_hoshi_	31	13	30-Apr-10	St. Kilda Saints	Western Bulldogs
Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/306196	709	369	_hoshi_	26	18	1-May-10	North Melbourne Kangaroos	Melbourne Demons
Etihad Stadium	Etihad Stadium	Stadium	http://foursquare.com/venue/306196	740	383	_hoshi_	31	14	8-May-10	Essendon Bombers	Port Adelaide Power
AAMI Stadium	AAMI Stadium	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396	17	15	dlparkinson			27-Apr-10
AAMI Stadium	AAMI Stadium	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396	26	21	dlparkinson	9	6	1-May-10	Adelaide Crows	Port Adelaide Power
AAMI Stadium	Adelaide Oval		http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010	7	4	jasondunstone			28-Apr-10
AAMI Stadium	Adelaide Oval		http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010	9	5	jasondunstone	2	1	1-May-10	Adelaide Crows	Port Adelaide Power
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney Cricket Ground	Cricket	http://foursquare.com/venue/283942	135	103	franksting			27-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521	24	22	kristibarrow			27-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney Cricket Ground	Cricket	http://foursquare.com/venue/283942	178	137	franksting	43	34	1-May-10	Sydney Swans	Brisbane Lions
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521	47	38	kristibarrow	23	16	1-May-10	Sydney Swans	Brisbane Lions
Skilled Stadium	Skilled Stadium		http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796	6	5				1-May-10
Skilled Stadium	Skilled Stadium		http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796	10	7	-774286	4	2	2-May-10	Geelong Cats	Richmond Tigers
Subiaco Oval	Subiaco Oval	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/569404	86	53	flyingblogspot			1-May-10
Subiaco Oval	Subiaco Oval	Football	http://foursquare.com/venue/569404	96	60	flyingblogspot	10	7	2-May-10	West Coast Eagles	Fremantle Dockers

Tags: AAMI Stadium, Adelaide Crows, AFL, Brisbane Lions, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Essendon Bombers, Etihad Stadium, foursquare, Fremantle Dockers, Geelong Cats, Melbourne Demons, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Port Adelaide Power, Richmond Tigers, Skilled Stadium, St Kilda Saints, Subiaco Oval, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs Category: AFL, foursquare View Comments

AFL fandom growth on Facebook: Which team is the winner?

Posted by Laura on Monday, 3 May, 2010

Back on March 25, 2010, I collected data regarding the number of fans of the official AFL team Facebook fan pages. It has been a while and I was curious as to which team had the most growth since the last time I looked. Did any team do a really good job picking up fans? Does that have any connection to how well the team did? (There are a whole bunch of other potential factors. I just haven’t looked at them.) The team at the top of the ladder for Facebook fan growth is the Essendom Bombers. The team at the bottom of the ladder is the Adelaide Crows. Teams not included didn’t have official pages on March 25, 2010.

Team	Url	25-Mar-10	3-May-10	Difference
AFL	https://www.facebook.com/AFL	88,546	99,722	11,176
Essendon Bombers	https://www.facebook.com/Essendon	44,511	52,126	7,615
Collingwood Magpies	https://www.facebook.com/collingwoodfc	26,314	31,366	5,052
Western Bulldogs	https://www.facebook.com/Western.Bulldogs	0	4,930	4,930
Fremantle Dockers	https://www.facebook.com/fremantlefootballclub	12,939	17,513	4,574
St. Kilda Saints	https://www.facebook.com/stkfc	21,310	25,106	3,796
Melbourne Demons	https://www.facebook.com/MELBOURNEfc	3,159	6,278	3,119
Geelong Cats	https://www.facebook.com/GeelongCatsInsider	1,632	4,745	3,113
West Coast Eagles	https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Coast-Eagles/38862387223	33,501	36,559	3,058
Port Adelaide Power	https://www.facebook.com/portadelaidefootballclub	7,892	10,815	2,923
Carlton Blues	https://www.facebook.com/OfficialCarltonFC	12,693	14,932	2,239
Richmond Tigers	https://www.facebook.com/Richmond.FC	4,798	6,626	1,828
North Melbourne Kangaroos	https://www.facebook.com/northkangaroos	9,866	11,678	1,812
Hawthorn Hawks	https://www.facebook.com/hawthornfc	14,342	16,129	1,787
Adelaide Crows	https://www.facebook.com/adelaidecrows	39,546	41,246	1,700

Is there a correlation between a team’s performance so far this season based on their ladder position and the number of new fans? No, the correlation is -0.04002 where the Sydney Swans and Brisbane Lions get zero new fans as they do not have a fan page. If those two teams are removed, -0.10666. That still is completely random. The cause for the big increase in fans is not dependent on team performance; other factors must explain the increase in fans.

Tags: Adelaide Crows, AFL, Brisbane Lions, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Essendon Bombers, Facebook, Fremantle Dockers, Geelong Cats, Hawthorn Hawks, Melbourne Demons, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Port Adelaide Power, Richmond Tigers, St Kilda Saints, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs Category: AFL, Facebook View Comments

AFL stadiums, fields and ovals on FourSquare

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 28 April, 2010

I’ve been obsessed with foursquare for about a month now. I love it because I like the idea of earning things, like badges. It gives my social media experience more meaning as a result. (It doesn’t really, I just think it does because I’ve earned these badges.) In May, I shall be seeing an AFL game in Canberra and I really want to check in to the stadium because yay! More checkins. This peaked my curiosity as to how many people had already checked in to this venue (Answer? None.) and in to other AFL stadiums across the country. Today, I got a list of AFL stadiums from austadiums and then searched for the facilities with those names on Foursquare. Having done that, I got the following chart, which not surprisingly shows the most checkins at Melbourne based AFL stadiums.

For clarification, if a line is blank and has no url, I searched for the location in the city listed on austadiums and nothing appeared. Duplicate entries appear when there were duplicates for the same location. Type includes the default listing. If no type is listed, none provided on the listing.

Apparently, Essendon was heavily promoting people checking into the MCG on Foursquare on ANZAC day so that people could get the Swarm badge. That could also account for the really high numbers of the Melbourne Cricket Grounds.

Tags: AAMI Stadium, Adelaide Oval, AFL, ANZ Stadium, Arden Street Oval, Arena Joondalup, Aurora Stadium, Bellerive Oval, Blacktown Football Ground, Boyer Oval, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brunswick Street Oval, Casey Fields, Cazalys Stadium, Coburg City Oval, Coffs Harbour International Stadium, Coopers Stadium, Devonport Oval, Drummoyne Oval, East Fremantle Oval, Elsternwick Park, Essendon Bombers, Etihad Stadium, Exies Oval, foursquare, Frankston Oval, Glenferrie Oval, Junction Oval, KGV Oval, Latrobe Recreation Ground, Lavington Sports Ground, Manuka Oval, Marrara Stadium, Medibank Stadium, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Moorabbin Oval, Newcastle No.1 Sportsground, North Hobart Oval, North Sydney Oval, NTCA Ground, Princes Park, Punt Road Oval, Queen Elizabeth Oval, Queenborough Oval, Rushton Park, Skilled Stadium, Stockland Park, Subiaco Oval, Sydney Cricket Ground, TCA Ground, Tony Ireland Stadium, Toorak Park, Traeger Park, Trevor Barker Oval, Ulverstone Football Ground, Victoria Park, Waverley Park, West Park Oval, Westpac Stadium (NZ), Whitten Oval, Windy Hill Category: AFL, foursquare View Comments

AFL on Facebook

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 25 March, 2010

What’s the most popular AFL team on Facebook? That really does depend on how you measure it.

The following table has a column for total people listing a team as an interest, total number of members of the largest fan page dedicated to a team, total number of fans of the largest page dedicated to a team and the grand total. This information was collected in the past three days.

Team	Interest	Page	Group	Total
Collingwood Magpies	59800	80	7969	67849
West Coast Eagles	26020	33501	5094	64615
Carlton Blues	58120	317	1626	60063
Adelaide Crows	50020	1579	5827	57426
Fremantle Dockers	43660	96	3625	47381
Sydney Swans	21260	18094	4737	44091
Hawthorn Hawks	21220	2602	6595	30417
Essendon Bombers	27920	248	1989	30157
Richmond Tigers	13960	11727	2782	28469
Geelong Cats	15760	5092	3976	24828
Brisbane Lions	10940	10556	2302	23798
St. Kilda Saints	15480	317	4281	20078
Port Adelaide Power	6100	9766	3157	19023
North Melbourne Kangaroos	9120	4314	2420	15854
Western Bulldogs	2740	4745	7295	14780
Melbourne Demons	5940	4057	4003	14000
Gold Coast Football Club	1200	1720	66	2986

AFL on Facebook

Team Interest Page Group Total

Collingwood Magpies 59800 80 7969 67849

West Coast Eagles 26020 33501 5094 64615

Carlton Blues 58120 317 1626 60063

Adelaide Crows 50020 1579 5827 57426

Fremantle Dockers 43660 96 3625 47381

Sydney Swans 21260 18094 4737 44091

Hawthorn Hawks 21220 2602 6595 30417

Essendon Bombers 27920 248 1989 30157

Richmond Tigers 13960 11727 2782 28469

Geelong Cats 15760 5092 3976 24828

Brisbane Lions 10940 10556 2302 23798

St. Kilda Saints 15480 317 4281 20078

Port Adelaide Power 6100 9766 3157 19023

North Melbourne Kangaroos 9120 4314 2420 15854

Western Bulldogs 2740 4745 7295 14780

Melbourne Demons 5940 4057 4003 14000

Gold Coast Football Club 1200 1720 66 2986

And then I completed this and realized the biggest fan pages I had? They weren’t the official ones. Time to get the official ones, where the total fans are much bigger, and then update.

Green: Indicates official Facebook fanpage has the most fans.
Blue: Indicates a page not linked on the official page has the most fans.
Red: Indicates an official Facebook fanpage was not found to be linked to on the Club’s official site.
Black: AFL does not link to an official page for the team.

Fixed. As an American, I’m used to professional team names being City Mascot. When I search, this tends to be my default mode of searching. It can screw up results and I have to remember to search all variations to make sure this doesn’t happen. When I was just looking for biggest, I didn’t. Woe. But anyway, these results should hopefully be a bit more accurate. I went to every team’s official site that was linked on the AFL’s site. On the official site, I looked for their official Facebook fanpage accounts. Then I took that information and added it to the above table to get a more accurate picture. If an unofficial fanpage had more fans than the official one? I left the unofficial one. I’ve color coded that chart to make easy to see where I did that.

Tags: Adelaide Crows, AFL, Brisbane Lions, Carlton Blues, Collingwood Magpies, Essendon Bombers, Facebook, Fremantle Dockers, Geelong Cats, Gold Coast Football Club, Hawthorn Hawks, Melbourne Demons, North Melbourne Kangaroos, Port Adelaide Power, Richmond Tigers, St Kilda Saints, Sydney Swans, West Coast Eagles, Western Bulldogs Category: AFL, Facebook View Comments

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.

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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.