Posts Tagged foursquare

Foursquare Checkins for the World Cup

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 12 June, 2010

To anyone who reads this regularly, I apologize in advance.  I may update this information with new posts on a fairly regular basis during the World Cup.   A question I’ve had prior to the World Cup was: Will certain teams have more foursquare checkins than other teams?  This has some interesting side questions that are not available from the data but are interesting to speculate about: Who is checking in to these games?  Are checkins by game reflective of the composition of a nation’s supporters who made the trip? (Or because certain national contingents are more likely to have smart phones that are compatible with South Africa’s mobile network?) Are tech savvy South Africans more likely to show up for certain games involving certain nations?

Only two games have been played so far.  There isn’t much data.  Both groups of fans should have earned swarm badges.  Below are two charts.  The first is the totals by team. The second is my raw data.

Totals and Averages by Team

Totals Total Checkins Total Unique Visitors Average Checkins Average Unique Visitors Grounds
South Africa 335 135 335 135 Soccer City Soccer Stadium
Mexico 335 135 335 135 Soccer City Soccer Stadium
Uruguay 124 54 124 54 Green Point Stadium
France 124 54 124 54 Green Point Stadium

Raw data

Facility Name Type Link Checkins Unique Visitors Mayor Difference Difference Date Team 1 Team 2
Soccer City Soccer City Soccer Stadium Stadium foursquare.com/venue/4410569 67 36 10-Jun-10
Soccer City Soccer City Soccer Stadium Stadium foursquare.com/venue/4410569 402 171 ardyheijnekamp 335 135 11-Jun-10 South Africa Mexico
Cape Town Stadium Green Point Stadium Stadium foursquare.com/venue/4410404 64 31 10-Jun-10
Cape Town Stadium Green Point Stadium Stadium foursquare.com/venue/4410404 188 85 124 54 11-Jun-10 Uruguay France

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State of Origin: Foursquare checkins

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 27 May, 2010

I have only been keeping track of foursquare checkins since late April. I get the data between 9pm the day of and 9am the day after. One of the venues I’ve been getting data for has been ANZ Stadium in Homebush. I was curious as to how the State of Origin would rank compared to two of the home games played by the Bulldogs. The following chart shows that:

It looks like the State of Origin game attracted a different audience than Bulldogs and the Rabbitohs. Also worth noting,

there is a valid negative number in that set. It suggests that people are do delete their checkins. I can’t speculate why as I don’t know who deleted their checkin. I can just tell some one did. That suggests that the reliability of this data is similar to anything on the Internet: People delete and add content. The number you get may not be a total addition but rather the total after deletion and additions.

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University of Canberra on Foursquare

Posted by Laura on Wednesday, 12 May, 2010

This isn’t related to sports or academics at all.  It mostly has to do with my Foursquare obsession and adding buildings and places at the University of Canberra to Foursquare.  If you are on campus, there are a number of locations that have already been created that you can check in to.  They include:

There seems like there should be a way for universities to use Foursquare but I’m not certain what at the moment.  I’m more me centric of yay! Lots of university buildings for me to become the mayor of as I go from place to place around campus.

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The NRL on Foursquare

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 11 May, 2010

Unlike my AFL dataset for foursquare, this one is a bit incomplete. I was missing at least two stadiums and for the first week I looked at, there might have been checkins not related to the game as there were four days between the time I recorded the data. I just wasn’t completely trusting of that for a venue that I didn’t think was single use.

That said, these are the games that I have recorded:

Facility Name Type Link Checkins Unique Visitors Mayor Difference Difference Date Home Away
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2080839 19 10 7-May-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2080839 35 21 scullyau 16 11 8-May-10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles St. George Illawarra Dragons
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2196016 3 2 7-May-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2196016 3 2 0 0 8-May-10 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles St. George Illawarra Dragons
EnergyAustralia Stadium energy australia stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 15 13 -865681 8-May-10
EnergyAustralia Stadium energy australia stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 18 15 -865681 3 2 9-May-10 Newcastle Knights Gold Coast Titans
Mt Smart Stadium (NZ) Mt Smart Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/527773 26 15 waynemcdougall 29-Apr-10
Mt Smart Stadium (NZ) Mt Smart Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/527773 29 17 jaredhonore 3 2 1-May-10 New Zealand Warriors Canberra Raiders
Skilled Park Skilled Park Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280351 28 17 stormgc 29-Apr-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280351 32 19 kiwichops 4 2 1-May-10 Gold Coast Titans Penrith Panthers
Skilled Park Skilled Park http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 11 4 lenier 29-Apr-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 11 4 lenier 0 0 1-May-10 Gold Coast Titans Penrith Panthers
Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 14 6 sun_doll 29-Apr-10
Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 14 6 sun_doll 0 0 1-May-10 North Queensland Cowboys Melbourne Storm
WIN Stadium WIN Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283427 15 12 -624380 29-Apr-10
WIN Stadium WIN Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283427 19 13 -624380 4 1 1-May-10 St. George Illawarra Dragons Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium 0 0 29-Apr-10
Campbelltown Stadium Campbelltown Stadium 0 0 0 0 10-May-10 Wests Tigers Sydney Roosters
ANZ Stadium ANZ Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 171 127 -528533 1-May-10
ANZ Stadium ANZ Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 176 128 -528533 5 1 2-May-10 South Sydney Rabbitohs Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/1172841 16 8 acknudsen 9-May-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/1172841 16 8 acknudsen 0 0 10-May-10 Sydney Roosters North Queensland Cowboys

When that is broken down by team, it looks like:

Average Checkins Unique Visitors Checkins / Home Unique Visitors / Home Checkins / Away Unique Visitors / Away Homeground Other places
Canberra Raiders 3 2 3 2 Mt Smart Stadium
Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 4 1 4 1 WIN Stadium
Gold Coast Titans 3.5 2 4 2 3 2 Skilled Park Stadium EnergyAustralia Stadium
Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 10.5 6 16 11 5 1 Brookvale Oval ANZ Stadium
Melbourne Storm 0 0 0 0 Dairy Farmers Stadium
Newcastle Knights 3 2 3 2 EnergyAustralia Stadium
New Zealand Warriors 3 2 3 2 Mt Smart Stadium
North Queensland Cowboys 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dairy Farmers Stadium Sydney Football Stadium
Penrith Panthers 4 2 4 2 Skilled Park Stadium
South Sydney Rabbitohs 5 1 5 1 ANZ Stadium
St. George Illawarra Dragons 16 11 16 11 WIN Stadium Brookvale Oval
Sydney Roosters 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sydney Football Stadium Campbelltown Stadium
Wests Tigers 0 0 0 0 Campbelltown Stadium

NRL fans are appear to be less likely to check in to events. In one case, the venue where games are played is not even listed on Foursquare. The venue issue here appears differently than the AFL where at least two venues are actively promoting foursquare on social media sites like Twitter and encouraging people who attend games to checkin in order to get a swarm badge.

Non-mixed use facilities and facilities that are not shared with the AFL are also likely to have fewer seats with lower average attendance than the AFL. This could be a secondary factor for why there are fewer checkins. Another reason could be that adoption rates for foursquare are higher in Victoria than they are for New South Wales.

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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

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Notes on AFL/NRL foursquare sporting venues in Australia

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 1 May, 2010

I’m not going to check foursquare daily to see how many checkins there were but I thought it might be useful historical data to have some benchmarks for how many people checked in over the course of a few days when one or two games might have been played at a venue.

In going back through my list, I’ve found a couple of things sort of worth noting:

  • MCG at http://foursquare.com/venue/2141884 was merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 around April 30/May 1.  The first url forwards to the second. http://foursquare.com/venue/480417 , http://foursquare.com/venue/2947320 and http://foursquare.com/venue/2618227 had the same issue.
  • Etihad Stadium had a merge of http://foursquare.com/venue/2396681 with http://foursquare.com/venue/306196
  • One venue lost a checkin and person.  I believe this was at Suncorp.
  • Canberra Stadium name changed to Bruce Stadium on Foursquare. URL remains the same.
  • More first time checkins to Melbourne Demons game, more visitors to St. Kilda at Etihad Stadium.  Some of this could be a result of a merge of another foursquare venue with it.

It should be easy enough for some one with some skill to automate this data to check how many daily updates there are.  (Which could be a nifty API…)  If such a tool exists already, please point me at it.  If you’re interested in building one specifically for this sort of thing, I’d love to know about it.

I’m not particularly interested in doing analysis this morning.  Instead, I’ve provided a table of my foursquare data I have so far.  If you use it for your own analysis, I’d appreciate a link back.

Facility Name Type Link Checkins Unique Visitors Mayor League Date checked City State
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 858 427 -417965 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 652 338 sydlow AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/283942 135 103 franksting AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10 Sydney New South Wales
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521 24 22 kristibarrow AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10 Sydney New South Wales
AAMI Stadium AAMI Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396 17 15 dlparkinson AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2141884 11 10 whatsonthetube AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Victoria Room – Etihad Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2280290 4 4 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/480417 4 4 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618227 3 1 damiendempsey AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2396681 2 2 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2947320 2 2 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618210 1 1 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2901481 1 1 AFL/NRL 27-Apr-10 Sydney New South Wales
ANZ Stadium ANZ Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 164 122 -528533 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
Brunswick Street Oval Brunswick St Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1009476 98 7 gustheboxer AFL 28-Apr-10
Westpac Stadium (NZ) Westpac Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/284409 97 50 -970084 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/569404 82 50 flyingblogspot AFL 28-Apr-10
Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280612 73 57 ireckon AFL 28-Apr-10 Brisbane Queensland
North Sydney Oval North Sydney Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/283943 64 31 -348573 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10 Sydney New South Wales
Princes Park Princes Park Park http://foursquare.com/venue/399051 62 38 mence AFL 28-Apr-10
Toorak Park Toorak Park Gym / Fitness http://foursquare.com/venue/640520 38 6 stirlo AFL 28-Apr-10
Elsternwick Park Elsternwick Park http://foursquare.com/venue/413440 30 9 -405488 AFL 28-Apr-10
Whitten Oval EJ Whitten Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/650421 21 17 -298657 AFL 28-Apr-10
Windy Hill Windy Hill Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/563692 15 10 hamishjones AFL 28-Apr-10
Victoria Park Victoria Park Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/1080112 12 7 -400756 AFL 28-Apr-10
Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup http://foursquare.com/venue/638995 10 5 darciehutton AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/600550 9 8 AFL 28-Apr-10
Brisbane Cricket Ground GABBA Gate 4 http://foursquare.com/venue/2092290 8 6 AFL 28-Apr-10 Brisbane Queensland
Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010 7 4 jasondunstone AFL 28-Apr-10 Adelaide South Australia
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval Playground http://foursquare.com/venue/1273017 7 5 -622579 AFL 28-Apr-10
Skilled Stadium Skilled Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796 6 5 AFL 28-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium corp box47 Anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1963449 5 3 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium Dogs V Rooters Anz Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1991847 5 5 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
Traeger Park Traeger Park, Alice Springs http://foursquare.com/venue/1929879 5 4 domdsouza AFL 28-Apr-10
North Hobart Oval North Hobart Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2427787 4 1 -793835 AFL 28-Apr-10 Hobart Tasmania
Victoria Park Victoria Park http://foursquare.com/venue/2550648 4 3 -758264 AFL 28-Apr-10
Adelaide Oval The Hill – Adelaide Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/375941 3 3 AFL 28-Apr-10 Adelaide South Australia
Aurora Stadium Aurora Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/625459 3 2 AFL 28-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1261797 2 2 AFL/NRL 28-Apr-10
East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2339082 1 1 AFL 28-Apr-10
Junction Oval Junction Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/2486876 1 1 AFL 28-Apr-10
Queen Elizabeth Oval Queen Elizabeth Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/2146828 1 1 AFL 28-Apr-10
TCA Ground T.C.A. Ground Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/2612015 1 1 AFL 28-Apr-10
Blacktown Football Ground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Boyer Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Casey Fields 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Cazalys Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Coburg City Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Coffs Harbour International Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Coffs Harbour International Stadium 0 0 NRL 28-Apr-10
Coopers Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Devonport Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10 Devonport Tasmania
Drummoyne Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Exies Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Frankston Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Glenferrie Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
KGV Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Latrobe Recreation Ground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Lavington Sports Ground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Lavington Sports Ground 0 0 NRL 28-Apr-10
Manuka Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Marrara Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
ME Bank Stadium 0 0 NRL 28-Apr-10
Medibank Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Moorabbin Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Newcastle No.1 Sportsground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
NTCA Ground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Punt Road Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Queenborough Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Rushton Park 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Stockland Park 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Tony Ireland Stadium 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Trevor Barker Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Ulverstone Football Ground 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Waverley Park 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
West Park Oval 0 0 AFL 28-Apr-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Arcade http://foursquare.com/venue/283386 240 160 meaghery NRL 29-Apr-10
Suncorp Stadium Suncorp Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280326 163 73 kiwichops NRL 29-Apr-10
Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/281708 34 24 ignatiusw NRL 29-Apr-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280351 28 17 stormgc NRL 29-Apr-10
Mt Smart Stadium (NZ) Mt Smart Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/527773 26 15 waynemcdougall NRL 29-Apr-10
Eden Park (NZ) Eden Park Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/402456 25 20 istevenxue NRL 29-Apr-10
Sydney Showground Sydney Showground Showbag Pavilion Other – Entertainment http://foursquare.com/venue/2205142 21 19 ozgenre NRL 29-Apr-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283382 20 16 tontenn NRL 29-Apr-10
Canberra Stadium Canberra Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1931296 17 14 static_22 NRL 29-Apr-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/1172841 16 8 acknudsen NRL 29-Apr-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2080839 15 9 NRL 29-Apr-10
WIN Stadium WIN Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283427 15 12 -624380 NRL 29-Apr-10
Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 14 6 sun_doll NRL 29-Apr-10
EnergyAustralia Stadium energy australia stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 14 12 -865681 NRL 29-Apr-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park http://foursquare.com/venue/489507 13 12 -107846 NRL 29-Apr-10
AMI Stadium (NZ) AMI Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/710117 12 9 -550794 NRL 29-Apr-10
Parramatta Stadium parramatta stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/982075 12 11 NRL 29-Apr-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 11 4 lenier NRL 29-Apr-10
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) North Harbour Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/998991 9 6 nzrhodes NRL 29-Apr-10
Redfern Oval Redfern Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/612522 9 9 NRL 29-Apr-10
Concord Oval Concord Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1445824 7 4 bodman456 NRL 29-Apr-10
Leichhardt Oval Leichhardt Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/641895 6 4 -348916 NRL 29-Apr-10
Sydney Showground Sydney Showground Other – Entertainment http://foursquare.com/venue/283436 5 4 NRL 29-Apr-10
Henson Park Henson Park- Home of The Newtown Jets http://foursquare.com/venue/1953234 4 4 NRL 29-Apr-10
Toyota Stadium Toyota Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2019113 4 4 NRL 29-Apr-10
Belmore Sports Ground Belmore Sports Ground http://foursquare.com/venue/2486212 3 2 NRL 29-Apr-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2196016 3 2 NRL 29-Apr-10
Erskineville Oval Erskineville Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2228510 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
Lidcombe Oval Lidcombe Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/1394063 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) North Harbour Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/624327 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park Park http://foursquare.com/venue/2945683 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
Browne Park 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Campbelltown Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Carrara Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Cazalys Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Central Coast Stadium Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2940324 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Cessnock Sportsground 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Clive Berghofer Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Dolphin Oval 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
LaTrobe City Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Penrith Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Port Macquarie Regional Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Pratten Park 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
QLD Group Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Queensland Sport and Athletic Centre 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Rugby Park Stadium (NZ) 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Seiffert Oval 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Stockland Park 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
WACA Ground 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Western Weekender Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 683 351 _hoshi_ AFL 30-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 948 469 -417965 AFL 1-May-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 709 369 _hoshi_ AFL 1-May-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Arcade http://foursquare.com/venue/283386 240 160 meaghery NRL 1-May-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/283942 178 137 franksting AFL 1-May-10
Suncorp Stadium Suncorp Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280326 176 82 kiwichops NRL 1-May-10
ANZ Stadium ANZ Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 171 127 -528533 AFL 1-May-10
Westpac Stadium (NZ) Westpac Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/284409 100 52 -970084 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Brunswick Street Oval Brunswick St Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1009476 98 7 gustheboxer AFL 1-May-10
Subiaco Oval Subiaco Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/569404 86 53 flyingblogspot AFL 1-May-10
Brisbane Cricket Ground Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280612 73 57 ireckon AFL 1-May-10
North Sydney Oval North Sydney Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/283943 63 30 -348573 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Princes Park Princes Park Park http://foursquare.com/venue/399051 62 38 mence AFL 1-May-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521 47 38 kristibarrow AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Toorak Park Toorak Park Gym / Fitness http://foursquare.com/venue/640520 38 6 stirlo AFL 1-May-10
Canberra Stadium Bruce Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1931296 37 25 -486521 NRL 1-May-10
Olympic Park Stadium Olympic Park Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/281708 34 24 ignatiusw NRL 1-May-10
Elsternwick Park Elsternwick Park http://foursquare.com/venue/413440 32 10 -405488 AFL 1-May-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280351 32 19 kiwichops NRL 1-May-10
Mt Smart Stadium (NZ) Mt Smart Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/527773 29 17 jaredhonore NRL 1-May-10
Whitten Oval EJ Whitten Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/650421 29 18 -917073 AFL 1-May-10
AAMI Stadium AAMI Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396 26 21 dlparkinson AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Eden Park (NZ) Eden Park Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/402456 25 20 istevenxue NRL 1-May-10
Sydney Showground Sydney Showground Showbag Pavilion Other – Entertainment http://foursquare.com/venue/2205142 21 19 ozgenre NRL 1-May-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park Sporting Complex Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283382 20 16 tontenn NRL 1-May-10
WIN Stadium WIN Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283427 19 13 -624380 NRL 1-May-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2080839 16 10 NRL 1-May-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/1172841 16 8 acknudsen NRL 1-May-10
Windy Hill Windy Hill Gym http://foursquare.com/venue/563692 15 10 hamishjones AFL 1-May-10
Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 14 6 sun_doll NRL 1-May-10
EnergyAustralia Stadium energy australia stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 14 12 -865681 NRL 1-May-10
Victoria Park Victoria Park Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/1080112 13 8 -400756 AFL 1-May-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park http://foursquare.com/venue/489507 13 12 -107846 NRL 1-May-10
AMI Stadium (NZ) AMI Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/710117 12 9 -550794 NRL 1-May-10
Parramatta Stadium parramatta stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/982075 12 11 NRL 1-May-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2141884 11 10 whatsonthetube AFL/NRL 1-May-10 Merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 on May 1
Skilled Park Skilled Park http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 11 4 lenier NRL 1-May-10
Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup http://foursquare.com/venue/638995 10 5 darciehutton AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Redfern Oval Redfern Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/612522 10 9 ebswearspink NRL 1-May-10
Adelaide Oval Adelaide Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/1427010 9 5 jasondunstone AFL 1-May-10
Bellerive Oval Bellerive Oval Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/600550 9 8 AFL 1-May-10
Brisbane Cricket Ground GABBA Gate 4 http://foursquare.com/venue/2092290 9 7 AFL 1-May-10
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) North Harbour Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/998991 9 6 nzrhodes NRL 1-May-10
Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval Playground http://foursquare.com/venue/1273017 7 5 -622579 AFL 1-May-10
Concord Oval Concord Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1445824 7 4 bodman456 NRL 1-May-10
Henson Park Henson Park- Home of The Newtown Jets http://foursquare.com/venue/1953234 6 6 NRL 1-May-10
Leichhardt Oval Leichhardt Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/641895 6 4 -348916 NRL 1-May-10
Skilled Stadium Skilled Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2651796 6 5 AFL 1-May-10
ANZ Stadium corp box47 Anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1963449 5 3 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
ANZ Stadium Dogs V Rooters Anz Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1991847 5 5 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Sydney Showground Sydney Showground Other – Entertainment http://foursquare.com/venue/283436 5 4 NRL 1-May-10
Traeger Park Traeger Park, Alice Springs http://foursquare.com/venue/1929879 5 4 domdsouza AFL 1-May-10
Etihad Stadium Victoria Room – Etihad Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2280290 4 4 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/480417 4 4 AFL/NRL 1-May-10 Merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 on May 1
North Hobart Oval North Hobart Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2427787 4 1 -793835 AFL 1-May-10
Toyota Stadium Toyota Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2019113 4 4 NRL 1-May-10
Victoria Park Victoria Park http://foursquare.com/venue/2550648 4 3 -758264 AFL 1-May-10
Adelaide Oval The Hill – Adelaide Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/375941 3 3 AFL 1-May-10
Aurora Stadium Aurora Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/625459 3 2 AFL 1-May-10
Belmore Sports Ground Belmore Sports Ground http://foursquare.com/venue/2486212 3 2 NRL 1-May-10
Brookvale Oval Brookvale Oval Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2196016 3 2 NRL 1-May-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618227 3 1 damiendempsey AFL/NRL 1-May-10 Merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 on May 1
ANZ Stadium anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1261797 2 2 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2396681 2 2 AFL/NRL 1-May-10 Merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 on May 1
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2947320 2 2 AFL/NRL 1-May-10 Merged with http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 on May 1
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2901481 2 2 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
East Fremantle Oval East Fremantle Oval Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2339082 1 1 AFL 1-May-10
Erskineville Oval Erskineville Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/2228510 1 1 NRL 1-May-10
Junction Oval Junction Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/2486876 1 1 AFL 1-May-10
Lidcombe Oval Lidcombe Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/1394063 1 1 NRL 1-May-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618210 1 1 AFL/NRL 1-May-10
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) North Harbour Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/624327 1 1 NRL 1-May-10
Queen Elizabeth Oval Queen Elizabeth Oval http://foursquare.com/venue/2146828 1 1 AFL 1-May-10
TCA Ground T.C.A. Ground Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/2612015 1 1 AFL 1-May-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park Park http://foursquare.com/venue/2945683 1 1 NRL 1-May-10
Central Coast Stadium Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2940324 0 0 NRL 1-May-10

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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.

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