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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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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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NRL ovals, fields and stadiums on foursquare

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 April, 2010

In my previous post, I looked at the number of checkins on foursquare at AFL facilities. This time, I’m looking at NRL facilities. The list of stadiums I’ve included are based on austadiums’s list. I love data like this for several reasons.

First, it helps to give an idea of the size of specific fan communities and their engagement with social media. (Though Foursquare doesn’t indicate true size of a social media community for a team. Some groups just trend towards certain sites and services. Universal statements are dumb and often wrong. Give me an unfounded statement and I will happily see if I can drive a truck through it.)

Next, Foursquare is probably one of the better services out there, outside of a team’s own mobile applications through app providers like Apple and their own analytics regarding browser usage, for getting an idea as to the size of the community using mobile devices and if this group is worth targeting.

Third, foursquare can give an idea as to the geographic distribution of a league’s fanbase who use mobile devices. This can then be compared to other geographic patterns on sites like blogger, bebo, LiveJournal and facebook. You’re not necessarily getting information on where fans live but you could begin to do an interesting analysis on patterns of what fans do and where their geographic center is. This could be interesting because for some teams, they share a facility in a larger city. A lot of fans will list their location as say Melbourne, where the actual core of Melbourne is about one square mile. People just chose to list that, instead of say St. Kilda.

That out of the way, the table below is sorted by the number of total checkins. The top facility not shared by the AFL is Sydney Football Stadium. It is also the top non-shared AFL/NRL facility. Suncorp Stadium is the next biggest non-shared use facility. It too is an NRL facility. Brunswick St Oval is actually the first non-shared use AFL facility and 98 checkins. The next two non-shared use facilities are also AFL. In either case, I felt kind of surprised that the NRL facilities had as many checkins as they did. I was under the impression that rugby league country was not as into the social media scene as areas dominated by the AFL.

Facility Name Type Link Checkins Unique Visitors Mayor League Date checked
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/281644 858 427 -417965 NRL 27-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/306196 652 338 sydlow NRL 27-Apr-10
Sydney Football Stadium Sydney Football Stadium Arcade http://foursquare.com/venue/283386 240 160 meaghery NRL 29-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium ANZ Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/283387 164 122 -528533 NRL 28-Apr-10
Suncorp Stadium Suncorp Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280326 163 73 kiwichops NRL 29-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Cricket http://foursquare.com/venue/283942 135 103 franksting NRL 27-Apr-10
Westpac Stadium (NZ) Westpac Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/284409 98 50 -970084 NRL 29-Apr-10
North Sydney Oval North Sydney Oval Field http://foursquare.com/venue/283943 64 31 -348573 NRL 28-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 Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2337521 24 22 kristibarrow NRL 27-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
AAMI Stadium AAMI Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/1088396 17 15 dlparkinson NRL 27-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
EnergyAustralia Stadium energy australia stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/736079 14 12 -865681 NRL 29-Apr-10
Dairy Farmers Stadium Dairy Farmers Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/280349 14 6 sun_doll 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
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2141884 11 10 whatsonthetube NRL 27-Apr-10
Skilled Park Skilled Park http://foursquare.com/venue/569889 11 4 lenier NRL 29-Apr-10
Arena Joondalup Arena Joondalup http://foursquare.com/venue/638995 10 5 darciehutton NRL 28-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
ANZ Stadium corp box47 Anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1963449 5 3 NRL 28-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium Dogs V Rooters Anz Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1991847 5 5 NRL 28-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
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/480417 4 4 NRL 27-Apr-10
Toyota Stadium Toyota Stadium Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2019113 4 4 NRL 29-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Victoria Room – Etihad Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2280290 4 4 NRL 27-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
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618227 3 1 damiendempsey NRL 27-Apr-10
ANZ Stadium anz stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/1261797 2 2 NRL 28-Apr-10
Etihad Stadium Etihad Stadium Other – Parks & Outdoor http://foursquare.com/venue/2396681 2 2 NRL 27-Apr-10
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2947320 2 2 NRL 27-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
Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) http://foursquare.com/venue/2618210 1 1 NRL 27-Apr-10
North Harbour Stadium (NZ) North Harbour Stadium Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/624327 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Cricket Ground Football http://foursquare.com/venue/2901481 1 1 NRL 27-Apr-10
Wentworth Park Wentworth Park Park http://foursquare.com/venue/2945683 1 1 NRL 29-Apr-10
Central Coast Stadium Bluetongue Central Coast Stadium http://foursquare.com/venue/2940324 0 0 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
Cessnock Sportsground 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Clive Berghofer Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Coffs Harbour International Stadium 0 0 NRL 28-Apr-10
Dolphin Oval 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
LaTrobe City Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
Lavington Sports Ground 0 0 NRL 28-Apr-10
ME Bank Stadium 0 0 NRL 28-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
Western Weekender Stadium 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10
WACA Ground 0 0 NRL 29-Apr-10

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Melbourne Storm and Wikipedia

Posted by Laura on Monday, 26 April, 2010

The Melbourne Storm cheating controversy with their salary camp has gotten a fair amount of attention by the Australian Twitter community and in local newspapers.  Given that, I was curious to see how the Wikipedia community had responded in terms of number of edits to the Melbourne Storm article.  I took a look at the article’s history about an hour before I posted this entry.  I then counted the total number of edits by day.  Wikipedia’s history is recorded at UTC.  This is a bit important when looking at time related data…

Melbourne Storm Wikipedia Edits

Date Number of Edits
20-Apr 6
21-Apr 0
22-Apr 90
23-Apr 56
24-Apr 69
25-Apr 6
26-Apr 6

Most of the edits were made on April 22.  This was, based on UTC, the day the story broke.   Total edits spiked again on April 24.  After that, there was a huge drop off.  The story broke quickly, people edited and then after most of the pertinent details were added, they stopped editing.  Some of the drop off can probably be explained by:   (Protected Melbourne Storm: Excessive vandalism ([edit=autoconfirmed] (expires 09:52, 1 May 2010 (UTC)) [move=autoconfirmed] (expires 09:52, 1 May 2010 (UTC)))).

It is an interesting bit of pattern behavior and it would be interesting to go into further depth regarding other historical editing patterns for the article and who edited the article, and if they had ever edited the article prior to this latest controversy.  That’s for another post some time in the future.

Edited to add: There is an Italian language article about the Melbourne Storm.  There have been 15 total edits to the article singe it was created on December 21, 2007.  The article had 2 edits in 2008 and 1 in 2009.  In period of breaking news around this story, there has been 1 new edit made to the article.

More edited to add: There is a French language article about the Melbourne Storm.  It was created on March 1, 2006.  There have been 27 total edits to the article since the controversy started.  There were 59 total edits to the article, including these.

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nrl.wikia.com: The NRL wiki community

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 15 April, 2010

nrl.wikia.com is a small wiki dedicated to the National Rugby League and the State of Origin.  It is not a very active wiki and doesn’t even have an article about every team in the NRL.  It has a total of 20 articles with about three redirects and has been around since September 2008.  In that period, there have been a total of roughly 112 edits made by 17 contributors.   Of these, five have made more than 10 edits.  They are:

Rey76                     19
JWykes                  18
Emosworld            17
209.66.200.45     15
KapitanYnot         12

Only two articles had more than ten edits.  These articles include Sydney Roosters with 16 edits and Canterbury Bulldogs with 15 edits.  The wiki has gone through several “active” periods that can be seen on the chart below.

If there is an active NRL wiki community, it probably isn’t here.  Most likely, it would be found on Wikipedia or a wiki created by fans on their own domain.

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Most popular NRL teams on Facebook

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

I looked at the most popular teams on Facebook for the AFL. Now it is time for the NRL.  The following is based on the official Facebook pages that are linked on a team’s official site.  If a team is not listed, it is because they did not provide a link to their official Facebook page or provided a bad link.  This data was gathered on April 6, 2010.

  • Queensland Maroons – Queensland Maroons(Fan): 76,807
  • Brisbane Lions – Brisbane Broncos(Fan): 45,327
  • Gold Coast Titans – Gold Coast Titans(Fan): 18,032
  • Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles – Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles(Fan): 14,895
  • Wests Tigers – Wests Tigers – Official National Rugby League Club(Fan): 14,078
  • Newcastle Knights – Newcastle Knights (Fan): 12,766
  • Sydney Roosters – The Official Sydney Roosters Page(Fan): 12,204
  • Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks – Cronulla Sharks(Fan): 9,502
  • Melbourne Storm – Storm Man(User): 3,203
  • Canberra Raiders – Canberra Raiders(User): 2,583
  • North Queensland Cowboys – North Queensland Toyota Cowboys(Fan): 2,428
  • New South Wales Blues – New South Wales Rugby League(Fan): 886
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    NRL and official facebook fan page fail

    Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 6 April, 2010

    The NRL could really learn a lesson from the AFL for Facebook. Having looked through most of the official sites to try to find official Facebook pages, I’ve made the following observations:

    • The South Sydney Rabbitohs site links to the Facebook page for the Canberra Raiders.
    • The St. George Illawarra Dragons and New Zealand Warriors sites links to Facebook.com, not to their fanpages.
    • Several teams do not have Facebook fanpages.
    • The Melbourne Storm and Canberra Raiders have user pages with limited public profiles.
    • The Melbourne Storm user profile is for the team’s mascot.

    These patterns suggest that the NRL is behind the ball with their use of social networking.  Social networking is important tool for building a fanbase, selling merchandise, etc.  There is a correlation between attendance at matches and the size of a team’s online social networking fan base.  I’m not certain what factors lead to this and the variables could be totally independent but either way, they need to improve their fan engagement.

    (The links were found on the NRL hosted team sites.  These are not official team sites but are official NRL league pages.)

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    Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location

    Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 23 March, 2010

    Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location map

    I’m trying to make a map of Australian sports fandom across various social networks.  This is going to take a long time and require a long explanation to understand exactly what you’re seeing.  This map isn’t intended to be all comprehensive.  I’m still collecting data and will likely continue to collecting data for a long time.    That’s why a long explanation is needed.

    Country League Rugby: Group 21 is represented exclusively by the Facebook group SCONE THOROUGHBREDS RUGBY LEAGUE CLUB. Location was identified the location of the school network members listed themselves as belonging to.

    For the NWBL, amongst the social networks I’ve checked so far, only You!Tube had people who listed the league.  And that was one person.  There were several people on Facebook who belonged the Wollongong Roller Hawks group and listed a network which I could affiliate with a city.

    The AHL is represented by a Facebook group for the Tassie Tigers and three people on bebo. There were no fans on LiveJournal’s clones or blogger.

    The AFL includes full data from 43things, bebo, blogger, eacademy, Daniel Jackson – TIGER TUFF!, Law Hawks and No matter how bad they are, I will still barrack for the Richmond Tigers! groups on Facebook, Gaia Online (but no one was an AFL fan who listed a city), LiveJournal and its clones, only Collingwood from MySpace profile search, only Brisbane Lions, Collingwood Magpies and Carlton Blues from orkut, only the scrapheap_afl mailing list on Yahoo!groups, and only the Geelong Cats on YouTube.

    For the NRL, the following Facebook groups were included: Matt Johns to coach the Newcastle Knights in 2010! , Wests Tigers NYC and Melbourne-based Wests Tigers Fanatics. Only the Brisbane Broncos were looked at on 43things. Every team was searched for on bebo, blogger, Gaia Online, LiveJournal and its clones. The sample is much smaller than the AFL. (Though the community on bebo is much larger than AFL community on bebo. It might sort of make up for that.)

    WNBL totals came from YouTube, MySpace, eacademy, bebo and LiveJournal clones.

    For the NBL, only the Brisbane Bullets were looked at on 43 things. On Facebook for the NBL, unlike for most leagues looked at, an attempt was made to find every group connected to the team. Thus, the following groups and fanpages are represented: Townsville McDonald’s Crocodiles, Adelaide 36ers, Adelaide 36ers are the greatest team of ANY kind EVER!!, Adelaide 36ers Fan Zone, Bring Allen Iverson to the Adelaide 36ers!, Bring Dusty Rychart back to the Adelaide 36ers ~ beg, plead, grovel ;p, Cairns Taipans , Croc Nation, Early 90′s Perth Wildcats appreciation group, Gold Coast Blaze, Melbourne Tigers, melbourne tigers are the best team, Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club, Melbourne Tigers cheer squeda east and south ends , Melbourne Tigers NBL HUMMER CHAMPIONS 2007/08, Melbourne Tigers NBL supporters, New Zealand Breakers, Official Perth Wildcats, Perth Wildcats, Perth Wildcats, Perth Wildcats (Catties Fans), SAVE OUR MELBOURNE TIGERS NBL TEAM , THIS SEASON., Save Our South Dragons:www. saveourdragons.com, South Dragons 2008/09 Nbl Champions, South Melbourne Dragons, The Melbourne Tigers Fan Group, The Official Adelaide 36ers Page, Townsville McDonald’s Crocodiles and Wollongong Hawks. If this was done with other clubs and leagues, the representation for the AFL and NRL would probably be much, much bigger. Every team was looked at on bebo, blogger, LiveJournal and its clones. It also includes members of melbournetigers on Yahoo!Groups.

    For the VFL, only the Geelong Cats and Coburg Tigers were checked. On MySpace, Frankston Dolphins , Sandringham Zebras , Werribee Tigers , Collingwood Magpies and Geelong Cats were checked. All teams were checked on LiveJournal and its clones, blogger and bebo.

    A-League is represented by a search of all teams on bebo, blogger, LiveJournal and its clones. Orkut was searched for Melbourne Victory fans. It might not show up on the first version of this map because after about seven layers, the mapping software gets slow.

    Distribution of Australian sports fans by league and location map

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    NRL fans on bebo

    Posted by Laura on Thursday, 18 March, 2010

    This is an observation as I work through formatting the Penrith Panthers on bebo list.  It appears that some (three that I’ve found so far) NRL fans on bebo are using player last names as their location.  I’ve not really seen this for other teams on other networks so it is interesting.  I wanted to note it as when I finish formatting, that will be removed.  … Along with people who list their location as “My girlfriend’s bed” and “Anywhere I can crash.”

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    Popularity of Australian sports leagues across various social networks

    Posted by Laura on Saturday, 13 March, 2010

    I’ve been checking the number of people who list a team as an interest across a number of social networks.  Yesterday, for networks where I had information on 215 teams I have on my list, I added together the number of people who listed a team as an interest in various leagues.  I got the following table.

    League Total DW DJ JF IJ Blurty Inksome CrazyLife LiveJournal Blogger Facebook Twitter Gaia Online
    AFL 266883 7 3 4 13 7 1 5 613 168 239480 26582 1
    AFL Canberra 2 1 1
    A-League 73559 90 44 69060 4363 2
    ANZ Championship 2200 5 860 1335
    Australia Athletics 83 83
    Basketball Australia 326 326
    Brisbane Netball Association 21 21
    Claxton Shield 1615 1580 35
    Commonwealth Bank Trophy 3 2 1
    First class cricket 34573 1 1 3 29 22400 12140
    Gridiron Australia Nationals 66 66
    NBL 7899 1 1 1 30 5 4220 3641
    Netball Australia 1651 1580 71
    Netball New South Wales 22 22
    NRL 180242 7 7 2 8 411 78 167585 12138 6
    NSW Premier League 316 1 4 311
    Plenty Valley Netball Association 20 20
    Rugby League/State of Origin 61519 1 1 18 61320 179
    Super 14 49838 1 1 1 85 5 37460 12284 1
    VFL 208 3 1 204
    Victorian Amateur Football Association 1 1
    WNBL 38 9 29
    Women’s Flat Track Derby Association 760 760

    Interesting to see what networks have what populations.  The WNBL is only really an interest on 2 networks while the AFL is present on every network.  These networks all have different population sizes so total numbers is really apple to oranges in some ways.  I then decided to rank the leagues by how popular they were on each network.  The most popular league ranks 1, the next most popular league ranks 2.  If there is a tie, they share the same rank.  The results of that are in the following table:

    League Blogger Blurty Crazy
    Life
    Dreamwidth Dead
    Journal
    Facebook Gaia Online Inksome Insane
    Journal
    Journal
    Fen
    Inksome Live
    Journal
    Twitter Average
    rank
    Total people
    AFL 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1.30 266884
    NRL 2 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 1.77 180242
    First class cricket 3 2 6 1 1 6 3 3.14 34574
    A-League 3 3 2 3 5 3.2 73559
    Super 14 4 3 3 3 5 3 4 2 3.37 49838
    NBL 4 3 3 3 7 5 6 4.42 7899
    Rugby League/State of Origin 3 4 2 7 11 5.4 61519
    NSW Premier League 3 10 9 7.33 316
    AFL Canberra 2 13 7.5 2
    Basketball Australia 8 8 326
    ANZ Championship 10 9 7 8.66 2200
    Commonwealth Bank Trophy 6 12 9 3
    VFL 6 11 10 9 208
    Netball Australia 8 13 10.5 1651
    Women’s Flat Track Derby Association 11 11 760
    WNBL 8 16 12 38
    Claxton Shield 9 15 12 1615
    Australia Athletics 12 12 83
    Victorian Amateur Football Association 13 13 1
    Gridiron Australia Nationals 14 14 66
    Netball New South Wales 17 17 22
    Brisbane Netball Association 18 18 21
    Plenty Valley Netball Association 19 19 20

    This table is a bit more interesting.  Across most networks, the AFL is the most popular league.  The NRL is the second most popular league.  First class cricket, compromising state cricket teams, is the third most popular.  The A-League and Super 14 are close behind.  When you get down near the bottom, patterns become interesting.  The WNBL is not as popular as Women’s Flat Track Derby Association.  This is largely a result of the large number of fans on Facebook.  AFL Canberra is also more popular than the VFL.  This is because of the high rank on JournalFen.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues lists the attendance by league for six Australian sports leagues in 2009.  I cannot find a better list of attendance data for Australian sports league, especially the minor leagues.  That makes the rest of this analysis a bit problematic but moving forward anyway… This data is then put into the following table:

    League Average rank Total people Total attendance 2009 Average attendance 2009
    AFL 1.30 266884 6370350 36195
    NRL 1.77 180242 3084481 16065
    Super 14 3.2 49838 2021376 21504
    A-League 3.37 73559 1166966 12966
    NBL 3.14 7899 644976 3665
    First class cricket 4.42 34574 308590 18153

    For total number of people attending during the course of a season, it certainly seems to track with the average league rank on the social networks in this sample.  Total people and total attendance seems to track some too.  I ran the correlation to confirm these observations:

    Total attendance 2009 Average attendance 2009
    Average rank -0.892632665 -0.511836009
    Total people 0.949552518 0.769754845

    Total attendance does correlate meaningfully.  Average attendance isn’t as meaningful but the correlation is still relatively strong.  There is a relationship there.

    I’ve found that similar relationships exist with American baseball teams.  The issue of course is: Cause and effect.  Does high fan attendance lead to more fans listing their teams as an interest on social media? Or does becoming interested in a team on social media sites lead people to attending games?  It feels like the first but I have no evidence either way.

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