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More popular Australian (and Kiwi) sport related Facebook fanpages and groups (November 23)

Posted by Laura on Tuesday, 23 November, 2010

This post is an updated version of my November 21 post. It contains more groups and fan pages. It should be a bit more comprehensive. Worth noting: When some of these groups were last checked, there were several members. Some of the things not appearing have been deleted including anti-Monaghan groups and anti-Akermanis groups. Others need to be checked. We’re still working on improving the program that fetches this data. Also, unlike Twitter, I’m a little more keen to get unofficial groups/fan pages (and those are easier for fans to create). This can help give an idea as to how controversies in fandom play out over time.


League Team Type Official Group/Page 23-Nov-10
Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Page Yes Rugby World Cup 727,661
Rugby World Cup All Blacks Page Yes All Blacks 629,582
AFL AFL Page Yes AFL 251,605
NRL NRL Page Yes National Rugby League 232,168
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page Yes Support Australia’s 2022 Official FIFA World Cup Bid 229,690
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Page Yes Queensland Maroons 201,527
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page Yes Socceroos – Australian National Football Team 143,339
Australian Tennis Open Series Australian Tennis Open Series Page Yes Australian Open 139,059
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page Yes Cricket Australia 112,272
AFL Collingwood Magpies Page Yes Collingwood Football Club 104,553
AFL Essendon Bombers Page Yes Essendon FC 90,782
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues Page Yes NSW Blues 87,837
AFL Adelaide Crows Page Yes Adelaide Crows 60,272
AFL West Coast Eagles Page Yes West Coast Eagles 60,060
AFL West Coast Eagles Page Yes West Coast Eagles 60,060
AFL St. Kilda Saints Page Yes St Kilda Football Club 57,501
AFL Carlton Blues Page Yes Carlton Football Club 51,200
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit Page Yes Victorian Bushrangers 43,810
NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sports Team Yes Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 43,102
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Page Yes Qantas Wallabies 40,966
AFL Sydney Swans Page No Sydney Swans 39,330
AFL Sydney Swans Page Yes Sydney Swans 39,330
NRL Melbourne Storm Page Yes Melbourne Storm 37,942
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete Yes Ricky Ponting 37,918
General Australian sport General Australian sport Page Yes Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 36,463
AIS AIS Page Yes Australian Institute of Sport 35,321
AFL Fremantle Dockers Page Yes Fremantle Football Club 33,698
NRL Wests Tigers Page Yes Wests Tigers – Official National Rugby League Club 32,977
Rugby League New Zealand Kiwis Page Yes New Zealand Kiwis 32,174
Rugby League New Zealand Kiwis Page Yes New Zealand Kiwis 32,174
AFL Hawthorn Hawks Page Yes Hawthorn Football Club 32,112
NRL St George-Illawarra Dragons Page Yes St George-Illawarra Dragons 31,914
AFL Richmond Tigers Page Yes Richmond FC 29,270
NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Page Yes Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26,151
NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Page Yes Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26,151
AFL Port Adelaide Power Page Yes Port Adelaide Football Club 24,263
NSWRL Central Coast Bears Page Yes Central Coast Bears 21,678
NRL Newcastle Knights Page Yes Newcastle Knights 21,285
NRL Wests Tigers Page No Benji Marshall 20,009
AFL Brisbane Lions Page No Brisbane Lions 19,629
AFL Brisbane Lions Page Yes Brisbane Lions 19,629
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Page Yes North Melbourne Football Club 19,189
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Page Yes Australian Olympic Team 18,263
AFL Western Bulldogs Page Yes Western Bulldogs 16,603
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos Page Yes Australian Kangaroos 15,723
NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Page Yes Cronulla Sharks 15,437
Rugby World Cup All Blacks Page Yes BackingBlack 15,397
Tennis Australia Sam Stosur Page Yes Sam Stosur 15,318
NRL Penrith Panthers Sports / Athletics Yes Penrith Panthers 14,107
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs Athlete No Greg Inglis 12,748
Super League NSW Waratahs Page Yes Waratahs 11,845
Super League Queensland Reds Page Yes Quade Cooper 10,474
NRL Canberra Raiders Local Business No i bet u i can find 10,000 people who hate canberra raiders 10,000
AIS Tennis Australia Page Yes Tennis 9,822
AFL Melbourne Demons Page Yes Melbourne Football Club 9,754
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page Yes Gold Coast Football Club 9,543
Super League Queensland Reds Page Yes Queensland Reds 9,470
NRL NRL Page Yes NRL Lone Scout 8,988
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports Team Yes Canberra Raiders 8,723
NRL Canberra Raiders Page Yes Canberra Raiders 8,723
NRL Melbourne Storm Page No Sucked in Melbourne Storm! HAHA 8,671
A-League A-League Page Yes Hyundai A-League 8,544
AFL Collingwood Magpies Page No COLLINGWOOD MAGPIES PREMIERS OF 2010. 8,517
AFL Collingwood Magpies Group No Collingwood Magpies 8,027
AFL Geelong Cats Page Yes Geelong Cats Insider 7,315
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Western Bulldogs 7,037
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau 6,923
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau 6,923
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs Sports / Athletics Yes South Sydney Rabbitohs – Official Page 6,673
Victorian Roller Derby League Victorian Roller Derby League Page Yes Victorian Roller Derby League 6,652
AFL Hawthorn Hawks Group No hawthorn football club 6,490
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship Page Yes ANZ Netball 5,870
AFL Adelaide Crows Group No Adelaide Crows 5,753
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports / Athletics Yes Hockeyroos 5,676
Cricket Australia Cricket New South Wales Page Yes Cricket NSW 5,615
Sydney Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League Page Yes Sydney Roller Derby League 5,541
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Page No North Melbourne Kangaroos 5,530
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 5,312
NRL New Zealand Warriors Sports Team Yes Vodafone Warriors 5,302
AFL West Coast Eagles Group No West Coast Eagles Appreciation Group 4,999
Rugby League Papua New Guinea Kumuls Page Yes Papua New Guinea Kumuls 4,708
AFL Sydney Swans Group No Sydney Swans 4,646
NRL Melbourne Storm Page No Give Melbourne Storm Their Premierships Back 4,505
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Page Yes North Queensland Toyota Cowboys 4,437
Super League Melbourne Rebels Page Yes Melbourne Rebels – The Official Fan Page 4,402
AFL St. Kilda Saints Group No St Kilda Football Club 4,257
Super League Melbourne Rebels Page Yes Rebel Army 4,140
AFL Melbourne Demons Group No Melbourne Football Club, The Mighty Demons 4,087
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Football Club, The Mighty Demons 4,087
AFL Geelong Cats Group No GEELONG FOOTBALL CLUB 3,958
Super League Western Force Page No Western Force 3,734
Super League Western Force Page Yes Western Force 3,734
AFL Fremantle Dockers Group No Fremantle Dockers Fan Club 3,707
NRL Brisbane Broncos Page Yes Brisbane Broncos Cheerleaders 3,528
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Page Yes Melbourne Vixens 3,371
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Page Yes Maroon Crusade 3,241
AFL Port Adelaide Power Group No Port Adelaide Power 3,139
Women’s World Cup Matildas Page Yes Matildas – Australian National Women’s Football Team 2,884
Australian Tennis Open Series Brisbane International Page Yes Brisbane International – Australian Open Series 2,859
AFL Richmond Tigers Group No Richmond Tigers 2,741
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page Yes Team GWS 2,615
Auckland Rugby League Auckland Rugby League Page Yes Auckland Rugby League 2,598
Super League ACT Brumbies Page Yes Official Brumbies Fan Page 2,563
Super League ACT Brumbies Page Yes Official Brumbies Fan Page 2,563
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Rest in Peace Shawn Mackay 2,470
Country Rugby League Country Rugby League Page Yes Country Rugby League 2,417
AFL Adelaide Crows Page No Adelaide Crows The team for all proud South Aussies 2,395
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Group No North Melbourne Kangaroos 2,366
NBL Perth Wildcats Page Yes Official Perth Wildcats 2,351
AFL Brisbane Lions Group No Brisbane Lions AFC 2,309
Australian Tennis Open Series Medibank International Sydney Page Yes Medibank International Sydney – Australian Open Series 2,288
NRL NRL Page Yes Women In League 2,284
NRL Gold Coast Titans Sports / Athletics Yes The Legion – Gold Coast Titans 2,203
WNBL WNBL Sports / Athletics No WNBL 2,145
NRL NRL Page Yes Indigenous All Stars 2,114
AFL Essendon Bombers Group No Essendon Bombers 2,008
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs Page No Greg Inglis 1,843
Brisbane City Rollers Brisbane City Rollers Page Yes Brisbane City Rollers 1,827
New Shute Shield New Shute Shield Page Yes Tooheys New Shute Shield 1,821
ABL Barbagallo Perth Heat Page Yes Barbagallo Perth Heat Baseball Club 1,769
Cricket Australia Western Australian Cricket Association Page Yes Western Australian Cricket Association 1,736
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues Page Yes New South Wales Rugby League 1,696
W-League W-League Page Yes Westfield W-League 1,676
W-League W-League Sports / Athletics Yes Westfield W-League 1,675
AFL Carlton Blues Group No Carlton Blues Supporters Club 1,620
Super League Queensland Reds Page No QR Reds – Queensland Reds 1,606
Super League Super League Page Yes Investec Bank Super 14 Rugby 1,556
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Page No Green and Gold Rugby 1,538
Super League Super League Page Yes Super Rugby 1,503
NSW Rugby League North Sydney Bears Page Yes North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club 1,403
NRL Parramatta Eels Sports Team Yes Parramatta Eels 1,366
AIS Equestrian Australia Page Yes Equestrian Australia 1,349
Van Diemen Rollers Van Diemen Rollers Page Yes Van Diemen Rollers 1,346
WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby Page Yes WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby 1,326
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos Page Yes The Roo Crew 1,310
ANZ Championship Queensland Firebirds Group No Queensland Firebirds 1,267
AFL AFL Page Yes AFLPA 1,253
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No ACT Brumbies! 1,225
NRL Melbourne Storm Page No Support the Melbourne Storm this Sunday Night 1,207
General Australian sport General Australian sport Page Yes ANZ Stadium 1,202
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports Team No Canberra Raiders 1,196
VFL Frankston Dolphins Group No FRANKSTON DOLPHINS FOOTBALL CLUB 1,193
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Page No Hamish McIntosh 1,147
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Page No Michael Firrito 1,146
A-League Melbourne Heart Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Heart FC 1,145
AFL Western Bulldogs Athlete No Jason Akermanis 1,094
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Group No Melbourne Vixens 1,077
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Vixens 1,077
AFL West Coast Eagles Page No West Coast Eagles SUCK! 1,069
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies Page Yes Western Suburbs Magpies 1,008
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Anything To Do With Footy. 977
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Page Yes Northern Mystics 969
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jason Akermanis 874
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Public Figure No Israel Folau 854
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Western Bulldogs 853
NBL South Melbourne Dragons Group No Save Our South Dragons:www. saveourdragons.com 852
WNBL West Coast Waves Sports / Athletics Yes West Coast Waves WNBL (Official) 846
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit Page Yes VicSpirit 830
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No WESTERN BULLDOGS 2010 PREMIERSHIP TEAM 828
AFL St. Kilda Saints Page No ST KILDA SAINTS 823
ANZ Championship Southern Steel Page Yes Southern Steel 816
NBL New Zealand Breakers Page No New Zealand Breakers 788
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers 783
SEABL SEABL Page Yes SEABL 758
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers Basketball Club 722
AIS Australian Canoeing Page Yes Australian Canoeing 720
Australian Canoeing Australian Canoeing Page Yes Australian Canoeing 720
NRL Melbourne Storm Page No melbourne storm :) 712
AIS Triathlon Australia Page Yes Triathlon Australia 700
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau 697
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau 697
ABL Victoria Aces Page Yes Victoria Aces ABL Baseball 682
Ballarat Roller Derby Rat Pack Page Yes Ballarat Roller Derby – Rat Pack 641
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Local Business No Ricky Ponting 624
W-League Canberra United Group Yes Canberra United Fans 623
W-League Canberra United Page Yes Canberra United Fans 623
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis is a homophobe. 622
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page Yes GWS Giants 620
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page Yes ACT 4 GWS 605
Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Page Yes Australian Tennis Magazine 590
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Page No The NMFC Hoodie 586
VFL North Ballarat Roosters Group No Selkirk Roosters – North Ballarat Football Club 581
Australian Tennis Open Series Moorilla Hobart International Page Yes Moorilla Hobart International – Australian Open Series 556
WNBL Dandenong Rangers Sports / Athletics No WNBL Dandenong Jayco Rangers 545
AIS Australia International Shooting Limited Page Yes Australia International Shooting Limited 521
ANZ Championship Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Group No Waikato/BOP Magic Netball 520
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Don’t you hate it when you’re in the shower and Jason Akermanis comes in? 510
VFL Williamstown Football Club Page Yes Williamstown Football Club 492
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Local Business No Ricky Ponting 484
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Just for Fun No We Love the HOCKEYROOS!! 483
NBL Townsville Crocodiles Group No Croc Nation 473
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No The Jason Akermanis Appreciation Society 469
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Football Club 465
NBL Cairns Taipans Sports & Recreation Yes Skytrans Cairns Taipans – Official Site 461
AFL Essendon Bombers Page No Essendon Bombers Premiers 2010!! 446
ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Group No Adelaide Thunderbirds 440
AIHL Sydney Bears Page Yes Sydney Bears 424
NBL Gold Coast Blaze Group No Gold Coast Blaze 422
AFL Fremantle Dockers Page No Fremantle Dockers : Rebuilding since 1995 418
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No 100,000 Strong Socceroos Supporters To Win 2010 World Cup 401
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Sports & Recreation No Sharelle McMahon is a legend! 397
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No Ricky Ponting 392
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Public Figure No Karmichael Hunt & Israel Folau: Smartest NRL players in history 389
NRL Brisbane Broncos Public figure No Karmichael Hunt & Israel Folau: Smartest NRL players in history 389
WNBL Canberra Capitals Sports & Recreation Yes WNBL – Canberra Capitals 383
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Page No Hockeyroos 382
AFL Carlton Blues Group No Carlton Blues FC 380
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jarrod Harbrow Stay At The Western Bulldogs 352
Australian Commonwealth Games Australian Commonwealth Games Page Yes Australian Commonwealth Games Team 351
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Socceroos to dominate in 2010 345
AIS WAIS Page Yes Western Australian Institute of Sport 338
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Page No West Coast Fever 332
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No Fans of Hockeyroos Star Kate Hollywood 320
A-League Melbourne Heart Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Heart 304
NRL NRL Page Yes NRL All Stars 302
NBL Cairns Taipans Sports & Recreation No Skytrans Cairns Taipans 298
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No SACK RICKY PONTING 296
NRL Melbourne Storm Page No Storm Justice 296
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Stephen Larkham The God Of Australian Rugby 293
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No I hate it when i am playing cricket and people mistake me for Ricky Ponting :( 286
NRL Brisbane Broncos Page No Broncos Sydney Stable – Below the Border 286
First class cricket Tassie Tigers Group No 10,000 people for the tassie tigers to offer Michael Hogan a contract 282
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Local Business No Ricky Ponting 281
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs Athlete No Uncle Greg Inglis! 277
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Western Bulldogs 274
Super League ACT Brumbies Organizations No Senator Gary Humphries 274
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page No Greater Western Sydney 270
VFL Northern Bullants Group No Northern Bullants Football Club 270
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No I’m not a traitor to my sport… LOL jks, im Israel Folau 269
Super League Queensland Reds Page Yes Van Humphries 268
Bendigo Football League Eaglehawk Football Netball Club Group No Eaglehawk Football Netball Club 267
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne FC Demons 260
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Thomas Ponting 257
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports / Athletics No Sachin Tendulkar is a far better player than Ricky Ponting…………. 252
Eastern Region Roller Derby Eastern Region Roller Derby Page Yes Eastern Region Roller Derby 252
NRL Canberra Raiders Athlete No Todd Carney 16 – Canberra Raiders 6……..(17/4/2010) Roosters Vs. Raiders 252
NBL Wollongong Hawks Group No Wollongong Hawks 251
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Just for Fun No Show Our support for Hockeyroos legend, Nikki Hudson !!!! 250
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No its not all about the money… LOL jkz im Israel Folau 249
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Adelaide 36ers are the greatest team of ANY kind EVER!! 247
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Supporters of Greater Western Sydney (Team GWS) AFL 243
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Supporters of Greater Western Sydney (Team GWS) AFL 243
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Team GWS 242
Super League Super League Sports & Recreation No 2009 VODACOM SUPER 14 242
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Page Yes Cowboys Supporters Team 241
NBL Cairns Taipans Sports & Recreation No Cairns Taipans 239
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Page Yes Sydney 2000 Volunteers Reunion 238
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports Team No Sachin Tendulkar v/s Ricky ponting…..! 230
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports Team No Ricky ponting, The Greatest captain and Batsman. All the time 229
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Australian University Socceroos 226
World Interuniversity Games Australian University Socceroos Page No Australian University Socceroos 226
ANZ Championship Southern Steel Page No Southern Steel 220
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No SAVE OUR MELBOURNE TIGERS NBL TEAM , THIS SEASON. 218
Western Sydney Rollers Western Sydney Rollers Page Yes Sarah ‘Missy’ Charlesworth – Western Sydney Rollers 218
WNBL Logan Thunder Sports Team No BDS Logan Thunder (WNBL) 218
Archery Australia Guy Phillips Page Yes Guy Phillips 215
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Western Bulldogs 213
NWBL Wollongong Roller Hawks Group No Wollongong Roller Hawks 212
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis is a legend 210
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jarrod Harbrow Stay At The Western Bulldogs 210
VFL Port Melbourne Borough Group No Port Melbourne Football Club 208
AFL Gold Coast Football Club No Israel Folau 206
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No Ricky Ponting Is The Best Batsman Since Bradman 206
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports / Athletics No That awkward moment when you bowl Ricky Ponting out. 202
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Club No ricky ponting 200
Gridiron Australia Perth Blitz Page Yes Perth Blitz 195
NBL NBL Sports & Recreation No NBL fans deserve more! 188
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No Ricky Ponting 187
ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Group No Thunderbirds Adelaide Netball Club Appreciation Community 185
Victorian Amateur Football Association Fitzroy Reds Group No Fitzroy Reds Football Club 185
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Joel Monaghan 183
Greater Western Sydney and Blue Mountains Senior AFL Penrith Rams Group No IGA PENRITH RAMS 181
AFL Richmond Tigers Group No Trent Cotchin 180
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No RICKY PONTING 180
NBL South Melbourne Dragons Group No South Dragons 2008/09 Nbl Champions 177
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Vote Julia Gillard as full forward for the Bulldogs!!! 176
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Ponting,Sachin Tendulkar And Brian Lara.Greatest Batsmen In The Earth 175
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No I Can Catch like Ricky Ponting LOL jks I’m Robert Green 167
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Public figure No Im Not Really That Awesome, LOL jk, Im Israel Folau ♥ 164
VFL Bendigo Bombers Group No Bendigo Bombers Football Club 159
Super League Queensland Reds Page Yes Digby Ioane 158
AFL Brisbane Lions Page Yes Brendan Fevola 155
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Vote Julia Gillard as full forward for the Bulldogs!!! 155
VFL Port Melbourne Borough Group No Borough Supporters Club 154
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No WESTERN BULLDOGS 153
NRL Wests Tigers Group No Wests Tigers NYC 151
First class cricket Tassie Tigers Group No 1,000 people for Tassie Tigers to offer Rana Naved-Ul-Hasan a full Contract 149
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Local Business No I used to call Ricky Ponting:Ricky Pointing 147
AFL Richmond Tigers Group No Daniel Jackson – TIGER TUFF! 145
Super League ACT Brumbies Page No act brumbies 145
KFC Twenty20 Big Bash Queensland Bulls Group No Queensland Bulls Supporters 143
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No The Nicole Arrold supporters group 142
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Demons 141
NRL Canberra Raiders Group No Joel monaghan = SICK FUCK 133
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Just for Fun No I think the Hockeyroos are HOT!!! 132
VFL Sandringham Zebras Group No Sandringham Football Club (Zebras) 132
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No kickoff.com.au: A-League, Socceroos, Australian and International football 131
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No I’m going to be an AFL superstar. Oh wait, no i’m not. I’m Israel Folau. 130
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau has discraced rugby league and is a DOG 129
VFL Port Melbourne Borough Group No port melbourne the mighty borough fan club 128
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Australia Page Yes Gridiron Australia 127
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No I love NRL, LOL jk i’m Israel Folau. 122
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page No Team GWS 120
NBL Perth Wildcats Group No Perth Wildcats (Catties Fans) 119
A-League Melbourne Heart Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Heart 118
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Bring Allen Iverson to the Adelaide 36ers! 116
NRL Newcastle Knights Group No Matt Johns to coach the Newcastle Knights in 2010! 112
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Adelaide 36ers 110
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies Page No WESTS MAGPIES SG BALL 2010 109
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No ricky ponting is greatest player ever and the best captain 108
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Brett Holman shouldn’t play for the Socceroos 106
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Adelaide 36ers Fan Zone 102
A-League Melbourne Heart Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Victory>>>>>>>> Melbourne Heart 100
NBL Townsville Crocodiles Group No Crocs to take the NBL title 100
VFL Northern Bullants Group No The NAB Northern Bullants appreciation society 100
AFL Richmond Tigers Group No Greeks who support Richmond F.C the Tigers 99
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers NBL HUMMER CHAMPIONS 2007/08 98
Super League New South Wales Waratahs Group No Waratahs 2008 98
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Sack Ricky Ponting 96
AFL Western Bulldogs Athlete No Jason Akermanis 95
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis handstand appreciation society 95
ANZ Championship Canterbury Tactix Group No Canterbury Tactix 93
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No Hockeyroos 91
ABL Queensland Rams Group No Queensland Rams Baseball 89
VFL Werribee Tigers Group No Werribee Football Club 89
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Mr Punter Ricky Ponting 88
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Group No Gold Coast Football Club 87
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Akermaniacs!! 87
Big V Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers – Big V Basketball 86
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page No Greater Western Sydney Football Club 83
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Langerak is a God, and will be in the Socceroos one day :) p.s hes HOT 83
WNBL Townsville Fire Group No TOWNSVILLE FIRE 81
NBL Perth Wildcats Group No Early 90′s Perth Wildcats appreciation group 74
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No I hate it when I’m playing cricket and people mistake me for Ricky Ponting. 72
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Local Business No Ricky Ponting might be able to play cricket, but he certainly can’t act. 71
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No The Melbourne Tigers Fan Group 71
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Western bulldogs 70
Queensland Rugby Union Gold Coast Rugby Breakers Page Yes Gold Coast Rugby Breakers 69
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No for people who wanna see Jason Akermanis shove his head up his own Ass 68
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Brumbies 68
A-League Melbourne Heart Sports & Recreation No melbourne heart 67
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders 66
NRL Sydney Roosters Group No Sign Up Jake Friend 66
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page No GO Team GWS 65
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Bring Back Joel Monaghan to the Canberra Raiders 64
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Ponting 63
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 63
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports / Athletics No RICKY PONTING GROW BACK YOUR GOATEE!!!!!!!!!!!! 63
NBL South Melbourne Dragons Group No South Melbourne Dragons 62
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Kick the Brumbiies out of Canberra! 62
ANZ Championship Central Pulse Group No Pulse Netball 61
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No Kooaburras & Hockeyroos 4 GOLD in Bejing 60
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No Hockeyroos Online 59
AFL Richmond Tigers Group No No matter how bad they are, I will still barrack for the Richmond Tigers! 56
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 56
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No SARAH O’CONNOR FAN CLUB 54
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Bring Dusty Rychart back to the Adelaide 36ers ~ beg, plead, grovel ;p 54
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Demons Supporters! 53
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Demons Supporters 52
VFL Port Melbourne Borough Group No Borough Boys 48
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No The Pato Noriega Fan Club 47
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 46
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No I miss my family in brisbane…lol jk im Israel Folau 45
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis is a dick 45
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Club No ricky ponting wooooo 45
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Public Figure No The answer is B, Ricky Ponting…LOL JK, it’s D, Jack Hobbs 44
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders 44
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Hi I’m Julia Gillard, I’m a politic LOL jk, I’m full forward for the bulldogs 43
NBL Cairns Taipans Page No Cairns Taipans 43
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 41
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports Team No Love Ricky Ponting 41
Victorian Amateur Football Association Fitzroy Reds Group No I’m a Fitzroy Reds Premiership hero 41
Victorian Amateur Football Association Werribee Tigers Group No Werribee Amateur Football Club 41
W-League Brisbane Roar Page No Brisbane Roar FC W-League 41
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Julian Huxley (ACT Brumbies) for Canberran of the Year 40
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No The BJ ‘Stockmen’ 40
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Ponting is a pain to play against, but the guy’s a total legend! 39
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting is a wanker 38
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers NBL supporters 37
NRL Brisbane Broncos Sports Team No Queensland will win Origin 2010… LOL JK, Israel Folau plays AFL now. 36
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau ♥ 35
Hockey Australia Hockeyroos Sports & Recreation No Coverage of Aussie Hockey in the Beijing is crap!! 35
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders 35
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Victoria Page Yes Gridiron Victoria 34
NRL Canberra Raiders Page Yes Canberra Raiders 33
AFL Hawthorn Hawks Group No The New Hawks Cheer Squad 2009 hawthorn football club 32
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No Israel Folau to switch codes and Play AFL, Stick that where it fits Gallup 31
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Western Bulldogs 2010 :) 31
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No Ive always wanted to play AFL LOL jk I’m Israel Folau 29
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Team Gws 29
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Team Gws 29
AFL AFL Group No I Loved football, then Andrew ‘Dollars’ Demetriou came along 28
AFL Gold Coast Football Club No Israel Folau 28
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Brumby Jack is a shit bloke. 28
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Club No I’m loyal to rugby league….lol JK I’m Israel Folau 27
ANZ Championship Adelaide Thunderbirds Group No Thunderbirds are GO in the 2009 grand final! 27
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics Group No Northern Mystics Fans 27
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008–09 27
VFL Frankston Dolphins Group No Frankston Dolphins Football club 27
Victorian Amateur Football Association Northern Bullants Group No Northern Bullants Under 18′s 27
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Petition for Israel to come play the Socceroos 27
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports Team No Canberra Raiders 25
W-League Sydney FC Page No Sydney FC W-League 25
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No List of international cricket centuries by Ricky Ponting 24
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Supporting the Canberra Raiders 24
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No GWS AFL TEAM WE DO NOT WANT YOU !!!! 23
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No GWS AFL TEAM WE DO NOT WANT YOU !!!! 23
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports / Athletics No ricky ponting should get droped as Australian captain 23
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting cricket diaries 22
NBL Perth Wildcats Page No Perth Wildcats Wildkidz! (: 22
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau 21
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No BOYCOTT TEAM GWS 21
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No BOYCOTT TEAM GWS 21
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Non-Profit No The Get rid of Ricky Ponting Page – we want trophies not tragedies !!!! 21
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Rugby League Canberra Raiders 21
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No I’m Israel Folau I’m an NRL superstar, LOL jk im gonna go play footy 20
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Sports & Recreation No Thwaitsey is a champ… 19
Eastern Cricket Association Preshil Cricket Club Group No Preshil Cricket Club 19
NBL NBL Sports & Recreation No The National Basketball League (Australia) Appreciation Society 19
NRL Wests Tigers Group No Melbourne-based Wests Tigers Fanatics 19
Super League ACT Brumbies Common Interest No Dont Cull our Brumbies! 19
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Brumbies SA Official Group 18
W-League W-League Page No W League 18
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis should be locked and gagged in a closet! 17
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No I’ll never play for the Bulldogs, LOL jk, I’m Julia Gillard 17
AHL Tassie Tigers Group No Tassie Tigers Hockey – Top 4 three years in a row 17
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Ponting 17
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No We Want Andrew Walker at Ulster 17
Victorian Amateur Football Association Fitzroy Reds Group No the fitzroy reds convention for headaches and regrets. 17
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Page No Israel folau, please stay with NRL 16
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Team GWS is stupid – Nobody cares! 16
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No Team GWS is stupid – Nobody cares! 16
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens Sports & Recreation No I love the mElbourne Vixens 16
NBL Adelaide 36ers Group No Adelaide 36ers National Basketball Team 16
W-League Melbourne Victory Page No Melbourne Victory FC W-League 16
ANZ Championship Canterbury Tactix Group No SUPPORT THE CANTERBURY TACTIX WITH TIC TACS 15
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky ponting 15
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting 15
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Support for the Socceroos in South Africa 15
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Sports / Athletics No I’m not angry Israel Folau, I’m just very disappointed in you. 14
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Early life of Ricky Ponting 14
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No It’s the ACT Brumbies not the CA Brumbies Thanks Very Much!!!! 14
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Peter Ranga Kimlin 14
WNBL WNBL Page No Wnbl 14
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No jason akermanis is amazing! 13
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Sports / Athletics No Ricky Ponting might be able to play cricket, but he certainly can’t act. 13
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No I can catch like Ricky Ponting LOL jks im Robert Green. 13
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Local business No israel folau is injury prone 12
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No History of the Canberra Raiders 12
Super League ACT Brumbies Common Interest No I hate the ACT Brumbies and I’m not alone 12
AFL Gold Coast Football Club No Israel Folau 11
AFL Greater Western Sydney Group No I live here and don’t support Team GWS 11
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No i deserve to play for NSW.. LOL jk im Joel Monaghan 11
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No Pat Howard (rugby player) fan club 11
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jason Akermanis 10
NBL Cairns Taipans Page No Free cheeseburgers when the Cairns Taipans score 85 or more 10
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No melbourne tigers all the way in 2008 10
NBL Melbourne Tigers Group No Melbourne Tigers cheer squeda east and south ends 10
W-League Newcastle United Jets Page No Newcastle United Jets FC W-League 10
WNBL Townsville Fire Group No Fire Roster 10
WNBL WNBL Page No Wnbl 10
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis for Brownlow 2008 9
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Athlete No Ricky Ponting 9
Gridiron Australia Gridiron SA Page Yes Gridiron SA, The Gridiron Association of South Australia 9
Super League ACT Brumbies Sports & Recreation No ACT CA BRUMBIES (NSW SUPPORTERS) 9
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No socceroos fan? get on it!!!!! 9
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis to win the Coleman medal. 8
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No JASON AKERMANIS’S IQ OF A PLANT 8
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Health and Beauty No Tired?, Stressed?, you will feel better with Ricky Ponting 8
NBL Cairns Taipans Page No Cairns Taipans 8
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports Team No CANBERRA RAIDERS (GREEN MACHINE) 8
W-League W-League Page No Westfield W-League 8
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No The Football Supporters’ Pledge: A-League, Socceroos & Grassroots 8
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Athlete No Israel Folau an AFL player? 7
NBL Perth Wildcats Group No perth wildcats fans 7
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports Team No Canberra Raiders 7
AFL Melbourne Demons Sports & Recreation No Melbourne Demons 6
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Thomas Ponting 6
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders 6
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Book:Canberra Raiders 6
W-League Perth Glory FC Page No Perth Glory FC W-League 6
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Page No Young Socceroos 6
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Sports Team No ISRAEL FOLAU 5
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders 5
NRL Canberra Raiders Sports / Athletics No On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 5
W-League Canberra United Page No Canberra United FC W-League 5
W-League Melbourne Victory Page No Melbourne Victory W-League 5
W-League Newcastle Jets Page No Newcastle Jets FC W-League 5
W-League Newcastle United Jets Page No Newcastle United Jets W-League 5
WNBL AIS Page No Australian Institute of Sport (WNBL) players 5
WNBL WNBL Page No WNBL 5
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Only Homophobes think Jason Akermanis is a homophobe! 4
VFL Frankston Dolphins Group No Aaron Edwards Fan page 4
W-League Central Coast Mariners Page No Central Coast Mariners W-League 4
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jason Akermanis Biography 3
AFL Western Bulldogs Group No Jason Akermanis 3
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No List of Test awards for Ricky Ponting 3
NBL Perth Wildcats Group No Go the Perth wildcats 3
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No 2008 Canberra Raiders season 3
W-League Adelaide United Page No Adelaide United FC W-League 3
W-League Central Coast Mariners Page No Central Coast Mariners FC W-League 3
W-League W-League Page No Westfield W-League 3
AFL Greater Western Sydney Page No Team GWS 2
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jason Akermanis 2
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No Jason Akermanis Autobiography 2
AFL Western Bulldogs Page No The Battle Within by Jason Akermanis 2
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Page No Ricky Ponting with the Australian cricket team in India in 2008-09 2
NBL Cairns Taipans Sports / Athletics No Skytrans Cairns Taipans 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Raiders de canberra 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders players 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders templates 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Canberra Raiders Cup 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No Raiders de Canberra 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No List of Canberra Raiders records 2
NRL Canberra Raiders Page No 2009 Canberra Raiders season 2
NRL Sydney Roosters Page Yes The Official Sydney Roosters Page 2
NRL Sydney Roosters Page Yes Sydney Roosters 2
NRL Sydney Roosters Group Yes Sydney Roosters 2
W-League Brisbane Roar Page No Brisbane Roar W-League 2
W-League Canberra United Page No Canberra United W-League 2
W-League Perth Glory Page No Perth Glory W-League 2
W-League Queensland Roar Page No Queensland Roar W-League 2
W-League Queensland Roar Page No Queensland Roar FC W-League 2
Women Rugby World Cup Wallaroos Page No The Wallaroos 2
ANZ Championship Sydney Swifts Group No Sydney Swifts
ANZ Championship West Coast Fever Group No West Coast Fever

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More popular Australian (and Kiwi) sport related Facebook fanpages and groups

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 21 November, 2010

I’m hoping that I can finally begin to get an accurate idea as to the size of the Australian (and Kiwi) sport community on Facebook based on membership in groups and liking of fan pages. I can’t necessarily get good demographic data out of this because of how Facebook works. (Twitter is better in that regards.) Still, if news stories like Akermanis, Monaghan and the Storm break again, I should have total membership that is more recent. woot woot.

That said, the following is data that I’ve manually data mined so far today. Hopefully some people will find it useful in terms of conceptualizing the size of the Australian (and Kiwi) sport community on Facebook. Yeah, a lot of this is random.

League Team Page Total members Official
Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup Rugby World Cup 724,407 Yes
Rugby World Cup All Blacks All Blacks 625,280 Yes
AFL AFL AFL 251,010 Yes
NRL NRL National Rugby League 230,020 Yes
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Support Australia’s 2022 Official FIFA World Cup Bid 229,322 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Queensland Maroons 201,189 Yes
World Cup Soccer Socceroos Socceroos – Australian National Football Team 142,953 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Australian Tennis Open Series Australian Open 138,672 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos 120,821 Yes
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Cricket Australia 111,004 Yes
AFL Collingwood Magpies Collingwood Football Club 104,275 Yes
AFL Essendon Bombers Essendon FC 90,510 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues NSW Blues 87,451 Yes
AFL Adelaide Crows Adelaide Crows 60,122 Yes
AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 59,763 Yes
AFL West Coast Eagles West Coast Eagles 59,762 Yes
AFL St. Kilda Saints St Kilda Football Club 57,278 Yes
AFL Carlton Blues Carlton Football Club 50,875 Yes
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit Victorian Bushrangers 43,509 Yes
NRL Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 43,016 Yes
NRL Gold Coast Titans Gold Coast Titans 40,977 Yes
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Qantas Wallabies 40,822 Yes
AFL Sydney Swans Sydney Swans 39,126 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 37,832 Yes
General Australian sport General Australian sport Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) 36,388 Yes
AIS AIS Australian Institute of Sport 35,212 Yes
AFL Fremantle Dockers Fremantle Football Club 33,530 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Wests Tigers – Official National Rugby League Club 32,867 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Wests Tigers 32,864 Yes
AFL Hawthorn Hawks Hawthorn Football Club 32,089 Yes
NRL St George-Illawarra Dragons St George-Illawarra Dragons 31,870 Yes
Rugby League New Zealand Kiwis New Zealand Kiwis 31,042 Yes
AFL Richmond Tigers Richmond FC 29,020 Yes
NRL Sydney Roosters The Official Sydney Roosters Page 28,951 Yes
NRL Sydney Roosters Sydney Roosters 28,947 Yes
NRL Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 26,086 Yes
AFL Port Adelaide Power Port Adelaide Football Club 24,240 Yes
NSWRL Central Coast Bears Central Coast Bears 21,578 Yes
NRL Newcastle Knights Newcastle Knights 21,202 Yes
NRL Wests Tigers Benji Marshall 19,802 No
AFL Brisbane Lions Brisbane Lions 19,516 Yes
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos North Melbourne Football Club 19,152 Yes
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Australian Olympic Team 18,256 Yes
AFL Western Bulldogs Western Bulldogs 16,492 Yes
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos Australian Kangaroos 15,512 Yes
NRL Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Cronulla Sharks 15,386 Yes
Tennis Australia Sam Stosur Sam Stosur 15,300 Yes
Rugby World Cup All Blacks BackingBlack 15,254 Yes
NRL Penrith Panthers Penrith Panthers 14,084 Yes
Super League NSW Waratahs Waratahs 11,841 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Quade Cooper 10,330 Yes
AIS Tennis Australia Tennis 9,765 Yes
AFL Melbourne Demons Melbourne Football Club 9,741 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Gold Coast Football Club 9,474 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Queensland Reds 9,406 Yes
NRL NRL NRL Lone Scout 8,982 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 8,714 Yes
A-League A-League Hyundai A-League 8,448 Yes
AFL Geelong Cats Geelong Cats Insider 7,310 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 6,905 No
NRL South Sydney Rabbitohs South Sydney Rabbitohs – Official Page 6,637 Yes
Victorian Roller Derby League Victorian Roller Derby League Victorian Roller Derby League 6,636 Yes
ANZ Championship ANZ Championship ANZ Netball 5,852 Yes
Cricket Australia Cricket New South Wales Cricket NSW 5,533 Yes
Sydney Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League Sydney Roller Derby League 5,520 Yes
NRL New Zealand Warriors Vodafone Warriors 5,272 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Storm Man 4785 Yes
NRL Melbourne Storm Melbourne Storm 4,785 Yes
Rugby League Papua New Guinea Kumuls Papua New Guinea Kumuls 4,712 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 4,547 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Toyota Cowboys 4,427 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Toyota Cowboys 4,425 Yes
NRL North Queensland Cowboys North Queensland Cowboys 4,424 Yes
Super League Melbourne Rebels Melbourne Rebels – The Official Fan Page 4,382 Yes
Super League Melbourne Rebels Rebel Army 4,135 Yes
Super League Western Force Western Force 3,732 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Brisbane Broncos Cheerleaders 3,519 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin Queensland Maroons Maroon Crusade 3,215 Yes
Women’s World Cup Matildas Matildas – Australian National Women’s Football Team 2,874 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Brisbane International Brisbane International – Australian Open Series 2,842 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney Team GWS 2,605 Yes
Auckland Rugby League Auckland Rugby League Auckland Rugby League 2,581 Yes
Super League ACT Brumbies Official Brumbies Fan Page 2,558 Yes
Country Rugby League Country Rugby League Country Rugby League 2,411 Yes
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Western Sydney Rollers Western Sydney Rollers 2,381 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Medibank International Sydney Medibank International Sydney – Australian Open Series 2,280 Yes
NRL NRL Women In League 2,280 Yes
Convict City Roller Derby League Convict City Roller Derby League Convict City Roller Derby League 2,232 Yes
NSW Rugby League Balmain Tigers Balmain Tigers 2,224 No
NRL Gold Coast Titans The Legion – Gold Coast Titans 2,198 Yes
NRL NRL Indigenous All Stars 2,023 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 1,967 Yes
Brisbane City Rollers Brisbane City Rollers Brisbane City Rollers 1,824 Yes
New Shute Shield New Shute Shield Tooheys New Shute Shield 1,817 Yes
Cricket Australia Western Australian Cricket Association Western Australian Cricket Association 1,723 Yes
Rugby League/State of Origin New South Wales Blues New South Wales Rugby League 1,683 Yes
W-League W-League Westfield W-League 1,671 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds QR Reds – Queensland Reds 1,610 No
AIS Rowing Australia Rowing Australia 1,576 Yes
Super League Super League Investec Bank Super 14 Rugby 1,554 Yes
Rugby World Cup Australian Wallabies Green and Gold Rugby 1,534 No
Super League Super League Super Rugby 1,494 Yes
NSW Rugby League North Sydney Bears North Sydney District Rugby League Football Club 1,402 Yes
AIS Equestrian Australia Equestrian Australia 1,348 Yes
Van Diemen Rollers Van Diemen Rollers Van Diemen Rollers 1,343 Yes
NRL Parramatta Eels Parramatta Eels 1,336 Yes
WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby WIRD Wollongong Illawarra Roller Derby 1,314 Yes
Rugby League Australian Kangaroos The Roo Crew 1,306 Yes
AFL AFL AFLPA 1,246 Yes
General Australian sport General Australian sport ANZ Stadium 1,200 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 1,192 No
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Hamish McIntosh 1,145 No
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos Michael Firrito 1,143 No
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies Western Suburbs Magpies 1,005 Yes
Australian Roller Derby Australian Roller Derby Australian Roller Derby 867 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 852 No
Cricket Australia Victorian Spirit VicSpirit 825 Yes
SEABL SEABL SEABL 758 Yes
Australian Canoeing Australian Canoeing Australian Canoeing 714 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 703 No
AIS Triathlon Australia Triathlon Australia 695 Yes
Ballarat Roller Derby Rat Pack Ballarat Roller Derby – Rat Pack 639 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 632 No
W-League Canberra United Canberra United Fans 622 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney ACT 4 GWS 605 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney ACT 4 GWS 605 Yes
AFL North Melbourne Kangaroos The NMFC Hoodie 588 No
Tennis Australia Tennis Australia Australian Tennis Magazine 583 Yes
AFL Greater Western Sydney GWS Giants 567 Yes
Australian Tennis Open Series Moorilla Hobart International Moorilla Hobart International – Australian Open Series 555 Yes
AIS Australia International Shooting Limited Australia International Shooting Limited 519 Yes
VFL Williamstown Football Club Williamstown Football Club 490 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans – Official Site 460 Yes
AIHL Sydney Bears Sydney Bears 424 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Karmichael Hunt & Israel Folau: Smartest NRL players in history 386 No
WNBL Canberra Capitals WNBL – Canberra Capitals 382 Yes
Australian Commonwealth Games Australian Commonwealth Games Australian Commonwealth Games Team 349 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans 297 No
NRL NRL NRL All Stars 283 Yes
NRL Brisbane Broncos Broncos Sydney Stable – Below the Border 282 No
NRL Penrith Panthers Penrith Panther Pride Group 274 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Van Humphries 268 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Todd Carney 16 – Canberra Raiders 6……..(17/4/2010) Roosters Vs. Raiders 253 No
Eastern Region Roller Derby Eastern Region Roller Derby Eastern Region Roller Derby 250 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 241 No
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Cowboys Supporters Team 239 Yes
WNBL Bendigo Spirit The Official Bendigo Spirit Basketball 239 Yes
Olympics Australian Olympic Team Sydney 2000 Volunteers Reunion 238 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 221 No
Western Sydney Rollers Western Sydney Rollers Sarah ‘Missy’ Charlesworth – Western Sydney Rollers 216 Yes
Archery Australia Guy Phillips Guy Phillips 214 Yes
NSW Rugby League Balmain Tigers TIGERS 211 Yes
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 201 No
Gridiron Australia Perth Blitz Perth Blitz 195 Yes
NBL NBL NBL fans deserve more! 188 No
WNBL Townsville Fire Townsville McCafe Fire 161 Yes
AFL Brisbane Lions Brendan Fevola 155 Yes
Super League Queensland Reds Digby Ioane 152 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders i bet u i can find 10,000 people who hate canberra raiders 131 No
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Australia Gridiron Australia 124 Yes
NSW Rugby League Western Suburbs Magpies WESTS MAGPIES SG BALL 2010 109 No
NRL Canberra Raiders I’m a 2010 Canberra Raiders member 71 No
Queensland Rugby Union Gold Coast Rugby Breakers Gold Coast Rugby Breakers 67 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 66 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Bring Back Joel Monaghan to the Canberra Raiders 64 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 53 No
NRL North Queensland Cowboys Cowboys Leagues Club 46 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 44 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 42 No
Cricket Australia Cricket Australia Ricky Thomas Ponting 41 Yes
Gridiron Australia Gridiron Victoria Gridiron Victoria 34 Yes
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 34 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 33 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 28 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 25 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Supporting the Canberra Raiders 24 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 21 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Rugby League Canberra Raiders 21 No
NBL NBL The National Basketball League (Australia) Appreciation Society 19 No
NRL Canberra Raiders History of the Canberra Raiders 13 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club Israel Folau 11 No
Gridiron Australia Gridiron SA Gridiron SA, The Gridiron Association of South Australia 9 Yes
NBL Cairns Taipans Free cheeseburgers when the Cairns Taipans score 85 or more 9 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans 8 No
NRL Canberra Raiders CANBERRA RAIDERS (GREEN MACHINE) 8 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 7 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 6 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Book:Canberra Raiders 6 No
AFL Gold Coast Football Club ISRAEL FOLAU 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 5 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2008 Canberra Raiders season 3 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders players 2 No
NRL Canberra Raiders On a scale of 1-Canberra Raiders how premature are you 2 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Skytrans Cairns Taipans 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders templates 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders Cup 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Raiders de Canberra 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders List of Canberra Raiders records 1 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2009 Canberra Raiders season 1 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans players 0 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Basketball Cairns Taipans 0 No
NBL Cairns Taipans Cairns Taipans Fan Page 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders coaches 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Canberra Raiders seasons 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders Raiders De Canberra 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders List of Canberra Raiders representatives 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2007 Canberra Raiders season 0 No
NRL Canberra Raiders 2006 Canberra Raiders season 0 No
Rugby League England Rugby League England Rugby League DELETED Yes
WNBL Bendigo Spirit WNBL – Bendigo Spirit DELETED Yes

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Alexa rank for Australian leagues and clubs

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 29 July, 2010

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

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

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Popular sport team and league sites in Australia

Posted by Laura on Saturday, 5 June, 2010

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

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

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

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Gold Coast Titans on bebo

Posted by Laura on Monday, 25 January, 2010

The Gold Coast Titans are a member of the National Rugby League.   According to Roy Morgan Research, they are the 11th most popular NRL team in Australia.  Prior to this post, I’ve looked at two current (Brisbane Broncos, Canberra Raiders) and nine defunct (Balmain Tigers, Northern Eagles, Western Suburbs Magpies, Adelaide Rams, Annandale Dales, Cumberland, Glebe Dirty Reds, Hunter Mariners, South Queensland Crushers) NRL teams on bebo.  The Gold Coast Titans hold a very secure second with 138 people interested in them on bebo.  The Raiders are third with 83 and the Broncos are first at 278.  The Gold Coast Titans number fits with the  pattern if we correlate the teams where I have bebo data and the Roy Morgan Research data:

Correlation NRL to Roy Morgan

  bebo blogger Facebook Roy Morgan
Brisbane Broncos 278 12 27520 1259000
Gold Coast Titans 138 2 9680 274000
Canberra Raiders 83 4 4160 164000
Correlation 0.982805538 0.960648284 0.99067366  

The correlation for bebo is strong that that of the pattern for blogger, though it isn’t as strong as the one for Facebook.  The correlations are so strong though that it is hardly worth mentioning.

The Gold Coast Titans community is 50% male, 38% gender unknown and 12% female.  The percent unknown makes it really hard to discuss the male versus female community size.  And the community for the team on blogger is so small (2) that its all maleness probably doesn’t speak to the bebo community in answering the percentage question. 51 or 82.3% of the fans on bebo, where they list information so their country can be identified, are from Australia.  The others are from New Zealand (10 or 16.1%) and Yemen (1 or 1.6%).  There are a number of Kiwis playing on the squad which can help explain the fanbase.  The person from Yemen may be an error.  They list their city of residence as Tawahi, which is a city in Yemen. There are no Yemeni players on the team, but it could be an Australian who moved to Yemen, or a Yemeni who visited Australia and fell in love with the team.

Of the Australians,  most (27) hail from Queensland.  The remainder hail from New South Wales (20), the ACT (2), Northern Territory (1) and Western Australia (1).

44 people list their age.  The mean age is 24.09, median age is 21 and mode age is 19.  This is very close to the bebo Raiders with a mean age of 23.3 and the bebo Broncos mean age of 23.29.

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Western Suburbs Magpies on bebo

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 24 January, 2010

In 1999, the Western Suburbs Magpies and Balmain Tigers merged to become the Wests Tigers in the NRL.   The Western Suburbs Magpies are still around under that name for a number of rugby competitions outside that the NRL.   There is a small fan community dedicated to the team on bebo, with five people listing them as an interest.

Of these five, only two list their ages: 21 and 25. That puts their median and average age at 23.  As the NRL team is defunct, these fans would have been rather young to have developed loyalties to the team that would make them hold them all these years younger.  It feels like a safer assumption that these fans are ones who follow the New South Wales Cup team.

Or not.  There are three people who list their location.  Of these, two are from New South Wales, Australia and one is from Auckland, New Zealand.  The presence of the Kiwi is hard to explain if most of these fans are ones who are cheering for the club’s teams in regional rugby competitions.

All five list their gender, with three identifying as male and two identifying as female.  The proportion of females is rather high compared to some teams looked at in earlier posts.  I’m not sure why this would be the case with this defunct NRL team.

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Balmain Tigers (defunct) on bebo

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 24 January, 2010

The Sydney based Balmain Tigers were part of the National Rugby League and their predecessor, the New South Wales Rugby League.  The team folded in 1999, when they merged with the Western Suburbs Magpies to form the Wests Tigers.  According to Roy Morgan Research, the Wests Tigers are the sixth most popular NRL team in Australia.  This could go a long way towards explaining the comparably large size of the Balmain Tigers fandom on bebo, when compared to other defunct teams such as Gold Coast Chargers, Gold Coast Giants, Gold Coast Seagulls, Illawarra Steelers, Newcastle Rebels, Newtown Jets, North Sydney Bears, Perth Reds, St. George Dragons, Western Reds, and Western Suburbs Magpies.

The number of people listing the Balmain Tigers as an interest on bebo is 11.  The only defunct team with more is St. George Dragons, which has the problem of picking up the current merged name for the St. George Dragons and Illawarra Steelers.  The Newtown Jets as close with 10 people.

The community listing the team as an interest on bebo is mostly male at 64%, with 7 people identifying as male, 3 as female and 1 not identifying.   For Sydney based teams where there are more than 10 fans, Sydney FC and the West Tigers both have a large male audience with 78 and 70% respectively.  (No other Sydney based team so far has more than 10 fans where gender data is available.)   For NRL teams with 10 or more people listing a team as an interest where I have data (see older posts), with the exception of the West Tigers, the other teams all have smaller male audiences: Brisbane Broncos on bebo with 40% male (and 30% unidentified), and Brisbane Broncos on blogger with 58% male.

Only seven of the eleven list their location so that their state and country can be identified.  Of these seven, all are from New South Wales and Australia.

Balmain Tigers fans are older than other NRL and Sydney based teams for which I have data.  Their average age, amongst the five who list their age, is 40.4 with a median age of 43.   For the both categories, the next closest community in age is the Parramatta Eels one on blogger, with an average age of 35.8 and five people listing their age.

The defunct Balmain Tigers have their fans who refuse to give up on their loyalty. Based on bebo, we can guess that they are older, male and local to where the team played.  If there were international fans of a team 10 years gone, those international fans aren’t as interested in expressing their interest in the team.  These patterns make some sense, especially if you factor in the potential for their to be rugby and NRL historians in there.  New South Wales is a base for the sport and the NRL with its major population center.  If there were other fans outside the original core, they would probably be based there.

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Wests Tigers on blogger

Posted by Laura on Thursday, 14 January, 2010

This post looks at the size of the Wests Tigers community on blogger.  The Wests Tigers are a Sydney based National Rugby League team.  The team is relatively new, having been founded in 2000 as a merger of the Balmain Tigers and the Western Suburbs Magpies.

So far, the only other NRL team on blogger that has been looked at is the Brisbane Broncos.  That team has 12 people who listed them as an interest.  In comparison, the Wests Tigers have ten people who list them as an interest.  That they are so close is a bit surprising as Roy Morgan Research indicates that the fanbase for the Wests Tigers is substantially smaller than that of the Broncos.

Of the ten West Tigers fans, seven are from Australia, one from New Zealand, one from the United Kingdom and one who does not identify their country of origin.  Compared to other NRL teams, the percentage of Australians is low: 100% of Brisbane Broncos fans on blogger and Dreamwidth are all Australian, 100% of Melbourne Storm fans on LiveJournal are Australians, 85.7% of Canterbury Bulldogs fans on LiveJournal are Australian, 81.1% of Broncos fans on LiveJournal are Australian.  Of the networks and teams sampled, only the Broncos community on bebo has a smaller percentage, 71.1%, of Australians.

Of the Australians, three are from Queensland and three are from New South Wales.  This makes as these states are strong holds of Rugby League.  Added to that, Melbourne and Sydney have traditionally had a rivalry so you wouldn’t necessary expect a Victorian fan population.

The astrological sign data is really interesting and would be more interesting if it the samples were larger to see if some sort of statement could be made about a team’s fanbase.  That said, six people list their date of birth for Blogger to calculate their astrological sign.  Three are Leos, and with one person being a Cancer, Capricorn and Pisces.

Seven of the ten fans list their age, with two of these being obviously incorrect; a person cannot be 253 years old.   If those two are ignored, the average age of a Wests Tigers fan on blogger is 28.8 and a median age of 22.  This average makes the team’s fans older than some of the other NRL team fans on networks that I’ve looked at including Broncos fans on bebo and LiveJournal,  Canterbury Bulldogs fans on LiveJournal and Melbourne Storm fans on LiveJournal.  The only team and network with a higher average is the Broncos community on blogger.  The above average age compared to other fan populations may end up being a result of people self selecting networks based on age: the youngest fans prefer bebo, fans in their mid 20s prefer LiveJournal and older fans prefer blogging.  As we age or as a result of a generational gap, we might prefer going from shorter method of communicating to a longer one.

Seven people list their gender as male, two as female and one does not identify their gender.  This is higher percentage of male fans than  the Broncos on either bebo or blogger.

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Defunct National Rugby League Team: Cumberland on LiveJournal

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 10 January, 2010

This is less a blog post and more almost a note to myself.  I was looking at the size of defunct National Rugby League teams on LiveJournal, its clones and Facebook.  One team I am looking at now is Cumberland.   This particular team lasted only eight games in the league that predated the National Rugby League.  Nonetheless, I checked them out because sometimes you get people who are less sports fans passionate about their teams performance now; you get people who love the history of older teams and the game in an earlier era.  In the United States (which is admittedly not Australia), there are people who love teams from the Negro League and All-American Girls Professional Baseball League.  Thus, it is conceivable that you might get people fan of a team like Cumberland.

I checked out all the LiveJournal clones to see if anyone listed Cumberland as an interest.  Nope.  None.  I checked Facebook.  Facebook says that there are less than 20 fans of Cumberland from Australia.  That makes sense.  The North Sydney Bears and the Balmain Tigers have people interested in them on Facebook.  (But not the Glebe Dirty Reds, Newtown Jets, Western Suburbs Magpies.)  Then I checked LiveJournal.  LiveJournal has 42 people who list Cumberland as an interest.  This number is not accurate.  A quick look at some of the people confirms it as Cumberland is a city in Pennsylvania and Iowa and Indiana and Main, in England, and in Canada.  It also is a well known CTA stop on Chicago’s El.  The number for LiveJournal thus goes down as a zero, despite the fact that it doesn’t quite line up with the actual total.

Edited to add: This also applies for University, a team active from 1920-1937 .

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