Posts Tagged Women’s Flat Track Derby Association

Gaia Online and Australian/Kiwi women’s sport

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 28 November, 2010

Gaia Online is a role playing network that has a number of social networking components. It is relatively popular in Australia and tends to cater to a teenaged audience. This type of audience may be a desirable for Australian and Kiwi women’s sport because reaching them may encourage participation in those sport and help improve women’s fitness. Beyond that, getting a younger audience can help insure the continuity of the team’s fandom by having fans who can pass on those allegiances as they get older. At the same time, younger fans likely will need to bring friends or family to attend competitions. This means a potential to maximize ticket sales.

An Australian and Kiwi sport community does exist on the Gaia Online. It is just relatively small and focused on soccer, rugby union, rugby league and Aussie rules.

Given the tiny size of the Australian and Kiwi sport population for men, it is hardly surprising that when profile interests were searched, no one was a fan of women’s sport.

League Team Members Date checked
ANZ Championship Melbourne Vixens 0 28-Nov-10
ANZ Championship Northern Mystics 0 28-Nov-10
Swimming Australia Stephanie Rice 0 28-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 10-Nov-10
W-League Canberra United 0 12-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 1-Jul-10
W-League W-League 0 10-Nov-10
W-League W-League 0 12-Nov-10
WNBL Canberra Capitals 0 28-Nov-10
WNBL Townsville Fire 0 28-Nov-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 28-Nov-10
WNCL Victorian Spirit 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association Western Sydney Rollers 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s Rugby World Cup Wallaroos 0 12-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Football Ferns 0 28-Nov-10
Women’s World Cup Soccer Matildas 0 28-Nov-10

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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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Most popular official team pages on Facebook

Posted by Laura on Sunday, 30 May, 2010

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

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

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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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