Clubs Facebook Likes

[SuperEgz]

I thought it would be interesting to compare the AFL and NRL facebook likes. Why does the NRL tend to get so many more likes than the AFL?

AFL:
Collingwood: 310,517
Essendon: 299,364
Hawthorn: 251,666
Carlton: 216,992
West Coast: 209,407
Sydney: 204,332
Richmond: 168,414
Adelaide: 164,446
Fremantle: 160,587
Geelong: 129,944
Port Adelaide: 126,105
St. Kilda: 113,230
Brisbane: 93,778
North Melbourne: 91,213
Gold Coast: 88,599
Western Bulldogs: 74,155
Melbourne: 66,636
Greater Western Sydney: 43,995

NRL:
Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375
New Zealand: 359,732
South Sydney: 301,140
Paramatta: 256,471
Canterbury-Bankstown: 231,829
Wests Tigers: 226,651
Gold Coast: 166,143
Sydney: 160,387
Manly Warringah: 153,688
North Queensland: 134,397
St. George Illawarra: 129,459
NewCastle: 127,001
Cronulla-Sutherland: 101,831
Penrith: 98,342
Canberra: 88,987

[King-Eliagh]

Wow, interesting find there superegz. I honestly thought it would've been closer but that's quite a thrashing isn't it.

There can only be a few reasons in my opinion.

1. Rugby league is significantly more popular
2. Afl supporters are technologically deficient

I think it's prob both.

:>::

[ParraEelsNRL]

Haha the hayne plane has well over 300k likes himself.

[sydneyfc]

Impressive numbers all round, i totaled them

AFL - 2,813,310 (156,295 avg)
NRL - 3,444,233 (215,264 avg)
AFL official Facebook : 679,154
NRL official Facebook : 925,965

then threw in a few more codes
HAL - 723,353 (72,335 avg)
-official Facebook : 159,389

S15 - 405,294 (81,058 avg)
-official Facebook : 35,383

BBL - 1,534,344 (191,793 avg)
-official Facebook : 546,677

NBL - 227,751 (28,468 avg)
-official Facebook : 52,252

national teams
Socceroos - 428,252
Wallabies - 407,794
Cricket - 178,183
Kangaroos - 150,157

Special mention - the official Cricket Australia page has over 3.5m likes alone

Rep teams
NSW - 674,826
QLD - 764,386

Really surprised by the numbers all across the board. When it comes to getting updates on my phone or the net in general real quick, i'm more of a twitter guy myself so i was blown away by some of these numbers. Didn't think anyone used facebook anymore....well i don't

[pHyR3]

sorry what's HAL?

also, ill add the nz kiwis page 223k

[pHyR3]

im pretty sure i totalled up all the clubs likes last year or so with similar results, but it's nice to get an update!

NRL to crack 1 million well before the AFL does

edit: ill go back and find that post actually. see if the gap has widened or closed

[pHyR3]

Found the post:

"AFL 550k

Collingwood 244k
Essendon 242k
St. Kilda 93k
Hawthorn 128k
West Coast 144k
Carlton 150k
Sydney Swans 125k
Richmond 122k
Adelaide 109k
Freemantle 98k
Geelong 64k
Port Adelaide 58k
North Melbourne 54k
Western Bulldogs 57k
Brisbane Lions 63k
Suns 63k
Melbourne 35k
Giants 32k

Total: 1881k

NRL 597k

Broncos 294k
Wests Tigers 169k
Rabbitohs 157k
Warriors 123k
Storm 234k compared to 125k from the swans
Roosters 84k and another page 50k which I will not count
Sharks 62k
Knights 76k
Cowboys 74k and two other pages of 94k together which i won't count
Titans 123k
Eagles 89k
Eels 161k
Bulldogs 133k
Raiders 63k
Panthers 51k
Dragons 85k and another 34k page which im not counting

Total: 1978k"

from October 2013.

after a little maths, back then the NRL clubs total likes was 5% more than the total AFL clubs likes (despite having 2 less teams and not incl. rep teams) and the NRL page had 9% more than the AFL's.

By these updated figures, the NRL club total likes is now at 22% more than the AFLs club total and the NRL page has extended quite quickly to 36% more than the AFL.

so, the gap is widening.

[pHyR3]

to answer the original question, the AFL appears to be better able to convert the average fan into attending games while NRL fans tend to watch at home. That's for a number of reasons, i think the product of RL is better enjoyed on TV while the aerial aspect of AFL lends itself more to a real world viewing. Sydney has far worse weather and transport than melbourne and also is a lot bigger geographically.

And the NRL has marketed itself better online: http://www.afr.com/p/lifestyle/sport/nr ... JXWBY6kOPP

[piesman2011]

I thought it would be interesting to compare the AFL and NRL facebook likes. Why does the NRL tend to get so many more likes than the AFL?

AFL:
Collingwood: 310,517
Essendon: 299,364
Hawthorn: 251,666
Carlton: 216,992
West Coast: 209,407
Sydney: 204,332
Richmond: 168,414
Adelaide: 164,446
Fremantle: 160,587
Geelong: 129,944
Port Adelaide: 126,105
St. Kilda: 113,230
Brisbane: 93,778
North Melbourne: 91,213
Gold Coast: 88,599
Western Bulldogs: 74,155
Melbourne: 66,636
Greater Western Sydney: 43,995

NRL:
Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375
New Zealand: 359,732
South Sydney: 301,140
Paramatta: 256,471
Canterbury-Bankstown: 231,829
Wests Tigers: 226,651
Gold Coast: 166,143
Sydney: 160,387
Manly Warringah: 153,688
North Queensland: 134,397
St. George Illawarra: 129,459
NewCastle: 127,001
Cronulla-Sutherland: 101,831
Penrith: 98,342
Canberra: 88,987

Unfortunately you can buy facebook likes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag

[pHyR3]

I thought it would be interesting to compare the AFL and NRL facebook likes. Why does the NRL tend to get so many more likes than the AFL?

AFL:
Collingwood: 310,517
Essendon: 299,364
Hawthorn: 251,666
Carlton: 216,992
West Coast: 209,407
Sydney: 204,332
Richmond: 168,414
Adelaide: 164,446
Fremantle: 160,587
Geelong: 129,944
Port Adelaide: 126,105
St. Kilda: 113,230
Brisbane: 93,778
North Melbourne: 91,213
Gold Coast: 88,599
Western Bulldogs: 74,155
Melbourne: 66,636
Greater Western Sydney: 43,995

NRL:
Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375
New Zealand: 359,732
South Sydney: 301,140
Paramatta: 256,471
Canterbury-Bankstown: 231,829
Wests Tigers: 226,651
Gold Coast: 166,143
Sydney: 160,387
Manly Warringah: 153,688
North Queensland: 134,397
St. George Illawarra: 129,459
NewCastle: 127,001
Cronulla-Sutherland: 101,831
Penrith: 98,342
Canberra: 88,987

Unfortunately you can buy facebook likes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag

ohhhh so thats how the afl got all their likes. i was wondering >

[piesman2011]

Unfortunately they are pretty useless. It would be interesting to see how many of those likes are from Australian accounts. That along with the interaction of those accounts would give you a much better indication. Watch the video it is interesting.

[pHyR3]

couldn't find geographic distribution,

but as for 'people talking about it' they are dead even on 99k, but the AFLs GF was 2 days ago, while the NRLs is yet to happen so it should shoot far ahead of the afls peak. i saw a similar result last year from memory.

[AFLsforPussies]

NRL should be first to get a million likes.

FB NRL 942,349

FB AFL 681,832

[King-Eliagh]

Unfortunately they are pretty useless. It would be interesting to see how many of those likes are from Australian accounts. That along with the interaction of those accounts would give you a much better indication. Watch the video it is interesting.

Jealous much?

[leagueiscrap]

I thought it would be interesting to compare the AFL and NRL facebook likes. Why does the NRL tend to get so many more likes than the AFL?

AFL:
Collingwood: 310,517
Essendon: 299,364
Hawthorn: 251,666
Carlton: 216,992
West Coast: 209,407
Sydney: 204,332
Richmond: 168,414
Adelaide: 164,446
Fremantle: 160,587
Geelong: 129,944
Port Adelaide: 126,105
St. Kilda: 113,230
Brisbane: 93,778
North Melbourne: 91,213
Gold Coast: 88,599
Western Bulldogs: 74,155
Melbourne: 66,636
Greater Western Sydney: 43,995

NRL:
Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375
New Zealand: 359,732
South Sydney: 301,140
Paramatta: 256,471
Canterbury-Bankstown: 231,829
Wests Tigers: 226,651
Gold Coast: 166,143
Sydney: 160,387
Manly Warringah: 153,688
North Queensland: 134,397
St. George Illawarra: 129,459
NewCastle: 127,001
Cronulla-Sutherland: 101,831
Penrith: 98,342
Canberra: 88,987

Unfortunately you can buy facebook likes.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oVfHeWTKjag

ohhhh so thats how the afl got all their likes. i was wondering >

i think you got the AFL mixed up with the NRL

top AFL clubs facebook likes
Collingwood: 310,517
Essendon: 299,364

Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375
New Zealand: 359,732
South Sydney: 301,140
Paramatta: 256,471
Canterbury-Bankstown: 231,829
Wests Tigers: 226,651
Gold Coast: 166,143
Sydney: 160,387

Collingwood & Essendon are easily the two biggest clubs in Australia of any sporting code
so there is simple proof who is buying their facebook likes
Brisbane: 527,800
Melbourne: 380,375

there wouldn't even be 100k in melbourne who knew who the storm were