Tweetsport blog on Monday October 24, 2011
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Tweetsport, the real-time sport news
site announced the winners in the Tweetsport Twitlist for Sport
today (Tuesday 4th October 2011) in the categories of most popular
sport, player, media, team and pundit, declaring Robbie Savage the
no 1 Sporting Twit for pundits.
"I've tripled checked the figures and its official, Robbie is
the biggest Twit" said Tweetsport founder Eilidh Donaldson.
"The winner is based on the highest number of followers, and
incredibly the player everyone loved to hate has become the pundit
everyone loves to follow. His transition from player to omnipresent
pundit, sequined Saturday night celebrity and all-round #legend has
been built on Twitter and with over 450,000 followers and growing
who knows where this will end."
Completing the top 5 pundits are Andrew Flintoff (Cricket), Jake
Humphrey (F1), Chris Kamara (Football) and Georgie Thomson (Sky
Sports Presenter). "Jake Humphrey's profile has been lifted by F1
but he'll be looking for a new gig at the end of this season with
the BBC's reduced coverage. On this showing if I was Sue Barker I'd
be worried."
The top player in each sport list featured many big names but
also had some surprises, with Ruebens Barrichello easily
outstripping Jensen Button and Lewis Hamilton for top man in F1.
"Ruebens Tweets in English and Portuguese so you know what he had
for breakfast in two languages, which is nice."
Tweetsport only follow real accounts and Eilidh thinks fake
accounts have impacted the results "Ian Poulter could have mounted
a challenge for the No1 spot in Golf if he had mustered his fake
accounts following. Still with the Ryder, Walker and Solheim Cups
plus 3 of the 4 majors it's nice to see the US win something. At
least Tiger will have one title on his CV this year."
Football's
48 million followers dominated the Sports Twitlist based on the top
200 most followed accounts, with cricket a distant 2nd
40% behind and golf 3rd. American sports claimed 4th
despite only have three accounts currently on Tweetsport's list,
with tennis 5th.
"Our winners have all received their awards (virtual hugs via
Twitter) but it will be a much closer battle next time. With
sport waking up to the potential of social media and the Olympics
happening next year there is still all to play for and you can
follow it all on Tweetsport."
For more information on Tweetsport and a copy of this
infographic please poke Eilidh contact@tweetsport.co.uk
Infographic by Jhen
Wee man character Vic Watson of Mucklehen,
styled by Kevin Farquharson
For more information on Tweetsport and a copy of this
infographic please poke Eilidh contact@tweetsport.co.uk
Stats
- Figures based on followers on Twitter as at 24.9.11
- Lists based on accounts followed and categorised by
Tweetsport
Top Pundits
|
Name
|
Sport
|
Twitter name
|
Followers
|
|
1 Robbie Savage
|
Football
|
RobbieSavage8
|
451978
|
|
2 Andrew Flintoff
|
Cricket
|
flintoff11
|
422236
|
|
3 Jake Humphrey
|
F1
|
jakehumphreyf1
|
340463
|
|
4 Chris Kamara
|
Football
|
chris_kammy
|
333140
|
|
5 Georgie Thompson
|
Football
|
OfficiallyGT
|
256823
|
|
6 Gary Neville
|
Football
|
GNev2
|
252097
|
|
7 Michael Vaughan
|
Cricket
|
VaughanCricket
|
181858
|
|
8 David 'Bumble' Lloyd
|
Cricket
|
BumbleCricket
|
170437
|
|
9 Henry Winter
|
Football
|
henrywinter
|
162316
|
|
10 Guillem Balague
|
Football
|
GuillemBalague
|
159022
|
Top Players (in each sport)
|
Name
|
Sport
|
Twitter name
|
Followers
|
|
Kaka
|
Football
|
KAKA
|
6038478
|
|
Serena Williams
|
Tennis
|
serenawilliams
|
2252230
|
|
Sachin Tendulkar
|
Cricket
|
sachin_rt
|
1406255
|
|
Tiger Woods
|
Golf
|
TigerWoods
|
1283644
|
|
Rubens Barrichello
|
F1
|
rubarrichello
|
1189296
|
|
Alberto Contador
|
Cycling
|
albertocontador
|
272507
|
|
Usain Bolt
|
Athletics
|
usainbolt
|
235621
|
|
Tom Daley
|
Olympics
|
TomDaley1994
|
140853
|
|
Brian O'Driscoll
|
Rugby
|
BrianODriscoll
|
95868
|
|
Michael Phelps
|
Swimming
|
MichaelPhelps
|
92570
|
|
AP McCoy
|
Racing
|
AP_McCoy
|
69449
|
Top Sport (based on followers for top 200 most followed
accounts)
|
Sport
|
Followers
|
%
|
|
1 Football
|
48001829
|
51.6
|
|
2 Cricket
|
9530047
|
10.3
|
|
3 Golf
|
6712362
|
7.3
|
|
4 American sports
|
5992560
|
6.4
|
|
5 Tennis
|
5457060
|
5.9
|
|
6 F1
|
5453081
|
5.8
|
|
7 Cycling
|
4539755
|
4.8
|
|
8 Boxing
|
3483075
|
3.7
|
|
9 Sports media
|
2661430
|
2.8
|
|
10 Olympics
|
556520
|
0.6
|
|
11 Athletics
|
316286
|
0.4
|
|
12 Rugby
|
293228
|
0.3
|
|
13 Swimming
|
92570
|
0.1
|
|
Total
|
93089803
|
100
|
Top Teams
|
Name
|
Sport
|
Twitter name
|
Followers
|
|
1 Real Madrid
|
Football
|
realmadrid
|
2360996
|
|
2 FC Barcelona
|
Football
|
FCBarcelona
|
1368538
|
|
3 Arsenal.com
|
Football
|
Arsenal
|
918447
|
|
4 Liverpool FC
|
Football
|
LFC
|
471951
|
|
5 Chelsea FC
|
Football
|
chelseafc
|
384304
|
|
6 McLaren
|
F1
|
TheFifthDriver
|
110339
|
|
7 Manchester City FC
|
Football
|
MCFC
|
109738
|
|
8 Tottenham Hotspur
|
Football
|
SpursOfficial
|
89735
|
|
9 Team RadioShack
|
Cycling
|
TeamRadioShack
|
85257
|
|
10 MERCEDES GP PETRONAS
|
F1
|
OfficialMGP
|
80133
|
Top Media
|
Name
|
Twitter name
|
Followers
|
|
1 ESPN
|
espn
|
1859735
|
|
2 Sky Sports News
|
SkySportsNews
|
331151
|
|
3 Sky Sports
|
SkySports
|
190848
|
|
4 ESPN Cricinfo
|
ESPNcricinfo
|
167404
|
|
5 NBC Olympics
|
NBCOlympics
|
149127
|
|
6 FourFourTwo
|
FourFourTwo
|
127639
|
|
7 SoccerAM
|
SoccerAM
|
117290
|
|
8 talkSPORT
|
talkSPORT
|
102952
|
|
9 Guardian sport
|
guardian_sport
|
88903
|
|
10 La Gazzetta dello Sport
|
Gazzetta_it
|
70177
|
For more information on Tweetsport and a copy of this
infographic please poke Eilidh contact@tweetsport.co.uk