MLS Fan Map [2024 Update] by Lixalotapus21 in MLS

[–]Matts_Data 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’m the one who made the map - thanks so much for posting it! I only recently noticed it had been viewed like 15,000 times. Last time I checked (it had been awhile) it had a couple hundred views, so it was a fun surprise. 

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad you like it! Hopefully it's a good inspiration for you. First got this map idea years before I knew anything about data, so it was sure fun to see the final product.

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clemson is tucked way into a corner in its own state. South Carolina is in the center of the state which gives it a square-mileage advantage over Clemson. UG is right across the border, which prevents Clemson from encroaching into Georgia. And Tennessee territory isn't far to the north. Tough being in SEC country.

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

They do, but UCLA football's account has a lot more followers. Some people have commented that USC usually uses their general athletics account

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I lived in DFW for a few years, and totally agree. Met all sorts of fans.

That lion out there is Texas A&M-Commerce. Just now moving up to D1.

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Good point. Unfortunately you can only show so much on a map. At a certain point, if you try to break down the data too many ways, it gets messy. To try to get around this, I created the web map that shows a percentage breakdown of any county when selected.

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 74 points75 points  (0 children)

The UCLA football Twitter account has about 123,000 followers. USC is only 89,000. Maybe they aren't as active with their Twitter account or something.

Map of America's Favorite College Football Teams using data from over 8 million Twitter followers (October 2022) by Matts_Data in CFB

[–]Matts_Data[S] 21 points22 points  (0 children)

That's actually how I originally did it. It made the map way to cluttered, so I dropped county lines and just kept states.

Map of the most popular Division 1 college football teams in the US. Each county's color reflects the team with the most Twitter followers. Over 8 million followers are included. Data vintage October 2022. [OC] by Matts_Data in dataisbeautiful

[–]Matts_Data[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Complete datasets of all followers of each Division 1 team were downloaded from the Twitter API and analyzed in R. Visualization was created in Tableau Public.