2018 membership

[GetDimmaBack]

41,759

 

[Pugz89]

That's impressive. If we can hold steady, I'd think 44k might be possible which is great considering the on field stuff.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

Who knows how up to date that is though. While since it updated.

 

[Tommycash]

Will try do a chart! Sorry everyone

 

[SCRAY72]

Hopefully at least 500 new Ballarat members this weekend.

 

[BallaratBulldog]

42, 536.

This time last year - 45,500. (Roughly, we were quiet updaters last late April and May too.)

 

[SCRAY72]

Hopefully with the 2016 success, 42,000 is the minimum going forward regardless of ladder position.
But I wouldn't want to be out of the finals for more than two years.

 

[Doggy]

Hopefully with the 2016 success, 42,000 is the minimum going forward regardless of ladder position.
But I wouldn't want to be out of the finals for more than two years.

Need finals in 2019 then

 

[dergert]

I do not want to sound alarmist, but do people think we can financially survive another lengthy rebuild?

 

[Mattdougie]

I do not want to sound alarmist, but do people think we can financially survive another lengthy rebuild?

Money is and will never be an issue after what the AFL have given the suns and giants and have pumped into the AFLW.

The problem comes is the afl stop funding the AFLW fully and we have to carry that turkey financially because that will ruin us and do it quickly.

 

[BEaston]

I do not want to sound alarmist, but do people think we can financially survive another lengthy rebuild?

Of course. Club has never been stronger financially.

 

[Draft Pick]

I do not want to sound alarmist, but do people think we can financially survive another lengthy rebuild?

Won’t be a lengthy rebuild either.

 

[GetDimmaBack]

43,300 as at 31/5.

 

[Tommycash]

Not quite membership but:

According to the annual Roy Morgan AFL supporter ladder the Western Bulldogs increased its base by a phenomenal 42.1 per cent year on year to boast 351,000 fans.

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Commenting on the study. Roy Morgan CEO Michele Levine said: “The Sydney Swans are again Australia’s most widely supported AFL club for the 14th straight year now with 1.17 million supporters, over half-a-million supporters ahead of the two leading Victorian clubs Collingwood with 660,000 supporters and Essendon with 651,000 supporters.

“However it is the recent success of the Western Bulldogs, Richmond and Hawthorn that highlights the importance of on-field performance to growing the supporter base in the stands.

“The Western Bulldogs drought-breaking Premiership in 2016 has resulted in a surge of support for the club now at 351,000 and up a stunning 42.1 per cent from a year ago while reigning Premiers Richmond increased their support by 10.2 per cent to 487,000.

http://www.bandt.com.au/marketing/study-swans-still-supported-afl-team-eagles-march
"

 

[dogwatch]

That's impressive.
I wonder if there is any data on the decay period (half-life) after a premiership without follow up success. Similarly, are there any stats on when / if a club's "following" gets converted to "membership"? If we had Melbourne's conversion rate we'd have well over 70,000 members!

 

[TempletonTheRat]

That's impressive.
I wonder if there is any data on the decay period (half-life) after a premiership without follow up success. Similarly, are there any stats on when / if a club's "following" gets converted to "membership"? If we had Melbourne's conversion rate we'd have well over 70,000 members!

why the one year lag though or did we get a similar lift from 16 to 17 - Tommycash not sure where you found the data, any chance you can find last years numbers?

In regards to the decay rate and membership conversions, Morgans would have the data or could create it. (I imagine they have done the same survey for many years). Not sure how you would get yours hands on it though.

 

[Tommycash]

why the one year lag though or did we get a similar lift from 16 to 17 - Tommycash not sure where you found the data, any chance you can find last years numbers?

In regards to the decay rate and membership conversions, Morgans would have the data or could create it. (I imagine they have done the same survey for many years). Not sure how you would get yours hands on it though.

2017:

So in 2017 we had fewer supporters and a better conversion rate.

2016 Members, from elsewhere:

2014:

2011/2012:

I suppose the earlier years shows how significant the drop off in "supporters" can be once a team falls away from the finals pack. We went from 303,000 in 2011 to 208,000 in 2014 which is pretty damn significant. It is kind of surprisingly significant in fact. So much so you have to wonder what exactly constitutes being a supporter? I can understand losing members but how can a team lose 100,000 fans in 3 years?

 

[Sentinel]

So much so you have to wonder what exactly constitutes being a supporter? I can understand losing members but how can a team lose 100,000 fans in 3 years?

Take these polls with a thousand grains of salt. They surveyed less than 15,000 people and extrapolated that out to 24 million people - when you add to that the undoubtedly loose definition of 'supporter' there has to be a huge margin of error.

ie any non-interested Sydneysider who is asked which AFL team they support is going to say the Swans, regardless of whether they even know the club colours. I'd do the same for Melbourne Storm and I couldn't care less about them. All of a sudden they've got 50% more supporters than the next best team yet have tens of thousands less members.