{"id":26142,"date":"2021-01-22T01:37:42","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T07:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/?p=26142"},"modified":"2024-03-18T12:18:59","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:18:59","slug":"womens-soccer-social-media-sentiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/womens-soccer-social-media-sentiment\/","title":{"rendered":"We Analyzed 400k Social Media Posts About Women\u2019s Soccer (And Found Out Men Prefer It)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New social media research reveals&nbsp;a 354&nbsp;percent&nbsp;increase in men talking about NSWL&nbsp;since last year&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Attitudes to women\u2019s soccer becoming more favourable \u2013 positive sentiment increased by 32&nbsp;percent&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Online abuse, hatred and trolling on the decline, with&nbsp;angry or disgusted&nbsp;posts dropping&nbsp;by 45&nbsp;percent&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>22&nbsp;percent&nbsp;increase in social media discussion&nbsp;about the&nbsp;NSWL drafts&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kelley O&#8217;Hara, Ali Krieger and&nbsp;Marta Vieira da Silva most celebrated players, with&nbsp;Cristiane&nbsp;Rozeira,&nbsp;Julie Ertz and Megan Rapinoe most trolled&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nwslsoccer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">National&nbsp;Women\u2019s Soccer League<\/a>&nbsp;(NWSL)&nbsp;saw its TV audience grow by almost&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.insider.com\/nwsl-viewership-up-493-percent-despite-sports-ratings-struggles-2020-10\" target=\"_blank\">500&nbsp;percent<\/a>&nbsp;in 2020, in a year when most&nbsp;sports saw viewing numbers plummet.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A new partnership with CBS and Twitch meant more people than ever before were able to watch its games,&nbsp;which resulted&nbsp;in record numbers of viewers&nbsp;tuning in&nbsp;from&nbsp;across the globe.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So,&nbsp;what has this increased exposure and viewership done for women\u2019s soccer?&nbsp;How are attitudes changing?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Here at Casino.org we were curious to dig deeper into this growing fanbase. We compared fans\u2019 social media usage and engagement during the same 7-day period in 2020 vs 2021 to see how the landscape is changing. Keep reading to discover what we found.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">NSWL Has More Male Fans Than Ever Before<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Male fans cheering\" class=\"wp-image-26178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-148x111.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/NWSL-male-fans.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Women\u2019s soccer has had a long road to gaining recognition and respect in the world of elite sports world.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might remember&nbsp;when,&nbsp;last year, US football authorities&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/51835288\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a>&nbsp;that women players don\u2019t deserve to earn as much as their male counterparts because the men\u2019s team carries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/sport\/us-sport\/us-womens-soccer-team-equal-pay-responsibility-uswnt-lawsuit-megan-rapinoe-a9392656.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cmore responsibility\u201d<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That may well be the opinion of&nbsp;some of&nbsp;the authorities,&nbsp;but evidence shows a growing demand for the sport &#8211; in particular, from male fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic of NWSL fan split\" class=\"wp-image-26177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-148x111.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/fan-split-nwsl.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, male voices accounted for just 21&nbsp;percent&nbsp;of the social media posts about the NSWL draft.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just one year later, male voices have increased by a <strong>whopping 354 percent<\/strong>, taking them from a minority share of voice to the majority in 2021.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Little girls today get to dream about one day being selected in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NWSL<\/a> Draft. That&#39;s so dope.<\/p>&mdash; Jordan Dolbin (@jodolbin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jodolbin\/status\/1349777455909801989?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Grab the popcorn&#8230;<br><br>This would\u2019ve been the Dash\u2019s pick at 6, so will be watching keenly to see how she develops. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWSL?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NWSL<\/a> <br><br> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/caOo7QiMeZ\">pic.twitter.com\/caOo7QiMeZ<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Theo Lloyd-Hughes (@theolloydhughes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theolloydhughes\/status\/1350151801757118468?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Haters&nbsp;Are&nbsp;On&nbsp;The&nbsp;Decline&nbsp;&#8211; Finally&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>All signs point towards women\u2019s soccer&nbsp;having&nbsp;the most positive year ever&nbsp;in 2021.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic of NWSL social media sentiment\" class=\"wp-image-26179\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-148x111.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/nwsl-social-media-sentiment.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Analysis of over 332,500 social media posts from 2020 found that over a quarter of those posts expressed positive attitudes towards women\u2019s soccer.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fast forward to the 2021 drafts, and we saw positive sentiment grow by <strong>32 percent<\/strong> to account for more than <strong>a third of all social media posts<\/strong>.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile,&nbsp;social media postings&nbsp;with <strong>negative sentiment&nbsp;<\/strong>dropped by a third&nbsp;to&nbsp;just over <strong>4&nbsp;percent<\/strong>&nbsp;of all posts.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This trend aligns with <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"research (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/yougov.co.uk\/topics\/sport\/articles-reports\/2020\/03\/08\/seven-ten-support-equal-coverage-womens-sport-not-\" target=\"_blank\">research<\/a> by YouGov that examined changing attitudes to women\u2019s soccer in the UK. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study found that Brits are overwhelmingly supportive of equal media coverage of men\u2019s and women\u2019s sport (providing men\u2019s sporting coverage is not compromised), with just 15 percent opposed.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decrease In Online Abuse, Hatred And Trolling&nbsp; <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our analysis shows that social media posts expressing anger and disgust are on the decline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic of NWSL social media reactions\" class=\"wp-image-26176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-148x111.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/emotion-positive-nswl.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, posts&nbsp;expressing anger and disgust accounted for&nbsp;<strong>13 percent&nbsp;<\/strong>of all posts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the same period in 2021,&nbsp;online hate&nbsp;almost halved to account for just&nbsp;<strong>7.1 percent<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although&nbsp;it\u2019s a&nbsp;positive change there is still a long way to go here,&nbsp;with online abuse and trolling remaining&nbsp;serious issues&nbsp;within the female sports world.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;2020 BBC sports&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/53642350\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">survey<\/a>&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;that a&nbsp;third of UK sportswomen face online abuse&nbsp;and, earlier this year,&nbsp;former England women\u2019s international player and television pundit Karen Carney&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/uk-soccer-england-lee-carney\/soccer-carney-deletes-twitter-account-after-online-abuse-over-leeds-comments-idUKKBN2962J7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">deleted her Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;after a torrent of abuse.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So&nbsp;while our analysis has shown a slight decrease in online abuse,&nbsp;it has been&nbsp;by no means eradicated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Increasing Interest In The NSWL Drafts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic of number of NWSL posts\" class=\"wp-image-26181\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-148x111.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-1100x825.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/social-media-posts.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The year\u2019s NSWL drafts saw a spike in online chatter with a <strong>total of 13,035 posts<\/strong> on social media in a 7-day period around the draft date, which took place on January 13.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is&nbsp;2,304&nbsp;<em>more&nbsp;<\/em>posts&nbsp;than in 2020&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;a&nbsp;<strong>22 percent increase<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;when comparing the same period&nbsp;from&nbsp;last year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Popularity is&nbsp;growing&nbsp;in part due to the&nbsp;live streaming of the&nbsp;drafts on Twitch for the first time&nbsp;ever,&nbsp;with&nbsp;Sky Blue FC, Orlando Pride and Houston Dash being&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.streamhatchet.com\/2021\/01\/14\/2021-nwsl-draft-on-twitch\/\" target=\"_blank\">top three teams<\/a>&nbsp;to be mentioned the most.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Pretty cool moment as <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TerrierWSOC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TerrierWSOC<\/a> sees its first player picked in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NWSL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NWSL<\/a> draft.<br><br>Enjoyed catching up with Anna Heilferty and Nancy Feldman to learn more. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NWSLDraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NWSLDraft<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2V26eGJDxj\">https:\/\/t.co\/2V26eGJDxj<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Jonathan Sigal (@JonathanSigal) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JonathanSigal\/status\/1349807125804048384?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 14, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Female Soccer Players Getting The Most Love And Hate<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Collectively the top 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/top-10-richest-female-soccer-players-ever\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">female soccer players<\/a> have 20.5 million followers on Instagram,\u00a0which is\u00a0over 10x less than the most followed male soccer player\u00a0Cristiano Ronaldo.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But which players are receiving the&nbsp;most hate, and who\u2019s getting the most love?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-1024x968.jpg\" alt=\"Infographic of NWSL top 10 players\" class=\"wp-image-26182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-1024x968.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-148x140.jpg 148w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-768x726.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-1536x1452.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-1100x1040.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players-480x454.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.casino.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/top-soccer-players.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The top players who are getting trolled online are Brazilian <strong>Cristiane Rozeira<\/strong>, <strong>Julie Ertz <\/strong>of the Chicago Red Stars and <strong>Megan Rapinoe<\/strong>, winger and captain of NSWL\u2019s OL Reign.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The most celebrated players online are <strong>Kelley O&#8217;Hara<\/strong> of Washington Spirit, <strong>Ali Krieger&nbsp;<\/strong>of Orlando Pride and Brazil\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Marta Vieira da Silva<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Methodology<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>Using social listening tool&nbsp;Brandwatch,&nbsp;Casino.org&nbsp;analyzed&nbsp;400,000 social media posts on National Women\u2019s Soccer League from&nbsp;the same 7-day period in&nbsp;2020&nbsp;and&nbsp;2021, as well as social media posts on the top 10 female football players.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The&nbsp;National&nbsp;Women\u2019s Soccer League&nbsp;(NWSL)&nbsp;saw its TV audience grow by almost&nbsp;500&nbsp;percent&nbsp;in 2020, in a year when most&nbsp;sports saw viewing numbers plummet.&nbsp; 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