With over 11,300 posts and 4.34 million posts, Olytico’s October 2024 Analysis details an especially impressive month for the League of Ireland accounts.
The analysis includes the title run-in of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland and plenty more across the different sports that are members of the Sport for Business community.
Here is how our coverage of the monthly report will shape up during the week.
X Analysis – Monday
Facebook Analysis – Tuesday
Instagram Analysis – Wednesday
TikTok Analysis – Thursday
In the infographics below, we have ranked each of the organisations across a range of metrics on each network, including the most active, the most engaged with, and the most engaging content as well as engagements per 1,000 followers where possible.
It is important to note that this analysis is based on publicly available data. It does not include any analysis or insight on paid or promoted content. When % figures are used (unless otherwise stated), they refer to the previous month’s figures.
October 2024 Highlights on X
Activity on X rose 12% to 5,249 posts and a subsequent 12% rise in engagements to 302,389.
The League of Ireland topped the X activity charts with 732 posts (+12%) as Connor Malley’s sensational strike saw Sligo Rovers take the lead against Derry City (link).
That is stunning from Connor Malley 🤯
Sligo Rovers lead at the Brandywell! #LOI | #DERSLI pic.twitter.com/f16pMlNByz
— League of Ireland (@LeagueofIreland) October 14, 2024
In second, Dublin GAA (450, +11%) saw Cuala CLG crowned as Champions for the first time (link).
.@CualaCLG are Champions for the very first time 🏆👏
Final score: @CualaCLG 0-14@KCrokesGAAClub 1-10#GoAheadDSC pic.twitter.com/Alv9v3Ub3q
— Dublin GAA (@DubGAAOfficial) October 20, 2024
And in third, the GAA (427, +203%) announced the 2024 PwC All-Stars Football Team of the Year (link).
🥁 Here it is ladies and gents! The 2024 PwC All-Stars Football Team of the Year!
Laochra na laochra! Maith iad! 👏#PwCAllStars pic.twitter.com/EuXdKY9qHx
— The GAA (@officialgaa) October 31, 2024
Special Olympics Ireland (22, +120%) launched their World Winter Games Team (link)
We’re thrilled to share this video, celebrate the launch of our World Winter Games Team! ❄️⛷️🏒
Team Ireland was officially launched at the @salesforce Tower in Dublin with our sponsors and The @LordMayorDublin , James Geoghegan. 👏
For more info visit 👉 https://t.co/dB38A8vU1g pic.twitter.com/UVMS3jh3JJ— Special Olympics Ireland (@SOIreland) October 24, 2024
The FAI (180, +29%) brought us the moment Drogheda United booked their spot in the 2024 Sports Direct Men’s FAI Cup Final (link).
The moment that @DroghedaUnited booked their spot in the 2024 Sports Direct Men’s #FAICup final!#DROWEX pic.twitter.com/z7hfZnZ2Yx
— FAIreland (@FAIreland) October 6, 2024
Despite a 12% decrease in engagements per post, Ireland Football still topped the X engagement charts with an average of 380 engagements per post, and were followed by Irish Rugby (121, -26%) and Leinster Rugby (91, -6%).
The League of Ireland (579) topped the average engagements per 1,000 followers metric.
The most engaged with content on X in October came from the Ireland Football account, as they remembered Greek footballer George Baldock ahead of their Nations League fixture (link).
Remembering George Baldock
🇬🇷🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/SDrMjXNFNS
— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) October 13, 2024
X Analysis – Monday
Facebook Analysis – Tuesday
Instagram Analysis – Wednesday
TikTok Analysis – Thursday
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