Guesstimate on # of TN Fans, True Fans

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Best guess on how many True TN fans there are on this planet. Guys and gals that claim TN no matter what. Not the wish wash fan who doesn’t own or wear a spec of TN orange.

My guess. 900k to 1m
 
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stolitonic said:
Cue the arguments about what constitutes a "true fan".

Be sure to tip your waitresses ladies and gentlemen.
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I’m pretty sure he means “people who never think Tennessee will lose yet never complain when they do and always give them every excuse imaginable when it happens.”

I’ve never encountered those people anywhere but on message boards, but they are numerous there.
 
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Coy53175 said:
Best guess on how many True TN fans there are on this planet. Guys and gals that claim TN no matter what. Not the wish wash fan who doesn’t own or wear a spec of TN orange.

My guess. 900k to 1m
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Well over that number I would say. I mean look at the production rate for Nike for example
 
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I've always thought we numbered around 4M. So the study Tman found echoes fairly true.

The dude who did the estimating, Tony Altimore, is a Michiganite who lives in New York City. Given that there is always bias in any estimate of this sort, I would guess his numbers for most B10 schools is gonna be a bit high, and his estimates for SEC programs will be a bit low.

Appllying that bit of fuzzy math, the real numbers are likely something along these lines:

Ohio State - 11M (probably no inflation to this, since the dude is likely a Michigan fan)
Notre Dame - 8M (ditto, plus ND has a natural fan base (Catholics) nationwide)
Texas - 8M
Florida - 6M
Penn St - 5M
Michigan - 5M
Oregon - 5M (probably true, though there are gonna be a LOT of bandwagon fans in this number)
Bama - 5M (ditto)
USC - 4M
LSU - 4M
Georgia - 4M (probably more than that, but a lot will be bandwagon fans)
A&M - 4M (possibly more than that)
Auburn - 4M
Tennessee - 4M
Wisconsin - 3M
Stanford - 3M or less (Stanford is like Vandy or Northwestern; important academically, but small actual fan base)

I'd put the Vols, Auburn, UGa, A&M, and LSU (along with USCw, Ore, Mich, and PSU) all in about the same boat, 4M to 5M range. Bama will be at about the same spot as their bandwagon dissipates. Florida has more simply because their state is so populous and they're the flagship of the state education system. Ditto for Texas (California doesn't have a real flagship university, it's split among a few).

I'd certainly put Ohio St, Notre Dame, Texas, and Florida above the rest. Most everyone else on Altimore's list could be grouped together in the 4M-5M range. Including the Vols. But probably not Wisconsin or Stanford.

Go Vols!
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I've always thought we numbered around 4M. So the study Tman found echoes fairly true.

The dude who did the estimating, Tony Altimore, is a Michiganite who lives in New York City. Given that there is always bias in any estimate of this sort, I would guess his numbers for most B10 schools is gonna be a bit high, and his estimates for SEC programs will be a bit low.

Appllying that bit of fuzzy math, the real numbers are likely something along these lines:

Ohio State - 11M (probably no inflation to this, since the dude is likely a Michigan fan)
Notre Dame - 8M (ditto, plus ND has a natural fan base (Catholics) nationwide)
Texas - 8M
Florida - 6M
Penn St - 5M
Michigan - 5M
Oregon - 5M (probably true, though there are gonna be a LOT of bandwagon fans in this number)
Bama - 5M (ditto)
USC - 4M
LSU - 4M
Georgia - 4M (probably more than that, but a lot will be bandwagon fans)
A&M - 4M (possibly more than that)
Auburn - 4M
Tennessee - 4M
Wisconsin - 3M
Stanford - 3M or less (Stanford is like Vandy or Northwestern; important academically, but small actual fan base)

I'd put the Vols, Auburn, UGa, A&M, and LSU (along with USCw, Ore, Mich, and PSU) all in about the same boat, 4M to 5M range. Bama will be at about the same spot as their bandwagon dissipates. Florida has more simply because their state is so populous and they're the flagship of the state education system. Ditto for Texas (California doesn't have a real flagship university, it's split among a few).

I'd certainly put Ohio St, Notre Dame, Texas, and Florida above the rest. Most everyone else on Altimore's list could be grouped together in the 4M-5M range. Including the Vols. But probably not Wisconsin or Stanford.

Go Vols!
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If Florida has 4 million fans and the definition of fans is the same as Tennessee's, Tennessee has at least 24 million. Fact.
 
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My estimates:

Super fan (aka not a real fan) - Quantity 259
Super fan likes when they win or lose, but especially lose, so they can call out everyone else for not being a fan. The 259 have a very loud voice, a voice of millions it seems

Fan - Quantity 2 million+
Fan likes when they win always and hates when they lose. May be known to lose their **** when they lose and call out mainly legit reasons for losses.

Bandwagon Fan - Quantity 701,547+
Bandwagon fan only comes around when they are doing well and are cool again. You typically only see bandwagon fan in Neyland Stadium once, as they typically never return. But there are a crap ton of these people
 
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VFL-82-JP said:
I've always thought we numbered around 4M. So the study Tman found echoes fairly true.

The dude who did the estimating, Tony Altimore, is a Michiganite who lives in New York City. Given that there is always bias in any estimate of this sort, I would guess his numbers for most B10 schools is gonna be a bit high, and his estimates for SEC programs will be a bit low.

Appllying that bit of fuzzy math, the real numbers are likely something along these lines:

Ohio State - 11M (probably no inflation to this, since the dude is likely a Michigan fan)
Notre Dame - 8M (ditto, plus ND has a natural fan base (Catholics) nationwide)
Texas - 8M
Florida - 6M
Penn St - 5M
Michigan - 5M
Oregon - 5M (probably true, though there are gonna be a LOT of bandwagon fans in this number)
Bama - 5M (ditto)
USC - 4M
LSU - 4M
Georgia - 4M (probably more than that, but a lot will be bandwagon fans)
A&M - 4M (possibly more than that)
Auburn - 4M
Tennessee - 4M
Wisconsin - 3M
Stanford - 3M or less (Stanford is like Vandy or Northwestern; important academically, but small actual fan base)
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I can tell you from living most of my life in the NJ/NY area that despite this not being a college sports hotbed, to say the least, the two schools most represented from my experience are Penn State and Notre Dame. Both are arrogant, delusional bases that know nothing of college sports other than their team, and believe the world revolves around them. Most are 'satellite' fans who never attended or have any affiliation to these schools, and these can be the most rabid.

But the worst, by far, are Penn State grads. I knew more than a few defending Paterno vehemently during the Sandusky pedophile stuff to a disturbing extent, following the story so obsessively that you avoided conversation with them. To this day they are pining away to build another statue. I am fortunately not around these people any more.
 
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Orange931 said:
No way Auburn has as many fans as we do.
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Probably not. The number of fans does not matter as much as this: What else do your fans have to do for entertainment?

In Alabama or Mississippi, if you don’t live on the beach, there isn’t anything else going on. UT football started its decline around the time that the Titans, Predators, and Grizzlies began making the playoffs. Only through the Preds and Titans sucking has our fan base resurged in fanaticism. With Nashville and Memphis on board with UT athletics, TN was a formidable program. I don’t know that Memphis cares like they used to, but at least Middle TN is back.

Someone check me on this. This is just something I observed growing up in the 90’s and early 2000’s.
 
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Alabama is large due to bandwagon effect. That maybe adjusting downward soon.
Georgia has a large market so no suprise.
LSU seems off because the state is unpopulated and poor. It's Mississippi with worse drainage.
No way on Auburn.
Tennessee has 4 medium size markets and is booming.
The first 10 or so seem reasonable, after that it looks like the numbers were pulled out "they azz"
 
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