Taylor Swift fans are obsessed with the fantasy soccer game ‘Swiftball’, guessing what she’ll wear or play at her sold-out Eras Tour shows

Football fans are about to establish their imaginative lineup, but for Taylor Swift fans, the season is already in full swing.

Taylor, 33, has been performing her Eras Tour across the US since April in front of thousands of Swifties who managed to secure coveted tickets to the sold-out shows.

Outside the stadium walls, fans tune in to live streams on TikTok to watch the hitmaker belt out the biggest hits of her 17-year career — and they even play Swiftball, a fantasy football-esque game where they predict elements of each show.

Allie, a Swiftie who attended Taylor’s New Jersey show in May, launched Swiftball on Twitter amid her “post-concert grief” as a way to gift an extra copy of the singer’s Midnights album to a deserving fan.

She created a fantasy ballot for her “one time giveaway” where fans could guess which outfits, guitars, songs and more would be included on the next show. But the game went viral and was played by more than 18,000 fans last week.

Taylor herself is seemingly aware of the game, apparently even referring to it last weekend when she thanked fans for “following this tour like it’s your favorite sport.”

Allie, a Swiftie who attended Taylor’s New Jersey show in May, launched Swiftball on Twitter amid her “post-concert grief” as a way to gift an extra copy of the singer’s Midnights album to a deserving fan

Swiftball has since gone viral — trending multiple times on Twitter and even last weekend — and was played by over 18,000 fans last week

Allie Fantasy Swiftball – the official name of the game – has Swifties compete all over the world for Taylor-themed prizes donated by members of the fandom.

Players fill out a ballot using a Google Doc prior to each show. Worth a total of 113 points, the vote contains 24 questions that allow fans to predict what they think Bad Blood hitmaker will do it on upcoming tour stop.

Swifties guess what costume Taylor will wear during her sets or what color guitar she will use when she plays the song Lover.

They also try to guess more unpredictable elements of the show, such as which two surprise songs the singer will perform, whether she will be bringing in special guests, or how many minutes the standing ovation after the song Champagne Problems will last.

Fans can sort of edit their Swiftball lineup up until the moment Taylor takes the stage, but once the singer starts performing, the ballots are locked.

Many Swifties tune in to the live streams of the concert that are physically led by fans in the stands so they can watch their ballot score live.

Most nights, Allie tweets updates on elements of the concert as they unfold. She and her Swiftball team will then announce the winners the following day.

Allie, who now operates Swiftball with a team of six others, never expected her game to become a fandom phenomenon and shared that the whole experience was “amazing.”

The fantasy mood left fans guessing which outfits, guitars, songs and more would be included on the next show. Pictured: Performing at SoFi Stadium, California on Aug. 3

Players also try to guess more unpredictable elements of the show, such as which two surprise songs the singer will perform. Pictured: Performing at SoFi Stadium, California on Aug. 3

While it’s nearly impossible to get a perfect score on the ballot, the fan with the highest post-show point value wins. Due to the large number of participants, however, there are often draws.

According to the Swiftball ballot, in the event of a tie, the “player who guessed both surprise songs correctly” wins.

However, if the winners of the tie have both correct guests with the surprise songs or have the same number of surprise songs correct, the winner will be determined by “the most correct answers in a row, in order of the categories.”

“In the case of a fully duplicated ballot, the winner will be the first to submit their ballot,” the rules state. “If both winners have applied at the same time, a random generator will be used to determine the winner.”

Allie, who now operates Swiftball with a team of six others, never expected her game to become a fandom phenomenon and shared that the whole experience was “amazing.”

She created her “fun little guessing game” for the one-off giveaway after the concert she attended at Met Life Stadium last spring, but says fans enjoyed it so much “they asked me to do it again, and then another one.” time’.

Allie herself provided the prizes for the first two nights of Swiftball, but then told her followers she would not be able to continue buying prizes. She says that in response, other Swifties came to the rescue.

“When a person donated and I said people sent prizes, it’s like the floodgates are open,” she shared USA today. “My DMs are always flooded with people saying, I have this I’d like to donate, or I’d really like to donate stuff from my Etsy, or I have old merchandise I’m not using, or I accidentally ordered this in the wrong size, have this for a prize.’

She added that the best part about running the game is that “everyone is so generous and wonderful and sweet.”

Fans suspect that Taylor knows about Swiftball’s existence. Last weekend, during her evermore set on night one of her Los Angeles residency, she thanked fans for “following this tour like it’s your favorite sport.” Taylor was photographed on the evermore set of her LA show last Friday

On average, Swiftball has 8,000 to 10,000 players, but last Thursday more than 18,000 people voted, setting a new attendance record. Pictured: Performing at SoFi Stadium, Los Angeles on Aug. 7

Allie also revealed that she had been piloting Swiftball on her own for several weeks, but as the game grew, so did her team, which is made up of volunteers who each have a specific role. Roles range from managing digital content to counting ballots.

Raghav Kalra, who is a member of the team, told the news outlet that most of his job is checking the short answers that fans manually type to make sure the correct points are awarded.

“I’m still going to manually check that each person who had that particular entry for the surprise number or something close to it that can be awarded as an acceptable answer gets points,” he explained.

He described it as a “double checking process” and said he believes it is “definitely the most intense part of the night.”

On average, Swiftball has 8,000 to 10,000 players, but last Thursday more than 18,000 people voted, setting a new attendance record.

The game is also trending on Twitter, and fans suspect Taylor – who admitted during the Eras tour that her staff informs her about fan social media conversations – is aware of its existence.

Last weekend, during her always performing night, one of her Los Angeles residencies, she said, “To everyone who’s been on this tour like it’s your favorite sport, I love you so much.”

Taylor performed the last show of the first leg of the US Eras tour in Los Angeles on Wednesday. She will begin the South American leg of the tour later this month.

It’s unclear whether Swiftball will continue as the Blank Space singer is on her international tour. MailOnline has reached out to Allie for comment.