Football teams Real Madrid and FC Barcelona were the most popular Spanish Twitter accounts in 2022 by number of followers. Real's main profile ranked first, with almost 47 million followers. Meanwhile, FC Barcelona's international and Spanish-speaking profiles ranked second and third, with 45.9 million and 21.1 million followers each. Overall, football has dominated the micro-blogging platform in Spain, with players such as Gerard Piqué, Sergio Ramos, and Radamel Falcao being among the most popular profiles on Twitter that year.
Most popular Twitter accounts in Spain from 2018 to 2022, by followers
(in millions)
Characteristic
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Real Madrid / @realmadrid (football)
31.3
33.5
35.8
39.8
46.9
FC Barcelona / @FCBarcelona (football)
29
31.6
29
39
46.5
FC Barcelona_es / @FCBarcelona_es (football)
13.8
14.9
13.8
18.1
21.1
Gerard Piqué / @3gerardpique (football player)
19
19.6
19.9
20.2
21
El Rubius / @Rubiu5 (content creator)
12.5
13.5
16
18.2
20.8
Sergio Ramos / @SergioRamos (football player)
15.7
16.7
18.2
18.9
20
Alejandro Sanz / @AlejandroSanz (singer)
19.5
19.6
19.8
19.7
19.8
AuronPlay / @auronplay (content creator)
-
-
-
13.4
18
Radamel Falcao / @FALCAO (football player)
-
-
-
-
17.2
Sergio “Kun” Agüero / @aguerosergiokun (former football player)
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The Social Media Family. (June 15, 2023). Most popular Twitter accounts in Spain from 2018 to 2022, by followers (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1394175/twitter-spain-accounts-most-followers/
The Social Media Family. "Most popular Twitter accounts in Spain from 2018 to 2022, by followers (in millions)." Chart. June 15, 2023. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1394175/twitter-spain-accounts-most-followers/
The Social Media Family. (2023). Most popular Twitter accounts in Spain from 2018 to 2022, by followers (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1394175/twitter-spain-accounts-most-followers/
The Social Media Family. "Most Popular Twitter Accounts in Spain from 2018 to 2022, by Followers (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jun 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1394175/twitter-spain-accounts-most-followers/
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