Social television continues to grow by leaps and bounds in Spain

1.5 million unique users comment on television programs in May. This figure already represents 25% of the total Twitter accounts in Spain.

Social television still has not reached its peak in Spain and during the month of May a new record for social viewers was broken with nearly 1.5 million unique users commenting on television programs. According to a report by General, this figure already represents 25% of the total Twitter accounts in Spain.

The major sporting events broadcast during May have once again placed this television genre as the most commented on socially with 2,868,191 comments in total. The other great television genre is reality shows, hand in hand with the spectacular results it continues to achieve. Big Brother Fourteen. In third place we find talk shows with 703,014 accumulated comments among all programs of this genre.

By programme, the Copa del Rey final between Real Madrid and Atlético de Madrid was the most talked-about broadcast of the month with more than 418,000 comments.

For its part, Big Brother Fourteen repeats as the program with the largest social audience, placing four of its broadcasts among the 10 most talked about of the month. During the month of May, it accumulated a total of 72,845 social viewers who made 233,634.2 comments. Also worth highlighting is the premiere of Cuatro's new reality show, A prince for Corina, which achieved an average of almost 60,000 comments per broadcast in May.

Among the faces of television, Jordi Évole repeats at the top of the ranking above Mercedes Milá and highlights the emergence of Alaska and Mario Vaquerizo thanks to the third season of the reality show on MTV.

The data obtained in the month of May not only exceeds the record of social viewers, but also the record of comments, since with 7,944,656, it exceeds the comments registered in the month of April by more than one million. This represents an increase of 7.5% compared to the 6.8 million comments coincident with the broadcast in April.

The almost 8 million comments in May represent an increase of 57.6% compared to the historical average of the last twelve months.