Spain

Published

June 12, 2025

We collected data from 14 news outlets on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube Shorts:
5 Print , 5 Private broadcaster , 3 Digital , 1 Public broadcaster .

Overall, these outlets published 7222 posts.

The median outlet published 8 TikToks, 6 Instagram reels, and 2.9 YouTube shorts per day.

Basics

Platforms shares

Platform Active brands Posts % of brands % of posts
TikTok 14 3521 100 49
Instagram 13 2771 93 38
YouTube Shorts 11 930 79 13

Published posts

Outlet Posts TikTok Instagram YouTube Shorts Content duplication (%)
20 Minutos 527 340 187 - 15
ABC 1040 701 184 155 4
Antena 3 667 259 408 - 13
Cadena SER 833 330 376 127 4
COPE 480 182 208 90 30
El Mundo 797 269 282 246 27
El País 446 235 114 97 3
ElConfidencial.com 130 69 59 2 28
elDiario.es 187 91 73 23 22
La Vanguardia 464 189 128 147 24
LaSexta 150 62 85 3 5
OKdiario.com 751 355 367 29 14
RTVE 410 99 300 11 7
Telecinco 340 340 - - -
Spain 7222 3521 2771 930 14

Outlet analyses

Topics

Hard news

Outlet Politics Crime War/ Disasters Economy Social Affairs
20 Minutos 20 24 26 9 10
ABC 17 15 14 12 9
Antena 3 7 14 12 6 7
Cadena SER 24 16 9 11 27
COPE 56 24 16 15 24
El Mundo 41 23 25 16 11
El País 27 24 21 9 16
ElConfidencial.com 23 15 16 15 16
elDiario.es 48 24 15 13 29
La Vanguardia 35 12 15 17 10
LaSexta 34 15 16 20 16
OKdiario.com 21 19 24 9 15
RTVE 7 13 8 8 12
Telecinco 22 16 28 16 25
Spain 23 16 17 11 15
Overall 30 24 19 15 16

General/hybrid news

Outlet Environment Infrastructure Science/ Education Health/ Fitness Culture Sports
20 Minutos 5 7 5 6 7 4
ABC 5 6 6 11 4 9
Antena 3 3 4 4 4 7 3
Cadena SER 3 4 8 12 18 3
COPE 3 5 5 8 7 6
El Mundo 5 6 6 5 9 5
El País 8 7 6 8 11 6
ElConfidencial.com 6 5 7 9 6 4
elDiario.es 6 7 5 9 13 4
La Vanguardia 3 4 9 5 11 5
LaSexta 4 5 10 6 6 4
OKdiario.com 8 9 6 5 5 7
RTVE 3 5 4 5 13 4
Telecinco 8 5 9 11 8 6
Spain 5 5 7 7 10 5
Overall 5 7 7 8 7 6

Soft news and promotion

Outlet Entertainment Celebrity Lifestyle Fashion Food Animals Comedy Ads
20 Minutos 21 12 7 1 8 4 11 3
ABC 13 14 4 3 2 4 1 3
Antena 3 59 14 7 6 2 2 20 8
Cadena SER 21 19 12 2 7 2 8 2
COPE 4 8 5 1 3 2 1 3
El Mundo 16 14 9 1 3 2 1 2
El País 8 4 7 1 5 4 1 6
ElConfidencial.com 5 6 6 1 3 3 2 3
elDiario.es 19 10 8 1 3 3 2 3
La Vanguardia 3 9 14 1 6 3 4 7
LaSexta 5 6 9 1 6 3 2 3
OKdiario.com 2 4 8 1 10 4 7 5
RTVE 67 19 9 1 10 3 19 8
Telecinco 4 8 7 1 3 2 2 3
Spain 21 12 9 2 6 3 7 4
Overall 12 10 8 1 4 3 5 5

Platformization

Outlet Video duration (sec) Vertical videos (%) Addressing the audience (%) Calling for interactions (%)
20 Minutos 41 92 8 13
ABC 85 87 4 27
Antena 3 56 83 7 32
Cadena SER 106 90 4 15
COPE 72 62 4 15
El Mundo 48 94 4 12
El País 84 91 4 43
ElConfidencial.com 58 - - -
elDiario.es 50 - - -
La Vanguardia 70 76 4 13
LaSexta 80 87 4 17
OKdiario.com 52 93 4 45
RTVE 61 76 4 32
Telecinco 79 38 4 15
Spain 70 84 5 26
Overall 80 76 5 24

Diversity

Outlet Visible women (%) Mean age Age diversity (IQR) Topic diversity (topics)
20 Minutos 27 35 16 7
ABC 33 33 11 7
Antena 3 39 33 13 6
Cadena SER 33 37 16 8
COPE 24 41 15 5
El Mundo 31 32 11 7
El País 33 34 14 7
ElConfidencial.com 34 34 14 5
elDiario.es 32 34 14 6
La Vanguardia 26 40 15 7
LaSexta 31 41 14 5
OKdiario.com 31 34 15 8
RTVE 36 32 11 5
Telecinco 31 37 15 8
Spain 33 36 14 7
Overall 34 34 14 7

Note: Outlet-level results are empirical Bayes estimates from the respective analyses.