Copa América Centenario 2016 on Instagram, Twitter

Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks Sunday to win Copa América Centenario 2016, and the entire tournament generated more than 231 million interactions on Instagram from June 3 through 26, from over 40 million users.

Chile defeated Argentina on penalty kicks Sunday to win Copa América Centenario 2016, and the entire tournament generated more than 231 million interactions on Instagram from June 3 through 26, from over 40 million users.

Instagram said in an email to SocialTimes that the number of users interacting was up 33 percent compared with 2015 Copa América Chile, adding that total interactions were up 25 percent from last year’s tournament.

According to Instagram, the most engaged players during Copa América Centenario 2016 were:

  1. James Rodriguez
  2. Dani Alves
  3. Leo Messi
  4. Arturo Vidal
  5. Angel Di Maria
  6. Sergio Leonel Agüero
  7. Alexis Sanchez
  8. Juan Cuadrado
  9. Gary Medel
  10. Ezequiel Lavezzi

The players with the largest growth in followers during the tournament were:

  1. Messi, 2 million
  2. Rodriguez, 911,000
  3. Luis Suárez, 631,000
  4. Di Maria, 335,000
  5. Gonzalo Higuaín, 264,000
  6. Javier Mascherano, 252,000
  7. Alves, 251,000
  8. Agüero, 238,000
  9. David Ospina, 217,000
  10. Sanchez, 213,000

The top hashtags of Copa América Centenario 2016 were:

  1. #copaamerica
  2. ...
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