Top Colombian celebrities, musicians and politicians in Facebook

As some of you may know, Facebook is a huge success in Colombia, with more than 1.3 million users. In November 2007, Facebook Pages was launched, "where users can become more deeply connected with your business or brand". Then, some prominent figures (or their fans) created their Pages were created. Let’s see how many famous Colombian people are in Facebook Pages today.

Top Colombian Celebrities / Public Figures in Facebook, with more than 200 fans (today around 13:16 COT)

1. Andrés López, comedian (29,663 fans, #16 most popular "celebrity-public figure" worldwide)
2. Ana Sofía Henao, model (2,420 fans)
3. Fanny Lú, singer, radio personality (1,036 fans)
4. Carolina Cruz, model, TV presenter (993 fans)
5. Gabriel García Márquez, writer (623 fans)
6. Silvia Corzo, TV presenter, newsreader (343 fans)
7. Katherine Porto, actress, former radio personality (322 fans)
8. Diva Gash, band (317 fans)
9. Sudaca, band (284 fans)
10. Jaime Andrés Motta, radio personality (251 fans)
11. Diego Cadavid, actor (216 fans)

Top 10 Colombian Musicians in Facebook (today around 14:09 COT)

1. Shakira, pop singer (29,663 fans, #24 most popular "musician" worldwide)
2. Juan Esteban Aristizábal (aka Juanes), pop singer (23,644 fans)
3. Silvestre Dangond, vallenato singer (3,879 fans)
4. Fonseca, latin pop singer (2,891 fans)
5. Doctor Krápula, band (1,799 fans)
6. Jerau, pop singer (1,760 fans)
7. sanalejo, band (1,582 fans)
8. ChocQuibTown, band (1,487 fans)
9. Orlando Valderrama, joropo singer (1,035 fans)
10. Wamba, band (888 fans)

Top 15 Colombian Politicians in Facebook (by supporters, today around 14:45 COT)

1. Íngrid Betancourt, former presidential candidate, kidnapped by FARC since 2002 (1,532 supporters)
2. David Luna, congressman (659 supporters)
3. Carlos Gaviria Díaz, Alternative Democratic Pole (PDA, left-wing) former presidential candidate (558 supporters)
4. Álvaro Uribe Vélez, President of Colombia (494 supporters)
   • Álvaro Uribe Vélez / Adelante Presidente, estamos contigo, related group (458 supporters)
5. Mart(h)a Lucía Ramírez de Rincón, Party of the U (ruling party, centre-right) congresswoman (347 supporters)
6. Jairo Clopatofsky Ghisays, Party of the U congressman (260 supporters)
7. Gustavo Petro, PDA congressman, former M-19 guerrilla (243 supporters)
8. Jorge Eliécer Gaitán, Colombian Liberal Party chief, murdered in 1948 (220 supporters)
9. Enrique Peñalosa, centrist politician, former Mayor of Bogotá (219 supporters)
10. Gina Parody, Party of the U congresswoman (181 supporters)
11. Jorge Enrique Robledo, , PDA congressman (175 supporters)
12. Jorge Leyva, Conservative Party politician, former candidate for Mayor of Bogotá (60 supporters)
13. Jaime Pardo Leal, leftist politician, murdered in 1987 (50supporters)
14. (Sergio) Fajardo, centrist politician, former Mayor of Medellín (26 supporters)
15. Jonathan Piñeros Pinto, Liberal Party politician, former candidate for Fusagasugá Town Council (17 supporters)

Interestingly, more popular celebrities have no Facebook pages, though a lot have a profile (some of them admitting as "friends" almost anyone who requests it). On the other hand, former presidential candidate Antanas Mockus has no Facebook page, but an open profile with more than 3,000 friends. I’ll let you do the rest of the analysis.

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