Political parties on WhatsApp in Italy
Movimento 5 Stelle has the most WhatsApp followers of the 10 parties measured in Italy, with 77,712. Counts read from each channel’s own page on October 12, 2026.
| # | Party | Position | Followers | 90-day change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Movimento 5 StellepersonalEurope › Italy | Centre leftThe Left | 77,712 | +681 (+0.9%, 43d) |
| 2 | LegapersonalEurope › Italy | Far rightPfE | 49,878 | -354 (-0.7%, 43d) |
| 3 | Italia VivapersonalEurope › Italy | CentreRenew | 34,324 | -1,676 (-4.7%, 246d) |
| 4 | Partito DemocraticoEurope › Italy | Centre leftS&D | 33,694 | +165 (+0.5%, 45d) |
| 5 | Forza ItaliaEurope › Italy | Centre rightEPP | 15,222 | +1,222 (+8.7%, 271d) |
| 6 | +EuropaEurope › Italy | CentreRenew | 235 | +3 (+1.3%, 245d) |
| 7 | Lega ToscanaEurope › Italy › Tuscany | Far rightPfE | 176 | -1 (-0.6%, 43d) |
| 8 | Ancora ItaliaEurope › Italy | — | 57 | -6 (-9.5%, 266d) |
| 9 | Movimento 5 Stelle TrevisoEurope › Italy › Veneto › Treviso | Centre leftThe Left | 49 | +5 (+11.4%, 45d) |
| 10 | Movimento 5 Stelle ModugnoEurope › Italy › Apulia › Modugno | —NI | 33 | +13 (+65.0%, 271d) |
Total across ranked parties: 211,380 followers. Last checked October 12, 2026.
5 registered parties in Italy with no WhatsApp channel tracked yet
These parties are in the dataset, but we either found no WhatsApp Channel for them or haven’t read one yet. Know one we’ve missed?
Followers by political position
Each party’s position comes from the group its MEPs sit in at the European Parliament, or from the national party a branch belongs to, not from our own reading of its politics.
Growing fastest
Change over the last 90 days, by percentage rather than headcount, so a small channel adding followers quickly is visible next to a large one.
- Movimento 5 Stelle Modugno +65.0% (+13 followers)
- Movimento 5 Stelle Treviso +11.4% (+5 followers)
- Forza Italia +8.7% (+1,222 followers)
Inside Italy
Reading these numbers
A follower count measures messaging reach, not support. It says how many people opted in to receive that party’s broadcasts on WhatsApp, which depends as much on when the party started promoting its channel as on how popular it is. Anyone can follow a channel, from anywhere.
Every figure comes from the channel’s own public page and is dated. A party with no reading is listed as not ranked rather than shown as zero. More on the method.