Political parties on WhatsApp in South America
Exército do Lula has the most WhatsApp followers of the 9 parties measured in South America, with 10,000,000. Counts read from each channel’s own page on November 12, 2026.
| # | Party | Position | Followers | 90-day change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exército do LulaunofficialBrazilCentre left | Centre left | 10,000,000≈ | +9,561,000 (+2177.9%, 38d) |
| 2 | Partido dos TrabalhadoresBrazilCentre left | Centre left | 664,352 | +643,352 (+3063.6%, 89d) |
| 3 | Partido LiberalBrazilFar right | Far right | 30,182 | +10,489 (+53.3%, 45d) |
| 4 | Right | 25,908 | +15,908 (+159.1%, 154d) | |
| 5 | Renovación PopularpersonalPeruRight | Right | 1,383 | -11 (-0.8%, 23d) |
| 6 | Partido Democrático TrabalhistaBrazilCentre left | Centre left | 847 | -4 (-0.5%, 178d) |
| 7 | União BrasilBrazilCentre right | Centre right | 692 | +178 (+34.6%, 277d) |
| 8 | Partido da Social Democracia BrasileiraBrazilCentre right | Centre right | 470 | -15 (-3.1%, 45d) |
| 9 | Left | 166 | -2 (-1.2%, 23d) | |
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| — | Partido da Causa OperáriaBrazilFar left | Far left | WhatsApp number | — |
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| — | Partido Socialista BrasileiroBrazilCentre left | Centre left | WhatsApp number | — |
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| — | Partido VerdeBrazilCentre left | Centre left | WhatsApp number | — |
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| — | RepublicanosBrazilRight | Right | WhatsApp number | — |
Total across ranked parties: 10,724,000 followers. Last checked November 12, 2026.
21 registered parties in South America 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?
- Agir AGIRTell us their channel
- Ahora Nación ANno WhatsApp Channel
- Avante AVANTETell us their channel
- Cidadania CIDADANIATell us their channel
- Democracia Cristã DCTell us their channel
- Fuerza Popular FPno WhatsApp Channel
- Juntos por el Perú JPno WhatsApp Channel
- Mobilização Nacional MOBILIZATell us their channel
- Movimento Democrático Brasileiro MDBTell us their channel
- Partido Cívico OBRAS OBRASno WhatsApp Channel
- Partido Comunista Brasileiro PCBTell us their channel
- Partido Comunista do Brasil PCdoBTell us their channel
- Partido del Buen Gobierno PBGno WhatsApp Channel
- Partido Novo NOVOTell us their channel
- Partido Renovação Democrática PRDTell us their channel
- Partido Social Democrático PSDTell us their channel
- Partido Socialismo e Liberdade PSOLTell us their channel
- Progressistas PPTell us their channel
- Rede Sustentabilidade REDETell us their channel
- Solidariedade SDTell us their channel
- Unidade Popular UPTell us their channel
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.
- Partido dos Trabalhadores +3063.6% (+643,352 followers)
- Exército do Lula +2177.9% (+9,561,000 followers)
- Missão +159.1% (+15,908 followers)
Inside South America
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.