Overview
- Spain’s Oberaxe identified 33,438 racist posts during the 2024–25 La Liga season, with 60% directed at Lamine Yamal and 29% at Vinicius Jr, as reported by El País.
- The study attributes roughly 62% of incidents to Facebook and 10% to X, underscoring platform-specific concentrations of abuse.
- Real Madrid and Barcelona were the targets of 66% of club-directed attacks, with mentions also including Kylian Mbappé, Alejandro Balde, Brahim Díaz and Iñaki Williams.
- El País reported the highest single-day surge against Yamal on September 22, the night of the Ballon d’Or ceremony.
- Family members told El País the abuse has taken an emotional toll, while recent precedent in the Vinicius case shows legal avenues exist, though no new sanctions tied to the study have been announced.