We first published a post on Lewis Hamilton vs Nico Rosberg’s social media performance on the 23rd of November 2014 – the day of the last Formula One race of the year, which was held in Abu Dabhi.Â
As the F1 enthusiasts will remember, Lewis won this race and the hard-fought 2014 Formula One championship.
Lewis wrapped up the 2105 Formula One championship in the middle of October this year.Â
While the margin between himself and Nico was bigger vs 2014, the competition was just as fierce on the tracks.
We received a request from Kate Green on November 18th to update Lewis and Nico’s social media performance.
@The_eNitiaters It would be awesome to see the stats from the 2015 season, if possible please.
— Kate O’Leary (@kateolearyuk) November 17, 2015
Yes, we promised we were going to do so on the same date as we did the year before – 23 November – but on review we felt the timing was not perfect.
@The_eNitiaters @LewisHamiltn @nico_rosberg that's perfect! Thank you!
— Kate O’Leary (@kateolearyuk) November 18, 2015
In this post, we provide the social media performance update for the 2 F1 drivers – using Twitter as a proxy, 2 days after both were officially awarded championship and runner-up trophies respectively.
Table of Contents
1. How the two arch rivals tweet
On average, Lewis is big on sharing pictures, while Nico prefers to share links more.Â
Research shows pictures lead to more engaging social content, as compared to links.
2. Twitter followers and engagement
Lewis Hamilton:
Nico Rosberg:
Lewis has almost thrice as much followers as Nico. Growths since 2014 were – 20% for the champion and 29% for his runner-up. Â
Clearly, Lewis loves being on Twitter (ACTIVITY), and his followers love him back (POPULARITY and RESPONSIVENESS).Â
Both drivers grew Replies dramatically since 2014.
3. Social media share of voice – last 9 days
Source: Crimson hexagon
Using the last 9 days’ worth of social mentions as a sample, Lewis has 4 times the share of voice.Â
This is in line with the high engagement levels shown in the previous 2 figures.
4. Klout Score
There is not much change in Klout scores of the two F1 drivers since 2014.
Conclusion:
Lewis Hamilton continues to be ahead of Nico Rosberg on social media.Â
The love that Lewis receives is fueled by his active use of social media, and higher percentage of images.
