How many touradas have been filmed, when and where they run, and who films them. The figures come from the site’s own data and are recalculated every day.
The archive counts touradas filmed and published on YouTube, not all the touradas held. Of the 3,032 films, 2,816 are rope bullfights and the rest are vacadas, largadas, contests and other events with bulls. The data is read from the video titles: a film about a ganadaria (a branding day, say) may be counted as a tourada, and an ambiguous date may come out swapped. Data from 27 October 2026.
3,032
filmed touradas
12
channels that film
5
islands with filmed touradas
21
2003–2026
years with filmed touradas
28
Terceira parishes
18
8 with a full name
ganadarias cited
44
since 1929
old films in the library
116
places around the world, in 11 countries
In which years, months and days of the week the touradas are filmed.
Counts the touradas filmed and published in each year, 2003 to 2026. The early years show what was filmed and published, not how many touradas were held; 2026 counts up to 27 October 2026.
| Year | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| 2003 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 0 |
| 2010 | 2 |
| 2011 | 18 |
| 2012 | 20 |
| 2013 | 42 |
| 2014 | 21 |
| 2015 | 58 |
| 2016 | 110 |
| 2017 | 79 |
| 2018 | 151 |
| 2019 | 219 |
| 2020 | 17 |
| 2021 | 24 |
| 2022 | 323 |
| 2023 | 369 |
| 2024 | 466 |
| 2025 | 644 |
| 2026 | 458 |
Counts the 2,169 touradas with a full date, by month; the other 863 have only a year. May to October holds 97%. Dates are read from the video titles.
| Month | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| January | 2 |
| February | 4 |
| March | 9 |
| April | 30 |
| May | 196 |
| June | 300 |
| July | 420 |
| August | 503 |
| September | 407 |
| October | 268 |
| November | 23 |
| December | 7 |
Counts the 2,169 touradas with a full date, by day of the week (23% fall on a Saturday). Films with only a year are left out.
| Day of the week | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| Monday | 260 |
| Tuesday | 299 |
| Wednesday | 304 |
| Thursday | 251 |
| Friday | 268 |
| Saturday | 494 |
| Sunday | 293 |
On which islands and in which parishes they are filmed, and which ganadarias the bulls come from.
Counts filmed touradas by island, for the 5 islands with films. Films with no island given are counted on Terceira, as on the rest of the site.
| Island | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| Terceira | 2,467 · 81.4% |
| Graciosa | 276 · 9.1% |
| São Jorge | 266 · 8.8% |
| Pico | 18 · 0.6% |
| São Miguel | 5 · 0.2% |
Counts filmed touradas in the 15 Terceira parishes with the most films, out of 28. Only 47% of the films name the parish, so the order may change.
| Parish | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| Lajes | 132 |
| São Mateus | 124 |
| São Sebastião | 107 |
| Fontinhas | 89 |
| Biscoitos | 87 |
| Porto Martins | 84 |
| Porto Judeu | 80 |
| Ribeirinha | 80 |
| Vila Nova | 69 |
| Agualva | 52 |
| Altares | 52 |
| São Bento | 46 |
| São Brás | 45 |
| Feteira | 43 |
| Terra Chã | 41 |
Counts the filmed touradas that cite the ganadaria (bull breeder), once per film. Only the 8 ganadarias with a known full name are shown; 185 films cite others by initials only.
| Ganadaria | Filmed touradas |
|---|---|
| Humberto Filipe | 465 |
| Ezequiel Rodrigues | 347 |
| José Albino Fernandes | 321 |
| Rego Botelho | 317 |
| Francisco Pereira | 182 |
| João Gaspar | 168 |
| Olé Toiro | 112 |
| Manuel Rocha | 99 |
The archive’s videos come from 12 YouTube channels. Each tourada counts for the channel that published it.
Counts filmed touradas by YouTube channel, by channel id. It shows only what is in the archive, not everything each channel has published.
Ricardo Vieira is the channel with the most filmed touradas in the archive: 934, 30.8% of the total, from 2003 to 2026.
| No. | Channel | Touradas | Share of archive | Years | Islands |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ricardo Vieira | 934 | 30.8% | 2003–2026 | Terceira, São Jorge |
| 2 | Gabriela Cultura & Tradições | 527 | 17.4% | 2019–2026 | Terceira, Pico, São Jorge |
| 3 | Kanal Açor | 323 | 10.7% | 2022–2026 | Terceira, São Jorge, Graciosa |
| 4 | Edondino Melo | 247 | 8.1% | 2013–2026 | Graciosa, Terceira, São Miguel, São Jorge |
| 5 | Fábio Meneses | 203 | 6.7% | 2015–2026 | Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge |
| 6 | Canal Açores e Califórnia | 192 | 6.3% | 2006–2026 | São Jorge, Terceira, Pico, Graciosa |
| 7 | Jespe Azores | 162 | 5.3% | 2023–2026 | Terceira |
| 8 | Roberto Gil · São Mateus | 145 | 4.8% | 2021–2026 | Terceira, Graciosa |
| 9 | Kanal Ilha 3 | 108 | 3.6% | 2018–2026 | Terceira, Graciosa, São Jorge, Pico |
| 10 | AzoresTV · VITEC | 69 | 2.3% | 2014–2026 | Terceira |
| 11 | Nelson Macedo Produções | 62 | 2.0% | 2015–2021 | São Jorge |
| 12 | Info-Fajãs TV | 60 | 2.0% | 2019–2026 | São Jorge |
Terceira’s official counts, the library of old films and the places around the world where a bull runs on a rope.
Source: Tertúlia Tauromáquica Terceirense, rope bullfight statistics, reported counts; the 2021 season was extended by DLR 33/2021/A. Only the years with a published count. The archive counts films and does not match: in 2020, with no touradas, it holds 17 films (ganadarias and festas).
| Year | Touradas on Terceira · source |
|---|---|
| 1996 | 183 · Tertúlia |
| 2008 | 268 · Tertúlia |
| 2020 | 0 · Tertúlia |
| 2021 | 9 · Tertúlia; DLR 33/2021/A |
| 2022 | 235 · Tertúlia |
Counts the 44 films in the Memória library, 1929 to 2009, by decade. It is the site's selection, not an inventory of everything that exists.
| Decade | Films |
|---|---|
| 1920–29 | 1 |
| 1930–39 | 1 |
| 1940–49 | 0 |
| 1950–59 | 1 |
| 1960–69 | 2 |
| 1970–79 | 10 |
| 1980–89 | 10 |
| 1990–99 | 13 |
| 2000–09 | 6 |
Counts the 116 places on the Around the world map, in 11 countries. Gold: a bull is still run on a rope today; blue: it ended, was banned or uses no rope. 23 places are still to be confirmed.
| Country | Places (bull on a rope today) |
|---|---|
| Spain | 71 (62 today) |
| United States | 15 (7 today) |
| Canada | 8 (4 today) |
| Brazil | 6 (1 today) |
| France | 6 (5 today) |
| India | 4 (3 today) |
| United Kingdom | 2 (0 today) |
| Guatemala | 1 (1 today) |
| Mexico | 1 (1 today) |
| Portugal | 1 (1 today) |
| Tanzania | 1 (1 today) |
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