It's definitely dying out. I've seen it decline over the past few years. I've been to Barcelona three times over the past ten years. The first time there were lots of topless women, three years ago there were less but still quite a number, but this year very few. In Mallorca this summer there were no more than a handful of women topless on the beach and none at the hotel pools. In Greece I didn't see a single topless women.
I remember how quickly topless sunbathing stopped being the norm in France in the 2000s. I went in early 2000 and there were lots of topless women on the beach - at least a third - and even quite a few at the pool at the campsite where I was staying. Went back about five years later and almost no women were topless. I couldn't believe how quickly it had changed. I fear the same thing is happening in Spain now. It's no longer seen as normal and is only practiced by a few diehards.
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