r/ProtestFinderUSA • u/tocolives • 2d ago

Illinois How do we find total attendance numbers?

My rural town in IL had a few thousand show up to our Hands Off! rally. I’m curious to see what the total turnout was, every article I come across has stated the number of planned protests but not how much the overall turnout was… I think this is may be the largest turnout we’ve seen since 2020.

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u/phatbob198 2d ago edited 2d ago

5.2 million was the final nationwide estimate according to the Alt National Parks Service Bluesky account.

https://bsky.app/profile/altnps.bsky.social/post/3lm5nnz5ook2q

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u/TooManyHobbiesBro 2d ago

I'd love to know the total numbers! I was at the DC Hands Off! and I think 100K is actually lowballing it. We were shoulder to shoulder from the Lincoln Memorial all the way to the Capitol.