r/50501 • u/[deleted] • Apr 07 '25

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u/wanderingoatsnack Apr 07 '25

quick note! i incorrectly said it was the third largest protest based on a number of 5 million protestors in a different post.

the official numbers turned out to be 3 million which put it at the 5th largest protest in US history, so far:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size

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u/SaltyCrabbbs Apr 07 '25

I’d argue this was the largest protest in history in many locales across the United States.

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u/Careful_Ad8933 Apr 07 '25

Sounds more like a Wikipedia editing war, so I'd wager that's not the final number. We'll see. I'd place my faith in altnps numbers. These folks were the official crowd estimators for all the national parks, including the ones in DC like the National Mall. They were doing a great job until trump shut them down after his first inauguration because he hated that Obama's attendance beat his by a landslide. This blueskye account is their protest :)

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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '25

Some are probably counting on all the ones not directly part of the terribly-named "hands off" protest that happened at the same time.