Second "No Kings Day" protests likely the largest single-day political demonstration since 1970, with 4.2-7.6 million...

[demmiblue]

Here are the initial results from our crowdsourced crowd-counting estimates

Strength In Numbers partnered with independent Atlanta-based science newsroom The Xylom on Oct. 18, 2025, to produce a crowdsourced estimate of turnout for the second “No Kings Day” protests held around the country. This follows our first attempt at crowdsourced crowd-counting for the first protests held in June.

Our median estimate is that 4.2 million people participated in a No Kings Day demonstration somewhere in the country on Saturday, with an upper bound of 7.6 million people. We provide an “estimate” and not a “count” because we are making predictions of turnout in protest sites where official records are still missing.

Our estimate is based on reports from local officials, local organizers, and attendees, and suggests the count from organizers — who report 7 million participants nationwide — may be a bit optimistic (but is not impossible). Still, regardless of whether the precise number is 5, 6, 7, or 8 million, Saturday’s events are very likely the biggest single-day protest event since 1970, surpassing even the 2017 Women’s March demonstrations against Trump.

The protests come as Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new low last week, and as Democrats look likely to win upcoming races for governor in New Jersey and Virginia.

Our crowdsourced estimates are free to access here, and we hope they will be useful to researchers and journalists trying to enhance our collective understanding of political and protest activity in America. We think live, comprehensive, systematic tracking of First Amendment activity fills a large hole in traditional media coverage of political protests (which are dominated by guesses and anecdotal evidence). Where possible in our tracking, we preferred official reports over attendee estimates, and roughly validated those accounts with photographic and video evidence. We stress again that this is an “estimate” and not a “count.”

https://www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-kings-day-protests-likely?utm_campaign=post

“Our median estimate is that 4.2 million people participated in a No Kings Day demonstration somewhere in the country on Saturday, with an upper bound of 7.6 million people.”
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/second-no-...

— Tim O’Brien (@timobrien.bsky.social) 2025-10-19T11:45:09.955Z

[Vogon_Glory]

1. Biggest since the Moratorium demonstrations back in 1969?

That’s my impression. I was a young adolescent back then with all the political sensitivity of a rock back then, but I remember hearing that the second Moratorium rally was HUGE—nearly half a million demonstrators in Washington, DC.

Correct me, somebody. I suspect that there were other protests in other US cities back then, but I don’t believe that the other Moratorium demonstrations had the strength of numbers or the sheer number of cities and towns where protesters turned out.

Yesterday’s protest looks like it was far larger and had a far larger share of the national population than the Moratorium demonstrations over 55 years ago.

[valleyrogue]

2. The first Earth Day back in 1970. n/t

[Vogon_Glory]

3. OK, but you gotta admit, yesterday's CC protests were far more impressive than

what the MAGA Magoos have managed.

And I doubt that the MAGA Magoos will be nearly as fired-up as more Salome-veils drop and show more of Donald John’s REAL agenda.

[valleyrogue]

4. The MAGA remembrances of Charlie Kirk kind of fizzled out.

He was pretty much forgotten like yesterday's garbage by the time his "day of remembrance" rolled around.

The MAGAs are increasingly on the defensive, but most of them can't face the fact they were conned in the first place.