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The Guardian // World // Europe

Were the No Kings protests the largest single-day demonstration in American history?

Thursday 19th June 2025, 11:00AM

Depending on who you ask, between 4 and 6 million people showed up – and according to one theory, this could be a turning pointThe scale of last weekend’s “No Kings” protests is now becoming clearer, with one estimate suggesting that Saturday was among the biggest ever single-day protests in US history.Working out exactly where the protest ranks compared with similar recent events has been a project of G Elliott Morris, a data journalist who runs the Substack Strength in Numbers, calculated turnout between 4 million and 6 million, which would be 1.2-1.8% of the US population. This could exceed the previous record in recent history, when between 3.3 million and 5.6 million people showed up at the 2017 Women’s March to rally against Trump’s misogynistic rhetoric. Continue reading...

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