How do scientists estimate crowd sizes at public events – and why are they often disputed?

Fri, 8 Aug 2025 23:05:37 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://theconversation.com/how-do-scientists-estimate-crowd-sizes-at-public-events-and-why-are-they-often-disputed-262695>

"Last Sunday, tens of thousands marched across the Sydney Harbour Bridge in
support of Gaza. But exactly how many people were there depends on whom you
ask.

Police put it at about 90,000. Organisers claimed up to 300,000. Other reports
and expert estimates landed somewhere in-between.

Why are these accounts so different and how hard is it, really, to estimate the
size of a crowd?"

Cheers,
       *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net               Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/            Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/               Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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