2,993 protestsabout civil rights in the last 12 months
The research record (Crowd Counting Consortium) runs through May 31, 2026; it's published a few months after the fact. Protests since then come from organizers' public listings on Mobilize and community reports, which are less complete and lean toward groups that use Mobilize. About the data
- Protests
- 2,993About 58 a week
- People who turned out
- 24k–111k Sum of crowd estimates for the 136 protests that have one
- States & territories
- 50 Most in California (325)
- Most protested issue
- Free speech & press Main issue at 1,022 protests
Week by week
Protests per week, colored by the main issue. Spikes are national days of action.
- Civil rights
What people protest
Protests per issue. A protest with several demands counts toward each.
Who protests what
Share of each issue's protests whose claims were coded left- or right-leaning, from most left to most right. Lean describes the demands, never the people.
- Left-leaning
- Neither or mixed
- Right-leaning
Where
Who they target
The agency, company, official or body each protest's demands were aimed at.
Most active organizers
Groups listed as organizers, by number of protests in this view.
| Organization | Relative activity | Protests |
|---|---|---|
| Indivisible |
762 | |
| Resist And Defend |
113 | |
| Engaged Defenders for Democracy |
84 | |
| Equality Florida Action PAC |
42 | |
| Indivisible Greater Vancouver |
41 | |
| Dr. Letitia Plummer for Harris County Judge |
40 | |
| Stand Up for Science |
37 | |
| Franklin County Continuing the Political Revolution |
36 | |
| WisDems |
34 | |
| John Lewis Actions |
33 |
How it went, from people who were there
No firsthand reports for these protests yet. When people who were there add a report, how it went (tone, police presence, arrests) shows up here.