24,035 protestsabout democracy & government 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
- 24,035About 462 a week
- People who turned out
- 3.1M–4.1M Sum of crowd estimates for the 3,480 protests that have one
- States & territories
- 54 Most in California (3,645)
- Most protested issue
- Executive power Main issue at 21,285 protests
Week by week
Protests per week, colored by the main issue. Spikes are national days of action.
- Democracy & government
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 |
|---|---|---|
| No Kings |
4956 | |
| Indivisible |
3548 | |
| May Day Strong |
928 | |
| 50501.0 |
432 | |
| Indivisible Guilford County |
234 | |
| Seattle Indivisible |
202 | |
| Snohomish County Indivisible |
199 | |
| 50501 Movement |
184 | |
| OC Indivisible Coalition |
150 | |
| Flare.USA |
136 |
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.