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Democracy & government protests up 205% from a year ago
Protests about democracy & government were up 205% in Mar–May 2026 compared with a year earlier.
- Mar–May 2026
- 8,983
- Mar–May 2025
- 2,948
- Change
- +205%
Trends use complete months only, through May 2026: the research record (Crowd Counting Consortium) is published a few months late, so counting the newest months would always look like a drop. Each issue is compared with the same months a year earlier, which keeps seasonal swings from looking like trends. Each protest counts once, under its main issue. About the data