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“Hundreds gather in San Francisco ‘No Kings’ protest | KTVU”<\/p>\nKTVU (TV Channel 2) on YouTube<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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No Kings! protest in San Francisco on June 14, 2025 (ZontaPhotos.com)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/td>This article may contain unverified<\/a> or indiscriminate<\/a> information<\/strong> in embedded lists<\/a>. Please help clean up the lists<\/a> by removing items or incorporating them into the text of the article. (April 2025)<\/em><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The right to assemble<\/a> is recognized as a human right and protected in the First Amendment<\/a> of the US Constitution<\/a> under the clause, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”[1]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Widespread mass protest<\/a> became a distinct characteristic of American civic engagement<\/a> during the late 20th and early 21st centuries. The rate of mass protests has risen exponentially since the mid-2010s thanks in part to the sudden and widespread availability of smartphones as well as the social media revolution, which has allowed for instant and widespread communication and planning. Each of the top ten attended protests in the United States has occurred since 1970 and four of the top five have occurred since the start of the first Donald Trump administration<\/a> in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Counting methodology<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1995, the National Park Service<\/a> estimated that 400,000 people attended the Million Man March<\/a> in Washington, D.C., the official count for the event.[2]<\/a><\/sup> The organizers said that more than a million people turned out, and they threatened to sue the Park Service unless it revised its estimate. Congress, in response, barred the agency from producing any more crowd estimates.[3]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since then, official crowd estimates for organized political protests, demonstrations, and marches have relied on an amalgam of police data, organizer estimates, the research of crowd scientists, and journalists.[4]<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

List<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This section lists one-day protest events in the United States with at least 100,000 participants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rows shaded in yellow indicates the protest happened in multiple cities simultaneously across the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank<\/th>Name<\/th>Attendance<\/th>City<\/th>Territory<\/th>Year<\/th>Issue<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>George Floyd protests<\/a><\/td>500,000[5]<\/a><\/sup>
15,000,000\u201326,000,000 (multi-day)[nb 1]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>		Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2020<\/td>Police brutality, First presidency of Donald Trump<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>Earth Day<\/a><\/td>20,000,000[6]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>1970<\/td>Environmental protection<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>No Kings protests<\/a><\/td>More than 5,000,000 [7]<\/a><\/sup>[8]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2025<\/td>Second presidency of Donald Trump<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>Hands Across America<\/a><\/td>5,000,000[9]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>1986<\/td>Poverty<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>2017 Women’s March<\/a><\/td>3,300,000\u20134,600,000[10]<\/a><\/sup>[11]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2017<\/td>Feminism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>Hands Off protests<\/a><\/td>250,000\u20135,000,000[12]<\/a><\/sup>[13]<\/a><\/sup>[14]<\/a><\/sup>[15]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2025<\/td>Second presidency of Donald Trump (political corruption<\/a>; anti-DOGE<\/a>)<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>March for Our Lives<\/a><\/td>1,200,000\u20132,000,000[16]<\/a><\/sup>[17]<\/a><\/sup>[18]<\/a><\/sup>[19]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2018<\/td>Gun control<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>2018 Women’s March<\/a><\/td>1,500,000[20]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2018<\/td>Feminism<\/td><\/tr>
9<\/td>#RickyRenuncia<\/a><\/td>1,100,000[21]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>San Juan<\/a><\/td>\"\" Puerto Rico<\/a><\/td>2019<\/td>Anti-corruption; see Telegramgate<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
10<\/td>Great American Boycott<\/a><\/td>1,000,000[22]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2006<\/td>Immigrant rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
11<\/td>March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation<\/a><\/td>800,000\u20131,000,000[23]<\/a><\/sup>[24]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1993<\/td>LGBT rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
12<\/td>Anti-nuclear weapon march, part of the Nuclear Freeze campaign<\/a><\/td>700,000\u20131,000,000[25]<\/a><\/sup>[26]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>New York City<\/a><\/td>\"\" New York<\/a><\/td>1982<\/td>Anti-nuclear<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
13<\/td>Million Man March<\/a><\/td>670,000\u2013800,000[27]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1995<\/td>Anti-racism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
14<\/td>March for Women’s Lives<\/a><\/td>500,000\u20131,000,000[28]<\/a><\/sup>[29]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2004<\/td>Feminism<\/td><\/tr>
15<\/td>Million Mom March<\/a><\/td>750,000[30]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2000<\/td>Gun control<\/td><\/tr>
16<\/td>March for Science<\/a><\/td>400,000\u20131,000,000[31]<\/a><\/sup>[32]<\/a><\/sup>[better source needed<\/a><\/em>]<\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2017<\/td>Science<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
17<\/td>March for Life<\/a><\/td>400,000\u2013650,000 (2013 estimate from rally organizers)[33]<\/a><\/sup>[34]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2013<\/td>Anti abortion<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
18<\/td>Million Woman March<\/a><\/td>500,000[35]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Philadelphia<\/a><\/td>\"\" Pennsylvania<\/a><\/td>1997<\/td>Black feminism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
19<\/td>Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam<\/a><\/td>500,000[36]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1969<\/td>Anti-Vietnam War<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
20<\/td>March on Washington for Gaza<\/a><\/td>100,000\u2013400,000+[37]<\/a><\/sup>[38]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2024<\/td>Free Palestine movement<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
21<\/td>People’s Climate March<\/a><\/td>311,000\u2013400,000[39]<\/a><\/sup>[40]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>New York City<\/a><\/td>\"\" New York<\/a><\/td>2014<\/td>Climate change<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
22<\/td>September 2019 climate strikes<\/a><\/td>315,000[41]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>New York City<\/a><\/td>\"\" New York<\/a><\/td>2019<\/td>Climate change<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
23<\/td>Tea Party Tax Day protests<\/a><\/td>311,000[42]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Nationwide<\/td>\"\" USA<\/a><\/td>2009<\/td>Fiscal conservatism<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
24<\/td>March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom<\/a><\/td>250,000\u2013300,000[43]<\/a><\/sup>[44]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1963<\/td>Civil rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
25<\/td>Solidarity Day march<\/a><\/td>250,000\u2013260,000[45]<\/a><\/sup>[46]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1981<\/td>Labor rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
26<\/td>20th Anniversary March on Washington<\/a><\/td>250,000[47]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1983<\/td>Civil rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
27<\/td>February 15 Iraq war protests<\/a><\/td>200,000\u2013375,000[48]<\/a><\/sup>[49]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>New York City<\/a><\/td>\"\" New York<\/a><\/td>2003<\/td>Anti-Iraq War<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
28<\/td>Rally to Restore Sanity and\/or Fear<\/a><\/td>215,000[50]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2010<\/td>Civil discourse<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
29<\/td>March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights<\/a><\/td>200,000[51]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D.C.<\/a><\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>1987<\/td>LGBT rights<\/td><\/tr>
30<\/td>National March on Washington: Free Palestine<\/a><\/td>100,000\u2013300,000[52]<\/a><\/sup>[53]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D. C.<\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2023<\/td>Free Palestine movement<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
31<\/td>March for Israel<\/a><\/td>100,000\u2013290,000[54]<\/a><\/sup>[55]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Washington D. C.<\/td>\"\" District of Columbia<\/a><\/td>2023<\/td>Pro-Israel March<\/td><\/tr>
32<\/td>2015 Armenian March for Justice<\/a><\/td>130,000+[56]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Los Angeles<\/a><\/td>\"\" California<\/a><\/td>2015<\/td>Armenian genocide recognition<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
33<\/td>Proposition 187 Protests<\/a><\/td>70,000[57]<\/a><\/sup><\/td>Los Angeles<\/a><\/td>\"\" California<\/a><\/td>1994<\/td>Immigrant rights<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
34<\/td>1999 Seattle WTO protests<\/a><\/td>40,000<\/td>Seattle<\/a><\/td>\"\" Washington<\/a><\/td>1999<\/td>Anti-globalization<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More at: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_protests_and_demonstrations_in_the_United_States_by_size<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Contributed by JP Massar)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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