There are many demonstrations taking place at the moment: But when the police report the number of participants at large protests, the organizers’ figure is usually well above that. Krone+ shows why both statements can never be completely correct and how protest researchers calculate quite correctly.
When many people demonstrate in public – as recently happened with the anti-right-wing demonstrations in Vienna, Salzburg and Innsbruck – the overview is quickly lost. When the audience grows to tens of thousands of participants, counting is no longer an option. Then it is estimated. The provision of information by organizers and police generally differs enormously. But why is that so?
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Estimating crowds is full of uncertainty. “Research generally takes the average between the values of the police and the organizers,” protest researcher Sebastian Haunss of the University of Bremen told dpa.
Source: Krone
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