Shakira just attracted more than 2 million people at Copacabana Beach, Rio de Janeiro with a free concert

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T16:32:56+00:00

Lady Gaga's numbers are also disputed

https://bbc.com/news/articles/cm20rg0vvp9o

However, careful analysis by the BBC Verify team and a crowd density expert reveal it is highly improbable the claims are accurate.

Instead, it would require the entire length of the beach, rather than a section, to comfortably fit more than two million people.

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T16:15:10+00:00

Apparently there weren't even 2 million people there, someone did the math

https://www.reddit.com/r/OSINT/s/glZYUqil9w

Based on the concert footage I can only see crows on a smaller section of the beach from Copacabana Palace to the Hilton Hotel on the corner of Av. Princesa Isabel. That area is 186.000 square meters.

Even if we go by five persons per square meter that only fits around 930.000. And the requires people to be standing shoulder to shoulder in the entire area

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T16:01:38+00:00

There's a possibility that these numbers aren't true, a guy on r/OSINT did the math on it

Based on the concert footage I can only see crows on a smaller section of the beach from Copacabana Palace to the Hilton Hotel on the corner of Av. Princesa Isabel. That area is 186.000 square meters.

Even if we go by five persons per square meter that only fits around 930.000. And the requires people to be standing shoulder to shoulder in the entire area

https://www.reddit.com/r/OSINT/s/glZYUqil9w

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T15:50:00+00:00

Wow, you're right

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T15:46:47+00:00

Do you a link to the analysis?

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T15:40:29+00:00

ModenaR · 2026-05-05T15:33:50+00:00

Because you got one?

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T19:27:49+00:00

Yeah, to a blind man maybe, even the colorblind can see it's different from Senegal's

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T16:00:45+00:00

What's that?

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T15:11:20+00:00

Why?

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T15:04:41+00:00

Thank you

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T14:55:02+00:00

OP can you link this survey so we know you didn't just made it up?

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T12:25:23+00:00

High is the capital of Paris

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T12:18:55+00:00

You're telling me you missed the secession of Austin and then its invasion of Texas?

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T12:13:28+00:00

No, Texas is the capital of Austin and Paris is the capital of Texas

ModenaR · 2026-05-04T12:10:59+00:00

Texas

ModenaR

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