USP Monitor: Paulista Avenue Rally Draws Nearly 5 Times More Attendees Than Leftist Rally in Downtown SP

The rallies with Jair Bolsonaro supporters on Paulista Avenue last Sunday (7) brought together 42.2 thousand people, according to the USP monitor, which uses drone-captured images to obtain results. Nearly four blocks were taken over by the protesters. With a 12% margin of error, the calculation indicates that there were between 37.1 thousand and 47.3 thousand attendees at the peak moment. The photos were taken at three different times (3:05 pm, 4:03 pm, and 4:40 pm), totaling 47 images. 15 photos taken at 4:03 pm, the peak moment of the rally, were selected. Leftist rallies in Praça da República had about 8.8 thousand attendees, while in 2024, there were 45.4 thousand people present at the demonstration. In Rio de Janeiro, 42.7 thousand people gathered on Copacabana beach in the morning. This number is five times higher than the leftist rally in downtown São Paulo.