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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by ericabiz on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:37AM (#22476030)
Total attendance for 2019 was 417,400: https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf (PDF)

I do think these stats may double-count some people, but there's no doubt it's a gigantic conference. It's much larger than most people realize.

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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by michaelbuckbee on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:47AM (#22476147)
That may double count some people, but it also under/fails to count the sheer number of people that just "come into town" for the parties, networking, and nonofficial events.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by creaghpatr on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#22476178)
Also, 45 is a speaker at the conference; they usually get 42 or 43 for the keynote most years: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/president-donald-trump...
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by whoisjuan on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:50AM (#22476181)
Holy shit. 417K. That's crazy.
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Re:Calls to Cancel SXSW Intensify as Facebook, Twitter Pull ... by CPLX on Tuesday March 03, 2020 @11:58AM (#22476270)
I have to figure that a huge chunk of that is people who already live in Austin buying tickets to film screenings or wristbands to see live music. The number of people with actual conference badges has to be a small fraction of that.
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