According to Fox 32 in Chicago, the estimate for today’s Cub’s World Series Victory Parade and Rally was roughtly 5 million people. This makes it the largest gathering of people in US history, and the 7th largest gathering in recorded human history.
Today’s victory celebration even topped the unprecedented anti-war march in Rome, back in 2003, that topped 3 million people.
Here are the top 10 biggest human gatherings in history:
1. Kumbh Mela pilgrimage, India, 2013 – 30 million
2. Arbaeen festival, Iraq, 2014 – 17 million
3. Funeral of CN Annadurai, India, 1969 – 15 million
4. Funeral of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran, 1989 – 10 million
5. Papal gathering in the Philippines, 2015 – 6 million
6. World Youth Day, Philippines, 1995 – 5 million
7. Chicago Cubs World Series celebration – 5 million
8. Funeral of Gamal Abdel Nasser, 1970 – 5 million
9. Rod Stewart concert, Brazil, 1994 – 3.5 million
10. Hajj pilgrimage, Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 2012 – 3 million
What an incredible time to be a Cubs fan!
