How Many People Watched The Michael Jackson Memorial?
Michael Jackson’s televised memorial service, live from The Staples Center in Los Angeles, was watched by millions of people on Tuesday –and even more watched online, according to The Associated Press.
Thirty-one million people turned on their television sets to watch the world say goodbye to the man known as the King of Pop.
The audience fell short of the America viewing audience for Princess Diana’s 1997 funeral, which was watched by 33.2 million people and retains the record for the most watched memorial in the history of television.
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On July 8th 2009, nishant wrote:
does 31million include online streams too.
On July 8th 2009, ErX wrote:
Good point, at the time of Lady Di highspeed DSL was’nt avalible. I guess you can count an additional xx millions to this figure.
On July 10th 2009, Kenza wrote:
No, the 31 milliion doesn’t include online streams. Michael, with online streams included, had way more views then Princess Diana. Not to mention cell phones and all the other technology we have now.
On July 11th 2009, Laura wrote:
Yes Michael Jackson got millions and millions more views than Diana when you include views on the internet, I’ve heard it was around a billion when you include internet etc.