How many people watched the Moon landing live?
History medium Data from 1969
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The answer
600,000,000 viewers
Roughly 600M.
About 600 million people watched Apollo 11 land in July 1969 — roughly a fifth of everyone alive at the time, and by far the largest television audience in history up to that point.
Where this number comes from
| Source | NASA |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 1969 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | viewers |
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