They say that 650 million people watched the moon landing. How do they take in to account how many people were watching on the same television?

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They say that 650 million people watched the moon landing. How do they take in to account how many people were watching on the same television?

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Most of these estimates of “xxx number of people worldwide watched this event” are pulled out of nowhere and don’t stand up to much scrutiny.
Like they said 1.9 billion people watched the Royal Wedding in 2011, which is nearly 1 in 3 people on earth.

But when you look at the more accurate figures for the UK alone, less than 1 in 4 people watched it there.

Same with the claim that over a billion people watch the Superbowl. Never mind the fact its appeal outside the US is limited, for most of the world it’s on in the middle of the night or on Monday morning.

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