Marsz Niepodległości 2026, Stowarzyszenie Marsz Niepodległości · claimed on Nov 11, 2026 · original source
Organisers of the Independence March spoke of record turnout on 11 November 2026: about 500,000 participants, with figures close to one million also cited (according to Radio WNET, the organisational headquarters chief Marcin Osowski said so from the stage). The director of the Capital City Security Centre, Jarosław Misztal, said in the evening, after talking to the police, that there could be "as many as 250,000" participants. Onet, counting the occupied area and crowd density, estimated 120–160 thousand at about 16:30, and Wirtualna Polska about 150 thousand on the main route. The organisers did not disclose their counting method. An independent count from aerial footage, or from data on occupied area and crowd density at several moments of the march, would settle it.
Radio WNET's report of 11 November cites the organiser's words about record turnout and about half a million people in the march. This records the claim itself; the report does not give a counting method.
wnet.fm"Rzeczpospolita" compares the estimates: Onet's 120–160 thousand refers to a single moment (around 16:30, a column about 3.5 km long), and WP (about 150 thousand) noted that its calculation "does not include all participants" from side streets and access routes. Onet unofficially heard that the services estimate higher. This does not confirm half a million, but it shows that figures on the order of 150 thousand may understate total turnout.
