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Count a crowd from a single photo.

Upload a drone picture or event photo and Crowd Counter estimates the crowd size in under 10 seconds, with a dot on every head you can check yourself.

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< 10 s
per estimate
1 image
drone picture or event photo
Free
for signed-in users

Live demo

Drop in a drone picture or event photo to see the estimate and the per-head dot overlay. Open the demo in a new tab

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How it works

One photo in, a count you can check

Crowd Counter turns a single still image into a crowd-size estimate with the evidence drawn right on the picture.

Night drone view of a crowd filling a city intersection, with a purple dot on every detected head and a result bar reading Estimated crowd count: 741
Every purple dot is one counted head. Check the overlay, then use the estimate.
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Under 10 seconds

Upload one still image and get a crowd-size estimate back in under 10 seconds.

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Auditable dot overlay

Every counted head gets its own dot on the image, so you can review exactly what was counted.

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Adjustable threshold

Tune the detection threshold to get a better read on dense scenes.

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Drone and event photos

Works on a single drone picture or an event photo.

Real crowds

Counted from a single image

Festivals, races and gatherings run through Crowd Counter. Each estimate comes with the dot overlay that produced it.

Drone view of a seaside music festival with the crowd in front of the stage covered in purple head markers
Victorious FestivalEstimate 3,533
Runners filling a downtown Chicago street with spectators on balconies, each head marked with a purple dot
Chicago MarathonEstimate 1,395
Aerial view of hot-air balloons inflating above a packed field of spectators marked with purple dots
Balloon festivalEstimate 1,387
Convention hall lobby full of attendees and cosplayers, each head marked with a purple dot
Anime ExpoEstimate 324

Use cases

Built for the people keeping crowds safe

Crowd Counter is made for drone footage, event safety and situational awareness.

Illustration of a festival stage in front of a dense crowd with a drone flying above
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Event safety

Upload an event photo and get a crowd-size estimate in under 10 seconds, with every counted head marked.

Illustration of an aerial city plaza with people marked by violet dots
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Situational awareness

Know roughly how many people are on scene from a single image, with a dot overlay you can audit before you act on it.

Illustration of two public safety responders, one holding a drone controller, with a drone overhead and a crowd in the background
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Public safety drone teams

Built for drone footage. Pull a frame from your flight or count straight from the DJI RC Pro with the SkyeBrowse Flight App.

SkyeBrowse Flight App

Count from the controller

Crowd Counter is built into the SkyeBrowse Flight App on the DJI RC Pro for enterprise drones. Take a picture and it counts the people in the image in seconds.

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Overhead drone photo of people spread across a city plaza, each head marked with a teal dot
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Crowd Counter lives in the Labs section of the SkyeBrowse webapp and is free for every signed-in user.

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