Estimates vary, but the organisers of this year's UN climate talks in Türkiye said earlier this week that there were 94,866 people in Antalya for the two-week COP 31conference.
That includes all the official delegations, observers and media, not all the other groups who come along for the climate jamboree.
Given that climate change seems to be so far down the list of world leaders' priorities these days, the numbers — which include 34,000 delegates of the various nations attending — seem even more staggering.
The United States, at least at a national level, isn't here since Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris Agreement for a second time after regaining office.
China's President Xi Jinping is missing; Vice-President Han Zheng has come instead.
There's no sign of India's Narendra Modi, Canada's Mark Carney or Japan's Sanae Takaichi.
British Prime Minister Andy Burnham turned up very briefly.
Despite this, those who keep the faith on climate change say coming to the COP meetings each year and seeing such huge numbers of people in attendance, gives them hope.
"At least it shows that the rest of us are sticking together," one attendee said.
But pragmatists concede that the process of annual international talks feels like it is, at best, treading water for now.
