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Black Canyon Livestream Numbers

28 February 2025

The Mountain Outpost team shares some fun numbers for their livestream for the Black Canyon Races on Instagram:

  • 100K had a total of 83.5K views, compared to 60.8K in 2024
  • 50K had a total of 26.7K views, compared to 8.4K in 2024

At the peak 4,556 people concurrently watch the stream for the 100K. And combined between the two events the team broadcasted live for over 27hrs.

I really like this snapshot they posted. It also gives the commentators and field reporters credit, which is very cool.

A thought I had a couple of days ago: Is there any alternative to Starlink products for these type of remote high bandwidth broadcasts? My guess is no. Especially not in the realm of easily deployable and scalable products. So then, what are Western States and other races which increasingly define themselves by offering a livestream going to do when Musk continues to destroy the country? Just keep using his products?

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