Red Bull Stratos
Moment · 2012 · Notable
YouTube reported more than 8 million concurrent livestreams of the jump.
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- Concurrent YouTube mission streams
- >8M
- Peak concurrency · Oct 14, 2012 · YouTube · YouTube
- Seed to observed peak
- same day
- Oct 14 ’12 to Oct 14 ’12
- Platforms
- 2
- Started on YouTube
- Origin
- Stunt
- Sports
How it spread
Trace the originRed Bull staged and streamed Baumgartner’s ascent and free fall. YouTube reported a concurrent audience record on the day. The owner later revisited the mission through a retrospective interview.
Observed peak within the documented measurement window; not an all-time maximum.
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March 2012
Felix Baumgartner precursor · Mar 15 ’12
Baumgartner completed a high-altitude test jump before the final attempt.[4]
October 2012
YouTube precursor · Oct 5 ’12
Directed viewers to Red Bull’s channel and email updates for weather-dependent launch timing and live flight data.[7]
WIRED precursor · Oct 9 ’12
WIRED published a guide to watching the planned supersonic jump.[5]
Changelogupdated Oct 16 ’26
- Added: 6 events, 5 sources · Score 44
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