Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Introducing: CrowdCounter

How many people are really in that photo?

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Henk van Ess
Feb 06, 2026
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"There were a million people!" Politicians can exaggerate. Organizers can inflate. Media guesses. I built a free tool that does some math for you. Check out CrowdCounter.

This tool was born at the VOGIN Congress on February 5, 2026, where I demonstrated how anyone can make a beginning with fact-checking crowd claims with nothing more than a photo and baโ€ฆ

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