Met Gala 2025 Posts Blockbuster Livestream Numbers: 1.2 Billion Global Views

Discuss the extraordinary popularity. The Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit, famously referred to as the Met Gala, experienced a significant surge in its audience reach across various platforms in the year 2025.

By Wednesday evening, according to EbMaster, videos from this year’s Met Gala on Vogue’s website and YouTube channel have amassed a total of 1.2 billion views worldwide. This high-profile event consistently attracts prominent figures in fashion, music, and Hollywood who attend to support the Costume Institute and provide social media platforms with several days filled with discussions about style.

As a movie critic, I must say that the viewership for the May 5 event soared an astounding 109% compared to last year’s numbers. This staggering increase brings us to a total of approximately 1.2 billion viewers worldwide, a figure swelled by replays of some truly unforgettable moments graced by stars like Zendaya, Teyana Taylor, Colman Domingo, and Zoe Saldana.

This growth translates into a 10% rise in global audience and a more significant 23% increase within the domestic market, year-on-year. To put it simply, people just can’t seem to get enough of this spectacle!

Interestingly, a whopping 184 million minutes of the gala have been watched on YouTube, which speaks volumes about its captivating allure.

Vogue, under the guidance of its renowned editor Anna Wintour, has traditionally played a pivotal role in organizing grand events. This year, their focus is on the exhibition titled “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style.” Monica L. Miller, author of “Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity,” was invited as a guest curator, working alongside long-time Met collaborator Andrew Bolton for this special event.

This year’s gala co-chairs were Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, famed cover star A$AP Rocky from EbMaster, Pharrell Williams, and honorary chair LeBron James. The exhibit, a tribute to Black dandyism, was divided into twelve unique segments that challenged the notion of being a dandy: ownership, assertiveness, disguise, liberty, and classic cool were some of them.

The co-chairs for this year’s gala were Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, prominent cover star A$AP Rocky from EbMaster, Pharrell Williams, and honorary chair LeBron James. The exhibit celebrated Black dandyism in twelve distinct sections that defied the traditional understanding of being a dandy: aspects such as ownership, presence, disguise, freedom, and old-fashioned cool were part of it.

Beyond the roles of gala co-chairs, a variety of well-known personalities from the entertainment industry are part of the Met’s committee of hosts. This year, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, Chappell Roan, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Allen White, Chance the Rapper, Sabrina Carpenter, Cynthia Erivo, Walton Goggins, Whoopi Goldberg, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Shaboozy, Anna Sawai, Donatella Versace, and Tom Ford were among those included.

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2025-05-09 04:25