NEW YORK — The 2025 Met Gala, held on May 5 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, saw a significant increase in viewership across digital platforms, according to reports from Variety. The event’s videos, available on Vogue’s website and YouTube channel, have garnered 1.2 billion views globally, marking a 109% increase in night-of audience compared to 2024.
The total viewership, which includes replays of the night’s best looks from stars like Zendaya, Teyana Taylor, Colman Domingo, and Zoe Saldana, reflects a 10% global boost and a 23% rise in domestic views year-over-year. The 1.2 billion figure also includes 184 million minutes of YouTube watch time.
Vogue, under the leadership of its editor Anna Wintour, continues to play a central role in the gala, which this year centered around the exhibition Superfine: Tailoring Black Style. Guest curator Monica L. Miller, author of Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity, collaborated with Met curator Andrew Bolton on the exhibition. The show celebrated Black dandyism through 12 sections, including themes like ownership, presence, disguise, and freedom.
Wintour’s co-chairs for the 2025 gala included Domingo, Lewis Hamilton, A$AP Rocky, Pharrell Williams, and honorary chair LeBron James. The Met’s host committee featured a star-studded roster including Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, Nicole Kidman, Jeremy Allen White, Chance the Rapper, Sabrina Carpenter, Cynthia Erivo, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Ford, and Donatella Versace, among many others.
The Met Gala continues to be a major cultural event, attracting influential figures from fashion, music, and Hollywood, while sparking days of social media discourse.
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