Count People in a Photo — AI Crowd Counter and Headcount

It selects a counting route for the photo. In small groups it combines visible-face and full-body cues, including for some people facing away, and adds numbered boxes for review. Overlap and partial visibility can still cause misses or duplicate markers. Dense gatherings can switch automatically to a crowd-density estimate.

Yes — dense crowds are handled by a dedicated crowd-density engine built for exactly that case, with a heatmap and dots showing where the count comes from. For the best results use a higher-up, wider shot with the crowd fully in frame.

Yes — use the Object Counter for items like coins, pills, parts and products.

Yes. Preview and download the free result without creating an account. Downloads are free without a watermark. No signup required. Server-processed photos are removed under our Security policy; see the Security policy for handling details.

Yes — it works as a crowd counter from a single image. Upload one wide, higher-up photo of the gathering and it boxes each person it detects and reports the headcount, so you can estimate attendance at events, concerts, classrooms or protests without counting by hand. For the best estimate, take the shot from above so fewer people overlap.

The people counter has no mode switch, so the defaults apply: it detects small groups person-by-person and switches to the crowd-density engine for packed scenes. If a dense crowd is being under-counted, raise the Sensitivity slider so overlapping heads are still counted; if a sparse scene is over-counting, lower it. Switch Overlay style to Heat to see where the density is concentrated, or to Dots to check individual detections against the total.

Yes — Pixoate supports batch and bulk processing. Switch to Batch mode, add up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro, set your options once, and every photo is processed with the same settings before you download one headcount per photo plus a grand total. Bulk processing is a Premium feature; the output uses the same quality and settings as single mode.

Yes — with bulk processing you configure the settings a single time and they apply to every item in the batch — up to 60 photos on Premium or 200 on Pro. There is no need to repeat the setup per item, and Temporary uploaded and generated files are processed securely and deleted automatically.

Almost always one of three things. The file is over the 20 MB free upload limit — Premium takes 50 MB and Pro 120 MB. The format is not one this tool accepts, so check the list shown on the upload panel. Or the file is not really the format its name says: renaming a file does not change what is inside it, and that is the reason a valid-looking image gets refused.

Check the input first: a sharp, well-lit original that has not been through a messaging app gives the best result. Then review the settings on the page, change one at a time and run it again — nothing is locked in until you download.

People Counter supports free standard use within the published processing allowances. Free downloads are clean — no watermark. No signup is required for standard tool use. Photo effects and AI edits have a web-size limit on Free, with the original-resolution result available through Premium or one credit. Crop, resize, rotate, compress and convert stay full size. Premium supports batches of up to 60 files, with the applicable plan limits shown before processing.

No — People Counter runs in the browser on desktop and phone. There is nothing to install, no trial to start, and no license to buy before you can see whether it does what you need. Try it on the file you are actually stuck with rather than a sample.

Yes. Upload the picture and choose Count people. Each detected person is marked and the total is shown. The number is an estimate: overlap, small faces and partial bodies can cause misses or duplicates, so check the markers against the photo.

People counting works in a web page rather than an installed app. On a phone, select Take a photo to shoot the group or pick a picture from your gallery, then choose Count people. On a computer, upload the photo instead.

Download the marked image, which shows every detected person and the total, plus a small Pixoate mark that is attribution. People counting has no tally sheet, so keep the image as your record, or sign in and save the reviewed count in the History tab.

Partly by default, and more fully when you turn on Include people facing away. That option also searches for people turned away, in profile or with a hidden face, not just visible faces. Partial bodies and overlap can still cause misses or duplicates, so review the result.

It is an estimate. Crowd counting AI works from what is visible, so accuracy depends on how much of the crowd is in frame, how much people overlap, the camera height and how small each face is, and hidden people cannot be counted. Use a higher, wider shot, review the markers and cross-check with a second photo when the figure will be reported.

Dense scenes are shown as dots plus a heatmap, a color map of where people are concentrated. Think of it as a people visualizer for the scene: it shows where the count comes from and is a review aid. You can switch the overlay to dots, heatmap, both or none.