Talk about superfine. This year’s Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit — known colloquially as the Met Gala — saw explosive growth in viewership across platforms in 2025.

As of Wednesday evening, Variety can report that Met Gala videos native to Vogue’s website and YouTube channel have garnered 1.2 billion global views. Each year, the event draws big names in fashion, music and Hollywood to support the Costume Institute and gift social media platforms with days of style discourse.

The May 5 event’s night-of audience grew 109% compared to 2024. The total 1.2 billion figure accounts for replays of some of the Met’s best looks – rocked by Zendaya, Teyana Taylor, Colman Domingo and Zoe Saldana – and represents a 10% worldwide and 23% domestic boost for audience, year-over-year. 184 million minutes of the gala have been viewed on YouTube.

“Our aim is always to reach as wide an audience as possible, offering a front row seat to the Met Gala.