Popularity ranking · Canada

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in Canada

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in Canada, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 461 music festivals tracked in Canada, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Lollapalooza, Woodstock and American Music Award lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 1.8M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 93k, and the largest, Lollapalooza, reaches around 683k people in Canada. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Canada and are refreshed weekly.

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How to read this list

Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in Canada who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Canada. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in Canada, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in Canada. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Country Fest 45k 38.9 67.9% Music festival
52 Monsters of Rock 44k 50.9 14.1% Music festival
53 îleSoniq 44k 25.3 46.0% Music festival
54 Global Citizen Festival 42k 40.2 63.5% Music festival
55 Winnipeg Folk Festival 40k 39.9 62.4% Music festival
56 Academy of Country Music Awards 39k 39.4 56.5% Music festival
57 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 37k 41.5 51.1% Music festival
58 Lovebox Festival 37k 37.2 56.3% Music festival
59 Ultra Music Festival 34k 31.2 47.1% Music festival
60 Primavera Sound 34k 32.5 45.6% Music festival
61 Ottawa Bluesfest 34k 37.8 62.2% Music festival
62 Stagecoach Festival 34k 38.6 59.0% Music festival
63 Budweiser Made in America Festival 33k 37.9 38.8% Music festival
64 Laundry Day 32k 29.3 48.1% Music festival
65 Creamfields 32k 33.1 45.6% Music festival
66 Riot Fest 29k 39.4 35.8% Music festival
67 Mnet Asian Music Awards 28k 31.0 68.1% Music festival
68 Sziget Festival 28k 36.5 46.7% Music festival
69 Soundwave (Australian music festival) 28k 32.0 60.9% Music festival
70 Latin Grammy Award 28k 36.6 45.6% Music festival
71 YouTube Live 28k 27.8 44.4% Music festival
72 JUMP Dance Convention 27k 38.7 57.6% Music festival
73 Lightning in a Bottle 26k 32.2 48.0% Music festival
74 Montreux Jazz Festival 26k 36.9 47.5% Music festival
75 Rock in Japan Festival 25k 39.1 56.3% Music festival

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular music festivals compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Canada and ranks each music festival by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest music festival in Canada?

Lollapalooza currently leads with an estimated audience of 683k people in Canada.

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