Popularity ranking · Germany

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in Germany

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in Germany, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 851 music festivals tracked in Germany, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Eurovision Song Contest, Wacken Open Air and Rock am Ring lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 6.6M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 315k, and the largest, Eurovision Song Contest, reaches around 3.8M people in Germany. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Germany who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Germany and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in Germany. 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 Germany, 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 Germany. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 Eurovision Song Contest 3.8M 40.5 55.5% Music festival
2 Wacken Open Air 1.5M 41.9 34.8% Music festival
3 Rock am Ring 1.3M 35.3 48.1% Music festival
4 Lollapalooza 1.3M 31.0 48.6% Music festival
5 Tomorrowland 1M 30.1 41.5% Music festival
6 Rock im Park 982k 35.0 47.8% Music festival
7 Exit (festival) 836k 43.1 47.1% Music festival
8 Glücksgefühle Festival 825k 30.1 50.6% Music festival
9 Hurricane Festival 768k 35.1 49.9% Music festival
10 Defqon.1 Festival 744k 28.2 36.9% Music festival
11 Burning Man 681k 32.0 43.3% Music festival
12 Echo (music award) 681k 50.4 69.3% Music festival
13 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival 493k 30.3 43.9% Music festival
14 Nature One 482k 23.1 36.7% Music festival
15 Amsterdam Dance Event 470k 32.2 39.2% Music festival
16 Sanremo Music Festival 432k 37.5 50.7% Music festival
17 American Music Award 420k 36.9 49.5% Music festival
18 Parookaville 408k 32.2 45.8% Music festival
19 Rockharz 387k 40.4 35.6% Music festival
20 Electric Love Festival 377k 25.0 41.6% Music festival
21 Woodstock 376k 42.6 39.8% Music festival
22 Summer Breeze Open Air 357k 40.4 44.2% Music festival
23 Download Festival 345k 43.1 38.8% Music festival
24 Ikarus Festival 321k 33.9 48.7% Music festival
25 Ultra Music 314k 33.9 43.0% 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 Germany 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 Germany?

Eurovision Song Contest currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.8M people in Germany.

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