100 Most Popular Music Festivals in United Kingdom 2026 — by Audience Size

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 United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank	Audience	Audience size	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
1	GGlastonbury Festival	3.3M	51.3%	40.8	56.7%	Music festival
2	EEdinburgh Festival Fringe	3M	68.1%	40.2	61.4%	Music festival
3	CCreamfields	2.1M	56.4%	36.8	60.2%	Music festival
4	RReading and Leeds Festivals	1.6M	88.2%	37.7	52.4%	Music festival
5	LLollapalooza	1.6M	6.2%	36.1	54.3%	Music festival
6	BBrit Awards	1.4M	47.8%	43.9	64.2%	Music festival
7	DDownload Festival	1.4M	45.8%	42.1	50.5%	Music festival
8	CCamp Bestival	1.3M	85.7%	40.6	70.7%	Music festival
9	EEurovision Song Contest	1.2M	8.8%	43.9	62.5%	Music festival
10	MMinistry of Sound	1.2M	32.3%	37.7	43.4%	Music festival
11	TTomorrowland	990k	5.3%	34.7	49.4%	Music festival
12	AAmerican Music Award	873k	5.3%	44.1	61.6%	Music festival
13	BBurning Man	850k	7.6%	33.9	53.9%	Music festival
14	EExit (festival)	836k	5.5%	44.1	54.8%	Music festival
15	WWireless Festival	750k	62.4%	38.0	53.6%	Music festival
16	WWoodstock	734k	6.4%	48.7	48.6%	Music festival
17	AAmsterdam Dance Event	727k	17.2%	35.2	43.0%	Music festival
18	CCoachella Valley Music and Arts Festival	679k	5.1%	33.2	59.6%	Music festival
19	LLatitude Festival	631k	82.0%	45.6	54.9%	Music festival
20	TThe Warehouse Project	595k	58.1%	35.2	44.7%	Music festival
21	IIsle of Wight Festival	578k	56.5%	42.8	54.7%	Music festival
22	TT in the Park	562k	91.7%	40.7	51.7%	Music festival
23	EElectric Daisy Carnival	361k	6.7%	36.2	54.2%	Music festival
24	RRewind Festival	352k	78.6%	51.2	58.2%	Music festival
25	GGreen Man Festival	332k	62.5%	43.6	52.9%	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 United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

Glastonbury Festival currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.3M people in United Kingdom.

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