Popularity ranking · United Kingdom

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 569 music festivals tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Glastonbury Festival, Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Creamfields lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8.4M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 367k, and the largest, Glastonbury Festival, reaches around 3.3M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom 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 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 Avg age Female share Subtype
51 Mercury Prize 131k 46.6 44.9% Music festival
52 Summerfest 122k 46.4 66.4% Music festival
53 Montreux Jazz Festival 122k 46.4 50.0% Music festival
54 Big Day Out 119k 45.8 63.3% Music festival
55 Grand Ole Opry 118k 47.5 58.2% Music festival
56 Warped Tour 116k 30.4 50.5% Music festival
57 May Day 108k 45.4 65.6% Music festival
58 Groovin' the Moo 106k 37.7 61.5% Music festival
59 Let It Roll 106k 32.1 39.6% Music festival
60 Elrow 102k 30.9 52.3% Music festival
61 Live Aid 101k 50.0 48.0% Music festival
62 Record Store Day 95k 44.2 34.6% Music festival
63 Glastonbudget 94k 47.6 47.3% Music festival
64 Ozora Festival 87k 37.3 46.6% Music festival
65 The Great Escape Festival 86k 42.7 43.2% Music festival
66 Hideout festival 84k 36.6 55.3% Music festival
67 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival 84k 44.6 53.4% Music festival
68 Governors Ball Music Festival 83k 35.2 56.3% Music festival
69 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo 82k 45.1 52.9% Music festival
70 Hellfest 80k 41.7 41.8% Music festival
71 Snowbombing 80k 35.3 34.1% Music festival
72 Rock in Rio 79k 38.6 58.5% Music festival
73 Lifest 77k 44.3 70.5% Music festival
74 Electric Love Festival 77k 32.8 63.0% Music festival
75 Monsters of Rock 75k 49.5 23.0% 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 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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