Top 50 Music festivals in Japan
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest music festivals in Japan, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 526 music festivals tracked in Japan, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Summer Sonic Festival, Rock in Japan Festival and ATMOS (festival) lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 15,879,984 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 513,542, and the largest, Summer Sonic Festival, reaches around 8,245,118 people in Japan. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Japan who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Japan and are refreshed weekly.
Ranking
| Rank | Name | Audience size | Country share | Subtype | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Summer Sonic Festival |
8,245,118 | 94.9% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 2 |  Rock in Japan Festival |
4,520,482 | 88.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 3 |  ATMOS (festival) |
3,114,384 | 64.9% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 4 |  Exit (festival) |
1,195,079 | 7.8% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 5 |  Mnet Asian Music Awards |
903,576 | 39.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 6 |  Lollapalooza |
900,577 | 3.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 7 |  Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival |
585,414 | 4.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 8 |  Tomorrowland |
580,145 | 3.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 9 |  Hard (music festival) |
327,949 | 21.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 10 |  Groovin' the Moo |
325,239 | 9.0% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 11 |  YouTube Live |
321,634 | 21.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 12 |  Fuji Rock Festival |
287,074 | 23.2% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 13 |  Woodstock |
282,753 | 2.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 14 |  American Music Award |
258,761 | 1.6% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 15 |  Roskilde Festival |
246,744 | 13.8% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 16 |  International Chopin Piano Competition |
223,995 | 27.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 17 |  Country Music Association Awards |
201,323 | 2.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 18 |  KCON (music festival) |
189,013 | 32.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 19 |  Warped Tour |
187,102 | 7.3% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 20 |  Laundry Day |
179,907 | 23.3% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 21 |  Electric Daisy Carnival |
176,524 | 3.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 22 |  Sónar |
165,560 | 14.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 23 |  South by Southwest |
152,807 | 2.3% | Music festival | Business & Career |
| 24 |  Eurovision Song Contest |
145,011 | 1.0% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 25 |  Full Moon Party |
131,885 | 9.8% | Music festival | Kids & Family |
| 26 |  Wacken Open Air |
120,453 | 3.9% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 27 |  Awakenings |
119,161 | 2.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 28 |  Ozora Festival |
112,538 | 10.2% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 29 |  Record Store Day |
111,025 | 8.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 30 |  Ultra Japan |
108,071 | 72.6% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 31 |  Rising Sun Rock Festival |
100,948 | 91.5% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 32 |  Ministry of Sound |
99,613 | 2.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 33 |  Montreux Jazz Festival |
95,311 | 4.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 34 |  Rock in Rio |
85,911 | 1.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 35 |  Black Girls Rock! |
83,540 | 0.9% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 36 |  Hellfest |
76,613 | 5.7% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 37 |  Beautiful Days (festival) |
75,670 | 14.8% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 38 |  Creamfields |
73,098 | 2.1% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 39 |  Brit Awards |
65,202 | 2.2% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 40 |  Ultra Music Festival |
62,097 | 2.6% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 41 |  Shambhala (music festival) |
59,894 | 5.2% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 42 |  Fête de la Musique |
52,196 | 4.6% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 43 |  Ultra Europe |
46,938 | 9.6% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 44 |  Live Aid |
42,052 | 5.0% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 45 |  BEACHLAND |
41,223 | 2.0% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 46 | Knotfest |
40,970 | 7.4% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 47 |  Latin Grammy Award |
40,684 | 2.8% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 48 |  Soundwave (Australian music festival) |
39,936 | 5.3% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 49 |  Q-BASE |
38,891 | 53.3% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
| 50 |  Merrie Monarch Festival |
37,010 | 39.0% | Music festival | Music & Radio |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan 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 Japan?
Summer Sonic Festival currently leads with an estimated audience of 8,245,118 people in Japan.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Japan. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.