Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Music Festivals in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest music festivals in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 849 music festivals tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Lollapalooza, American Music Award and Woodstock lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 25M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 1.1M, and the largest, Lollapalooza, reaches around 11M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each music festival, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States 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 States who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

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

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
76 Rock Fest 209k 39.5 44.5% Music festival
77 Rock in Rio 204k 33.8 52.3% Music festival
78 Nocturnal Festival 202k 32.7 40.4% Music festival
79 North Coast Music Festival 201k 31.8 46.0% Music festival
80 Live Aid 201k 43.0 48.2% Music festival
81 Newport Folk Festival 201k 44.5 56.6% Music festival
82 Boston Calling Music Festival 196k 34.1 58.3% Music festival
83 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass 196k 38.4 59.4% Music festival
84 Music Midtown 195k 34.1 58.8% Music festival
85 Beautiful Days (festival) 191k 40.7 50.6% Music festival
86 Rock in Japan Festival 191k 38.5 56.7% Music festival
87 Telluride Bluegrass Festival 190k 46.7 44.1% Music festival
88 Soundwave (Australian music festival) 184k 33.7 57.8% Music festival
89 Roskilde Festival 181k 34.7 53.3% Music festival
90 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival 181k 36.6 59.6% Music festival
91 Sziget Festival 172k 35.1 57.3% Music festival
92 green valley 165k 43.9 81.7% Music festival
93 Summer of Love 164k 45.1 68.1% Music festival
94 KCON (music festival) 158k 36.2 68.5% Music festival
95 Maryland Renaissance Festival 153k 39.5 66.5% Music festival
96 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekend 149k 35.6 56.7% Music festival
97 Life is Beautiful Festival 148k 32.2 58.0% Music festival
98 International Chopin Piano Competition 147k 40.9 53.3% Music festival
99 Tortuga Music Festival 146k 37.0 56.9% Music festival
100 North Sea Jazz Festival 140k 41.1 50.7% 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 States 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 States?

Lollapalooza currently leads with an estimated audience of 11M people in United States.

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