Claim: Attendees to the annual multi-genre fan convention CONvergence have grown bigger over the years compared to its inauguration convention in 1999 with 1,398 attendance.
Evidence: CONvergence is an annual multi-genre fan convention. July 2 – July 4, 1999 1,398 July 7 – July 9, 2000 1,533 July 6 – July 8, 2001 1,615 July 5 – July 7, 2002 1,679 July 4 – July 6, 2003 1,709 July 2 – July 4, 2004 2,014 July 1 – July 3, 2005 2,283 July 7 – July 9, 2006 2,434 July 6 – July 8, 2007 2,549 July 3 – July 6, 2008 3,102 July 2 – July 5, 2009 3,894 July 1 – July 4, 2010 4,737 June 30 – July 3, 2011 5,031 July 5 – July 8, 2012 5,864 July 4 – July 7, 2013 6,291 July 3 – July 6, 2014 6,118 July 2 – July 5, 2015 6,057 June 30 – July 3, 2016 5,693 July 6 – July 9, 2017 6,477 July 5 – July 8, 2018 5,785 July 4 – July 7, 2019 5,597