# List of largest LGBTQ events

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The list presents the largest LGBTQ events (pride parades and festivals) worldwide by attendance. Statistics are announced both by the organizers and authorities (police). In this table, the largest single event by city as well as notable international events such as WorldPride or Europride are indicated. Only referenced statistics are accepted. National parades are generally further supported by nationwide LGBT associations and media organizations. Certain statistics may include celebrations or festivals that may be exclusive of the parade. They are typically held in late June, in commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall riots in Lower Manhattan.
The NYC Pride March in New York City, considered an epicenter of the global LGBTQIA+ sociopolitical ecosystem, is consistently North America's biggest pride parade, with 2.1 million attendees in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2016; in 2018, and again in 2023, attendance was estimated around two million, increasing back up to 2.5 million in 2024. During Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 in Manhattan, over 5 million took part over the final weekend, with an estimated four million in attendance at the parade. While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024.
The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in Brazil is South America's largest event, and was listed by Guinness World Records as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people. It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees, with similar numbers to at least 2016, and up to five million attending in 2017. As of 2019, it had three to five million each year. There are Pride parades held as well in Argentina and Chile.
Pride Toronto is the largest pride event in North America (and Canada) while NYC Pride is the largest Pride event in the United States, with Mexico City Pride as the largest Pride event in Mexico. In Asia, Taiwan Pride, Tokyo Rainbow Pride in Japan and Tel Aviv Pride in Israel are Asia's largest pride events. In Oceania, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in Australia is Oceania’s largest Pride event. The March of Pride (Buenos Aires) is the largest Pride event in Argentina while São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the largest Pride event in Brazil, with Santiago Pride as the largest Pride event in Chile. Paris Pride is the largest Pride event in France while Copenhagen Pride is the largest Pride event in Denmark, with Helsinki Pride as the largest Pride event in Finland.
As of June 2019, the largest LGBTQ events in other parts of the world included:
* in Europe: Madrid Pride, Orgullo Gay de Madrid (MADO), with 3.5 million attendees when it hosted WorldPride in 2017;
* in Asia: Taiwan Pride in Taipei;
* in the Middle East: Tel Aviv Pride in Israel;
* in Oceania: Sydney Mardi Gras Parade in Australia;
* in Africa: Johannesburg Pride in South Africa
Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene, Brooklyn in New York City, and focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.

## All-time statistics

| Rank | City | Support | Year | Organizers' statistics | Authorities' statistics | Type |
| 1 | New York City | WorldPride | 2019 | 4,000,000 | 5,000,000 | March/Festival |
| 2 | São Paulo | Local | 2011 | 4,000,000 | | Parade |
| 3 | Madrid | WorldPride | 2017 | 3,500,000 | 2,300,000 | Festival |
| 4 | Toronto | Local | 2024 | 3,100,000 | | March/Festival |
| 5 | Toronto | Local | 2023 | 2,900,000 | | March/Festival |
| 6 | New York City | Local | 2024 | 2,500,000 | | March |
| 7 | Toronto | Local | 2022 | 2,400,000 | | March/Festival |
| 8 | Madrid | EuroPride | 2007 | 2,300,000 | | Festival |
| 9 | New York City | Local | 2016 | 2,100,000+ | 2,500,000 | March |
| 10 (tie) | Buenos Aires | Local | 2023 | | 2,000,000 | March |
| 10 (tie) | New York City | Local | 2023 | 2,000,000 | | March |
| 10 (tie) | New York City | Local | 2018 | 2,000,000 | | March |
| 13 (tie) | Toronto | Local | 2019 | 1,700,000 | | March/Festival |
| 13 (tie) | San Francisco | Local | 2014 | 1,700,000 | | Parade/Festival |
| 13 (tie) | San Francisco | Local | 2019 | 1,700,000 | | Parade/Festival |
| 16 | Madrid | Local | 2019 | 1,600,000 | | Parade |
| 17 (tie) | Madrid | Local | 2016 | 1,500,000 | | Parade |
| 17 (tie) | London | National | 2019 | 1,500,000+ | | Parade |
| 19 (tie) | Cologne | EuroPride | 2002 | 1,400,000 | | Parade |
| 19 (tie) | Cologne | Local | 2023 | | 1,400,000 | Parade/Festival |
| 21 | Toronto | Local | 2012 | | 1,220,000 | Festival |
| 22 (tie) | Cologne | Local | 2022 | 1,200,000 | | Festival |
| 22 (tie) | Cologne | Local | 2019 | 1,200,000 | | Parade |
| 22 (tie) | Cologne | Local | 2018 | 1,200,000 | | Parade |
| 22 (tie) | Madrid | National | 2012 | 1,200,000 | 700,000 | Parade |
| 26 | Chicago | Local | 2016 | | 1,000,000+ | Parade |
| 27 | San Francisco | Local | 2015 | 1,000,000+ | | Parade/Festival |
| 28 | Berlin | National | 2012 | | 1,000,000 | Parade |
| 29 | Cologne | Local | 2013 | 1,000,000 | 900,000 | Parade |
| 30 | Rome | EuroPride | 2011 | 1,000,000 | | Festival |
| 31 | Paris | National | 2010 | 800,000 | 100,000 | Parade |
| 32 | Houston | Local | 2017 | 750,000 | | Parade |
| 33 | London | Local | 2014 | 750,000 | | Parade |
| 34 | Boston | Local | 2019 | 750,000 | | Parade |
| 35 | Rio de Janeiro | Local | 2011 | 700,000 | | Parade |
| 36 | Amsterdam | Local | 2014 | 560,000 | 450,000 | Parade |
| 37 | Denver | Local | 2019 | 525,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 38 | Columbus | Local | 2019 | 750,000 | | Parade and Festival |
| 39 | Buenos Aires | National | 2019 | 500,000 | | Parade |
| 40 | Rio de Janeiro | Local | 2010 | | 500,000 | Parade |
| 41 | Mexico City | National | 2010 | 500,000 | | Parade |
| 42 | Brighton | Local | 2018 | 450,000 | 450,000 | Parade & Festival |
| 43 (tie) | Philadelphia | Local | 2022 | 400,000 | | Parade, Festival, and Parties |
| 43 | Los Angeles | Local | 2015 | 400,000 | | Parade |
| 44 | Minneapolis | Local | 2016 | 400,000 | | Festival |
| 45 | San Diego | Local | 2019 | 360,000 | | Parade/Festival |
| 46 | Berlin | Local | 2022 | | 350,000 | Parade/Festival |
| 47 | Atlanta | Local | 2018 | 300,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 48 | Sydney | Local | 2020 | 300,000 Largest: 500,000 (1993) | | Parade |
| 49 | Montreal | Local | 2012 | 290,000 | | Parade |
| 50 | Melbourne | Local | 2020 | 261,806 | 264,895 | Parade & Festival |
| 51 | Tel Aviv | Local | 2019 | 250,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 52 | St. Petersburg | Local | 2019 | 265,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 53 | Rome | WorldPride | 2000 | 250,000 | | Parade |
| 54 | New Orleans | Local | 2019 | 250,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 55 | Tel Aviv | Local | 2018 | 250,000 | | Parade |
| 56 | Charlotte | Local | 2019 | 200,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 57 | Belo Horizonte | Local | 2019 | 200,000 | 200,000 | Parade |
| 58 | Buenos Aires | National | 2012 | 200,000 | | Parade |
| 59 | Vienna | National | 2023 | 300,000 | | Parade |
| 60 | Tokyo | Local | 2019 | 200,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 61 | Taipei | National | 2019 | 200,000 | | Parade |
| 62 | Los Angeles | Local | 2024 | 190,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 63 | Miami | Local | 2018 | | 180,000 | Parade & Festival |
| 64 | Hamburg | Local | 2018 | 180,000 | | Parade |
| 65 | Munich | Local | 2018 | | 160,000 | Parade |
| 66 | Palermo | National | 2013 | 150,000 | 135,000 | Parade |
| 67 | Brussels | Local | 2023 | 150,000 | 100,000 | Parade & Festival |
| 68 | Ottawa | Local | 2019 | 125,000 | | Festival |
| 69 | Copenhagen | Local | 2014 | 120,000 | | Parade |
| 70 | Seoul | National | 2018 | 120,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 71 | Brussels | National | 2022 | 120,000 | | Parade & Festival |
| 72 | Quezon City | Local | 2023 | 110,752 | 110,752 | Festival |
| 73 | Santiago | Local | 2021 | 100,000 | | March |
| 74 | Helsinki | Local | 2022 | 100,000 | | March |