What was the attendance this year?

[SEN-5241]

I'm just curious because there were quite a lot of people there. Was it more than last year?

[SOawesomeness]

I think the numbers were *about* high 15 thousand. Last year it was around 11 thousand.
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I think more accurate numbers will be announced in a few weeks.

[M]

I think the numbers were *about* high 15 thousand. Last year it was around 11 thousand.
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I think more accurate numbers will be announced in a few weeks.

13k+ was what was announced at Closing Ceremonies; please go with that until numbers are announced.

[SukieNeko]

Wow! More people come every year. This is probably both a good and bad thing.

[PatrickD]

13k+ was what was announced at Closing Ceremonies; please go with that until numbers are announced.

It's been several months.  Were the final numbers ever announced?

...and this post says 2008's numbers were much higher than 11,000.  (Information from that post has been used for the number posted on AnimeCons.com...and Wikipedia cites AnimeCons.com as its source for most anime con attendance numbers.)

Every year there seems to be lots of confusion as to what the attendance numbers actually are.

[ewu]

Animecons.com is not really an authority nor is Wikipedia. The site can contact Fanime to get them numbers but has rather pulled from a forum post and wiki has very lax criteria for sources.

That said, numbers may be announced soon as per MPLe. 13k is the only official announcement made and anything beyond that is speculative.

[Tony]

13k+ was what was announced at Closing Ceremonies; please go with that until numbers are announced.

It's been several months.  Were the final numbers ever announced?

...and this post says 2008's numbers were much higher than 11,000.  (Information from that post has been used for the number posted on AnimeCons.com...and Wikipedia cites AnimeCons.com as its source for most anime con attendance numbers.)

Every year there seems to be lots of confusion as to what the attendance numbers actually are.

Will I get tarred and feathered if I say, "it's over 9,000"?  ;D

I did once update the Wikipedia page with exact numbers, but an enterprising editor reverted the changes - despite my position.

In all honesty, we're pretty lazy, and just don't care too much about publishing those numbers.

[PatrickD]

Animecons.com is not really an authority nor is Wikipedia. The site can contact Fanime to get them numbers but has rather pulled from a forum post and wiki has very lax criteria for sources.

It's unfortunate that Fanime is not as forthcoming with attendance numbers as every other large convention out there.

[Tony]

Well, which number would you like?  :-\

[ewu]

I hear that someone once tried to post the #'s on wikipedia and the changes were immediately reversed, EVEN after confirming the editor's identity as the friggen CHAIR of the con....

[PatrickD]

Well, which number would you like?  :-\

Whatever is available.  Preferably both paid attendance AND total attendance (number of people issued a badge including staff, guests, press, etc.)

I hear that someone once tried to post the #'s on wikipedia and the changes were immediately reversed, EVEN after confirming the editor's identity as the friggen CHAIR of the con....

Wikipedia cannot be a source for information and will only list information if there is another source.  In other words, if the attendance number is published on the Fanime web site or on AnimeCons.com, then that is considered the source and the Wikipedia article can cite either of those as the source.  Wikipedia, however, cannot be the source itself.

The best method for a convention to get any information into its Wikipedia article is to publish that information on the convention's web site.  I've seen a bunch of conventions that use an "About" page or a "History" page for this reason.  Then if someone goes and edits Wikipedia with false information, the correct info can easily be referenced on the About/History page of the con's web site.

[Tony]

Well this is embarrassing - I have detailed stats, but they're hardcopies and seemingly forever lost on my desk somewhere.  :-[

I'm going to have to estimate: paid attendees were approximately 14,000; total attendance was something like 15,000, which would include the ~600 staff, ~200 press/industry, dealers, guests, and so on.

I stick by my "over 9,000" comment; that one is solid, at least.  ;D

[PatrickD]

I stick by my "over 9,000" comment; that one is solid, at least.  ;D

FanimeCon: "Over 9,000" since 2005  ;)

[heeroyuy135]

I'm going to have to estimate: paid attendees were approximately 14,000; total attendance was something like 15,000

That's what AnimeCons.com has us down, and that'll put FanimeCon at #9 of the 10 Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2009, a drop from #5 from the 2008 list.

[Tony]

Then make that... approximately... 14 million! With total attendance of 15 billion!  ;D

[LordKefka]

I'm going to have to estimate: paid attendees were approximately 14,000; total attendance was something like 15,000

That's what AnimeCons.com has us down, and that'll put FanimeCon at #9 of the 10 Largest North American Anime Conventions of 2009, a drop from #5 from the 2008 list.

Yeah but we're still the #1 most fan oriented and uber badass con in the nation =P

[ewu]

Yeah but we're still the #1 most fan oriented and uber badass con in the nation =P

Hellz yah!

[LordKefka]

*brofist* Eric

[heeroyuy135]

*brofist*

[Steve.Young]

I almost feel the need to take your man cards...