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The list presents the largestLGBTQ 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 asWorldPride orEuropride are indicated. Only referenced statistics are accepted. National parades are generally further supported by nationwide LGBTQ 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 1969Stonewall riots inLower Manhattan.

TheNYC Pride March inNew York City, considered an epicenter of the global LGBTQsociopolitical ecosystem, is consistently North America's biggest pride parade, with 2.1 million attendees in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2016;^[1] in 2018, and again in 2023,^[2] attendance was estimated around two million,^[3] increasing back up to 2.5 million in 2024.^[4] DuringStonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 inManhattan, over 5 million took part over the final weekend,^[5][6] with an estimated four million in attendance at the parade.^[7][8] While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024.^[9]

TheSão Paulo Gay Pride Parade inBrazil is South America's largest event, and was listed byGuinness World Records as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people.^[10] It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees,^[11] with similar numbers to at least 2016,^[12] and up to five million attending in 2017.^[1][13] As of 2019, it had three to five million each year.^[14] There are Pride parades held as well inArgentina andChile.^{[citation needed]}

Pride Toronto is the largest pride event inNorth America (andCanada) whileNYC Pride is the largest Pride event in theUnited States, withMexico City Pride as the largest Pride event inMexico. In Asia,Taiwan Pride,Tokyo Rainbow Pride inJapan andTel Aviv Pride in Israel are Asia's largest pride events. In Oceania,Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras inAustralia is Oceania’s largest Pride event.^{[citation needed]} TheMarch of Pride (Buenos Aires) is the largest Pride event inArgentina whileSão Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the largest Pride event inBrazil, withSantiago Pride as the largest Pride event inChile.Paris Pride is the largest Pride event inFrance whileCopenhagen Pride is the largest Pride event inDenmark, withHelsinki Pride as the largest Pride event inFinland.

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 hostedWorldPride in 2017;^[13]
• inAsia:Taiwan Pride inTaipei;^[13]
• in theMiddle East:Tel Aviv Pride inIsrael;^[13]
• inOceania:Sydney Mardi Gras Parade inAustralia;^[15]
• inAfrica:Johannesburg Pride inSouth Africa^[16]

Brooklyn Liberation March, the largesttransgender rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching fromGrand Army Plaza toFort Greene,Brooklyn in New York City, and focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.^[17][18]

Rank	City	Support	Year	Organizers' statistics	Authorities' statistics	Type
1	New York City	WorldPride	2019	4,000,000[19]	5,000,000[20]	March/Festival
2	São Paulo	Local	2011	4,000,000[21]		Parade
3	Madrid	WorldPride	2017	3,500,000[22]	2,300,000[23]	Festival
4	Toronto	Local	2024	3,100,000		March/Festival
5	Toronto	Local	2023	2,900,000[9]		March/Festival
6	New York City	Local	2024	2,500,000[4]		March
7	Toronto	Local	2022	2,400,000[24]		March/Festival
8	Madrid	EuroPride	2007	2,300,000[25]		Festival
9	New York City	Local	2016	2,100,000+[26][27]	2,500,000[28]	March
10 (tie)	Buenos Aires	Local	2023		2,000,000[29]	March
10 (tie)	New York City	Local	2023	2,000,000[2]		March
10 (tie)	New York City	Local	2018	2,000,000[3]		March
13 (tie)	Toronto	Local	2019	1,700,000[30]		March/Festival
13 (tie)	San Francisco	Local	2014	1,700,000[31]		Parade/Festival
13 (tie)	San Francisco	Local	2019	1,700,000[32]		Parade/Festival
16	Madrid	Local	2019	1,600,000[33]		Parade
17 (tie)	Madrid	Local	2016	1,500,000[34]		Parade
17 (tie)	London	National	2019	1,500,000+[35]		Parade
19 (tie)	Cologne	EuroPride	2002	1,400,000[36]		Parade
19 (tie)	Cologne	Local	2023		1,400,000[37]	Parade/Festival
21	Toronto	Local	2012		1,220,000[38]	Festival
22 (tie)	Cologne	Local	2022	1,200,000[39]		Festival
22 (tie)	Cologne	Local	2019	1,200,000[39]		Parade
22 (tie)	Cologne	Local	2018	1,200,000[40]		Parade
22 (tie)	Madrid	National	2012	1,200,000[41]	700,000[41]	Parade
26	Chicago	Local	2016		1,000,000+[42]	Parade
27	San Francisco	Local	2015	1,000,000+[43]		Parade/Festival
28	Berlin	National	2012		1,000,000	Parade
29	Cologne	Local	2013	1,000,000[44]	900,000[44]	Parade
30	Rome	EuroPride	2011	1,000,000[45]		Festival
31	Paris	National	2010	800,000[46]	100,000[46]	Parade
32	Houston	Local	2017	750,000[47]		Parade
33	London	Local	2014	750,000[48]		Parade
34	Boston	Local	2019	750,000[49]		Parade
35	Rio de Janeiro	Local	2011	700,000[50]		Parade
36	Amsterdam	Local	2014	560,000[51]	450,000[52]	Parade
37	Denver	Local	2019	525,000[53]		Parade & Festival
38	Columbus	Local	2019	750,000[54]		Parade and Festival
39	Buenos Aires	National	2019	500,000[55][56]		Parade
40	Rio de Janeiro	Local	2010		500,000[57]	Parade
41	Mexico City	National	2010	500,000[58]		Parade
42	Brighton	Local	2018	450,000[59]	450,000[60][61]	Parade & Festival
43 (tie)	Philadelphia	Local	2022	400,000[62]		Parade, Festival, and Parties
43	Los Angeles	Local	2015	400,000[63]		Parade
44	Minneapolis	Local	2016	400,000[64]		Festival
45	San Diego	Local	2019	360,000[65]		Parade/Festival
46	Berlin	Local	2022		350,000[66]	Parade/Festival
47	Atlanta	Local	2018	300,000[67]		Parade & Festival
48	Sydney	Local	2020	300,000[68][69] Largest: 500,000 (1993)[70][71]		Parade
49	Montreal	Local	2012	290,000[72]		Parade
50	Melbourne	Local	2020	261,806[73]	264,895[74]	Parade & Festival
51	Tel Aviv	Local	2019	250,000[75]		Parade & Festival
52	St. Petersburg	Local	2019	265,000[76]		Parade & Festival
53	Rome	WorldPride	2000	250,000[77]		Parade
54	New Orleans	Local	2019	250,000[78]		Parade & Festival
55	Tel Aviv	Local	2018	250,000[79]		Parade
56	Brussels	Local	2025	220,000[80]		Parade & Festival
57	Charlotte	Local	2019	200,000[81][82]		Parade & Festival
58	Belo Horizonte	Local	2019	200,000[83]	200,000[83]	Parade
59	Buenos Aires	National	2012	200,000[84]		Parade
60	Vienna	National	2023	300,000[3]		Parade
61	Tokyo	Local	2019	200,000[85][86]		Parade & Festival
62	Taipei	National	2019	200,000[87]		Parade
63	Budapest	Local	2025	470,000[88][89]		Parade
64	Los Angeles	Local	2024	190,000		Parade & Festival
65	Miami	Local	2018		180,000[90]	Parade & Festival
66	Hamburg	Local	2018	180,000[91]		Parade
67	Munich	Local	2018		160,000[92]	Parade
68	Palermo	National	2013	150,000[93]	135,000[94]	Parade
69	Brussels	Local	2023	150,000[95]	100,000[96]	Parade & Festival
70	Ottawa	Local	2019	125,000[97]		Festival
71	Copenhagen	Local	2014	120,000[98]		Parade
72	Seoul	National	2018	120,000[99]		Parade & Festival
73	Brussels	National	2022	120,000[96]		Parade & Festival
74	Quezon City	Local	2023	110,752[100]	110,752[100]	Festival
75	Santiago	Local	2021	100,000[citation needed]		March
76	Helsinki	Local	2022	100,000[citation needed]		March

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