Name First
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Country Earliest attendance figure known 1998 attendance 2000 attendance 2002 Attendance 2004 attendance 2006 attendance 2008 attendance 2010 attendance 2012 Attendance
Project A-kon 1990 USA 380 (1990) [1][2] 1931 [2][3] 4500 [2][4] 6420 [2][5] 9449 [2][6] 12459 [2][7][8] 15324 [2][9] 17596 [2][10] 21982 [2][11][12]
AnimeCon 1991 USA 2000 (1991) [13][14] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
AnimeFEST 1992 USA 105 (1992) [15][16] 650 [16][17] 750 [16] 1800 [16][18] 2725 [16][19] 4127 [16][20] n/a n/a n/a
AnimeExpo 1992 USA 1750 (1992)[21][22] 4883 [23][24] 9700 [25][26][27] 15250 [28][29] 25000 [22][30] 40647 [8][31] 43000 [32][33] 44000 [34][35] 49400 [36][37]
FanimeCon 1994 USA 200 (1994)[38] 1700 [39] 2300 [40] 4600 [41] 6122 [42] 10000 [8][43] 14926 [44][45] 16000 [46][47] 21000 [48][49]
Animethon 1995 USA 80(1995)[50] 2500 [51] 1800 [52] n/a 4700 [53] 3450 [54][55] 4679 [55][56] 4753 [55][57] 6404 [55][58]
Otakon 1994 USA 350 (1994)[59][60] 2500 [60][61] 7500 [60][62] 12880 [60][63] 20899 [60][64] 22302 [8][60][65] 26262 [60][66] 29274 [60][67] 32724 [60][68]
Katsucon 1995 USA 500 (1995)[69] 1400 [70] 2300 [71][72] 3000 [72][73] 4300 [74] 5664 [8][72][75] 6300 [72][76] n/a 12614
Anime Weekend Atlanta 1997 USA 1350 (1997)[77] 1400 [78] 2700 [79] 5837 [80] 8949 [8][81] 11101 [82] 12718 [83] 13472 [84][85]
Anime North 1997 Canada 800 (1997)[86] 747 [87] 1001 [88] 3000 [89] 7800 [90] 11286 [8][91] 13300 [92] 16800 [93] 22385 [12][94][95]
Nan Desu Kan 2000 USA 1477 [96] 2467 [97] 2859 [98] 5018 [99] 5975 [100] n/a n/a
AnimeIowa 1997 USA 150 (1997)[101] 300 [102] 700 [103] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Animazement 1998 USA 735 (1998)[104][105] 735 [104][105] 1640 [105][106] 2050 [105][107] 2500 [105][108] 3100 [105][109] 5374 [105][110] 7070 [105][111] n/a
Anime Central 1998 USA 1203 (1998) [112][113][114] 1203 [112][114] 2117 [114][115] 4520 [114][116] 7406 [114][117] 11866 [8][114][118] 13900 [114][119] 19511 [114][120] 24316 [114][121]
Otafest 1999 USA 700 (1999)[122] 900 [123][124] n/a n/a n/a 4042 [124][125] 3697[124] n/a
Sakura-Con 2000 USA 866(2000)[126] 313 [127] 866 [126][127] 2328 [127][128] 4425 [127][129] 7500 [8][127][130] 13600 [127][131] 18002 [127][132] 21457[12][127]
Middle Tennessee Anime Convention 1999 USA 300 (1999)[133] n/a 400 [134][135] 1000 [135][136] 2500 [135][137] 3500 [135][138] 4000 [135][139] 7200 [140][141]
Shoujocon 2000 USA 456(2000)[142] 456 [142] 1229 [143] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Anime Festival Orlando 2000 USA 450(2000)[144] 450 [144] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
J-Popcon 2000 Denmark 200 n/a n/a 1000 [145] n/a 2200 [146] n/a
SugoiCon 2000 USA 522(2000)[147] 522 [147] 930 [148] 1333 [149][150] 1400 [151] n/a n/a n/a
Nekocon 1998 USA 506(1998)[152] 506 [152] 1100 [153] n/a 2368 [154] 2500 3249 [155] 3788 [156] n/a
Ohayocon 2001 USA 654(2001)[157] 1200 [158] 3042 [159] 4257 [160] 7000 [161] 10120 [162] 40 [163]
Yaoi-Con 2001 USA 350 (2001) [164] n/a n/a [165] n/a [166] n/a [167] n/a [168] n/a
Big Apple Anime Fest 2001 USA 3500(2001)[169][170] 7500 [171] n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
Ushicon 2002 USA 800(2002)[172] 800 [172] 2200 [173] n/a n/a n/a n/a
Kumoricon 2003 USA 419(2003)[174] 1251 [175] 2250 [176] 4400 [177] 4055 [178] n/a
Manifest 2001 Australia 3500(2006)[179] n/a n/a 3500 [179] 4800 [180] n/a n/a
Ikasucon 2003 USA 886(2004)[181] 886 [181] n/a n/a n/a n/a
No Brand Con 2002 USA 115(2002) [182] 115 [182] 300 [183] 605 [184][185] 1075 [186][187] n/a n/a
Tekko 2003 USA 600(2003) [188] n/a 1771 [189] n/a 3522 [190] 3600 [191]
Anime Detour 2004 USA 1200(2004) [192] 1200 [192] 2464 [193] 3000 [194][195] n/a n/a
PortConMaine 2002 USA 250(2002)[196] 250 [196] 811 [197] 1400 [198] 1650 [199] 2072 [200] 2306 [201]
Anime Friends 2003 Brazil 25000(2004)[202] 25000 [203] 50000 [204] 120000 [205][206] n/a n/a
Metrocon 2003 USA 2400 [207][208] 4000 [209] n/a 6665 8033[210]
Anime Vegas 2004 USA 1019(2004)[211][212] 1019 [211][212] 2774 [213][214] 3100 [215] n/a n/a
Anime Nebraskon 2004 USA n/a 300 [216] n/a n/a 2000 [217] n/a
Tsubasacon 2004 USA 407(2004) [218] 407 [218] 564 [219] 723 [220] 1105 [221] 1320 [222][223]
Kawaii Kon 2005 Hawaii 2610 (2005) [224] 2610 [225] 3495 [226] 4877 [227][228] 6077 [229]
MechaCon 2005 USA 750 (2005)[230] 1100 [231] 2065 [232] 3480 [233] 4780 [234]
Naka-Kon 2005 USA 300 (2005)[235] n/a 2091 [236][237][237] 3862 [238] 5000 [239][240]
RealmsCon 2005 USA 1148(2006)[241] 1148 [241] 1542 [242] n/a n/a
Sac-Anime 2005 USA 2000(2006)[243] 2000 [243] n/a n/a 5000 [244][245]
AniZona 2005 USA 850(2005) [246] 1200 [247] n/a n/a n/a
Aurora-Con 2006 USA 623(2006) [248] 623 [248] n/a n/a n/a
Youmacon 2005 USA 1078(2005) [249] 2125 [250] 4494 [251] n/a 12156 [252][253]
Anime Punch 2005 USA 200(2005)[254] 977 [255][256] 1337 [256][257] 1206 [256][258] n/a
Animefest.cz 2004 Czech Republic 250(2004)[259][260] 250 [259][260] 450 [260][261] 1000 [260][262] 1300 [260][263] n/a
Daigacon 2007 USA 257(2007)[264] n/a n/a n/a
Matsuricon 2006 USA 25(2006) [265] 25 [265] 684 [266] 1403 [267] n/a
Shinboku-con 2007 USA 193(2007)[268][269] 467 [269][270] 623 [269][271] 703 [269]
Zenkaikon 2005 USA 450(2006)[58][272] 450 [58][272] 1352 [58][273] n/a 2,736 [58]
ConBravo! 2010 USA 350(2010)[274] 350 [274] 2119 [275]
Oni-Con 2004 USA 3000(2004)[276] 3000 [276] 6000 [277][278] n/a n/a n/a
Otakuthon 2006 USA 1872(2006) [279] 1872 [279][280] 3048 [281] 7310 [282][283] 11000 [284][285]
G-Anime 2009 USA 828(2009) [286] 1029 [287] 1486
Senshi-Con 2005 USA 300(2005)[144] n/a 1200 1000[144] 1600
Anime Matsuri 2007 USA n/a n/a n/a 10422 [288][289]
Anime-ZAP! 2010 USA 158(2010)[290] 158 [290] n/a
Aniwave 2010 USA 400(2010)[291] 400 [291][292] n/a
Saboten Con 2008 USA 2730(2011)[293] n/a n/a 3432 [294][295]