Origins Game Fair has reported 20,000 unique attendees this year, which is an increase of 11% on last year. Last month, UK Games Expo reported an increase of 18% to 25,704 unique attendees. Turnstile was up 1% to 71,237. This cements UKGE and Origins as the #3 and #4 largest tabletop gaming conventions in the world respectively for the second year in a row.
Gen Con is in August, Essen Spiel will be in October. Conventions which don't focus exclusively on tabletop games tend to be bigger, especially those which include comic books (Italy's Lucca Comics & Games dwarfs all of these), but this chart is about specifically tabletop gaming conventions.
| Convention | Unique Attendees | Turnstile | Exhibitors |
| Gen Con 2018 | "over 60K" | 223,000 | 520+ |
| Essen Spiel 2017 | unknown | 174,000 | 900+ |
| UK Games Expo 2019 | 25,704 | 45,097 | 430+ |
| Origins Game Fair 2019 | 18,648 | [FONT="]71,237[/FONT] | [FONT="]257[/FONT] |
| Pax Unplugged 2017* | unknown | 45,000 | unknown |
*Claims to have doubled in 2018, but figures have not been published
"Turnstile" represents the number of people coming in and out, so somebody entering and leaving multiple times gets counted for each time.
Gen Con is in August, Essen Spiel will be in October. Conventions which don't focus exclusively on tabletop games tend to be bigger, especially those which include comic books (Italy's Lucca Comics & Games dwarfs all of these), but this chart is about specifically tabletop gaming conventions.
