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Total attendance for 2019 was 417,400: https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf (PDF)
by ericabiz 7y ago
Total attendance for 2019 was 417,400: https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf https://explore.sxsw.com/hubfs/2019-SXSW-Event-Stats.pdf (PDF)
I do think these stats may double-count some people, but there's no doubt it's a gigantic conference. It's much larger than most people realize.
- michaelbuckbee 7y agoThat may double count some people, but it also under/fails to count the sheer number of people that just "come into town" for the parties, networking, and nonofficial events.
- creaghpatr 7y agoAlso, 45 is a speaker at the conference; they usually get 42 or 43 for the keynote most years: https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/president-donald-trump-set-speak-himss20 https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/president-donald-trump...
- whoisjuan 7y agoHoly shit. 417K. That's crazy.
- CPLX 7y agoI have to figure that a huge chunk of that is people who already live in Austin buying tickets to film screenings or wristbands to see live music. The number of people with actual conference badges has to be a small fraction of that.