| Amsterdam |
5,453,000 |
2019 CBS StatLine Professionele podiumkunsten; capaciteit / voorstellingen / bezoekers / regio |
| Austin |
96,537 |
2021 The Creative Vitality Index |
| Barcelona |
2,543,028 |
2019 Cultural Data Observatory. Institute of Culture. Barcelona City Council |
| Dublin |
821,559 |
2016 Let's Celebrate' - Wide Awake Communications |
| Edinburgh |
638,040 |
2017 Edinburgh Council City Facts and Figures 2018/19 — Total attendance across four major theatre venues |
| Guangzhou |
930,000 |
2020 Guangzhou Statistics Bureau - 2021 Guangzhou Statistical Yearbook |
| Helsinki |
558,483 |
2016 Theatre Info Finland |
| Hong Kong |
2,300,000 |
2019/20 Hong Kong Annual Arts Survey Result Dashboard 2019/20 (AAS 19/20) — Only limited to attendance at programmes staged in the venues mentioned in AAS 19/20. |
| İstanbul |
1,740,462 |
2019/20 Turkish Statistical Institute — Number of Audiences 2019/2020 season |
| London |
15,315,773 |
2019 Society of London Theatre (SOLT) — SOLT members only |
| Los Angeles |
10,778,741 |
2019 Nonprofit (CPD dataset) + Pantages (personal communication) — Nonprofit data includes free attendees / adults and children |
| Melbourne |
5,431,066 |
2016 Live Performance Australia |
| Milan |
4,368,712 |
AGIS LOMBARDA — Figure refers to Lombardy Region |
| Montréal |
762,276 |
2018 Culture and Communications Observatory (OCCQ) of the Quebec Institute of Statistics — OCCQ figures are for paying performances only |
| Nanjing |
1,416,718 |
2021 Bureau of Culture and Tourism |
| New York |
13,790,000 |
2018 The Broadway League — This figure only concerns Broadway productions |
| Paris |
4,861,690 |
2019 ASTP - ministry of Culture — Only Parisian private theaters and 3 national theaters |
| San Francisco |
756,610 |
2014 Cultural Data Project |
| São Paulo |
20,834 |
2021 SMDETT — This relates to admissions at the 9 city-owned theatres only / not all admissions. |
| Seoul |
20,265,614 |
2018 Korea Arts Management Service - Survey on the Performing Art 2019 |
| Stockholm |
2,500,000 |
2018 Culture Administration of Stockholm — Statistics from main public theatres and independent theatres; Private theatres estimate |
| Sydney |
6,132,827 |
2014 Live Performance Australia — NSW figure |
| Taipei |
694,091 |
2021 Ministry of Culture — Admissions counted for 10 theatres only |
| Tokyo |
2,672,080 |
2020 Live Entertainment Research Committee — White Paper on Live Entertainment 2020 |
| Toronto |
802,355 |
2021 CADAC — City-funded venues only |
| Vienna |
4,735,689 |
2014 Vienna Annual Statistics 2014 |
| Warsaw |
1,841,048 |
2014 Central Statistical Office of Poland — Data only concerns admission to the national and public theaters only |
| Zürich |
720,751 |
2016 City of Zürich, Cultural Affairs — Includes dance performances |
