Over a Third More People at the Show than Two Years Ago

Origins Game Fair attendance went up substantially again in 2018, according to show organizer The Game Manufacturers Association (GAMA), with over a third more people at the show on any given day than two years ago.

The number of unique attendees grew 9.7% this year to 18,648, up from 17,001 last year.

Turnstile attendance (the sums of daily attendance) was up 20% to 70,765 from 58,958 last year.

Last year also saw attendance increases in both categories (see “Origins Attendance Up”), and the two-year growth rates are impressive. The number of unique attendees was up 20% from 2016 to 2018, and turnstile attendance was up a whopping 35%. If the show seems more crowded than it did two years ago, that’s because the number of people at the show on any given day is up over a third from 2016.