Approximately how many visitors attend Oktoberfest each year?

Approximately 6 million visitors attend Oktoberfest each year.

That figure refers to Munich’s original Oktoberfest, not the many festivals around the world that borrow its name. Attendance varies with weather, the calendar, security conditions, and the festival’s exact length, but “around six million” has long been the standard public estimate. Recent totals have sometimes been higher: Munich reported 7.2 million visitors in 2023, 6.7 million in 2024, and 6.5 million in 2025.

Oktoberfest is held at the Theresienwiese, a large fairground near central Munich. Visitors come for much more than beer: the event includes enormous tents, Bavarian food, amusement rides, music, parades, and traditional costume. Many attendees are local residents or people from the surrounding region, although international visitors form an important part of the crowd.

The number is a total of visits or attendees counted across the festival, not six million different foreign tourists. Some people visit more than once, and the total includes Munich residents. The festival has also been canceled in some years, including 2020 and 2021, so the annual estimate applies to years when the event is held.