The list presents the largest

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events ( pride parades and festivals) worldwide by attendance. Statistics are announced both by the organizers and authorities (police). In this table, the largest single event by city as well as notable international events such as WorldPride or Europride are indicated. Only referenced statistics are accepted. National parades are generally further supported by nationwide LGBT associations and media organizations. Certain statistics may include celebrations or festivals that may be exclusive of the parade. They are typically held in late June, in commemoration of the 1969

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. The

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, considered an epicenter of the global LGBTQIA+ sociopolitical ecosystem, is consistently North America's biggest pride parade, with 2.1 million attendees in 2015 and 2.5 million in 2016; in 2018, and again in 2023, attendance was estimated around two million, increasing back up to 2.5 million in 2024. During Stonewall 50 – WorldPride NYC 2019 in

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, over 5 million took part over the final weekend, with an estimated four million in attendance at the parade. While NYC Pride still has the largest Pride March, since 2023 Pride Toronto has had the largest Pride Festival in North America with 2.9 million attendees in 2023 and 3.1 million in 2024. The São Paulo Gay Pride Parade in

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is South America's largest event, and was listed by

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as the world's largest Pride parade in 2006 with 2.5 million people. It broke the Guinness record in 2009 with four million attendees, with similar numbers to at least 2016, and up to five million attending in 2017. As of 2019, it had three to five million each year. There are Pride parades held as well in

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and

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. Pride Toronto is the largest pride event in

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(and

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) while NYC Pride is the largest Pride event in the

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, with Mexico City Pride as the largest Pride event in

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. In Asia, Taiwan Pride, Tokyo Rainbow Pride in

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and Tel Aviv Pride in Israel are Asia's largest pride events. In Oceania, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras in

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is Oceania’s largest Pride event. The March of Pride (Buenos Aires) is the largest Pride event in

while São Paulo Gay Pride Parade is the largest Pride event in

, with Santiago Pride as the largest Pride event in

. Paris Pride is the largest Pride event in

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while Copenhagen Pride is the largest Pride event in

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, with Helsinki Pride as the largest Pride event in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

. As of June 2019, the largest LGBTQ events in other parts of the world included: * in Europe: Madrid Pride, Orgullo Gay de Madrid (MADO), with 3.5 million attendees when it hosted WorldPride in 2017; * in

Asia Asia ( , ) is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population. It covers an area of more than 44 million square kilometres, about 30% of Earth's total land area and 8% of Earth's total surface area. The continent, which ...

: Taiwan Pride in

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; * in the

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: Tel Aviv Pride in

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; * in

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: Sydney Mardi Gras Parade in

; * in

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 20% of Earth's land area and 6% of its total surfac ...

: Johannesburg Pride in

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Brooklyn Liberation March, the largest transgender rights demonstration in LGBTQ history, took place on June 14, 2020, stretching from Grand Army Plaza to Fort Greene,

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in New York City, and focused on supporting Black transgender lives, drawing an estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants.

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