Browse 87 conventions and 39 events currently listed in North America, across 4 countries. Pick a country for its own guide, or scan every listing below by date.
Currently listed
North America
By country
Linked countries have their own guide with every listing, cities, and stats. The rest are still covered in the lists below.
Multi-day gatherings
Latest edition
AUG72026
Local meetups and recurring gatherings
Region at a glance
A compact view of the region's documented convention footprint. The figures below describe FurryGuides' published records, not a claim that every convention in North America is listed.
Convention profiles
87
Published guides in this region
Dated editions
463
Convention-year records with dates
Years represented
29
Years with at least one dated record
2026 dated cons
80
Profiles with a dated record this year; 11 more than 2025
Timeline
Each bar shows the number of published convention profiles with a dated edition record in North America for that year.
Showing the 8 most recent of 29 documented years.
Each bar shows the number of published convention profiles with a dated edition record in North America for that year.
| Year | Convention profiles with a dated record |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 1 |
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2004 | 2 |
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| 2007 | 2 |
| 2008 | 2 |
| 2009 | 3 |
| 2010 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 4 |
| 2013 | 7 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 12 |
| 2016 | 15 |
| 2017 | 19 |
| 2018 | 21 |
| 2019 | 23 |
| 2020 | 8 |
| 2021 | 12 |
| 2022 | 23 |
| 2023 | 37 |
| 2024 | 48 |
| 2025 | 69 |
| 2026 | 80 |
| 2027 | 49 |
| 2028 | 2 |
| 2029 | 1 |
Audience signal
Largest reported figure
20,618
attendees · 2026 edition
Reported by Anthrocon.
Largest conventions
71 convention profiles have a numeric attendance figure available.
Growth
Each bar sums the attendance figures conventions in North America reported for editions in that year. Down 10,411 versus 2025.
Showing the 8 most recent of 30 documented years. Totals reflect what conventions published for each year - reporting coverage varies, so a taller bar can also mean more conventions reported.
| Year | Reported attendance total | Reporting conventions |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 500 | 1 |
| 1998 | 600 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1536 | 2 |
| 2000 | 1601 | 2 |
| 2001 | 1968 | 2 |
| 2002 | 2459 | 3 |
| 2003 | 2986 | 4 |
| 2004 | 4098 | 5 |
| 2005 | 4481 | 5 |
| 2006 | 4918 | 5 |
| 2007 | 5731 | 5 |
| 2008 | 6966 | 5 |
| 2009 | 8462 | 6 |
| 2010 | 9754 | 7 |
| 2011 | 10577 | 6 |
| 2012 | 13263 | 8 |
| 2013 | 17283 | 13 |
| 2014 | 22613 | 16 |
| 2015 | 28482 | 17 |
| 2016 | 38764 | 19 |
| 2017 | 46031 | 23 |
| 2018 | 61375 | 27 |
| 2019 | 65651 | 26 |
| 2020 | 17423 | 7 |
| 2021 | 29165 | 13 |
| 2022 | 73397 | 24 |
| 2023 | 106089 | 34 |
| 2024 | 135131 | 40 |
| 2025 | 175658 | 61 |
| 2026 | 165247 | 47 |