0
liters of beer consumed
That's 2.6 Olympic swimming pools
2024Records & Extremes
The Oktoberfest in numbers — mind-blowing statistics from over 200 years of the world's biggest folk festival.
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liters spilled or wasted
Enough to fill 480 bathtubs
20240
EUR — most expensive Maß ever (2025)
20250
seconds — fastest Fassanstich (Christian Ude, 2005)
2 strikes, zero spills
2005Did you know?
If you lined up all the beer consumed at Oktoberfest 2024, it would stretch from Munich to Rome — in Maß glasses.
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visitors — all-time record
19850
visitors in 2024
20240
visitors per day (average)
20240
roast chickens consumed
20240
pork knuckles (Schweinshaxn)
20240
oxen roasted at Ochsenbraterei
20240
metric tons of fish consumed
2024Did you know?
The Oktoberfest lost & found office once received a set of dentures, a wedding dress, and a live parrot.
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items turned in to lost & found
20240
IDs and passports found
20240
wallets turned in
20240
smartphones found
20240
keys found
20240
pairs of glasses
2024Did you know?
The average visitor walks over 10 km per day across the Theresienwiese grounds.
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medical emergencies per year (avg)
20240
people treated for alcohol (per day, peak)
20240
— year of the first Oktoberfest
A horse race to celebrate Crown Prince Ludwig's wedding
18100
days of festival fun
20240
hectares — size of the Theresienwiese
About 43 football fields
20240
temporary workers at the festival
20240
EUR — highest Maß price on eBay (reservation included)
2023Share-Worthy Stats
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6.5 million liters of beer at one festival. That's 2.6 Olympic pools. 🍺
500,000 roast chickens consumed in 16 days. 🍗
520 smartphones lost. Maybe put yours away and enjoy the moment? 📱
Sources & Notes
Sources: Munich Police reports, Stadt München Fundbüro, official Oktoberfest statistics (oktoberfest.de), Bavarian State Office for Statistics.