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Table showing the 10 highest monthly 5k parkrun attendances Month parkrundays Events Finishes May 2025 5 2 10,626 1,812,514 August 2025 5 0 10,726 1,764,197 March 2025 5 0 10,211 1,742,121 November 2025 5 1 10,798 1,643,446 January 2020 4 2 7,442 1,566,513 March 2024 5 0 9,624 1,507,535 August 2024 5 1 10,087 1,488,081 November 2024 5 1 9,895 1,486,731 April 2025 4 1 8,399 1,472,987 January 2025 4 1 8,250 1,467,176

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Despite a noticeable dropoff in the last couple of weeks due to UK weather, November still had the fourth-highest monthly global #parkrun attendance, thanks to the extra Saturday and another 3,864 finishers in the USA on Thanksgiving.

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the 10 highest daily 5k parkrun attendances Date parkrun Countries† Events Finishers 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 12/04/2025 20 2,121 371,368 08/11/2025 20 2,219 371,283 18/10/2025 20 2,224 368,494 25/10/2025 20 2,220 368,192 26/04/2025 20 2,086 367,185 11/10/2025 20 2,207 366,767 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month Month Date parkrun Countries† Events Finishers January 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 February 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375 March 22/03/2025 20 2,091 357,555 April 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 May 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 June 14/06/2025 20 2,108 333,113 July 26/07/2025 20 2,139 337,506 August 30/08/2025 20 2,164 363,627 September 27/09/2025 19 2,183 363,204 October 18/10/2025 20 2,224 368,494 November 08/11/2025 20 2,219 371,283 December 28/12/2024 20 2,025 330,793

Saturday's global #parkrun attendance was the fifth highest ever, and a record for the second half of the year.

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month Month Date parkrun Countries† Events Finishers January 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 February 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375 March 22/03/2025 20 2,091 357,555 April 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 May 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 June 14/06/2025 20 2,108 333,113 July 26/07/2025 20 2,139 337,506 August 30/08/2025 20 2,164 363,627 September 27/09/2025 19 2,183 363,204 October 18/10/2025 20 2,224 368,493 November 01/11/2025 20 2,152 343,839 December 28/12/2024 20 2,025 330,793

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was a record for November.

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the 10 highest daily 5k parkrun attendances Date parkrun Countries Events Finishers 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 12/04/2025 20 2,121 371,368 18/10/2025 20 2,224 368,490 25/10/2025 20 2,214 368,074 26/04/2025 20 2,086 367,185 11/10/2025 20 2,207 366,767 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375 31/05/2025 20 2,124 365,537

Saturday's global #parkrun attendance was the sixth highest ever, just short of the previous weekend's.

Bar graph of parkrun New Zealand finishers by date

Table showing the total dates, events and finishers by parkrun country parkrun Country Dates Events Finishes UK 1,123 332,586 69,020,272 Australia 755 181,417 21,893,106 South Africa 684 75,185 15,085,452 Ireland 616 39,065 3,752,030 New Zealand 685 16,387 2,010,963 Poland 681 34,167 1,875,887 USA 659 18,007 857,784 Germany 354 13,364 608,412 Russia 392 14,438 589,878 Canada 420 11,454 472,937 Japan 317 7,426 261,436 Denmark 819 5,638 239,142 Netherlands 225 3,974 225,612 Italy 481 4,836 175,579 Sweden 410 3,075 138,970 Singapore 485 1,223 97,014 Norway 345 1,854 92,615 Finland 350 1,462 52,179 France 310 1,973 49,321 Austria 216 736 37,982 Malaysia 257 337 30,654 Lithuania 57 57 5,245 Zimbabwe 54 54 834 Iceland 32 32 550 Overall 1,251 768,747 117,573,854

parkrun New Zealand saw their two millionth finish, meaning that over ten billion metres have been run, jogged or walked in NZ since April 2012. 2/2

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of global 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month Month Date parkrun Countries Events Finishers January 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 February 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375 March 22/03/2025 20 2,091 357,555 April 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 May 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 June 14/06/2025 20 2,108 333,113 July 26/07/2025 20 2,139 337,506 August 30/08/2025 20 2,164 363,627 September 27/09/2025 19 2,183 363,204 October 18/10/2025 20 2,208 368,001 November 02/11/2024 20 2,037 341,387 December 28/12/2024 20 2,025 330,793

Table showing the 10 highest daily 5k parkrun attendances Date parkrun Countries Events Finishers 19/04/2025 20 2,105 390,750 03/05/2025 20 2,120 378,924 18/01/2025 20 2,040 378,030 12/04/2025 20 2,121 371,368 18/10/2025 20 2,208 368,001 26/04/2025 20 2,086 367,185 11/10/2025 20 2,206 366,758 01/02/2025 20 2,013 366,375 31/05/2025 20 2,124 365,537 10/05/2025 20 2,121 365,011

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was another record for the second half of the year, and the fifth highest ever. 1/2

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month. 11 October 2025 had 366,497 finishers across 2,192 events (plus any pending results).

Table showing the 10 highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances. 11 October 2025 had 366,497 finishers across 2,192 events (plus any pending results).

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was a new record for the second half of the year, and the sixth highest ever.

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun Austria finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun Germany finishers by date

Storm Amy caused many cancellations in UK/ Ireland/Norway on International #parkrun Day yesterday, meaning global attendance was <300k for the first time since January. Following German Unity Day on Friday, Austria saw a new national record yesterday, and Germany a new Saturday high.

Bar graph of parkrun Germany finishers by date.

Table showing the breakdown of parkruns by day of week Day Dates Events Finishers Saturday 1,076 751,694 114,535,160 Wednesday 69 3,400 751,384 Monday 21 2,533 472,823 Tuesday 17 1,414 300,541 Sunday 21 1,961 291,900 Friday 14 707 108,835 Thursday 30 786 96,696 Total 1,248 762,495 116,557,339

parkrun Germany held their extra Special Day parkruns this morning (German Unity Day), with a large number of international visitors in attendance, and set a new national record, with over 5,000 finishers on a single day for the first time. Friday is still the rarest parkrunday (just 14 times ever).

a man in a blue hat is standing in a kitchen . Alt: GIF of Kevin the Teenager (Harry Enfield character)

13 years ago today I did my first #parkrun, and it eventually became a habit.

There were just 176 events in 8 countries: UK+AF, DK, AU, PL, ZA, NZ and US. Daily finishers (most of which in UK) yet to pass 25,000. Now 2,263 events in 23 countries + 5 territories, record 390,750.

Correction: it's happened every month since Feb 2024 - Jan 2025 was the first time since COVID that all monthly records had been set in the previous 12 months (it was when the long-standing global record of 345,911 from 11 Jan 2020 finally fell).

True - in Nov 2023 it was the first time it had happened since COVID so definitely worth a mention, now it's occurred every month since Jan 2025...

Bar graph of parkrun Japan finishers by date

Stacked area graph showing the growth of the different parkrun clubs (plus all parkrunners on 1-24 parkruns) over time)

Table showing the current number of parkrunners in each of the parkrun clubs: (1-24 parkruns) 5,077,030 25 Club 418,521 50 Club 264,538 100 Club 197,833 250 Club 47,962 500 Club 2,748

parkrun Japan saw a new national record for the second weekend in a row, and the number of 'known' parkrunners passed 7 million, the last million coming in just 14 months. 2/2

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances by month. 27 Sep 2025 had 362,643 finishers across 2,161 events in 19 parkrun countries (plus any pending results).

Table showing the 10 highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances. 27 Sep 2025 had 362,643 finishers across 2,161 events in 19 parkrun countries (plus any pending results).

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was a new record for September (and the 10th highest ever). 1/2

Bar graph of parkrun Japan finishers by date

With all results now counted, Saturday saw a new national record for parkrun Japan.

Bar graph of parkrun Italy finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun Denmark finishers by date

Yesterday saw a new national #parkrun attendance record for Italy, while Denmark set a new record for a Saturday, equalling their overall record of 1,441 finishers set on Constitution Day in June 2023.

Strava screenshot showing 'Alvaston freedom parkrun' at 09:00 this morning

Remember to always check the website for cancellations. 🙄

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month. 6 September 2025 had 355,334 finishers across 2,163 events (plus any pending results).

Stacked area graph showing the number of people in each of the parkrun volunteer clubs by date. I don't have actual numbers earlier than 31 October 2021, so have shown an estimated total from cumulative registrations.

Saturday's global #parkrun attendance was a new record for September, and saw the number of people who have volunteered at a 5k or junior parkrun pass one million. blog.parkrun.com/uk/2025/09/0...

Spellcheckers of the world, please stop underlining the 'en' in 'en route'. Thank you.

Bar graph of parkrun USA finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun UK 5k finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun UK 5k finishers by date

Table showing the 10 highest daily UK 5k parkrun attendances. 30 August 2025 had 226,741 finishers across 833 events (plus any pending results).

It was also a record for parkrun USA (again for the second Saturday in a row), and the second-highest turnout for parkrun UK (whose top 10 days have all either been in late April, May or August). 2/2

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the 10 highest daily 5k parkrun attendances. 30 August 2025 had 363,459 finishers across 2,155 events in 20 parkrun countries (plus any pending results).

Table showing the 10 highest monthly 5k parkrun attendances. August 2025 had 1,764,026 finishers across 10,717 events and 5 Saturday parkrundays (plus any pending results).

For the second Saturday running, yesterday saw the 9th highest global #parkrun turnout ever, helping make August the second highest-attended month to date. 1/2

Bar graph of parkrun USA finishers by date

Scatter plot showing parkrun USA inaugural attendances

parkrun USA saw another new record turnout (their 5th in the last 3 months). The new Brooklyn Bridge parkrun proved to be a huge draw - 536 finishers was over 10% of national total, 2nd highest ever seen at a single event, and largest inaugural US attendance by some margin. 2/2

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing 10 highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances. 23 August 2025 had 362,211 finishers across 2,130 events in 20 parkrun countries (plus any pending results)

Table showing 10 highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances by month. 23 August 2025 had 362,211 finishers across 2,130 events in 20 parkrun countries (plus any pending results).

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was once again a record for the second half of the year, and the 9th highest ever. 1/2

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month. 16 August 2025 had 253,466 finishers across 2,145 events (plus any pending results).

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the highest ever seen in the second half of the year, for the second Saturday running (and the 12th highest of all time).

Table showing highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month

Bar graph of parkrun Singapore finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun Finland finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun Germany finishers by date

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was the highest ever seen in the second half of the year (and the 16th highest ever).

There were new national records for Singapore (yesterday was Singapore National Day, which is usually an extra, non-Saturday parkrunday), Finland and Germany.

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendances by month. 2 August 2025 had 340,846 finishers across 2,214 events (plus any pending results).

Bar graph of parkrun Canada finishers by date

Bar graph of parkrun USA finishers by date

Saturday's global #parkrun attendance was the highest ever seen in August, with new national records for Canada and the USA.

Bar graph of 5k parkrun finishers by date

Table showing the highest daily global 5k parkrun attendance by month. 26 July 2025 had 336,847 finishers across 2,124 events (plus any pending results).

Yesterday's global #parkrun attendance was a record for July and the second highest ever seen in the second half of the year.

Bar graph of parkrun Netherlands finishers by date

Table showing the number of parkrundays, events and total finishers by parkrun country. Some parkrun 'countries' cover multiple sovereign countries (e.g. parkrun South Africa events in Eswatini and Namibia).

The Netherlands saw their 200,000th finish, which means that over a billion metres have now been run, jogged or walked since the first Dutch parkrun in 2020. 2/2