Tag: anthrocon

I want to make this clear these are UNOFFICIAL numbers.

As of this posting Anthrocon has made nothing official

Attendance: 13,644 (they broke MFF’s attendance record by three!)

Fursuiters in Parade: 3,127

Amount donated to charity: $51,064 (and counting!)

Okay folks now get this Anthrocon jumped by 3,742 which makes it the largest jump (when made official) in furry history. But also the 2nd con this year to increase attendance by more than 3,000 FWA being the previous one to do so which itself was a record.

Up until this year some were saying Anthrocon was a slowly dying con. With bare minimum increases in attendance only a few 100s at best. Less Dealers and artist applying for spots. Less fursuiters.

But this year changed all of that, it seems that old friendly competition is back between MFF and Anthrocon as in who will be the biggest.

Will MFF break 16,000? Only time will tell.

Helpful links and info during #Anthrocon!

Schedule: http://anthrocon.sched.com

Livestream: http://anthrocon.tv

Convention map: http://anthrocon.org/2023-convention-map…

Shuttle buses: http://anthrocon.org/shuttle-bus

Anthrocon has heard the concerns of our members, and in response, will be posting the convention COVID policy details and guidelines in the coming week. Our policy will address vaccination and masking requirements and procedures. We will incorporate local guidance into the policy, with updates as needed, closer to the convention date. We sincerely apologize for any concerns or confusion to our membership regarding this topic.

I know some might be surprised by this image, but really that is all is on their site zero details.

https://anthrocon.regfox.com/anthroconreg

So I can only assume it will either be announced later or you’ll find out when you get there

My guess the artist is Blotch

Let me point out that is over 2,000 fursuiters, the largest number I had ever heard at any con.

Registration: 9702

Parade/Photo: 2562 fursuiters

Charity: $33,092.70

After a 3 year absence I would say Anthrocon did extremely well.

But what do those registration numbers say…

Before the pandemic some even thought Anthrocon was a dying convention. But this year proved them wrong by a full 20% jump in attendance that’s 344 over 2019.

As some of you might remember there was always a friendly fight between MFF and Anthrocon over who gets the larger attendance. But MFF in 2021 only had 8900, that’s a full 802 less than Anthrocon 2022. Will MFF lose out to Anthrocon this year? Only time will tell.