Larpit.fi – Crowd-sourced archive of Finnish larp

Statistics

This page contains fun and maybe useful statistics about larping in Finland.

Please note that not all games ever played have been added to Larpit.fi yet, so the actual number of games and participants is certainly higher.

Pages by type

Type	Count
One-shot larp	1218
Campaign larp	378
Other event	88
Campaign	15
Multiple runs	8
Other event series	3
Total	1710

Larps by language

Language	Count
Finnish	1545
English	16
Other	13
Swedish	3
Total	1577

Events other than larps are excluded.

Larps by year

Year	Count
1989	1
1990	0
1991	0
1992	0
1993	1
1994	2
1995	2
1996	4
1997	6
1998	20
1999	20
2000	28
2001	29
2002	30
2003	36
2004	20
2005	29
2006	28
2007	35
2008	24
2009	26
2010	18
2011	20
2012	23
2013	20
2014	29
2015	102
2016	99
2017	141
2018	124
2019	115
2020	66
2021	35
2022	91
2023	78
2024	101
2025	83
2026	79
2027	8
Total	1573

Events other than larps are excluded.

Larps by month

Month	Count
January	105
February	89
March	95
April	116
May	159
June	126
July	140
August	204
September	176
October	139
November	131
December	93

Events other than larps are excluded.

Larps by week number

Week	Month	Count
1	January	30
2	January	19
3	January	22
4	January	24
5	January	27
6	February	25
7	February	13
8	February	23
9	February	18
10	March	16
11	March	22
12	March	26
13	March	29
14	April	17
15	April	26
16	April	34
17	April	30
18	May	34
19	May	22
20	May	38
21	May	53
22	May	26
23	June	43
24	June	39
25	June	10
26	June	30
27	July	51
28	July	26
29	July	30
30	July	20
31	August	44
32	August	37
33	August	50
34	August	43
35	August	56
36	September	29
37	September	52
38	September	42
39	September	37
40	October	37
41	October	27
42	October	30
43	October	33
44	October	28
45	November	29
46	November	31
47	November	30
48	November	29
49	December	44
50	December	25
51	December	6
52	December	6
53	January	5

Events other than larps are excluded. Month is approximated based on the Saturday of the corresponding week in 2015.

Number of participants by year

Year	Player characters	Total participants
1989	4	6
1990	0	0
1991	0	0
1992	0	0
1993	0	0
1994	0	0
1995	0	0
1996	0	0
1997	0	0
1998	0	0
1999	30	30
2000	214	229
2001	342	343
2002	30	30
2003	0	0
2004	77	111
2005	60	68
2006	112	130
2007	39	47
2008	11	11
2009	33	39
2010	0	0
2011	30	46
2012	95	113
2013	148	159
2014	41	128
2015	288	399
2016	394	691
2017	166	431
2018	247	426
2019	550	720
2020	163	219
2021	201	232
2022	150	430
2023	396	622
2024	497	744
2025	581	778
2026	2067	2322
2027	114	128
Total	7080	9632

Sum of the number of player characters and total participants in larps with known number of total participants. Events other than larps are excluded. Please note that not all larps have this information available, so the actual number of participants is certainly higher.

Larps by municipality

Municipality	Count
Oulu	258
Helsinki	178
Tampere	158
Kangasala	114
Rovaniemi	53
Ylöjärvi	41
Hollola	38
Vihti	35
Turku	33
Espoo	32
Parkano	26
Raahe	25
Joensuu	24
Hämeenlinna	22
Lapua	16
Sauvo	16
Taivassalo	15
Kuopio	12
Mikkeli	12
Pälkäne	12
Jyväskylä	11
Kaarina	11
Lohja	11
Vantaa	11
Orivesi	10
Pudasjärvi	10
Tuusula	10
Lahti	9
Savonlinna	9
Kuortane	8
Loviisa	8
Muhos	8
Mäntsälä	8
Haapavesi	7
Hanko	7
Nokia	7
Sastamala	7
Leppävirta	5
Outokumpu	5
Akaa	4
Janakkala	4
Kirkkonummi	4
Kokkola	4
Kuhmoinen	4
Lempäälä	4
Padasjoki	4
Porvoo	4
Saarijärvi	4
Seinäjoki	4
Tammela	4
Urjala	4
Ii	3
Inkoo	3
Kajaani	3
Kannus	3
Kemi	3
Kerava	3
Masku	3
Nivala	3
Vesilahti	3
Alavus	2
Huittinen	2
Hyvinkää	2
Ilmajoki	2
Järvenpää	2
Keminmaa	2
Kempele	2
Kitee	2
Kruunupyy	2
Lapinjärvi	2
Loppi	2
Maalahti	2
Mänttä-Vilppula	2
Naantali	2
Nousiainen	2
Närpiö	2
Orimattila	2
Pietarsaari	2
Siikajoki	2
Sipoo	2
Tornio	2
Utajärvi	2
Vaala	2
Eura	1
Hattula	1
Iisalmi	1
Iitti	1
Ikaalinen	1
Joutsa	1
Jämsä	1
Kalajoki	1
Kauhava	1
Kaustinen	1
Kihniö	1
Kiuruvesi	1
Kouvola	1
Kuhmo	1
Kuusamo	1
Nurmijärvi	1
Polvijärvi	1
Posio	1
Pyhäjoki	1
Pyhäranta	1
Raasepori	1
Ranua	1
Rauma	1
Ruovesi	1
Salo	1
Somero	1
Sysmä	1
Tyrnävä	1
Uurainen	1
Uusikaarlepyy	1
Vaasa	1
Viitasaari	1
Virrat	1
Total	1436

Includes larps with known municipality. Events other than larps are excluded.