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# NeurIPS drew 26,400 attendees in 2025, more than twice any other AI conference
- URL: https://aiadoption.org/data/largest-ai-conferences-attendance/
- Published: 2026-10-19T06:30:55.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-21T06:04:30.000Z
- Description: NeurIPS drew about 26,400 attendees in 2025, up 34%, more than twice ICLR (11,000) or CVPR (9,400).
- Author: Manu
- Tags: Data, AI Research, #chart, #ai-index-2026, #hub-research

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NeurIPS attendance in 2025, up 34% from 19,800 in 2024; ICLR was second with 11,000

NeurIPS26,382

ICLR11,039

CVPR9,375

## What the chart shows

NeurIPS remains by far the largest AI research conference, with about 26,400 attendees in 2025, up 34% from 19,800 in 2024\. ICLR came second with 11,000, after growing from 6,500 a year earlier, followed by CVPR (9,400).

Hover over the chart for figures; the download includes every year from 2010.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value  |
| ------- | ------ |
| NeurIPS | 26,382 |
| ICLR    | 11,039 |
| CVPR    | 9,375  |
| ICML    | 8,000  |
| IROS    | 8,000  |

## How to read it

- Attendance as reported by organisers, including virtual attendees where applicable.
- Shows 2025; download the CSV for the full series.

**Source:** [AI Index](https://aiadoption.org/sources/#ai-index), 2025, via the AI Index Report 2026 (Stanford HAI), figure 1.6.4: *Attendance at larger conferences, 2010–25*. Chart and text by AI Adoption.  
Numbers checked against the published data on 19 October 2026.  
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