RunSignup Releases 2024 Top 100 Largest Road Races; 3 Colorado Races Make List

RunSignup released a list of the Top 100 Largest Road Races in the United States. In the absence of a single aggregator for US road race data, this report is compiled to improve the industry understanding of the top tier, most attended, events. The report ranks races based on the publicly available finisher counts for each race weekend in 2024 and evaluates the decline and growth in participation.

In Colorado, the BOULDER Bolder 10K ranked 4th. The Colorado Colfax Races and the Boulderthon Races also ranked on the list.

While large races have been the slowest to reach full recovery from the pandemic, the Top 100 Largest Race list in 2024 has encouraging indicators. Forty percent of the races that were on both the 2019 and 2024 list had grown by 2024. On average, races were just 1.4% smaller in 2024 than 2019, and they saw an average growth of 10.9% compared to last year.

Highlights of the report include:

• Four registration platforms hosted 65% of the races, including 19 on RunSignup, 16 on Race Roster, 15 on Haku, and 14 on Active.
• The top 5 largest races in 2024 included the TCS New York City Marathon & Abbot Dash to the Finish 5K, the Bank of America Chicago Marathon & Abbot Chicago 5K, the AJC Peachtree Road Race, BOLDERBoulder, and the Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend. All were in the top 6 in 2023, and all exceeded 40,000 finishers in 2024.
• Thirty-six races that were on the list both years grew compared to 2019. The most significant growth was seen by the NYCRUNS Brooklyn Marathon & Half (275%), the Rocky Run (96%), the BMW Dallas Marathon Festival (93%), the Long Beach Marathon and Half Marathon (82%, and the HOAG OC Marathon Running Festival.
• Fourteen races from the 2023 list did not make the top 100 in 2024. Of those, 8 had declining participation in 2024 and failed to make the list, 5 grew their participation, but were beaten out by races that grew even faster, and one did not have publicly available results to verify finishers.

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2024 Rank	2024 Finishers	2023 Finishers	2019 Finishers	Change ’23-24	Change ’19-’24	Name	Location	Registration Provider 2024
1	65,520	61,480	53,519	6.6%	22.4%	TCS New York City Marathon + Abbott Dash to the Finish Line 5k	New York, NY	In-House
2	61,341	57,640	45,852	6.4%	33.8%	Bank of America Chicago Marathon + Abbott Chicago 5k	Chicago, IL	Haku
3	43,338	37,557	60,636	15.4%	-28.5%	AJC Peachtree Road Race	Atlanta, GA	Let’s Do This
4	41,388	34,974	41,197	18.3%	0.5%	BOLDERBoulder	Boulder, CO	Configio
5	40,321	39,906	42,342	1.0%	-4.8%	Walt Disney World Marathon Weekend	Lake Buena Vista, FL	Haku
6	34,697	35,445	35,127	-2.1%	-1.2%	Boston Marathon + BAA 5k	Boston, MA	In-House
7	31,455	28,025	34,565	12.2%	-9.0%	Independence Blue Cross Broad Street Run	Philadelphia, PA	RunSignup
8	30,253	26,113	32,285	15.9%	-6.3%	Hot Chocolate 15K/5K – Chicago	Chicago, IL	Enmotive
9	28,456	25,416	26,818	12.0%	6.1%	RBC Brooklyn Half	Brooklyn, NY	In-House
10	27,897	25,773	34,832	8.2%	-19.9%	Lilac Bloomsday Run	Spokane, WA	ClickM
11	27,843	24,769	24,659	12.4%	12.9%	United Airlines NYC Half	New York, NY	In-House
12	27,525	28,394	25,729	-3.1%	7.0%	Philadelphia Marathon Weekend – AACR Marathon, Dietz & Watson Philadelphia Half Marathon, and Rothman Orthopaedics 8K	Philadelphia, PA	Race Roster
13	27,305	26,287	32,362	3.9%	-15.6%	Disney Princess Half Marathon Weekend Presented by Corkcicle	Orlando, FL	Haku
14	26,827	22,107	26,967	21.4%	-0.5%	Honolulu Marathon	Honolulu, HI	Real Buzz
15	26,765	22,365	29,287	19.7%	-8.6%	Cooper River Bridge Run	Charleston, SC	Race Roster
16	25,970	23,520	24,709	10.4%	5.1%	Chevron Houston Marathon / Aramco 13.1 Houston Half Marathon / We Are Houston 5K Presented by Chevron & Aramco	Houston, TX	Haku
17	25,610	25,544	25,168	0.3%	1.8%	Disney Wine & Dine Half Marathon Weekend	Orlando, FL	Haku
18	25,550	14,769	n/a	73.0%		JP Morgan Corporate Challenge- NY	New York, NY	In-House
19	25,040	27,108	23,539	-7.6%	6.4%	Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series – San Diego	San Diego, CA	Active
20	25,027	26,870	31,325	-6.9%	-20.1%	Flying Pig Marathon Weekend Presented by P&G	Cincinnati, OH	Race Roster
21	24,520	22,612	20,358	8.4%	20.4%	Credit Union Cherry Blossom Ten Mile & 5K	Washington, DC	MarathonGuide
22	23,811	21,628	n/a	10.1%		runDisney Springtime Surprise Weekend	Orlando, FL	Haku
23	22,491	20,918	17,587	7.5%	27.9%	San Francisco Marathon	San Francisco, CA	In-House
24	22,136	12,839	11,314	72.4%	95.7%	Rocky Run	Philadelphia, PA	Active
25	21,861	11,371	26,106	92.3%	-16.3%	Marine Corps Marathon	Washington, DC	Haku
26	21,727	11,735	5,794	85.1%	275.0%	NYCRUNS Brooklyn Half Marathon	New York, NY	In-House
27	21,671	16,809	26,096	28.9%	-17.0%	Los Angeles Marathon Presented by ASICS	Los Angeles, CA	Active
28	21,391	19,521	20,781	9.6%	2.9%	Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle	Chicago, IL	Haku
29	21,145	26,530	35,433	-20.3%	-40.3%	Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series – Las Vegas	Las Vegas, NV	Njuko
30	20,523	4,338	17,796	373.1%	15.3%	Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon Weekend & Medtronic TC 10 Mile	Minneapolis, MN	Race Roster
31	20,325	18,209	23,060	11.6%	-11.9%	Annual Pat’s Run Presented by TEKsystems	Tempe, AZ	RunSignup
32	19,748	20,212	20,140	-2.3%	-1.9%	Dick’s Pittsburgh Marathon	Pittsburgh, PA	Race Roster
33	19,652	17,144	23,426	14.6%	-16.1%	OneAmerica 500 Festival Mini-Marathon	Indianapolis, IN	RunSignup
34	19,225	17,583	25,107	9.3%	-23.4%	Army Ten Miler	Washington, DC	Active
35	19,119	16,661	18,852	14.8%	1.4%	The Cowtown Fort Worth Texas Running Events	Fort Worth, TX	Race Roster
36	18,966	n/a	n/a			Disneyland Halloween Half Marathon Weekend	Anaheim, CA	Haku
37	18,396	14,983	20,170	22.8%	-8.8%	Ukrop’s Monument Avenue 10K	Richmond, VA	RunSignup
38	18,344	16,803	9,518	9.2%	92.7%	BMW Dallas Marathon Festival	Dallas, TX	Race Roster
39	18,030	20,201	19,702	-10.7%	-8.5%	St. Jude Memphis Marathon Weekend	Memphis, TN	Blackbaud
40	17,943	22,633	24,485	-20.7%	-26.7%	St. Jude Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series – Nashville	Nashille, TN	Active
41	17,827	17,704	19,535	0.7%	-8.7%	Life Time Miami Marathon, Half Marathon & Tropical 5k	Miami, FL	CTL
42	17,799	n/a	n/a			Disneyland Half Marathon Weekend Presented by Honda	Anaheim, CA	Haku
43	17,556	16,358	18,957	7.3%	-7.4%	Grandma’s Marathon – Garry Bjorklund Half Marathon	Duluth, MN	Race Roster
44	17,495	14,560	15,382	20.2%	13.7%	Allianz Richmond Marathon, CarMax Half Marathon, and VCU Health Richmond 8K	Richmond, VA	RunSignup
45	17,292	13,992		23.6%		Hood To Coast	Seaside Beach, Oregon	In-House
46	17,187	11,560	9,456	48.7%	81.8%	Long Beach Marathon and Half Marathon	Long Beach, CA	Active
47	17,059	15,388	16,864	10.9%	1.2%	Applied Materials Silicon Valley Turkey Trot	San Jose, CA	RunSignup
48	16,526	16,554	18,806	-0.2%	-12.1%	Detroit Free Press Marathon	Detroit, MI	Enmotive
49	16,234	13,379	13,914	21.3%	16.7%	Ascension Seton Austin Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K	Austin, TX	EventDog
50	16,170	22,060	n/a	-26.7%		Statesman Capitol 10K	Austin, TX	Enmotive
51	16,080	12,176	10,750	32.1%	49.6%	HOAG OC Marathon Running Festival	New Port Beach, CA	RunSignup
52	16,010	11,858	18,336	35.0%	-12.7%	Bay to Breakers	San Francisco, CA	Active
53	15,643	16,426	17,056	-4.8%	-8.3%	Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series USA Marathon	Washington, DC	Active
54	15,499	15,415	26,476	0.5%	-41.5%	Publix Gasparilla Distance Classic	Tampa, FL	Race Roster
55	15,490	15,091	n/a	2.6%		Bay Bridge Run	Annapolis, MD	RunSignup
56	15,456	17,511	16,649	-11.7%	-7.2%	Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series – San Antonio	San Antonio, TX	Active
57	14,225	11,439	9,929	24.4%	43.3%	Denver Colfax Marathon Presented by Cigna	Denver, CO	Race Roster
58	13,868	12,738	19,965	8.9%	-30.5%	Yuengling Shamrock Marathon, Anthem Half Marathon, and Townebank 8K	Virginia Beach, VA	Haku
59	13,767	12,418	14,348	10.9%	-4.0%	Oklahoma City Memorial Marathon	Oklahoma City, OK	Haku
60	13,548	10,712	16,182	26.5%	-16.3%	CNO Financial Group Indianapolis Monumental Marathon	Indianapolis, IN	Haku
61	13,515	11,550	11,396	17.0%	18.6%	Surf City USA Marathon and Half Marathon Presented by 361	Huntington Beach, CA	Active
62	13,246	13,009	12,616	1.8%	5.0%	Gate River Run	Jacksonville, FL	Race Roster
63	13,151	12,339	13,333	6.6%	-1.4%	Santa Cruz to Capitola Wharf to Wharf Race Brought to you by Sutter Health	Santa Cruz, CA	Race Roster
64	13,084	11,955	13,106	9.4%	-0.2%	Detroit Thanksgiving Parade Turkey Trot	Detroit, MI	USA and Motion
65	13,063	10,242	13,942	27.5%	-6.3%	Crescent City Classic	New Orleans, LA	RunSignup
66	12,539	9,906	12,604	26.6%	-0.5%	Shamrock Run Fest Half Marathon Presented by Toyota	Portland, OR	Active
67	12,480	8,594	9,647	45.2%	29.4%	Quad-City Times Bix7	Davenport, IA	Haku
68	12,174	7,391	n/a	64.7%		JP Morgan Corporate Challenge – Chicago	Chicago, IL	In-House
69	12,108	11,355	11,854	6.6%	2.1%	NYRR Five Borough Series: Citizens Queens 10K	Queens, NY	In-House
70	12,095	11,887	12,414	1.7%	-2.6%	New Balance Bronx 10 Miler	New York, NY	In-House
71	11,839	11,046	11,912	7.2%	-0.6%	Buffalo YMCA Turkey Trot 8K	Buffalo, NY	RunSignup
72	11,681	10,186	12,530	14.7%	-6.8%	Columbus Marathon	Columbus, OH	RunSignup
73	11,630	10,137	15,569	14.7%	-25.3%	Utica Boilermaker Road Race	Utica, NY	RunSignup
74	11,444	9,259	n/a	23.6%		Lexus Corporate Run – Miami	Miami, FL	Haku
75	11,277	11,534	13,510	-2.2%	-16.5%	Wheeler Mission Drumstick Dash	Indianapolis, IN	RunSignup
76	11,070	9,198	11,544	20.4%	-4.1%	ASICS Falmouth Road Race	Falmouth, MA	Race Roster
77	11,033	21,722	12,682	-49.2%	-13.0%	Hot Chocolate 15K/5K – San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	Enmotive
78	10,843	10,570	10,403	2.6%	4.2%	Spring Lake 5 Mile Run	Spring Lake, NJ	RunSignup
79	10,839	9,147	8,712	18.5%	24.4%	Rose Bowl Half Marathon & 5K	Santa Monica, CA	Haku
80	10,761	n/a	n/a			Diplo’s Run Club – San Francisco	San Francisco, CA	RunSignup
81	10,336	9,984	17,020	3.5%	-39.3%	Baltimore Running Festival	Baltimore, MD	RunSignup
82	9,965	14,378	15,990	-30.7%	-37.7%	Rock ‘n’ Roll Running Series – Arizona	Phoenix, AZ	Active
83	9,694	8,371	8,880	15.8%	9.2%	Mastercard New York Mini 10K	New York, NY	In-House
84	9,660	6,148	1,159	57.1%	733.5%	Seattle Cherry Blossom Run	Seattle, WA	RunSignup
85	9,543	6,894	12,399	38.4%	-23.0%	Essentia Health Fargo Marathon	Fargo, ND	Enmotive
86	9,449	7,987	9,457	18.3%	-0.1%	Hot Chocolate 15K/5K – Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	Enmotive
87	9,296	9,453	9,972	-1.7%	-6.8%	NYRR Staten Island Half	New York, NY	In-House
88	9,276	6,784	12,919	36.7%	-28.2%	St. Luke’s FitOne	Boise, ID	RunSignup
89	9,139	8,572	9,673	6.6%	-5.5%	Thanksgiving Day Half Marathon, 5K, Mile & Dash	Atlanta, GA	Let’s Do This
90	9,125	10,165	7,475	-10.2%	22.1%	California International Marathon	Sacramento, CA	Race Roster
91	9,109	5,076	n/a	79.5%		Boulderthon Boulder Marathon Presented by Puma	Boulder, CO	In-House
92	8,915	6,761	4,942	31.9%	80.4%	Eugene Marathon	Eugene Oregon	Active
93	8,810	8,596	9,277	2.5%	-5.0%	New Balance 5th Avenue Mile	New York, NY	In-House
94	8,771	9,465	8,556	-7.3%	2.5%	Thanksgiving Day Race	Cincinnati, OH	GetMeRegistered
95	8,761	8,329	n/a	5.2%		Dana Point Turkey Trot	Dana Point, CA	Race Roster
96	8,753	8,475	8,536	3.3%	2.5%	Life Time Chicago Half Marathon & 5K Presented by HOKA	Chicago, IL	CTL
97	8,570	6,935	8,774	23.6%	-2.3%	BMW Love Run Philadelphia Half Marathon	Philadelphia, PA	Active
98	8,558	7,132	10,497	20.0%	-18.5%	Hot Chocolate 15k/5k	Columbus, OH	Enmotive
99	8,531	7,454	8,818	14.4%	-3.3%	Ohio Capital City Half & Quarter Marathon	Columbus, OH	Haku
100	8,474	5,771	4,635	46.8%	82.8%	Cambridge Half Marathon	Cambridge, MA	RunSignup