If you attended CES 2025 in Las Vegas in early January, then you already know that the annual technology conference was crazy crowded. Now, an independent audit proves it.
The show ran Jan. 7 to 10 after two days of preshow events for journalists. The conference drew 142,465 participants from across the globe, show owner Consumer Technology Association announced Thursday in a press release.
That’s an increase of 2.7% from last year’s CES. But it’s down from the show’s peak of 184,279 in 2017.
CES has been steadily climbing in attendance since the Covid pandemic canceled the 2021 in-person show and shortened the 2022 show.
The Consumer Technology Association is focused on the quality of the show attendees, not the quantity. It noted increases in attendance from senior-level executives, investors and media.
CES 2025 included more than 4,500 exhibitors, up from 4,312 last year. The show floor covered 2.5 million net square of exhibit space, on par with the 2024 show.
CES 2025 also drew 6,582 members of the news media. That’s back above pre-pandemic levels.
CES will return to Las Vegas Jan. 6-9, 2026. The conference is still referred to by many as the Consumer Electronics Show, even though it dropped that name more than 20 years ago. (I can’t find the exact year. Even those vaunted AI chatbots couldn’t help. The show organizer changed its name to the Consumer Technology Association from the Consumer Electronics Association later, in 2015, though.)
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Photo: CES 2025 signage outside the Las Vegas Convention Center. (Patrick Seitz)
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