Tomorrowland has been voted the World’s No. 1 Festival in the 2025 edition of DJ Mag’s Top 100 Festivals. Results for the annual poll of DJ Mag readers were announced via a social media countdown across DJ Mag’s channels, following another record-breaking voting period.
Tomorrowland first clinched the crown back in 2019, when Top 100 Festivals was decided by a panel of DJs, before returning to No. 1 spot in 2022 following the shift to a public vote for the first time. Since then, the festival has topped the poll in both 2023 and 2024. Now, in 2025, Tomorrowland retains its crowd for a fifth time: a testament to the forward-thinking essence of the festival and the hard work of its team.
“This is something we work on year-round with a dedicated team of over 300 people — day and night — with great passion, energy, and love for what we do. Receiving recognition like this, especially when it comes directly from the heart of our community, the DJ Mag readers, is incredibly rewarding and deeply appreciated by everyone across the entire organization.”
Debby Wilmsen, Tomorrowland’s press relations and internal communications lead,
Since its first edition in 2005, Tomorrowland has set new parameters for what’s possible on the global festival circuit, pairing truly groundbreaking stage production with heavyweight line-ups and magical themes for two bumper weekends every July. In 2024, the festival raised the bar once again, debuting its new ‘LIFE’ mainstage, which was christened by Swedish House Mafia with their first Tomorrowland set in 12 years. Improved infrastructure and accessibility across the site made for an even smoother fan experience, whilst the Tomorrowland Academy hosted sets from the youngest DJs in the festival’s history, with artists aged 9 to 17 years old taking to the stage.
Tomorrowland might take place on Belgian soil but the festival is truly global in every other sense, welcoming attendees from over 200 countries — who can be spotted proudly flying their flags in the crowd — and platforming electronic artists from almost every corner of the planet. As a result, the festival’s atmosphere is uniquely international, nurturing the spirit of friendship, collaboration and unity above all else. This unmistakable balance of fan-first ethos with boundary-pushing innovation has made Tomorrowland one of the most talked about festivals in the world, and the global benchmark for large-scale music events.
DJ Mag’s Top 100 Festivals first started in 2019, when winners were selected by a panel of DJs. After a brief hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the poll returned in 2022 with votes being opened up to the public for the first time. Increased numbers have been recorded every year since, and, in 2025, votes came from every corner of the globe, from North and South America to Europe, Asia, Oceania and Africa. In the list below, you’ll find festivals spanning a wide range of electronic music styles, from EDM and hard dance favourites with jaw-dropping production to major house and techno events and underground staples with a sound-system focus. While the line-ups of the festivals voted into this year’s list by DJ Mag readers vary drastically, what they share is a capacity to bring music fans together.
