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🇦🇺 Laneway Festival Sydney 2026

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Latest edition8 Feb 2026

LocationSydney, Australia

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Real-Time Online Performance (1st Showday to 5 days after last showday)

132 postsi753.9k engagementsi4.8% Real-Time ERi9.8m video viewsi737.9k likesi3.0k commentsi7.1k sharesi5.9k savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥i

GenresIndie · Pop · Alternative

Daily capacity20,000

OwnershipCompanies: St Jerome's Laneway Pty Ltd, Laneway Festival / Group: TEG

LinksWebsite · Instagram (229.7k followers) · TikTok (62.0k followers)

FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE

57.8

2026

FEI

🌎 Ranked: #76 Worldwide

🇦🇺 Ranked: #6 in Australia

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🌎 Ranked: #14 in the World for Indie•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Indie•🌎 Ranked: #37 in the World for Pop•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Pop•🌎 Ranked: #20 in the World for Alternative•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Alternative•🌎 Ranked: #14 in the World for Indie•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Indie•🌎 Ranked: #37 in the World for Pop•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Pop•🌎 Ranked: #20 in the World for Alternative•🇦🇺 Ranked: #4 in Australia for Alternative•

For Real-Time Posting Volume (132)

🌎 Ranked: #65 in the World

🇦🇺 Ranked: #2 in Australia

For Real-Time Posting Volume (132)

🌎 Ranked: #65 in the World

🇦🇺 Ranked: #2 in Australia

For # Total Engagements (753.9k)

🌎 Ranked: #39 in the World

🇦🇺 Ranked: #2 in Australia

For Real-Time Engagement Rate (4.8%)

🌎 Ranked: #44 in the World

🇦🇺 Ranked: #7 in Australia

For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥)

🌎 Ranked: #187 in the World

🇦🇺 Ranked: #8 in Australia

What's shaping this score?

Massive reach, warm crowd, comments stay quiet

What's Working

Instagram is where Laneway lands hardest: it turns more of its reach into reactions than in the top 25% of Instagram accounts worldwide, a rare strength on a platform where most festivals struggle to convert viewers into engagers.

Its posts caught more likes and shares across the run than three quarters of festivals worldwide, and more reactions than all but two festivals in Australia, proving the content moved people at scale.

The video punches through: its Reels and TikToks are watched far beyond the festival's own following, a signature of content that travels beyond the converted.

The feed never went quiet: Laneway posted 62 times a day on Instagram and 70 times a day on TikTok during the PAW (peak attention window), both well above the 25 to 50 posts per day standard for real-time festival coverage, keeping the audience in the moment all weekend.

One of the three warmest comment sections of any TEG festival, a genuine distinction in a cohort where sentiment often runs cool.

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Most engaging posts, this edition

1TikTokView post ↗
Who’s our Melbourne Sally gonna be? 😋
64.0k engagements · Engagement Rate 21.9% · Sentiment: 🥶
2TikTokView post ↗
🥹🥹🥹 yes i am and i always will!!!!!!! @tucker 🫶 #laneway2026
53.4k engagements · Engagement Rate 18.3% · Sentiment: 🔥
3Insta Post (static)View post ↗
Sallies with @rolemodel
48.6k engagements · Engagement Rate 16.7% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
4Insta ReelView post ↗
Pink doing her big one 🎥: @jamiesonfilm @mellowminh @phillip.antoniolemos
34.1k engagements · Engagement Rate 11.7% · Sentiment: 🥶
5TikTokView post ↗
She’s got she’s got a wig!
30.1k engagements · Engagement Rate 10.3% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥