🇺🇸 Sonic Temple 2026

Latest edition14-17 May 2026

LocationColumbus, OH, United States

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

222 postsi2.5m engagementsi6.4% Real-Time ERi21.0m video viewsi2.3m likesi24.0k commentsi86.3k sharesi79.7k savesiSentiment: 🔥🔥🔥i

GenresRock · Metal

Daily capacity40,000

OwnershipCompany: Danny Wimmer Presents / Group: Danny Wimmer Group

LinksWebsite · Instagram (149.7k followers) · TikTok (57.1k followers)

FESTIVAL ENGAGEMENT INDEX SCORE

69.9

2026

FEI

🌎 Ranked: #21 Worldwide

🇺🇸 Ranked: #9 in United States

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🌎 Ranked: #13 in the World for Rock•🇺🇸 Ranked: #4 in United States for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #2 in the World for Metal•🇺🇸 Ranked: #1 in United States for Metal•🌎 Ranked: #13 in the World for Rock•🇺🇸 Ranked: #4 in United States for Rock•🌎 Ranked: #2 in the World for Metal•🇺🇸 Ranked: #1 in United States for Metal•

For Real-Time Posting Volume (222)

🌎 Ranked: #17 in the World

🇺🇸 Ranked: #11 in United States

For Real-Time Posting Volume (222)

🌎 Ranked: #17 in the World

🇺🇸 Ranked: #11 in United States

For # Total Engagements (2.5m)

🌎 Ranked: #10 in the World

🇺🇸 Ranked: #8 in United States

For Real-Time Engagement Rate (6.4%)

🌎 Ranked: #16 in the World

🇺🇸 Ranked: #6 in United States

For Sentiment Rating (🔥🔥🔥)

🌎 Ranked: #161 in the World

🇺🇸 Ranked: #31 in United States

What's shaping this score?

Metal's biggest reaction haul, both platforms firing

What's Working

Its posts caught more reactions than any other Metal festival on the planet, and among the three best at turning reach into reactions. The haul sits in the top 10% of festivals worldwide.

Its video travels. Reels and TikToks from Sonic Temple reach audience sizes only a handful of festivals anywhere ever see.

People stop and react. More of them like, comment or share than at three quarters of festivals worldwide, and this holds across both platforms: Instagram lands in the top 25% against other Instagram accounts and TikTok in the top 10% against other TikTok accounts. Most festivals lean on one channel and let the other drift; Sonic Temple does not.

Fans are bookmarking these posts. People only save what they intend to come back to, and Sonic Temple's posts get saved more than at almost any festival in the world.

The feed never went quiet. A steady run of real-time content kept the audience in the moment all weekend, with 36 posts per day on Instagram during the PAW (peak attention window) and 19 per day on TikTok.

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Most engaging posts, this edition

1TikTokView post ↗
chills @Pierce The Veil #piercetheveil #sonictemple
380.3k engagements · Engagement Rate 184.1% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥
2Insta ReelView post ↗
@bringmethehorizon x @maphramusic live debut of “Doomed” together at Sonic Temple. For the first time ever.
259.7k engagements · Engagement Rate 125.7% · Sentiment: 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
3TikTokView post ↗
🤟 @Sublime
133.0k engagements · Engagement Rate 64.4% · Sentiment: 🔥
4TikTokView post ↗
RUNNNN #mychemicalromance #sonictemple
131.1k engagements · Engagement Rate 63.4% · Sentiment: 🥶🥶🥶
5TikTokView post ↗
THE CROWDDDD @Pierce The Veil #piercetheveil
118.3k engagements · Engagement Rate 57.3% · Sentiment: 🔥