The Story of Men with Microphones & 1 Million Sold Tickets
How Can Some Tours Have so Many Attending but Still Rank so Low?
This post is a part of a series digging into the stories revealed by the data of The Top 100 Tours of 2017.
Find the list here and an overview of the other stories here.
A Closer Look
Q: How Can Some Tours Sell so Many Tickets Yet Not Rank Higher?
The relationship between "number of tickets sold" and "end of year rank" tends to be pretty linear. The 4 acts that sold over 2 million tickets in 2017, are also the top 4 ranking acts of the year.
Looking more closely at the 9 acts which sold between 1 and 2 million tickets in 2017 reveals a notable exception to this linear trend. Most rank near enough to the top; but two don't. Country artists Luke Bryan and Florida Georgia Line both sold over 1 million tickets in 2017, yet ranked 32nd and 33rd.
