2020 Results

No. 1

Steel Vengeance

Cedar Point, USA
Hyper Hybrid Coaster
Opened in 2018

No. 2

Zadra

Energylandia, Poland
Hyper Hybrid Coaster
Opened in 2019

No. 3

Lightning Rod

Dollywood, USA
Launched Wooden Coaster
Opened in 2016

2,699 users
took part

46 countries
included

1211 coasters
ranked

Over 40 countries took part

Though the poll was dominated by North American and European countries; people from Brazil, the UAE, and other places around the world all took part too.

If you live outside North America and Europe and didn’t take part this year, you could help us make the poll even more representative in 2021! Every one of us can help make Vote Coasters even bigger and more accurate next year by spreading the word.

USA dominated the top 50

28 of the top 50 ranked roller coasters are located in the USA. Five can be found in Germany, three in Poland, and the rest are spread across a further 11 countries.

There’s no doubt that America is home to many of the world’s largest roller coasters. It features three times as many coasters as Germany, and 15 times more than Poland. In the case of America in this year’s results, it seems that quantity does indeed breed quality.

Newer rides are better

60% of the roller coasters ranked in the top 50 were built between 2010 and 2020! Over the past decade the roller coaster industry has expanded rapidly. Many new types of rides have pushed limits and been successful.

14 of the top 50 roller coasters were built by Rocky Mountain Construction, an American company which began producing their own wooden and hybrid roller coasters in 2011.

Best New Addition

F.L.Y at Phantasialand became the best new roller coaster addition of 2020, ranking in 34th place. F.L.Y debuted alongside the brand new area, Rookburgh. Guests soar through the steampunk district on this flying multi-launch coaster.

Orion at Kings Island, a B&M giga coaster, wasn’t too far behind at number 65; whilst Hersheypark’s Candymonium, a B&M hyper coaster, took the 85th spot.