vote coasters
the world’s largest annual roller coaster poll
2020 Results (pairwise)
The inaugural year of Vote Coasters saw unprecedented participation. After roughly a month of voting, nearly 2,700 people ranked more than a combined 115,000 roller coasters. Vote Coasters has just become the world’s largest annual rank-based roller coaster poll!
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
World’s Top 50 Roller Coasters
| No. | Roller Coaster | Theme Park | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steel Vengeance | Cedar Point | United States |
| 2 | Zadra | Energylandia | Poland |
| 3 | Lightning Rod | Dollywood | United States |
| 4 | El Toro | Six Flags Great Adventure | United States |
| 5 | Fury 325 | Carowinds | United States |
| 6 | The Voyage | Holiday World | United States |
| 7 | Untamed | Walibi Holland | Netherlands |
| 8 | Maverick | Cedar Point | United States |
| 9 | Wildfire | Kolmarden | Sweden |
| 10 | Taron | Phantasialand | Germany |
| 11 | Hakugei | Nagashima Spa Land | Japan |
| 12 | DC Rivals HyperCoaster | Warner Bros. Movie World | Australia |
| 13 | Expedition GeForce | Holiday Park | Germany |
| 14 | Skyrush | Hersheypark | United States |
| 15 | Shambhala | PortAventura Park | Spain |
| 16 | Helix | Liseberg | Sweden |
| 17 | Twisted Colossus | Six Flags Magic Mountain | United States |
| 18 | Outlaw Run | Silver Dollar City | United States |
| 19 | Storm Chaser | Kentucky Kingdom | United States |
| 20 | Twisted Timbers | Kings Dominion | United States |
| 21 | Intimidator 305 | Kings Dominion | United States |
| 22 | Wicked Cyclone | Six Flags New England | United States |
| 23 | Der Schwur des Kärnan | Hansa Park | Germany |
| 24 | Taiga | Linnanmaki | Finland |
| 25 | T-Express | Everland | South Korea |
| 26 | X2 | Six Flags Magic Mountain | United States |
| 27 | Hyperion | Energylandia | Poland |
| 28 | Millennium Force | Cedar Point | United States |
| 29 | Superman the Ride | Six Flags New England | United States |
| 30 | Dinoconda | China Dinosaurs Park | China |
| 31 | Eejanaika | Fuji-Q Highland | Japan |
| 32 | Phantom's Revenge | Kennywood | United States |
| 33 | Top Thrill Dragster | Cedar Point | United States |
| 34 | F.L.Y. | Phantasialand | Germany |
| 35 | Mako | SeaWorld Orlando | United States |
| 36 | Lech Coaster | Legendia Slaskie Wesole Miasteczko | Poland |
| 37 | Iron Rattler | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | United States |
| 38 | Boulder Dash | Lake Compounce | United States |
| 39 | RailBlazer | California's Great America | United States |
| 40 | iSpeed | Mirabilandia | Italy |
| 41 | Goliath | Walibi Holland | Netherlands |
| 42 | Colossos - Kampf der Giganten | Heide Park Resort | Germany |
| 43 | Mystic Timbers | Kings Island | United States |
| 44 | Montu | Busch Gardens Tampa | United States |
| 45 | GhostRider | Knott's Berry Farm | United States |
| 46 | Phoenix | Knoebels Amusement Resort | United States |
| 47 | Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster | Six Flags Fiesta Texas | United States |
| 48 | Piraten | Djurs Sommerland | Denmark |
| 49 | Time Traveler | Silver Dollar City | United States |
| 50 | Katun | Mirabilandia | Italy |
2020 Insights
2,699 users
took part
46 countries
included
1211 coasters
ranked
The debut of Vote Coasters has been more successful than we imagined it would be, possibly due to our new easy to use portal. We created the simple drag and drop ranking system, combined wooden and steel roller coasters, and allowed people to vote on mobile devices, all to encourage as many people as possible to take part. In the end, people from over 40 different countries took part this year. We had users who had only ridden 10s of roller coasters and others who had ridden 100s!
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.
Copyright Phantasialand
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.
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Thank you
A huge thanks from all of us at Coaster Bot to everyone that took part in Vote Coasters in 2020, as well as all those that shared the poll. Special thanks to our supporters.
We’d also like to thank Andrew for helping to produce the database of coasters for the poll; and Jami for building the awesome drag and drop ranking tool and system that calculates the results. Without those two people, and all of you, the poll wouldn’t be what it is today!