vote coasters

the world’s largest annual roller coaster poll

2024 results

Towards the end of 2024, 2,643 people collectively ranked 133,867 roller coasters. Over 11 million pairs of roller coaster combinations were created and analysed, leading to the results below…

No. 1

Steel Vengeance

Cedar Point, USA
Hyper Hybrid Coaster
Opened in 2018

No. 2

Iron Gwazi

Busch Gardens Tampa, USA
Hyper Hybrid Coaster
Opened in 2022

No. 3

Ride to Happiness

Plopsaland De Panne, Belgium
Steel Xtreme Spinning Coaster
Opened in 2021

world’s top 50 roller coasters

No. Roller Coaster Theme Park Country
1 Steel Vengeance Cedar Point United States
2 Iron Gwazi Busch Gardens Tampa United States
3 Ride to Happiness Plopsaland De Panne Belgium
4 Zadra Energylandia Poland
5 VelociCoaster Universal Studios Islands of Adventure United States
6 Voyage Holiday World United States
7 ArieForce One Fun Spot America Atlanta United States
8 Hakugei Nagashima Spa Land Japan
9 Voltron Europa Park Germany
10 Batman Gotham City Escape Parque Warner Madrid Spain
11 Fury 325 Carowinds United States
12 Taiga Linnanmäki Finland
13 Wildcat's Revenge Hersheypark United States
14 El Toro Six Flags Great Adventure United States
15 Toutatis Parc Astérix France
16 Untamed Walibi Holland Netherlands
17 Eejanaika Fuji-Q Highland Japan
18 DC Rivals HyperCoaster Warner Bros. Movie World Australia
19 Project 305 Kings Dominion United States
20 Maverick Cedar Point United States
21 T Express Everland South Korea
22 Wildfire Kolmården Sweden
23 Kondaa Walibi Belgium Belgium
24 Taron Phantasialand Germany
25 Expedition GeForce Holiday Park Germany
26 Lightning Rod Dollywood United States
27 Skyrush Hersheypark United States
28 Twisted Timbers Kings Dominion United States
29 Helix Liseberg Sweden
30 Hyperia Thorpe Park United Kingdom
31 Hyperion Energylandia Poland
32 Dinoconda China Dinosaurs Park China
33 Outlaw Run Silver Dollar City United States
34 Python in Bamboo Forest Nanchang Sunac Land China
35 Schwur des Kärnan Hansa Park Germany
36 Shambhala PortAventura Park Spain
37 F.L.Y. Phantasialand Germany
38 Iron Rattler Six Flags Fiesta Texas United States
39 X2 Six Flags Magic Mountain United States
40 Soaring with Dragon Hefei Sunac Land China
41 Pantheon Busch Gardens Williamsburg United States
42 Twisted Colossus Six Flags Magic Mountain United States
43 Flying Aces Ferrari World Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates
44 Wicked Cyclone Six Flags New England United States
45 Storm Chaser Kentucky Kingdom United States
46 Fønix Fårup Sommerland Denmark
47 Flying Dinosaur Universal Studios Japan Japan
48 Superman the Ride Six Flags New England United States
49 Wood Coaster Knight Valley China
50 Lech Coaster Legendia Poland

all-new results

We’ve completely overhauled our ranking methodology since last year. Goodbye pairwise, hello Elo ratings! You can discover more about our improved method here.

What does this mean? Better and more diverse results. Rides in China, such as Python in Bamboo Forest and Soaring with Dragon, take their deserved place within the top 50.

new for 2024

Two new for 2024 rides debuted within the top 50 this year:

#9 Voltron
#30 Hyperia

And another, Top Thrill 2 just missed the cut at #56.

upward launch

Some rides have climbed ranks in recent years. The Voyage at Holiday World fell from #8 in 2020, to #11 in 2022. In 2024, it ranked #6 - thank you Holiwood Nights!

Plopsaland’s Ride to Happiness has also seen increased love, ranking #10 in 2021 to #3 in 2024.

2024 insights

2,643 people
took part

49 countries
included

1,467 coasters
ranked

Intamin is a fan favourite

Roller coaster manufacturer Intamin built 17 rides ranked within the top 50, the most of any manufacturer. Their highest-ranked ride? VelociCoaster which took the number 5 spot.

Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) were another big favourite. Of the top 50, 15 were built by the company, including the world’s best roller coaster, Steel Vengeance. An impressive 50% of the top 10 were built by RMC too!

USA dominated the top 50

The USA continue to dominate the roller coaster landscape. An overwhelming 21 of the top 50 ranked roller coasters are located in the USA, 4 times as many as the country with the second most top-50 roller coasters, Germany.

The UK made the top 50 cut this year - a first in vote coasters 5-year history. The new for 2024 Hyperia debuted successfully, ranking #30 globally.

More voters from Europe

The proportion of European voters has increased to 62% in 2024, up from 54% in 2023. This includes a large jump in the UK from 26% in 2023 to 32% in 2024.

Europe and North America continue to dominate the poll. Outside of these, Australia had the most voters at 26. This was followed by 12 in Brazil, 5 in Japan, and 4 in China.

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thank you

A huge thanks from all of us at coaster bot to everyone who took part in vote Coasters in 2024, including those who shared the poll.

I’d also like to thank Jami, for keeping the vote coasters website running and for creating the custom drag-and-drop ranking tool; and Andrew for maintaining our roller coaster database. Without those two, and all of you, the poll wouldn’t be what it is today!