370 furs attended the inaugural event. For its second year, RainFurrest was held on September 26-28, 2008 at the Seattle Airport Marriott, with an attendance of 599.
[1] The 2009 event was held September 18-20 at the same hotel, and had 911 attendees.
In 2010, RainFurrest attracted 1045 attendees, making it the sixth convention worldwide to surpass 1000 attendees.
For 2011, RainFurrest had 1420 Attendees, a 36% growth over 2010.
Attendance for 2012 was 1705, a 20% growth over 2011;
in 2013 there were 2202 attendees, an increase of 29% on 2012;
and in 2014 there were 2,586 attendees, or an increase of 17% on 2013.
There were 2,704 attendees in 2015, or an increase of 4.5% on 2014.