How Many People Visit the Pantheon Each Year?
•6 min readATBy AllTrips Rome Editorial Team
Researched and edited by the AllTrips team using official Rome sources, current visitor information and on-the-ground mapping data.
The Italian Ministry of Culture recorded 4,086,947 admissions to the Pantheon in 2024 — the latest full year published in its official ranking of state museums and monuments. That works out at roughly 11,200 people a day across the year.
Widely repeated figures of eight or nine million belong to the period before mid-2023, when entry was free and nobody counted individual visitors at the door. Since ticketing began, the Pantheon has a real, auditable admissions figure — and it is a lot lower than the old estimates.
The official number
- 2024 admissions: 4,086,947 (Ministry of Culture, paid and free combined)
- Daily average: roughly 11,200
- 2024 ticket revenue: approximately €14.7 million
- Current admission: €7, with the free categories listed on the official ticket page
These are institutional admissions counted at the door, published annually in the Ministry's ranking of the most-visited state museums and monuments. Figures for 2025 and 2026 are released after each year closes; until then, treat any circulating number as an estimate.
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Before paid admission began in July 2023, widely circulated visitor totals were estimates rather than ticket-based admissions. The 2024 figure is the first complete calendar-year total based on the paid-entry system, so it should not be compared directly with earlier estimates.
That does not mean four million fewer people stand in Piazza della Rotonda. It means the number of people who actually pass through the entrance and into the rotunda is now measured rather than guessed.
How it compares to other sites
Only ticketed sites can be compared like for like. The Colosseum archaeological park and the Vatican Museums both publish admissions; St Peter's Basilica, the Trevi Fountain and the Spanish Steps do not count entries in any comparable way, so any annual figure you see for them is an estimate with no published methodology.
- Pantheon: 4,086,947 counted admissions (2024, Ministry of Culture)
- Colosseum archaeological park: higher, and published by the Parco archeologico del Colosseo
- Vatican Museums: published separately by the Holy See, not in the Italian state ranking
- St Peter's, Trevi, Spanish Steps: free and uncounted — no defensible annual figure exists
What the tickets earn
Ministry of Culture data puts 2024 Pantheon ticket income at approximately €14.7 million. Under the agreement between the Italian state and the Diocese of Rome, the building remains both a state monument and the working basilica of Santa Maria ad Martyres, and receipts are shared between them. Published summaries describe the state's share as funding conservation and the running of the monument; the exact allocation between individual works is not something the Ministry breaks out publicly, so we do not itemise it here.
When it feels busiest
The Ministry publishes annual totals, not a month-by-month breakdown for the Pantheon, so we will not invent a "busiest month" table. What is well established for central Rome generally, and what we see on the ground:
- Spring and early autumn are the heaviest periods for the historic centre as a whole
- Free first Sundays concentrate demand into one day — recent reporting has put those days in the region of 12,000 admissions
- Late morning between roughly 11:00 and 13:00 is the reliably worst window on any day
- Rain pushes people indoors and can make a quiet afternoon suddenly crowded
How to avoid the worst crowding
- Book the first slot of the day and be at the portico before it opens
- Take the latest slot the official site is selling on your date rather than a mid-morning one
- Skip the first Sunday of the month unless free entry matters more to you than space
- Avoid Saturday late morning in spring and autumn
- Check the day's liturgical schedule — the building closes to ticketed visits during Mass
Full guide: best time to visit the Pantheon.
Sources and further reading
- Italian Ministry of Culture — official statistics office (museum and monument visitor data)
- Italian Ministry of Culture — Pantheon institutional page
- Ministry of Culture — official Pantheon tariff notice (€7 full price effective 1 July 2026) and free-entry categories
- Parco archeologico del Colosseo — official tickets, products and prices
- Musei Italiani — official state ticket portal, direct Pantheon booking page
Facts on this page last checked: August 2026. Prices, opening hours and transport routes in Rome change — always confirm with the official source before your visit.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many people visit the Pantheon each year?
The Ministry of Culture recorded 4,086,947 admissions in 2024, the most recent full year in its official ranking. That is an average of roughly 11,200 visitors a day.
Why do some sites say nine million?
Because before paid entry was introduced in mid-2023 nobody counted admissions individually — the older numbers were estimates of footfall through an open, free door, not ticket data.
Is the Pantheon more visited than the Colosseum?
No. On official 2024 institutional admissions the Colosseum archaeological park records substantially more admissions than the Pantheon's 4.1 million.
How many visitors per day?
About 11,200 a day as a yearly average. Individual days vary widely; free first Sundays have been reported in the region of 12,000.
How much does the Pantheon earn from tickets?
Ministry of Culture figures put 2024 Pantheon ticket revenue at approximately €14.7 million. Revenue is shared between the state and the Diocese of Rome under the agreement that governs the basilica.