Pub Quiz Facts & Figures (2024 update)

The birth of the Pub Quiz

The Pub Quiz originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s, primarily by the Burns and Porter company, and was meant to get people into pubs on quiet nights. (Source: Wikipedia)

Pub Quizzes in The United Kingdom

Pub Quizzes are played all over the world, but they are especially popular in the country where they originated, The United Kingdom. According to estimates, more than half of the country’s 40,000 pubs hold regular PubQuiz nights. (Source: Washington Post, 2020)

Pub Quiz numbers and facts for The Netherlands

Pub Quizzing is wildly popular in the Netherlands. There are more than 200 venues in the Netherlands, especially pubs and restaurants, where Pub Quizzes are organized on a regular basis. (Source: PubQuiz Netherlands, 2023)

Interest in pub quizzes

On average, there are more than 12,000 searches for “pub quiz” in Google search results each month. The search demand for Pub Quizzes is not the same all year around. There is less demand in the summer months than in the winter months.

Source: Google Keyword Planner, 2024

Pub Quizzes are especially popular in the winter months

Pub Quizzes are searched for significantly more in the winter months than in the summer months. December sees the most search interest in Pub Quizzes.

Interested in ‘pub quiz’ in the period April 2022 – March 2023

Source: Google Trends, 2024

Online Pub Quiz was popular during the Covid period

During the first corona lockdown in The Netherlands, online Pub Quizzes were in high demand. At the beginning of the lockdown (March/April 2020), interest in online Pub Quizzes was the highest in the past 5 years!

Interest in ‘online pub quiz’ in past 5 years

Source: Google Trends, 2024

Most popular Pub Quiz days in the Netherlands

The most popular day to play a Pub Quiz in the Netherlands is Wednesdays. After Wednesday, Monday and Tuesday are also popular days (Source: PubQuiz Netherlands, 2023)

Dutch city with the most PubQuizzes

The top cities with the most venues hosting Pub Quizzes on a regular basis are Amsterdam, Utrecht, Nijmegen, Rotterdam and Groningen. (Source: PubQuiz Netherlands, 2023)

Team Size Dutch Pub Quizzes

In the Netherlands, teams at Pub Quizzes may most often consist of a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 5 players. (Source: PubQuiz Netherlands, 2023)

Cost of participating in Pub Quizzes in the Netherlands

In the Netherlands, the cost of participation at most Pub Quizzes is between 3.50 and 5.50 euros per participant. (Source: PubQuiz Netherlands, 2023)

(Pub) Quiz records

Largest Pub Quiz in the Netherlands

The largest Pub Quiz in the Netherlands was hosted by Quest on October 11, 2019 at NEMO the Studio in Amsterdam. A total of 165 teams participated. (Source: Quest, 2019)

Largest online quiz

The Guinness record for largest online quiz stands at 15,225 participants and was achieved in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Feb. 16, 2023. (Source: Guinness World records, 2023)

Longest online quiz livestream

The Guinness record for the longest online quiz live stream is 48 h 11 min 7 sec, achieved by Tom Finkill and Never Gonna Quiz You Up, in Bury (United Kingdom) on August 23 to 25, 2021. (Source: Guinness World records, 2021)

Most viewers for a quiz live stream on YouTube

The Guinness record for most viewers of a quiz via a YouTube livestream is 182,513 people and was achieved by Jay Flynn (United Kingdom) on April 30, 2020. (Source: Guinness World records, 2020)

Longest marathon as quizmaster

The Guinness record for the longest marathon as a quizmaster is 33 hours and 8 minutes and was achieved by Jason Hinkledire (United States) at Viola’s in Moon Township, Pennsylvania, USA, on April 11-12, 2014. (Source: Guinness World records, 2014)

Quiz Apps

There are several popular quiz apps that allow you to play against yourself as well as others. Examples include Trivia Crack, Trivia 360 and Quizzland.

Quiz Websites

There are loads of quiz websites focused solely on quizzing. Examples of quiz websites include Sporcle, Jetpunk and Funtrivia.