• 1993 - 1400 participants
• 1994 - 1800 participants
• 1995 - 1500 participants (Held in Stavanger, increasing travel distance, hence the low attendance)
• 1996 - 2500 participants (First year at Vikingskipet Olympiske Arena at Hamar, known from the 1994 Olympics)
• 1997 - 3300 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 1998 - 4300 participants - SOLD OUT! Estimated 1000 - 1500 left on the waiting list
• 1999 - 4300 participants - SOLD OUT! Estimated 2000 - 2500 left on the waiting list
• 2000 - 4300 participants - SOLD OUT! Estimated 3500 - 4000 left on the waiting list
• 2001 - 4300 participants - SOLD OUT! Estimated 3500 - 4000 left on the waiting list
• 2002 - 4300 participants - SOLD OUT! Estimated 4000 - 5000 left on the waiting list
• 2003 - 5000 participants - SOLD OUT! More than 3500 left on the waiting list
• 2004 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT! More than 4000 left on the waiting list
• 2005 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 2006 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 2007 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 2008 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 2009 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!
• 2010 - 5200 participants - SOLD OUT!

Internet Link speed

The internet-connection we offer our participants continue to increase as the years go by. In 2007 we proudly offered our participants a 2 Gbit internet connection.

• 1999: 35 Mbit/s
• 2000: 35 Mbit/s
• 2003: 1 Gbit/s
• 2004: 1 Gbit/s
• 2005: 1 Gbit/s
• 2006: 1 Gbit/s (Bumped up to 1.5 Gbit/s halfway through the party)
• 2007: 2 Gbit/s
• 2008: 3 Gbit/s
• 2009: 5 Gbit/s
• 2010: 30 Gbit/s
• 2011: 100 Gbit/s
• 2012: 200 Gbit/s

Theme Songs

• 1992 - "Das Boot" - U96
• 1993 - "No limit" - 2 Unlimited
• 1994 - Unknown
• 1995 - "Move your ass" - Scooter
• 1996 - "Panzertruck"
• 1997 - "Million Miles" - Dune
• 1998 - "Brittas Fitta" - Björn Rosenström and "Overdose" -  Snack
• 1999 - "9pm (Till I come)" - ATB
• 2000 - "Freestyler" - Bomfunk MCs
• 2001 - "Popcorn"
• 2002 - "Rosa Helikopter" - Peaches
• 2003 - Unknown
• 2004 - Unknown
• 2005 - "Schnappi, das kleine Krokodill" - Schnappi
• 2006 - "Boten Anna" - Basshunter
• 2007 - Too many candidates to name a winner ("You are a pirate" Lazytown, "Sorry Arne" Jim & Stian K, "Det var en gång en liten fågel" Laser, "Barber min fisse" Dario von Slutty and "My boobs are OK" Lene Alexandra Øien.)
• 2008 - Alla som inte dansar er
• 2009 - "The Gathering 2009 attention grabber" - lug00ber
• 2010 -
• 2011 -

Tagline

Most of the years, The Gathering has had a tagline. The tagline has often reflected onto the logo and certain other materials.

• 2000: "The Gathering 1900 - Follow the Flow". Inspired by Millennium Bug
• 2001: "A Cyberspace Odyssey". Inspired by the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey"
• 2002: "The Gathering: Reloaded". Inspired by the movie "The Matrix Reloaded" and a reference to the endless reloading on PTN’s website, in search for a ticket
• 2004: "Rescue of Fractalus" Inspired by the Lucasfilm Games’ game Rescue on Fractalus!
• 2005: "We are the robots" inspired by Kraftwerk’s song "The robots"
• 2006: "The Darks Side of Pluto" inspired by NASA’s first probe to Pluto
• 2007: "Still Puzzled?" inspired by the famous fifteen puzzle
• 2008: "Optimus Prime" inspired by the numbers 16 and 17
• 2009: "Fire and Ice"
• 2010: "Submerged"
• 2011: "Partly cloudy", inspired by cloud computing.
• 2012: "At the End of the Universe"