A 2008 review stated that 4.8 million people took part in community dance activities, with 13% of the population attending dance performances.
The Dance Review: a report to Government on dance education and youth dance in England, Tony Hall, 2008

In 2007, 7% of people in Northern Ireland had attended an Irish dance event, and 8% had attended another kind of dance event, in the last twelve months. The most popular art-form by attendance was film, 53% of respondents having attended the cinema in the last 12 months.
Arts and Culture in Northern Ireland 2007, ACNI, 2007

10 million people regularly watched the BBC's Strictly Come Dancing and a survey of 14 year olds showed dance was the second most popular physical activity after football.
Dance Manifesto , National Campaign for the Arts and Dance UK, 2006

In 2006 it was reported that one million people were attending leisure related dance classes and over 13% of the population attended dance performances.
Dance Manifesto , National Campaign for the Arts and Dance UK, 2006

In 2005, it was estimated that, in the North East of England, more than 22,500 people were attending classes and workshops run by Dance City while its outreach programme was reaching 50,000, the majority of whom were young people.
City of dance, Arts Industry , 23 September 2005

In 2000, 4.8 million people were participating in community dance each year in England and 10.5 million people watched community dance projects.
Mapping Community Dance 2000, Foundation for Community Dance, quoted in Dance Manifesto, National Campaign for the Arts and Dance UK, 2006

In 1999, it was estimated that there were around 22 million annual attendances at performances of music, theatre and dance in London.
London Cultural Capital; Realising the potential of a world-class city, Greater London Authority, 2004