Bullfighting has managed to come out of the worst crisis in its history by reaching the best figures for the celebration of bullfights, at least in the last decade. In Spain it has managed to pass the mythical figure of 1000 celebrations (bullfights, novilladas, rejones). Specifically, according to mundotoro.com statistics, 1,001 major celebrations have been held in Spain. A historic milestone that pulverises the records of the last year of "normality" (2019) in festejos mayores: from the 1001 held this year to the 793 of 2019.
The season that is coming to an end, and which still has some residual festejo left, improves the numbers of the decade. In 2012, the first year without bullfighting in Catalonia, 958 celebrations were held. This figure of surplus does not reach the number of towns and villages that held bullfights. 422 towns and villages held bullfights in 2022, compared to 434 in 2012. Nevertheless, the recovery of towns and cities with bullfights is possible: this year bullfights have been announced in 422 towns and cities, compared to the 377 towns and cities that gave bullfights in 2019.
https://www.mundotoro.com/noticia/el-toreo-en-espana-supera-la-barrera-de-los-1-000-festejos-en-2022/1666084
