| To be with friends or like-minded people or feel a sense of belonging |
85.5% (84.2%, 86.7%) |
| To see and experience the art |
84.3% (83.0%, 85.5%) |
| To play and experience freedom |
78.9% (77.5%, 80.3%) |
| To escape the world for a time |
64.3% (62.6%, 65.9%) |
| To meet people who are different from me |
59.3% (57.6%, 61.0%) |
| To express myself |
58.9% (57.1%, 60.6%) |
| To volunteer with a theme camp or Burning Man Project department |
56.5% (54.7%, 58.2%) |
| To experience gifting and decommodification |
55.7% (53.9%, 57.4%) |
| To rely on myself and practice useful skills |
53.3% (51.6%, 55.1%) |
| To grow or connect spiritually |
51.2% (49.4%, 52.9%) |
| To create or work on a project |
48.6% (46.9%, 50.3%) |
| To perform and practice artistic skills |
32.0% (30.5%, 33.7%) |
| To consume intoxicants |
23.7% (22.3%, 25.2%) |
| To satisfy my curiosity or check it off my 'bucket list' |
9.2% (8.2%, 10.2%) |
| To satisfy someone else's wish that I be there |
7.6% (6.7%, 8.5%) |
| Other |
3.9% (3.3%, 4.7%) |