Apple Worldwide Developers Conference

The Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC, also called "dub-dub")^[3] is an event held every year for software developers who create software for macOS and iOS. The first WWDC took place in 1987. After 13 years of being held in early June in San Francisco, California, WWDC returned to San Jose, California in 2017. Sometimes new products are announced at the conference.

Apple Worldwide Developers Conference
Frequency	Annually
Venue	2017-2019: San Jose Convention Center 2020-2021: pre-recorded in Apple Park with confidence online 2022-: pre-recorded in Apple Park with confidence online and in-person
Location(s)	2017-2019: San Jose, California 2020-2021: Cupertino, California with digital confidence 2022-: Cupertino, California with in-person and digital confidence
Country	United States
Inaugurated	1987 (1987)
Most recent	June 9–13, 2025 (2025-06-09 – 2025-06-13)[1]
Previous event	June 10–14, 2024 (2024-06-10 – 2024-06-14)[2]
Next event	June 2026
Attendance	9,000 (2019)
Area	Worldwide
Organized by	Apple Inc.
Website
developer.apple.com/wwdc/

Since 2020, WWDC has been an online-only event for the first time due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[4][5][6] However, since 2023 people can enter an in-person event at Apple Park during WWDC.^[7]

WWDC currently focus on operating systems such as iOS, iPadOS, WatchOS, audioOS, tvOS, visionOS and MacOS.

Attendance

People wait to enter the WWDC keynote conference in 2009.

Attendees must be 13 years old or older and member of an Apple Developer program, also, ticket is required to enter the conference. In 2018, WWDC has 6,000 attendees during WWDC18. In 2019, WWDC has 9,000 attendees during WWDC19. In 2020, WWDC no longer have in-person attendance due to COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]