Top 50 Museums in Spain

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest museums in Spain, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 294 museums tracked in Spain, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Museum, Art museum and Museum of Modern Art lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 12,894,280 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 512,434, and the largest, Museum, reaches around 6,209,239 people in Spain. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in Spain who actively engage with each museum, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across Spain and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank Name Audience size Country share Subtype Category
1 Museum Museum 6,209,239 3.3% Museum Arts & Culture
2 Art museum Art museum 5,283,086 3.3% Museum Arts & Culture
3 Museum of Modern Art Museum of Modern Art 1,401,955 3.6% Museum Arts & Culture
4 Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art 955,131 3.9% Museum Arts & Culture
5 Museo del Prado Museo del Prado 899,841 26.4% Museum Arts & Culture
6 British Museum British Museum 882,565 3.6% Museum Arts & Culture
7 Saatchi Gallery Saatchi Gallery 848,979 3.6% Museum Arts & Culture
8 Guggenheim Museum Bilbao Guggenheim Museum Bilbao 719,958 29.1% Museum Arts & Culture
9 Victoria and Albert Museum Victoria and Albert Museum 685,079 6.0% Museum Arts & Culture
10 Tate Modern Tate Modern 650,291 3.8% Museum Arts & Culture
11 Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum 544,926 59.4% Museum Arts & Culture
12 CaixaForum Lleida CaixaForum Lleida 510,347 100.0% Museum Arts & Culture
13 Gagosian Gallery Gagosian Gallery 480,509 4.9% Museum Arts & Culture
14 CaixaForum Barcelona CaixaForum Barcelona 469,822 95.3% Museum Arts & Culture
15 Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum 375,070 4.6% Museum Arts & Culture
16 Tate Tate 298,437 4.1% Museum Arts & Culture
17 museo reina sofía museo reina sofía 296,053 26.6% Museum Travel & Leisure
18 Van Gogh Museum Van Gogh Museum 294,303 4.2% Museum Arts & Culture
19 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 240,900 3.5% Museum Arts & Culture
20 Frieze Art Fair Frieze Art Fair 239,718 2.9% Museum Arts & Culture
21 CaixaForum Madrid CaixaForum Madrid 203,972 83.3% Museum Arts & Culture
22 Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art 189,426 22.4% Museum Arts & Culture
23 National Gallery National Gallery 166,157 2.5% Museum Arts & Culture
24 CosmoCaixa Barcelona CosmoCaixa Barcelona 160,896 94.4% Museum Arts & Culture
25 Vitra Design Museum Vitra Design Museum 157,226 11.1% Museum Arts & Culture
26 Saatchi Art Saatchi Art 157,174 4.0% Museum Arts & Culture
27 Centre Georges Pompidou Centre Georges Pompidou 141,237 4.3% Museum Arts & Culture
28 Science Museum, London Science Museum, London 138,825 2.7% Museum Arts & Culture
29 Rijksmuseum Rijksmuseum 138,317 1.9% Museum Arts & Culture
30 Whitney Museum of American Art Whitney Museum of American Art 135,588 2.6% Museum Arts & Culture
31 Los Angeles County Museum of Art Los Angeles County Museum of Art 134,718 2.7% Museum Arts & Culture
32 Royal Academy of Arts Royal Academy of Arts 132,345 2.2% Museum Arts & Culture
33 Hermitage Museum Hermitage Museum 115,221 4.7% Museum Arts & Culture
34 Natural History Museum, London Natural History Museum, London 98,585 2.4% Museum Arts & Culture
35 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 97,135 7.4% Museum Arts & Culture
36 São Paulo Museum of Art São Paulo Museum of Art 94,174 1.6% Museum Arts & Culture
37 National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Art 93,893 1.9% Museum Arts & Culture
38 São Paulo Museum of Modern Art São Paulo Museum of Modern Art 89,277 8.2% Museum Arts & Culture
39 Vatican Museums Vatican Museums 88,426 4.0% Museum Arts & Culture
40 Tate Britain Tate Britain 85,467 2.2% Museum Arts & Culture
41 Pérez Art Museum Miami Pérez Art Museum Miami 84,413 3.6% Museum Arts & Culture
42 Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) 77,053 3.6% Museum Arts & Culture
43 Capitoline Museums Capitoline Museums 74,415 7.7% Museum Arts & Culture
44 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston 74,399 3.9% Museum Arts & Culture
45 National Gallery of Victoria National Gallery of Victoria 71,859 4.6% Museum Arts & Culture
46 New Museum New Museum 68,599 4.1% Museum Arts & Culture
47 Frida Kahlo Museum Frida Kahlo Museum 67,896 5.5% Museum Arts & Culture
48 American Museum of Natural History American Museum of Natural History 66,915 1.9% Museum Arts & Culture
49 Museu Picasso Museu Picasso 66,374 13.0% Museum Arts & Culture
50 White Cube White Cube 65,553 3.4% Museum Arts & Culture

Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 50 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across Spain and ranks each museum by its estimated audience size. Only entries with at least 5 measured entities are listed.

How often is the list updated?

The ranking is refreshed weekly from the latest search-behavior data and re-published as a static page.

What is the largest museum in Spain?

Museum currently leads with an estimated audience of 6,209,239 people in Spain.

Methodology

Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across Spain. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.

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