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Top 100 Museums in United Kingdom

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest museums in United Kingdom, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 335 museums tracked in United Kingdom, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. British Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum and Tate Modern lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 9.5M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 457k, and the largest, British Museum, reaches around 3.4M people in United Kingdom. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with each museum, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United Kingdom and are refreshed weekly.

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Rank

Position in the Top 100, sorted by audience size from largest to smallest. Updated weekly.

Audience size

Estimated number of unique people in United Kingdom who actively engage with this audience, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals.

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United Kingdom. A higher value means the audience is more locally concentrated here.

Avg age

Average age in years across the people who engage with this audience in United Kingdom, derived from anonymized search-behavior signals. A dash means demographic data is not yet available.

Female share

Share of women among the people who engage with this audience in United Kingdom. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 British Museum 3.4M 47.8 62.6% Museum
2 Victoria and Albert Museum 3.3M 47.3 68.7% Museum
3 Tate Modern 2.8M 45.6 63.3% Museum
4 National Museum of Scotland 2.8M 51.1 63.4% Museum
5 Saatchi Gallery 2.4M 44.4 63.3% Museum
6 National Gallery 2.2M 48.8 65.0% Museum
7 Museum of Modern Art 2.1M 43.2 62.4% Museum
8 Royal Academy of Arts 1.8M 48.6 67.8% Museum
9 Tate 1.8M 46.9 63.9% Museum
10 Tate Britain 1.6M 49.4 64.2% Museum
11 Metropolitan Museum of Art 1.3M 44.3 64.9% Museum
12 Rijksmuseum 1.2M 47.2 72.4% Museum
13 Natural History Museum, London 1.1M 47.6 63.2% Museum
14 Natural history museum 956k 48.7 64.2% Museum
15 Gagosian Gallery 907k 41.1 61.8% Museum
16 Frieze Art Fair 710k 40.8 62.2% Museum
17 Science Museum, London 640k 46.1 64.4% Museum
18 Science museum 639k 46.4 62.5% Museum
19 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 585k 42.6 65.9% Museum
20 National Gallery of Art 525k 49.5 60.6% Museum
21 Museum of London 510k 49.2 64.2% Museum
22 Tate Liverpool 475k 49.3 65.7% Museum
23 Aviation museum 447k 49.6 42.1% Museum
24 Van Gogh Museum 424k 47.5 68.7% Museum
25 National Army Museum (New Zealand) 398k Museum

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 list compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United Kingdom 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 United Kingdom?

British Museum currently leads with an estimated audience of 3.4M people in United Kingdom.

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