Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Airlines in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest airlines in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 257 airlines tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. American Airlines, United Airlines and southwest airlines lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 142M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.4M, and the largest, American Airlines, reaches around 62M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

Rank

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

Audience size

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

Country share

Share of the global audience that is active in United States. 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 States, 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 States. 50% is gender-balanced; values above mean female-skewed, below mean male-skewed.

Ranking

Rank Audience Audience size Avg age Female share Subtype
1 American Airlines 62M 44.9 52.4% Airline
2 United Airlines 44M 43.5 49.3% Airline
3 southwest airlines 35M 44.4 63.8% Airline
4 JetBlue 20M 45.4 56.7% Airline
5 Alaska Airlines 20M 45.6 55.6% Airline
6 Frontier Airlines 15M 44.7 58.1% Airline
7 Spirit Airlines 11M 45.8 55.9% Airline
8 Allegiant Air 7.7M 44.7 54.6% Airline
9 Delta Air Lines 7.4M 45.0 54.5% Airline
10 Hawaiian Airlines 5.9M 44.3 54.4% Airline
11 British Airways 5.8M 42.7 50.1% Airline
12 Qatar Airways 5M 42.4 42.1% Airline
13 Volaris 5M 34.5 48.2% Airline
14 Turkish Airlines 4.6M 42.2 41.2% Airline
15 Emirates 4.3M 41.6 44.5% Airline
16 Air Canada 4M 46.1 52.8% Airline
17 Air France 3.8M 40.0 47.5% Airline
18 British Midland International 3.6M 41.0 100.0% Airline
19 Lufthansa 3.6M 39.1 47.3% Airline
20 Iberia (airline) 3.2M 41.9 53.6% Airline
21 Japan Airlines 2.8M 42.0 48.1% Airline
22 All Nippon Airways 2.8M 35.2 41.6% Airline
23 Avianca 2.6M 41.0 53.1% Airline
24 Virgin Atlantic 2.4M 47.6 52.9% Airline
25 Copa Airlines 2.3M 43.5 58.8% Airline
26 Aeroméxico 2.2M 36.9 46.1% Airline
27 Cathay Pacific 2M 35.4 51.4% Airline
28 Singapore Airlines 1.9M 40.0 47.0% Airline
29 KLM 1.8M 38.8 47.6% Airline
30 Viva 1.8M 39.1 54.4% Airline
31 Aer Lingus 1.7M 41.4 46.9% Airline
32 Etihad Airways 1.6M 41.3 46.2% Airline
33 EVA Air 1.5M 44.1 44.5% Airline
34 Malaysia Airlines 1.4M 37.6 50.1% Airline
35 Philippine Airlines 1.4M 34.8 63.7% Airline
36 Korean Air 1.3M 40.6 47.5% Airline
37 Philippines Airlines 1.3M 31.0 59.8% Airline
38 Peach (airline) 1.2M 38.6 76.6% Airline
39 Ryanair 1.2M 36.2 52.2% Airline
40 LAN Airlines 1.2M 35.9 55.1% Airline
41 Icelandair 1.2M 42.4 56.0% Airline
42 TAP Air Portugal 1.1M 40.6 52.9% Airline
43 Sun Country Airlines 1.1M 45.6 53.7% Airline
44 Star Alliance 1.1M 42.5 49.2% Airline
45 Air India 996k 42.9 47.4% Airline
46 SkyTeam 993k 45.0 50.3% Airline
47 TAP Portugal 986k 42.0 47.4% Airline
48 NetJets 968k 46.9 36.7% Airline
49 qantas airways 940k 36.4 46.0% Airline
50 Asiana Airlines 854k 41.8 48.3% Airline
51 China Airlines 766k 41.2 40.3% Airline
52 Swissair 765k 42.4 26.4% Airline
53 Vietnam Airlines 702k 47.1 44.0% Airline
54 EasyJet 671k 36.9 55.4% Airline
55 Ethiopian Airlines 658k 44.6 47.2% Airline
56 Oneworld 643k 43.8 53.7% Airline
57 Air New Zealand 643k 43.2 56.1% Airline
58 El Al 636k 42.6 57.0% Airline
59 WestJet 600k 35.7 48.6% Airline
60 CityLine 599k 38.3 68.7% Airline
61 Caribbean Airlines 575k 37.1 61.2% Airline
62 Porter Airlines 567k 45.1 53.1% Airline
63 AAdvantage 562k 46.5 45.7% Airline
64 Vueling 510k 42.1 57.0% Airline
65 Norse Atlantic Airways 500k 44.2 48.7% Airline
66 VietJet Air 499k 48.1 43.0% Airline
67 AirAsia 494k 34.3 52.8% Airline
68 French Bee 456k 39.3 54.5% Airline
69 Blue Line (airline) 445k — — Airline
70 Fiji Airways 444k 46.5 49.7% Airline
71 Momondo 432k 40.1 55.6% Airline
72 Scandinavian Airlines 430k 40.8 54.6% Airline
73 Cebu Pacific 410k 32.2 63.8% Airline
74 Thai Airways 410k 38.6 50.2% Airline
75 VistaJet 409k 45.3 36.7% Airline
76 South African Airways 395k 39.7 40.8% Airline
77 Austrian Airlines 367k 37.9 47.5% Airline
78 Wizz Air 358k 39.2 46.6% Airline
79 Finnair 348k 39.3 51.9% Airline
80 General sales agent (airlines) 346k 30.0 62.4% Airline
81 Royal Jordanian 323k 33.8 42.1% Airline
82 Scoot 316k 42.3 56.6% Airline
83 LOT Polish Airlines 313k 42.1 63.7% Airline
84 TAM Airlines 299k 36.5 52.7% Airline
85 Garuda Indonesia 290k 34.0 48.1% Airline
86 Air China 272k 40.3 48.7% Airline
87 Sky Airlines 272k — — Airline
88 SkyWest Airlines 271k 41.1 39.6% Airline
89 Bangkok Airways 262k 38.4 54.0% Airline
90 Aegean Airlines 260k 33.5 41.2% Airline
91 Virgin America 260k 42.6 62.2% Airline
92 Venezolana 258k — — Airline
93 Air Europa 257k 39.3 54.5% Airline
94 Royal Air Maroc 251k 34.4 39.4% Airline
95 Swoop 243k 34.8 58.3% Airline
96 Azul Brazilian Airlines 229k 36.5 52.5% Airline
97 Max Air 218k 29.4 49.4% Airline
98 China Southern Airlines 218k 44.7 53.0% Airline
99 EgyptAir 210k 39.4 48.0% Airline
100 China Eastern Airlines 210k 44.8 59.0% Airline

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular airlines compiled?

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

How often is the list updated?

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

What is the largest airline in United States?

American Airlines currently leads with an estimated audience of 62M people in United States.

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