Top 50 Lakes in United States

This curated ranking covers the 50 largest lakes in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 142 lakes tracked in United States, the 50 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Lake Michigan, Lake Erie and Lake Superior lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 8,888,730 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 401,226, and the largest, Lake Michigan, reaches around 5,970,640 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each lake, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are refreshed weekly.

Ranking

Rank	Name	Audience size	Country share	Subtype	Category
1	Lake Michigan	5,970,640	79.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
2	Lake Erie	1,822,284	80.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
3	Lake Superior	1,095,806	78.9%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
4	Lake Union	868,238	99.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
5	Tidal Basin	865,050	99.6%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
6	Lake Baikal	750,128	59.1%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
7	Lake George (New York)	656,022	82.7%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
8	Lake District	636,727	11.5%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
9	Lake Huron	567,653	57.1%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
10	Lake Norman	550,546	98.9%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
11	Lake Ontario	528,203	44.6%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
12	Finger Lakes	388,932	78.7%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
13	Lake Bled	381,993	28.4%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
14	Aral Sea	333,098	54.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
15	Fishing Lake	275,700	98.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
16	Lake Oconee	258,865	99.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
17	Lake St. Clair	258,127	82.5%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
18	Lake Como	254,761	8.9%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
19	Lake Las Vegas	251,085	56.1%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
20	Lake Champlain	211,378	69.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
21	Lake Washington	197,058	93.7%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
22	Bear Lake (Idaho–Utah)	179,976	98.4%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
23	Lake Okeechobee	171,925	91.7%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
24	Lake Winnebago	151,945	98.9%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
25	Lake Lucerne	150,487	50.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
26	Lake Winnipesaukee	135,837	95.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
27	Lake Tekapo	135,820	69.8%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
28	Lake Minnetonka	130,814	96.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
29	Lake Biwa	128,834	24.4%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
30	Deep Creek Lake Area	123,312	100.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
31	Lake Chelan	117,561	86.8%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
32	Moosehead Lake	113,629	98.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
33	Ilopango	104,481	39.9%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
34	Lake Malawi	100,539	41.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
35	Lake Keowee	91,813	98.1%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
36	Lake Allatoona	89,171	98.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
37	Great Salt Lake	88,574	77.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
38	Weiss Lake	86,117	99.5%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
39	Seneca Lake (New York)	82,518	94.6%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
40	Lake Tanganyika	78,710	36.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
41	Caspian Sea	76,154	6.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
42	Lake Zurich	75,545	7.4%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
43	Lake Atitlán	72,955	54.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
44	Rainy Lake	69,108	89.0%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
45	Summer Lake (Oregon)	66,184	74.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
46	Leech Lake	65,576	99.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
47	Lake Lyndon B. Johnson	64,376	99.8%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
48	Keuka Lake	64,082	97.8%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
49	Raystown Lake	62,817	98.2%	Lake	Travel & Leisure
50	Lake Coeur d'Alene	60,168	97.3%	Lake	Travel & Leisure