Top 50 Museums in United States
This curated ranking covers the 50 largest museums in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 743 museums tracked in United States, 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 71,883,083 people. Across all 50 entries the average audience size is 2,812,806, and the largest, Museum, reaches around 35,041,652 people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each museum, 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 |  Museum |
35,041,652 | 18.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 2 |  Art museum |
29,396,745 | 18.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 3 |  Museum of Modern Art |
7,444,686 | 19.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 4 |  British Museum |
6,534,849 | 27.1% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 5 |  Metropolitan Museum of Art |
5,185,120 | 21.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 6 |  Saatchi Gallery |
3,737,631 | 16.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 7 |  Children's museum |
3,053,138 | 47.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 8 |  Tate Modern |
2,625,270 | 15.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 9 |  Whitney Museum of American Art |
2,442,348 | 46.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 10 |  Gagosian Gallery |
2,369,994 | 24.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 11 |  Rijksmuseum |
2,290,365 | 32.1% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 12 |  Los Angeles County Museum of Art |
2,249,940 | 44.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 13 |  Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum |
1,800,811 | 26.3% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 14 |  Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum |
1,733,972 | 80.0% | Museum | Music & Radio |
| 15 |  Biltmore Estate |
1,700,785 | 35.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 16 |  American Museum of Natural History |
1,679,527 | 49.1% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 17 |  Brooklyn Museum |
1,649,941 | 20.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 18 |  Museum of Science and Industry (Manchester) |
1,521,804 | 93.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 19 |  Frieze Art Fair |
1,371,798 | 16.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 20 |  Van Gogh Museum |
1,350,372 | 19.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 21 |  Natural history museum |
1,271,830 | 30.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 22 |  Tate |
1,265,240 | 17.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 23 |  Victoria and Albert Museum |
1,238,409 | 10.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 24 |  The Rooms |
1,172,766 | 40.3% | Museum | Travel & Leisure |
| 25 |  Saatchi Art |
1,134,482 | 28.9% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 26 |  National Air and Space Museum |
1,107,366 | 71.9% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 27 |  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum |
1,085,353 | 82.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 28 |  National Gallery of Art |
1,056,721 | 21.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 29 |  Science Museum, London |
994,618 | 19.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 30 |  Florence Cathedral |
979,133 | 20.6% | Museum | Travel & Leisure |
| 31 |  SS Great Britain |
960,584 | 41.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 32 |  Science museum |
959,067 | 31.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 33 |  San Francisco Museum of Modern Art |
846,467 | 42.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 34 |  National September 11 Memorial & Museum |
822,346 | 48.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 35 |  Aviation museum |
786,208 | 39.9% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 36 |  Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
760,090 | 39.8% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 37 |  National Corvette Museum |
736,441 | 82.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 38 |  National Civil Rights Museum |
727,465 | 92.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 39 |  National Gallery |
708,957 | 10.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 40 |  Musical Instrument Museum (Brussels) |
703,650 | 93.7% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 41 |  Getty Center |
668,270 | 71.6% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 42 |  Philadelphia Museum of Art |
663,723 | 75.1% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 43 |  California Science Center |
651,429 | 51.7% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 44 |  National Museum of American History |
640,710 | 53.5% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 45 |  Royal Academy of Arts |
612,532 | 10.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 46 |  Pérez Art Museum Miami |
601,806 | 25.7% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 47 |  De Young (museum) |
597,420 | 77.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 48 |  Field Museum of Natural History |
596,210 | 45.4% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 49 |  Museum of Sex |
573,225 | 97.2% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
| 50 |  Z Gallerie |
537,049 | 85.0% | Museum | Arts & Culture |
Frequently asked questions
How is this Top 50 list compiled?
Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States 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 States?
Museum currently leads with an estimated audience of 35,041,652 people in United States.
Methodology
Audience sizes are estimated from anonymized search-behavior signals across United States. Lists below 5 entries are not published. See methodology for full details.