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Top 100 Museums in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest museums in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 729 museums tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Museum of Modern Art, British Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 19M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 927k, and the largest, Museum of Modern Art, reaches around 7.4M 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.

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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 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
51 Alamo Mission in San Antonio 491k 42.1 49.8% Museum
52 National Museum of Natural History (France) 490k 43.1 53.1% Museum
53 Museum of Mathematics 479k Museum
54 Museum of Contemporary Art (Basel) 474k 40.7 38.9% Museum
55 J. Paul Getty Museum 448k 43.8 58.3% Museum
56 Tate Britain 446k 40.2 57.1% Museum
57 National Museum of Natural History 430k 45.8 54.6% Museum
58 MoMA PS1 430k 46.0 53.2% Museum
59 The National WWII Museum 423k 49.3 32.7% Museum
60 Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 421k 43.7 57.7% Museum
61 Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) 412k 44.2 73.3% Museum
62 Chicago History Museum 405k 36.6 53.3% Museum
63 Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago) 405k 43.5 59.4% Museum
64 Seattle Art Museum 401k 38.9 61.2% Museum
65 Palais de Tokyo 400k 38.7 62.9% Museum
66 Exploratorium 396k 43.1 61.6% Museum
67 Petersen Automotive Museum 387k 44.7 18.8% Museum
68 New-York Historical Society 375k 45.0 53.1% Museum
69 Railway Museum (Saitama) 355k 43.7 43.7% Museum
70 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago 351k 43.4 56.3% Museum
71 Israel Museum 351k 40.3 60.3% Museum
72 Cleveland Museum of Art 347k 43.5 63.2% Museum
73 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 344k 41.9 60.3% Museum
74 Churchill War Rooms 340k 43.7 28.7% Museum
75 Centre Georges Pompidou 339k 39.0 44.3% Museum

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Frequently asked questions

How is this Top 100 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 of Modern Art currently leads with an estimated audience of 7.4M people in United States.

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