100 Most Popular Public Transports in United States 2026 — by Audience Size

How to read this list

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	Country share	Avg age	Female share	Subtype
1	FFlixBus	2.4M	4.8%	39.6	60.2%	Public transport
2	MMetropolitan Transportation Authority (New York)	2.3M	54.5%	43.7	39.4%	Public transport
3	SStaten Island Ferry	2.2M	94.4%	41.5	55.9%	Public transport
4	MMBTA Commuter Rail	1.7M	99.2%	44.5	61.1%	Public transport
5	BBNSF Railway	1.2M	83.6%	45.9	33.4%	Public transport
6	WWashington Metro	774k	94.7%	38.1	66.7%	Public transport
7	CCeBus	756k	18.6%	42.2	60.3%	Public transport
8	BBlue Line (CTA)	736k	60.5%	41.2	48.6%	Public transport
9	NNederlandse Spoorwegen	694k	11.3%	37.3	61.7%	Public transport
10	OOrient Express	562k	16.6%	42.5	51.6%	Public transport
11	LLondon Underground	493k	13.0%	38.5	48.0%	Public transport
12	EEurostar	484k	3.6%	36.2	58.0%	Public transport
13	MMetro-North Railroad	419k	89.3%	43.4	49.5%	Public transport
14	TTrenitalia	399k	2.1%	33.6	46.7%	Public transport
15	JJapan Rail Pass	324k	12.5%	37.3	46.4%	Public transport
16	MMyWay (ticketing system)	310k	13.7%	41.9	57.3%	Public transport
17	CCSX Transportation	290k	92.1%	38.0	38.9%	Public transport
18	CCanadian Pacific Railway	279k	47.0%	42.2	43.9%	Public transport
19	CChicago Transit Authority	275k	80.4%	36.3	37.4%	Public transport
20	NNew Jersey Transit	228k	98.6%	40.7	54.5%	Public transport
21	DDeutsche Bahn	221k	0.9%	36.8	59.2%	Public transport
22	TTEC	179k	14.3%	34.9	38.6%	Public transport
23	HHyperloop	172k	26.4%	36.3	16.7%	Public transport
24	SSNCF	165k	1.1%	36.3	54.8%	Public transport
25	GGreater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority	117k	99.8%	41.2	52.5%	Public transport

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular public transports compiled?

Rascasse aggregates anonymized search-behavior signals across United States and ranks each public transport 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 public transport in United States?

FlixBus currently leads with an estimated audience of 2.4M people in United States.

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