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The 100 most popular Zoos in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest zoos in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 162 zoos tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Georgia Aquarium, Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden and London Zoo lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 10M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 346k, and the largest, Georgia Aquarium, reaches around 5M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each zoo, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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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 Georgia Aquarium 5M 44.5 46.4% Zoo
2 Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden 2.6M 41.8 70.1% Zoo
3 London Zoo 2.5M 40.6 61.7% Zoo
4 Houston Zoo 2.1M 42.9 60.1% Zoo
5 San Diego Zoo 1.9M 44.5 63.3% Zoo
6 Saint Louis Zoo 1.3M 42.3 63.0% Zoo
7 San Diego Zoo Safari Park 1.2M 44.9 65.7% Zoo
8 Philadelphia Zoo 727k 43.3 64.6% Zoo
9 National Zoological Park (United States) 708k 44.1 68.8% Zoo
10 Prospect Park Zoo 634k — — Zoo
11 Tennessee Aquarium 606k 37.8 75.0% Zoo
12 Bronx Zoo 566k 43.2 64.3% Zoo
13 Chester Zoo 562k 35.0 55.3% Zoo
14 Columbus Zoo and Aquarium 525k 42.2 72.3% Zoo
15 Zoo Miami 520k 34.1 53.8% Zoo
16 Brookfield Zoo 491k 42.4 69.3% Zoo
17 Australia Zoo 450k 36.7 63.3% Zoo
18 Denver Zoo 431k 42.0 72.3% Zoo
19 Lincoln Park Zoo 392k 41.9 69.5% Zoo
20 Elephant Nature Park 390k 47.6 65.8% Zoo
21 Zoo Atlanta 386k 44.6 64.8% Zoo
22 Waikiki Aquarium 375k — — Zoo
23 Fort Worth Zoo 346k 43.0 66.6% Zoo
24 Henry Doorly Zoo and Aquarium 342k 38.8 76.2% Zoo
25 Detroit Zoo 339k 42.6 74.4% Zoo
26 Memphis Zoo 326k 40.7 71.7% Zoo
27 Dallas Zoo 316k 42.1 75.2% Zoo
28 Indianapolis Zoo 313k 41.3 70.4% Zoo
29 Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 281k 42.3 71.4% Zoo
30 Cabrillo Marine Aquarium 275k — — Zoo
31 Texas State Aquarium 260k 35.5 76.3% Zoo
32 Los Angeles Zoo 256k 37.5 51.0% Zoo
33 Woodland Park Zoo 245k 43.3 72.2% Zoo
34 Xcaret Park 233k 39.8 57.5% Zoo
35 Symbio Wildlife Park 197k 42.3 74.8% Zoo
36 San Antonio Zoo 193k 36.3 79.6% Zoo
37 Cheyenne Mountain Zoo 190k 39.4 74.8% Zoo
38 MarineLand 190k — — Zoo
39 Australian Reptile Park 188k 38.7 53.9% Zoo
40 African Safari Wildlife Park 187k 45.7 60.6% Zoo
41 Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium 173k 37.2 78.4% Zoo
42 Melbourne Zoo 169k 43.0 62.4% Zoo
43 Toledo Zoo 168k 38.4 79.0% Zoo
44 Riverbanks Zoo 159k 38.5 83.8% Zoo
45 The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore 159k 41.1 87.5% Zoo
46 Whipsnade Zoo 158k 40.4 82.2% Zoo
47 Milwaukee County Zoo 154k 40.3 80.4% Zoo
48 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo 152k 39.4 79.3% Zoo
49 Audubon Zoo 149k 36.3 88.3% Zoo
50 Moody Gardens 145k 38.4 79.4% Zoo
51 African Lion Safari 144k 36.8 53.6% Zoo
52 Mystic Aquarium 143k 38.6 83.1% Zoo
53 Nashville Zoo at Grassmere 136k 37.6 83.8% Zoo
54 Franklin Park Zoo 134k 39.3 76.6% Zoo
55 Zoo World 134k 37.3 65.8% Zoo
56 Hogle Zoo 133k 36.4 81.3% Zoo
57 Minnesota Zoo 133k 37.0 80.4% Zoo
58 Louisville Zoo 132k 38.5 80.6% Zoo
59 Dolphin Research Center 127k 42.8 84.5% Zoo
60 Phoenix Zoo 125k 36.7 80.3% Zoo
61 Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens 121k 37.0 83.2% Zoo
62 Toronto Zoo 119k 39.3 60.1% Zoo
63 Wildlife World Zoo 117k 39.2 81.5% Zoo
64 Africam Safari 99k 36.6 53.7% Zoo
65 Turtle Back Zoo 97k 39.9 82.6% Zoo
66 Dubai Dolphinarium 96k 36.9 37.4% Zoo
67 Brevard Zoo 95k 41.6 78.8% Zoo
68 Taronga Zoo 95k 33.9 55.8% Zoo
69 John Ball Zoological Garden 93k 36.3 82.8% Zoo
70 Buffalo Zoo 91k 38.9 77.3% Zoo
71 Downtown Aquarium, Houston 89k 35.2 79.1% Zoo
72 Birmingham Zoo 87k 36.4 84.2% Zoo
73 Fort Wayne Children's Zoo 81k 37.6 83.9% Zoo
74 Akron Zoo 79k 38.9 82.1% Zoo
75 Tulsa Zoo 76k 36.4 83.2% Zoo
76 Gladys Porter Zoo 74k 31.4 73.3% Zoo
77 Jungle Island 66k 40.7 67.5% Zoo
78 Singapore Zoo 61k 38.7 67.1% Zoo
79 Blank Park Zoo 61k 37.7 79.7% Zoo
80 Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay 61k 38.0 51.7% Zoo
81 Santa's Village AZoosment Park 61k 37.8 87.6% Zoo
82 Reid Park Zoo 58k 38.9 83.5% Zoo
83 Henry Vilas Zoo 56k 36.7 84.4% Zoo
84 Little Rock Zoo 54k 36.2 88.3% Zoo
85 Miami Seaquarium 53k 36.5 75.4% Zoo
86 Palm Beach Zoo 52k 40.5 77.4% Zoo
87 Greenville Zoo 52k 40.7 89.9% Zoo
88 Oklahoma Aquarium 50k 36.7 86.0% Zoo
89 Greensboro Science Center 48k 39.0 84.0% Zoo
90 Natura Artis Magistra 47k 40.7 74.5% Zoo
91 Seneca Park Zoo 44k 39.7 79.2% Zoo
92 Central Florida Zoo and Botanical Gardens 44k 42.6 93.2% Zoo
93 Plumpton Park Zoo 41k 40.7 87.1% Zoo
94 Sacramento Zoo 39k 38.1 87.3% Zoo
95 Harewood House 31k 35.9 73.2% Zoo
96 Naples Zoo 30k 45.8 71.0% Zoo
97 Air Zoo 29k 42.9 51.5% Zoo
98 Happy Hollow Park & Zoo 29k 44.2 75.0% Zoo
99 Cameron Park Zoo 28k 36.8 93.0% Zoo
100 Mesker Park Zoo and Botanic Garden 28k 41.2 77.4% Zoo

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular zoos compiled?

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

Georgia Aquarium currently leads with an estimated audience of 5M people in United States.

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