Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Cuisines in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest cuisines in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 178 cuisines tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. Italian cuisine, Mexican cuisine and Cuisine of the United States lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 99M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 4.3M, and the largest, Italian cuisine, reaches around 42M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each cuisine, 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 Italian cuisine 42M 41.1 59.2% Cuisine
2 Mexican cuisine 36M 40.4 59.0% Cuisine
3 Cuisine of the United States 21M 45.1 56.1% Cuisine
4 Vegetarian cuisine 21M 39.2 63.0% Cuisine
5 Chinese cuisine 19M 40.0 61.9% Cuisine
6 Mediterranean cuisine 19M 43.4 59.1% Cuisine
7 French cuisine 18M 40.6 64.6% Cuisine
8 Japanese cuisine 17M 37.6 56.7% Cuisine
9 Latin American cuisine 14M 41.0 61.2% Cuisine
10 southern food 12M 44.6 61.6% Cuisine
11 Indian cuisine 12M 40.5 60.3% Cuisine
12 German cuisine 11M 41.3 60.6% Cuisine
13 spicy food 10M 38.3 59.0% Cuisine
14 Spanish cuisine 10M 40.1 61.3% Cuisine
15 Korean cuisine 9.7M 36.7 61.2% Cuisine
16 British cuisine 9.3M 42.3 57.0% Cuisine
17 Global cuisine 9M 43.8 60.5% Cuisine
18 Asian cuisine 8.5M 38.9 62.8% Cuisine
19 Thai cuisine 8.4M 39.8 63.3% Cuisine
20 Vietnamese cuisine 7.7M 40.8 63.4% Cuisine
21 European cuisine 7.5M 46.2 57.8% Cuisine
22 Tex-Mex 7M 41.3 55.5% Cuisine
23 New Mexican cuisine 6.8M 41.0 58.0% Cuisine
24 Greek cuisine 6.4M 40.6 63.8% Cuisine
25 Cajun cuisine 6.2M 43.1 57.6% Cuisine
26 Middle Eastern cuisine 5.7M 39.9 63.5% Cuisine
27 English cuisine 5.4M 43.8 59.3% Cuisine
28 Fusion cuisine 3.6M 44.9 60.6% Cuisine
29 Peruvian cuisine 3.1M 39.8 56.8% Cuisine
30 African cuisine 3.1M 40.1 68.4% Cuisine
31 Turkish cuisine 2.9M 41.2 62.9% Cuisine
32 Mexican street food 2.9M 36.6 60.6% Cuisine
33 Canadian cuisine 2.8M 45.9 54.4% Cuisine
34 Louisiana Creole cuisine 2.7M 45.3 60.4% Cuisine
35 Cuisine of the Southwestern United States 2.7M 39.0 64.1% Cuisine
36 Haitian cuisine 2.6M 43.5 50.2% Cuisine
37 Caribbean cuisine 2.6M 42.7 51.9% Cuisine
38 Australian cuisine 2.5M 44.2 49.1% Cuisine
39 Jamaican cuisine 2.4M 39.8 53.2% Cuisine
40 Irish cuisine 2M 46.6 59.6% Cuisine
41 Cuban cuisine 1.8M 38.5 58.7% Cuisine
42 Puerto Rican cuisine 1.7M 41.2 67.9% Cuisine
43 Cantonese cuisine 1.5M 45.4 62.4% Cuisine
44 Arab cuisine 1.5M 39.6 56.6% Cuisine
45 Portuguese cuisine 1.4M 45.4 55.1% Cuisine
46 Polish cuisine 1.3M 47.0 66.2% Cuisine
47 Native American cuisine 1.3M 44.5 64.7% Cuisine
48 Lebanese cuisine 1.3M 40.0 57.0% Cuisine
49 Philippine cuisine 1.1M 42.7 61.0% Cuisine
50 Brazilian cuisine 1M 41.2 52.9% Cuisine
51 Jewish cuisine 1M 45.3 65.8% Cuisine
52 Pakistani cuisine 984k 39.4 54.2% Cuisine
53 South Asian cuisine 964k 43.5 59.7% Cuisine
54 American Chinese cuisine 916k 42.0 63.2% Cuisine
55 Ethiopian cuisine 905k 39.6 62.0% Cuisine
56 Israeli cuisine 904k 47.4 55.9% Cuisine
57 Taiwanese cuisine 895k 40.9 72.4% Cuisine
58 Syrian cuisine 881k 42.7 55.5% Cuisine
59 Indonesian cuisine 823k 35.6 58.4% Cuisine
60 Iraqi cuisine 806k 42.4 56.3% Cuisine
61 Malaysian cuisine 788k 35.7 57.2% Cuisine
62 South African cuisine 653k 44.9 63.3% Cuisine
63 Punjabi cuisine 589k 38.3 55.4% Cuisine
64 Colombian cuisine 547k 42.3 62.4% Cuisine
65 Tamil cuisine 531k 39.0 58.4% Cuisine
66 Argentine cuisine 509k 42.9 61.2% Cuisine
67 New American cuisine 500k 45.3 61.3% Cuisine
68 Armenian cuisine 495k 40.8 54.2% Cuisine
69 Venezuelan cuisine 482k 41.8 53.3% Cuisine
70 South Indian cuisine 440k 43.9 62.6% Cuisine
71 Russian cuisine 425k 42.6 56.4% Cuisine
72 Rodízio 422k 43.0 50.4% Cuisine
73 Hong Kong cuisine 396k 39.3 55.9% Cuisine
74 Moroccan cuisine 389k 34.3 55.5% Cuisine
75 Uzbek cuisine 378k — — Cuisine
76 Sicilian cuisine 375k 43.5 57.9% Cuisine
77 Italian American cuisine 369k 42.6 52.4% Cuisine
78 Szechuan cuisine 362k 39.9 59.4% Cuisine
79 Bengali cuisine 360k 38.7 50.7% Cuisine
80 Traditional food 318k 42.0 67.6% Cuisine
81 North Indian cuisine 312k 41.9 64.1% Cuisine
82 Austrian cuisine 300k 42.8 80.1% Cuisine
83 Romanian cuisine 299k 29.6 57.4% Cuisine
84 Hunan cuisine 272k 45.4 48.9% Cuisine
85 Penang cuisine 254k 36.5 72.1% Cuisine
86 Persian Food 250k 42.6 62.1% Cuisine
87 Malay cuisine 238k 38.2 60.2% Cuisine
88 Yakiniku 202k 36.9 57.8% Cuisine
89 Haute cuisine 199k 41.8 65.2% Cuisine
90 Nepalese cuisine 194k 41.8 71.9% Cuisine
91 Japanese Chinese cuisine 193k 44.6 62.6% Cuisine
92 Cuisine of Hawaii 192k 43.9 68.7% Cuisine
93 Hungarian cuisine 182k 44.5 79.1% Cuisine
94 Danish cuisine 168k 44.6 60.7% Cuisine
95 Gujarati cuisine 167k 42.1 56.8% Cuisine
96 Ghanaian cuisine 166k — — Cuisine
97 Mongolian barbecue 147k 38.6 65.7% Cuisine
98 Chilean cuisine 147k 40.7 48.4% Cuisine
99 Jordanian cuisine 143k 39.5 57.3% Cuisine
100 Scottish cuisine 136k 39.9 47.7% Cuisine

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular cuisines compiled?

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

Italian cuisine currently leads with an estimated audience of 42M people in United States.

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