Popularity ranking · United States

The 100 most popular Airlines in United States

This curated ranking covers the 100 largest airlines in United States, ordered by estimated audience size from Rascasse's anonymized search-behavior signals. Out of 256 airlines tracked in United States, the 100 ranked here account for the largest measured audience reach. American Airlines, United Airlines and southwest airlines lead the list with a combined estimated audience of 136M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.3M, and the largest, American Airlines, reaches around 66M people in United States. Audience size is the estimated number of unique people in United States who actively engage with each airline, derived from search demand signals. Rankings reflect search-behavior signals collected across United States and are updated quarterly.

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How to read this list

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 American Airlines 66M 44.9 52.4% Airline
2 United Airlines 37M 43.5 49.3% Airline
3 southwest airlines 33M 44.4 63.8% Airline
4 JetBlue 20M 45.4 56.7% Airline
5 Alaska Airlines 17M 45.6 55.6% Airline
6 Frontier Airlines 15M 44.7 58.1% Airline
7 Spirit Airlines 14M 45.8 55.9% Airline
8 Allegiant Air 7.6M 44.7 54.6% Airline
9 Delta Air Lines 6.1M 45.0 54.5% Airline
10 Hawaiian Airlines 5.5M 44.3 54.4% Airline
11 Volaris 5.4M 34.5 48.2% Airline
12 British Airways 5.3M 42.7 50.1% Airline
13 Air Canada 4.2M 46.1 52.8% Airline
14 British Midland International 3.7M 41.0 100.0% Airline
15 Qatar Airways 3.7M 42.4 42.1% Airline
16 Turkish Airlines 3.7M 42.2 41.2% Airline
17 Air France 3.5M 40.0 47.5% Airline
18 Emirates 3.5M 41.6 44.5% Airline
19 Lufthansa 3.4M 39.1 47.3% Airline
20 Iberia (airline) 3.2M 41.9 53.6% Airline
21 Avianca 2.7M 41.0 53.1% Airline
22 All Nippon Airways 2.6M 35.2 41.6% Airline
23 Japan Airlines 2.2M 42.0 48.1% Airline
24 Aeroméxico 2.2M 36.9 46.1% Airline
25 Virgin Atlantic 2M 47.6 52.9% Airline
26 Singapore Airlines 2M 40.0 47.0% Airline
27 Cathay Pacific 1.9M 35.4 51.4% Airline
28 Copa Airlines 1.8M 43.5 58.8% Airline
29 Aer Lingus 1.8M 41.4 46.9% Airline
30 KLM 1.6M 38.8 47.6% Airline
31 EVA Air 1.5M 44.1 44.5% Airline
32 Philippine Airlines 1.4M 34.8 63.7% Airline
33 Malaysia Airlines 1.3M 37.6 50.1% Airline
34 Air India 1.3M 42.9 47.4% Airline
35 Ryanair 1.3M 36.2 52.2% Airline
36 Korean Air 1.3M 40.6 47.5% Airline
37 Etihad Airways 1.3M 41.3 46.2% Airline
38 Sun Country Airlines 1.2M 45.6 53.7% Airline
39 Peach (airline) 1.2M 38.6 76.6% Airline
40 SkyTeam 1.1M 45.0 50.3% Airline
41 Philippines Airlines 1.1M 31.0 59.8% Airline
42 Star Alliance 956k 42.5 49.2% Airline
43 Icelandair 937k 42.4 56.0% Airline
44 LAN Airlines 907k 35.9 55.1% Airline
45 EasyJet 905k 36.9 55.4% Airline
46 TAP Portugal 885k 42.0 47.4% Airline
47 TAP Air Portugal 852k 40.6 52.9% Airline
48 Oneworld 829k 43.8 53.7% Airline
49 Asiana Airlines 824k 41.8 48.3% Airline
50 AirAsia 807k 34.3 52.8% Airline
51 NetJets 799k 46.9 36.7% Airline
52 China Airlines 784k 41.2 40.3% Airline
53 Vietnam Airlines 782k 47.1 44.0% Airline
54 WestJet 755k 35.7 48.6% Airline
55 Vueling 736k 42.1 57.0% Airline
56 Ethiopian Airlines 714k 44.6 47.2% Airline
57 VietJet Air 673k 48.1 43.0% Airline
58 Momondo 667k 40.1 55.6% Airline
59 Air New Zealand 627k 43.2 56.1% Airline
60 Porter Airlines 603k 45.1 53.1% Airline
61 CityLine 603k 38.3 68.7% Airline
62 Norse Atlantic Airways 598k 44.2 48.7% Airline
63 qantas airways 596k 36.4 46.0% Airline
64 Swissair 588k 42.4 26.4% Airline
65 Caribbean Airlines 585k 37.1 61.2% Airline
66 El Al 578k 42.6 57.0% Airline
67 AAdvantage 535k 46.5 45.7% Airline
68 French Bee 511k 39.3 54.5% Airline
69 Cebu Pacific 511k 32.2 63.8% Airline
70 Thai Airways 451k 38.6 50.2% Airline
71 Wizz Air 444k 39.2 46.6% Airline
72 Fiji Airways 439k 46.5 49.7% Airline
73 South African Airways 432k 39.7 40.8% Airline
74 Blue Line (airline) 422k — — Airline
75 VistaJet 398k 45.3 36.7% Airline
76 Scandinavian Airlines 387k 40.8 54.6% Airline
77 Scoot 384k 42.3 56.6% Airline
78 Austrian Airlines 363k 37.9 47.5% Airline
79 Bangkok Airways 355k 38.4 54.0% Airline
80 General sales agent (airlines) 353k 30.0 62.4% Airline
81 Finnair 352k 39.3 51.9% Airline
82 TAM Airlines 297k 36.5 52.7% Airline
83 Garuda Indonesia 292k 34.0 48.1% Airline
84 LOT Polish Airlines 274k 42.1 63.7% Airline
85 Air Europa 267k 39.3 54.5% Airline
86 Aegean Airlines 264k 33.5 41.2% Airline
87 Royal Air Maroc 262k 34.4 39.4% Airline
88 Royal Jordanian 261k 33.8 42.1% Airline
89 Virgin America 260k 42.6 62.2% Airline
90 Venezolana 260k — — Airline
91 Brussels Airlines 255k 41.1 48.1% Airline
92 Air China 254k 40.3 48.7% Airline
93 SkyWest Airlines 250k 41.1 39.6% Airline
94 Hong Kong Airlines 250k 40.7 46.4% Airline
95 Air Transat 245k 40.6 62.6% Airline
96 China Southern Airlines 228k 44.7 53.0% Airline
97 Max Air 216k 29.4 49.4% Airline
98 EgyptAir 206k 39.4 48.0% Airline
99 MileagePlus 206k 41.3 46.9% Airline
100 Continental Airlines 195k 45.1 43.6% Airline

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Frequently asked questions

How is this list of the most popular airlines compiled?

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

American Airlines currently leads with an estimated audience of 66M people in United States.

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