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 257 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 133M people. Across all 100 entries the average audience size is 3.2M, 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 36M 43.5 49.3% Airline
3 southwest airlines 31M 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 11M 45.8 55.9% Airline
8 Allegiant Air 7.5M 44.7 54.6% Airline
9 Delta Air Lines 5.8M 45.0 54.5% Airline
10 British Airways 5.5M 42.7 50.1% Airline
11 Volaris 5.1M 34.5 48.2% Airline
12 Hawaiian Airlines 4.8M 44.3 54.4% Airline
13 Air Canada 4.1M 46.1 52.8% Airline
14 British Midland International 3.7M 41.0 100.0% Airline
15 Air France 3.6M 40.0 47.5% Airline
16 Turkish Airlines 3.6M 42.2 41.2% Airline
17 Qatar Airways 3.5M 42.4 42.1% Airline
18 Lufthansa 3.4M 39.1 47.3% Airline
19 Emirates 3.3M 41.6 44.5% Airline
20 Iberia (airline) 3.2M 41.9 53.6% Airline
21 Avianca 2.7M 41.0 53.1% Airline
22 All Nippon Airways 2.5M 35.2 41.6% Airline
23 Japan Airlines 2.2M 42.0 48.1% Airline
24 Aeroméxico 2.1M 36.9 46.1% Airline
25 Virgin Atlantic 2.1M 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 1.9M 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 1.6M 44.1 44.5% Airline
32 Philippine Airlines 1.4M 34.8 63.7% Airline
33 Malaysia Airlines 1.4M 37.6 50.1% Airline
34 Ryanair 1.3M 36.2 52.2% Airline
35 Viva 1.3M 39.1 54.4% 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) 1.1M 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 Air India 1.1M 42.9 47.4% Airline
43 Icelandair 964k 42.4 56.0% Airline
44 Star Alliance 939k 42.5 49.2% Airline
45 EasyJet 896k 36.9 55.4% Airline
46 TAP Portugal 890k 42.0 47.4% Airline
47 LAN Airlines 867k 35.9 55.1% Airline
48 TAP Air Portugal 852k 40.6 52.9% Airline
49 Asiana Airlines 824k 41.8 48.3% Airline
50 Oneworld 817k 43.8 53.7% Airline
51 China Airlines 813k 41.2 40.3% Airline
52 AirAsia 803k 34.3 52.8% Airline
53 Vietnam Airlines 798k 47.1 44.0% Airline
54 NetJets 788k 46.9 36.7% Airline
55 WestJet 736k 35.7 48.6% Airline
56 Ethiopian Airlines 736k 44.6 47.2% Airline
57 Vueling 701k 42.1 57.0% Airline
58 VietJet Air 673k 48.1 43.0% Airline
59 Momondo 649k 40.1 55.6% Airline
60 Air New Zealand 621k 43.2 56.1% Airline
61 Porter Airlines 614k 45.1 53.1% Airline
62 qantas airways 595k 36.4 46.0% Airline
63 CityLine 595k 38.3 68.7% Airline
64 Swissair 588k 42.4 26.4% Airline
65 Caribbean Airlines 585k 37.1 61.2% Airline
66 El Al 570k 42.6 57.0% Airline
67 AAdvantage 541k 46.5 45.7% Airline
68 Cebu Pacific 511k 32.2 63.8% Airline
69 French Bee 502k 39.3 54.5% Airline
70 Norse Atlantic Airways 454k 44.2 48.7% Airline
71 Thai Airways 449k 38.6 50.2% Airline
72 Wizz Air 444k 39.2 46.6% Airline
73 Fiji Airways 434k 46.5 49.7% Airline
74 Blue Line (airline) 422k — — Airline
75 South African Airways 413k 39.7 40.8% Airline
76 VistaJet 396k 45.3 36.7% Airline
77 Scandinavian Airlines 393k 40.8 54.6% Airline
78 Austrian Airlines 387k 37.9 47.5% Airline
79 Scoot 378k 42.3 56.6% Airline
80 Finnair 357k 39.3 51.9% Airline
81 Bangkok Airways 356k 38.4 54.0% Airline
82 General sales agent (airlines) 329k 30.0 62.4% Airline
83 Garuda Indonesia 306k 34.0 48.1% Airline
84 Royal Jordanian 305k 33.8 42.1% Airline
85 TAM Airlines 297k 36.5 52.7% Airline
86 LOT Polish Airlines 289k 42.1 63.7% Airline
87 Royal Air Maroc 274k 34.4 39.4% Airline
88 Air Europa 271k 39.3 54.5% Airline
89 Aegean Airlines 267k 33.5 41.2% Airline
90 Air China 261k 40.3 48.7% Airline
91 Venezolana 260k — — Airline
92 Virgin America 258k 42.6 62.2% Airline
93 Brussels Airlines 255k 41.1 48.1% Airline
94 Hong Kong Airlines 248k 40.7 46.4% Airline
95 SkyWest Airlines 244k 41.1 39.6% Airline
96 Air Transat 243k 40.6 62.6% Airline
97 China Southern Airlines 228k 44.7 53.0% Airline
98 Max Air 216k 29.4 49.4% Airline
99 Flydubai 212k 39.1 49.6% Airline
100 EgyptAir 212k 39.4 48.0% 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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