The Most Popular Places in America
Live data · updated regularly
Anonymized WiFi observations matched to real venues in IPinfo's Places data. Switch the lens to rank states by their busiest venue, their dominant brand, a head-to-head brand matchup, or a single venue category.
Surprising winners
The venues and brands that broke the pattern, or dominated their home state to a degree nothing else in the country matches.
13.4%
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport owns Georgia
A single airport carries 13.4% of every place observation in the state — the most lopsided win in America.
3.7%
Rhodehouse Live At Twin River Casino takes Rhode Island
The only state in the country whose most popular venue is an entertainment venue.
4
Campuses take 4 states
In 4 states the most popular venue is a university — led by Kansas State University, with 2.1% of Kansas.
11.4%
Hy-Vee holds Iowa
The biggest upset over Walmart: Hy-Vee carries 11.4% of the state's place observations.
Dead heat
Dunkin' ties Starbucks
The closest matchup in America: Dunkin' and Starbucks finish level in Alabama at 0.2% apiece.
Winners by category
Each category's share of national place observations and its most common brand.
| Category | Nat. share | Most common brand |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel & resort | 25.8% | Hampton 4.8% |
| Restaurant | 17.7% | McDonald's 12.5% |
| Retail | 14.4% | Sam's Club 16.5% |
| Grocery store | 12.9% | Walmart 29.7% |
| Business services | 7.7% | — |
| Airport | 6.1% | — |
| Gym | 3.7% | Planet Fitness 30.0% |
| Community center | 3.1% | American Legion 3.0% |
| University | 3.0% | — |
| Bar | 2.6% | McMenamins 1.0% |
| Car dealer | 2.3% | Toyota 14.0% |
| Personal care | 2.2% | Great Clips 1.7% |
Methodology
Every figure on this page comes from the same daily snapshot, measured the same way.
- The data
- Anonymized, privacy-preserving WiFi observations from opted-in devices, matched to real venues in IPinfo's Places dataset. Refreshed daily from the live dataset.
- The measure
- Popularity is a venue's share of its state's total place observations: a measure of network presence, not foot traffic. No individual devices or people are identified.
- The coverage
- Rankings cover all 50 states across every venue category in the dataset, from airports to aquariums.
What's in Places?
Places maps public WiFi IPs to the real venues where they originate, with building-level precision. Every place IP carries exactly one venue category, and sensitive venue types such as hospitals, schools, and places of worship are excluded.
No new endpoint. It's in your bundle.
The Places API is included in IPinfo Core and Max, returned in the same API call you already make. No new endpoint, no second request — and the depth of the venue detail follows your tier.
Sample response
Depth scales with your tier
Pick a tier to see exactly what its response carries, all in the same API call.