The Most Popular Places in America
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.
- Under 2.3%15 states
- 2.3%–4.3%18 states
- 4.3% and over18 states
Surprising winners
The venues and brands that broke the pattern, or dominated their home state to a degree nothing else in the country matches.
14.2%
Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport owns Georgia
A single airport carries 14.2% of every place observation in the state — the most lopsided win in America.
4.6%
Popeyes takes Nebraska
The only state in the country whose most popular venue is a restaurant.
4
Campuses take 4 states
In 4 states the most popular venue is a university — led by Kansas State University, with 2.3% of Kansas.
11.7%
Hy-Vee holds Iowa
The biggest upset over Walmart: Hy-Vee carries 11.7% of the state's place observations.
Dead heat
Starbucks ties Dunkin'
The closest matchup in America: Starbucks and Dunkin' finish level in Illinois at 0.8% apiece.
Winners by category
Each category's share of national place observations, its single busiest venue, and its dominant brand.
| Category | Nat. share | Top venue | Top brand |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel & resort | 27.2% | Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood · Florida | Hampton 4.4% |
| Restaurant | 17.5% | Playball Restaurant · New Jersey | McDonald's 12.7% |
| Retail | 15.3% | World of Disney · Florida | Sam's Club 15.9% |
| Grocery store | 12.9% | Milk Bar · Nevada | Walmart 30.6% |
| Airport | 6.4% | Miami International Airport · Florida | — |
| Gym | 3.4% | Real Fitness Naples · Florida | Planet Fitness 31.0% |
| University | 3.1% | Ohio State University · Ohio | University of Phoenix 0.2% |
| Business services | 3.0% | Ace Designs Inc. · Pennsylvania | H&R Block 1.2% |
| Bar | 2.7% | 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar · New York | McMenamins 0.8% |
| Community center | 2.7% | New York City Hall · New York | American Legion 3.6% |
| Car dealer | 2.5% | Tesla Giga Texas · Texas | Toyota 13.7% |
| Car services | 2.5% | David's Garage And Tire Shop · Indiana | Caliber Collision 2.3% |
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 and DC 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.