Visitor statistics
How many people visit Bryce Canyon?
Last verified NPS Visitor Use Statistics1979–2025
1,967,367 recreation visits in 2025, #16 of 63 national parks. The record is 2018 (2,679,478). Every year since 1979, straight from the National Park Service’s own counts.
- 2025 visits
- 1,967,367
- −21.2% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #16
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2018
- 2,679,478 visits
- vs 2015
- +12.7%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +252.5%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Jul 2018
- 430,020 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Recreation visits per calendar year, as reported to the NPS Visitor Use Statistics office. The 2025 bar is highlighted; a missing bar means the park did not report all twelve months that year.
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,967,367 | −21.2% | #16 |
| 2024 | 2,498,075 | +1.5% | #15 |
| 2023 | 2,461,269 | +4.5% | #15 |
| 2022 | 2,354,660 | +11.9% | #15 |
| 2021 | 2,104,600 | +43.7% | #15 |
| 2020 | 1,464,655 | −43.6% | #15 |
| 2019 | 2,594,904 | −3.2% | #12 |
| 2018 | 2,679,478 | +4.2% | #12 |
| 2017 | 2,571,684 | +8.7% | #12 |
| 2016 | 2,365,110 | +35.5% | #13 |
| 2015 | 1,745,804 | +21.6% | #14 |
| 2014 | 1,435,741 | +9.4% | #16 |
| 2013 | 1,311,875 | −5.3% | #17 |
| 2012 | 1,385,352 | +6.9% | #16 |
| 2011 | 1,296,000 | +0.8% | #17 |
| 2010 | 1,285,492 | +5.7% | #17 |
| 2009 | 1,216,377 | +16.6% | #17 |
| 2008 | 1,043,321 | +3.0% | #21 |
| 2007 | 1,012,563 | +13.7% | #22 |
| 2006 | 890,676 | −12.5% | #23 |
| 2005 | 1,017,681 | +3.1% | #23 |
| 2004 | 987,253 | +9.2% | #24 |
| 2003 | 903,760 | +2.0% | #24 |
| 2002 | 886,436 | −17.0% | #26 |
| 2001 | 1,068,619 | −2.8% | #22 |
| 2000 | 1,099,275 | +1.6% | #24 |
| 1999 | 1,081,521 | −7.3% | #23 |
| 1998 | 1,166,331 | −0.7% | #23 |
| 1997 | 1,174,824 | −7.5% | #23 |
| 1996 | 1,269,600 | +27.7% | #19 |
| 1995 | 994,548 | −3.3% | #24 |
| 1994 | 1,028,134 | −7.2% | #24 |
| 1993 | 1,107,951 | +8.8% | #22 |
| 1992 | 1,018,174 | +9.6% | #23 |
| 1991 | 929,067 | +7.7% | #25 |
| 1990 | 862,659 | +6.8% | #25 |
| 1989 | 808,045 | +2.1% | #26 |
| 1988 | 791,348 | +10.2% | #27 |
| 1987 | 718,342 | +24.3% | #29 |
| 1986 | 578,018 | +15.4% | #33 |
| 1985 | 500,782 | +1.1% | #33 |
| 1984 | 495,104 | +4.8% | #34 |
| 1983 | 472,633 | +0.2% | #35 |
| 1982 | 471,517 | −0.5% | #34 |
| 1981 | 474,092 | −17.1% | #36 |
| 1980 | 571,541 | +2.4% | #28 |
| 1979 | 558,095 | — | #31 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 558,095
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 588,142
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 1.06 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 1.01 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 1.87 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 2.14 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 57% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 42% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAJFMAMJJASOND
Quietest: JanuaryBusiest: June
The weather page puts these crowd levels beside each month’s temperatures.
About these numbers
Figures are the National Park Service’s monthly recreation-visit counts, retrieved from its public statistics service and summed by calendar year. A year is shown only when all twelve months were reported. The NPS revises recent months occasionally, so small differences from a later nps.gov table are normal. Rankings compare the 63 national parks for the same year. See every park ranked for 2025.
Sources · 2
- 1.NPS Visitor Use Statistics — monthly recreation visits by park, 1979–2025 · National Park Service (U.S. Department of the Interior)
- 2.NPS Visitor Use Statistics Definitions · National Park Service
FAQ
Bryce Canyon visitor questions
- How many people visit Bryce Canyon National Park each year?
- 1,967,367 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #16 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 1,867,144 a year.
- What was Bryce Canyon's busiest year?
- 2018, with 2,679,478 recreation visits — +36.2% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was July 2018 (430,020 visits).
- Is Bryce Canyon getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were +12.7% compared with 2015 and +93.3% compared with 2005.
- What counts as a recreation visit?
- The NPS counts a recreation visit as one person entering the park for recreation; someone who leaves and re-enters is counted again, and commuters, through-traffic and staff are excluded. Counts come from gate and traffic counters with park-specific multipliers, so they are estimates.
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