How many people visit Grand Canyon?
- 2025 visits
- 4,430,653
- −9.9% vs 2024
- Rank, 2025
- #4
- of 63 national parks
- Record year
- 2018
- 6,380,495 visits
- vs 2015
- −19.8%
- ten-year change
- vs 1979
- +107.8%
- since the first full year
- Busiest month ever
- Jul 2016
- 839,086 visits
1979–2025
Every year since the counts began
Show the full table (47 years) ↓
| Year | Recreation visits | Change | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4,430,653 | −9.9% | #4 |
| 2024 | 4,919,163 | +3.9% | #3 |
| 2023 | 4,733,705 | +0.0% | #2 |
| 2022 | 4,732,101 | +4.4% | #2 |
| 2021 | 4,532,677 | +56.5% | #4 |
| 2020 | 2,897,098 | −51.5% | #6 |
| 2019 | 5,974,411 | −6.4% | #2 |
| 2018 | 6,380,495 | +2.0% | #2 |
| 2017 | 6,254,238 | +4.8% | #2 |
| 2016 | 5,969,811 | +8.1% | #2 |
| 2015 | 5,520,736 | +16.1% | #2 |
| 2014 | 4,756,771 | +4.2% | #2 |
| 2013 | 4,564,840 | +3.2% | #2 |
| 2012 | 4,421,352 | +2.9% | #2 |
| 2011 | 4,298,178 | −2.1% | #2 |
| 2010 | 4,388,386 | +0.9% | #2 |
| 2009 | 4,348,068 | −1.7% | #2 |
| 2008 | 4,425,314 | +0.3% | #2 |
| 2007 | 4,413,668 | +3.1% | #2 |
| 2006 | 4,279,439 | −2.8% | #2 |
| 2005 | 4,401,522 | +1.7% | #2 |
| 2004 | 4,326,234 | +4.9% | #2 |
| 2003 | 4,124,900 | +3.1% | #2 |
| 2002 | 4,001,974 | −2.5% | #2 |
| 2001 | 4,104,809 | −8.0% | #2 |
| 2000 | 4,460,228 | −2.5% | #2 |
| 1999 | 4,575,124 | +7.9% | #2 |
| 1998 | 4,239,682 | −11.5% | #2 |
| 1997 | 4,791,668 | +5.6% | #2 |
| 1996 | 4,537,703 | −0.4% | #2 |
| 1995 | 4,557,645 | +4.4% | #2 |
| 1994 | 4,364,316 | −4.6% | #2 |
| 1993 | 4,575,602 | +8.9% | #2 |
| 1992 | 4,203,545 | +8.2% | #2 |
| 1991 | 3,886,031 | +2.9% | #2 |
| 1990 | 3,776,685 | −4.8% | #2 |
| 1989 | 3,966,209 | +2.8% | #3 |
| 1988 | 3,859,886 | +9.9% | #3 |
| 1987 | 3,513,030 | +15.7% | #3 |
| 1986 | 3,035,787 | +12.0% | #3 |
| 1985 | 2,711,529 | +24.7% | #4 |
| 1984 | 2,173,584 | −3.3% | #7 |
| 1983 | 2,248,082 | −2.0% | #8 |
| 1982 | 2,293,127 | −7.2% | #9 |
| 1981 | 2,472,270 | +7.3% | #7 |
| 1980 | 2,304,973 | +8.1% | #6 |
| 1979 | 2,131,716 | — | #6 |
By decade
The long view
- 1970s
- 2.13 million
- avg · 1 yr
- 1980s
- 2.86 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 1990s
- 4.35 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2000s
- 4.29 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2010s
- 5.25 million
- avg · 10 yrs
- 2020s
- 4.37 million
- avg · 6 yrs
Seasonality: in 1979–1983 the three busiest months carried 47% of the year’s visits; in 2021–2025 they carried 33% — visits have spread out across the year.
Average visits by month
2021–2025 · NPS IRMAQuietest: JanuaryBusiest: July
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
Grand Canyon visitor questions
- How many people visit Grand Canyon National Park each year?
- 4,430,653 recreation visits in 2025, ranking #4 of the 63 national parks. The 2010s averaged 5,252,922 a year.
- What was Grand Canyon's busiest year?
- 2018, with 6,380,495 recreation visits — +44.0% more than 2025. The single busiest month on record was July 2016 (839,086 visits).
- Is Grand Canyon getting more crowded?
- 2025 visits were −19.8% compared with 2015 and +0.7% 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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