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The State of Bar Trivia in America

How popular is bar trivia? We track the trivia industry data so you don't have to. Live bar trivia statistics from 8,466 venues across 1,844 cities — updated weekly.

8,466
Active Venues
1,844
Cities Covered
298
Hosting Companies
8,618
Weekly Events
01

When America Plays Trivia

Wednesday is the biggest trivia night with 2,662 events — that's 38x more than Saturday.

Trivia Events by Day of Week

Weekly scheduled events across all tracked venues

Most Common Start Times

When trivia nights typically kick off

7:00 PM
5,754 events
6:00 PM
1,532 events
8:00 PM
1,065 events
9:00 PM
91 events
5:00 PM
70 events
02

Where America Plays Trivia

San Diego, CA leads the country with 146 active trivia venues.

Active Trivia Venues by State

Venue distribution across the United States

Top 25 Cities for Bar Trivia

Active venues per city

03

Who Hosts America's Trivia

Geeks Who Drink leads with 501 venues across 188 cities. The top 5 companies operate 29.8% of all company-hosted venues.

Top 20 Trivia Companies by Venue Count

Venues operated and geographic reach

Company Landscape

# Company Venues Cities Venues/City
1 Geeks Who Drink 501 188 2.7
2 Challenge Entertainment 185 90 2.1
3 DJ Trivia 140 59 2.4
4 Sunset Trivia 110 18 6.1
5 Pub Trivia USA 96 78 1.2
6 Nerdy Talk Trivia 89 15 5.9
7 Joe Trivia 83 57 1.5
8 King Trivia 66 39 1.7
9 Timeless Entertainment 60 21 2.9
10 Sporcle 55 31 1.8
11 Knox Trivia Guys 54 16 3.4
12 My Trivia Live 54 30 1.8
13 Last Call Trivia 51 19 2.7
14 ruby PUB TRIVIA 47 24 2.0
15 Pour House Trivia 43 28 1.5
16 NYC Trivia League 42 2 21.0
17 CNP Trivia 40 19 2.1
18 Ball of Fire Entertainment 37 7 5.3
19 Trivia Nation 37 13 2.8
20 Trivia Nights Live 36 8 4.5
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Regional Quirks & Fun Facts

Most competitive city
Chicago, IL has 13 trivia companies competing for players
Trivia every night
9 cities have trivia available every night of the week: New York, NY, Los Angeles, CA, San Diego, CA, Boston, MA, Austin, TX, Detroit, MI, Madison, WI, Jacksonville, FL, and Myrtle Beach, SC
Most trivia companies
Florida has 29 trivia companies operating statewide
Fewest trivia companies
West Virginia has just 1 trivia company — room to grow!

About this data

All statistics come from the TriviaNearMe database, which tracks live, in-person bar trivia events across the United States and beyond. An "active venue" is a bar or restaurant with at least one confirmed trivia night on the weekly schedule. Data is refreshed weekly.

Venue counts may not capture every trivia night in a given area — they reflect what's in our database as of the most recent update.

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