If it felt like everyone and their Aunt Carol was in Yellowstone last month, you’re not far off. The park welcomed 928,250 recreation visits in June 2025, up just a smidge (1%) from the same time last year. That’s a lot of people politely jostling for a shot of Old Faithful.
While we’re not quite back to the record-breaking numbers of 2021, when more than 4.8 million folks came to Yellowstone (because we all went a little too hard post-lockdown), 2025 is holding its own. So far this year, the park has logged 1,690,922 visits, up 4% from 2024 and 6% from the same stretch in 2021. Momentum? Very much intact.
Here’s the midyear rundown of Yellowstone’s people parade:
- 2025: 1,690,922
- 2024: 1,633,739
- 2023: 1,492,843
- 2022: 1,258,834 (floods shut the park down for over a week, remember that?)
- 2021: 1,587,998
- 2020: 719,054 (ah yes, “closed for COVID”—the ultimate plot twist)
Planning your own Yellowstone adventure this summer? Don’t wing it. Download the NPS app, take the Yellowstone Pledge, and for the love of all things wild, give wildlife space. That selfie with a bull elk isn’t worth the hospital bill.
For more stats (if you’re the spreadsheet type), check out the NPS Stats site. Otherwise, we’ll see you on the boardwalk, just don’t block it.
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