About The Best in the US
The best restaurants, bars, hotels, airlines, airports, cities, universities, hospitals and soccer players in the US — with the source of every place.
Our Mission
We show who is No. 1 in the US's best-known public rankings — restaurants, bars, hotels, airlines, airports, cities, states, universities, hospitals and soccer players — and for every place we show which ranking it comes from and when it was published, for example North America's 50 Best, U.S. News & World Report, J.D. Power, Newsweek, WalletHub, Fortune and the MLS and NWSL awards.
We never make our own order: the ranks are copied from the named ranking, and the daily news articles may only use what the source headlines say. Different rankings use different methods — we always say whose ranking it is.
What we stand for
Sourced figures
Every place names its ranking and date. We copy; we never invent.
Rankings, not opinions
'Best' depends on the method. Each ranking has its own — we say which one we show.
All of the US
Restaurants, bars, hotels, airlines, airports, cities, universities, hospitals, employers and soccer players — from every state.
Every day
The lists refresh daily from public sources.
Independent
The Best in the US is an independent information site. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any ranking, award, person, company or place named on it. Our lists are built from the public rankings named in each entry (for example North America's 50 Best, U.S. News & World Report, J.D. Power, Newsweek, WalletHub, Fortune and the MLS and NWSL awards): the more of them name an entry, the higher its place. Paid votes only change the order among entries that share a place. All trademarks belong to their owners.
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