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Airports, as miserable as they are in the overall travel experience these days, continue to be a place to show off, and social media outlets like Facebook are perfect venues for that.
The most-checked in places on the planet, surprise surprise, mostly happen to be airports. People love checking-in them and broadcasting it, showing off to friends on Facebook. At least least that’s what the Facebook Graph API on people’s check-ins shows, according to data picked up and organized by SocialBakers.
U.S. airports dominate the top, then Asian airports (Hong Kong, Bangkok and Taiwan, among others) in the middle. The only non-airports in top list are Disneyland and Times Square.
Related Read: The world’s most checked-in places of 2012, according to Facebook
| Place | Checkins | Were Here Count | Likes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles International Airport | 2202528 | 4206344 | 159816 |
| Chicago O’Hare International Airport | 1686553 | N/A | 82150 |
| San Francisco International Airport | 1521906 | 2770375 | 68213 |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | 1390776 | 2245635 | 42382 |
| Hong Kong International Airport | 1303224 | 2994850 | 52529 |
| Denver International Airport | 1258350 | N/A | 46024 |
| Disneyland | 1216530 | 4910188 | 17118628 |
| Seattle-Tacoma International | 1079492 | 1788046 | 32629 |
| Suvarnabhumi Airport BKK | 1037344 | 2135483 | 88680 |
| Times Square NYC | 977695 | 4380767 | 970463 |
| Phoenix Sky Harbor International | 934406 | N/A | 28239 |
| Amsterdam Airport Schiphol | 928538 | 2149903 | 220661 |
| McCarran International Airport | 917602 | 1632380 | 44788 |
| Orlando International Airport | 849533 | 1607472 | 57569 |
| Boston Logan International Airport | 834769 | 1483005 | 58638 |
| Philadelphia International Airport | 766787 | 1223815 | 18869 |
| Siam Paragon Shopping Mall, Bangkok | 762770 | 2258424 | 212265 |
| Taiwan Taoyuan International | 707568 | 1917196 | 31533 |
| Sydney Airport Sydney Airport | 693225 | 1525049 | 55529 |
| Gatwick Airport Gatwick Airport | 647234 | 1353321 | 37883 |
| Changi Airport Changi Airport | 635960 | 1398914 | 188113 |
| Detroit Metro Airport | 601426 | 991942 | 25951 |
| AT&T Park | 595941 | 1880157 | 83077 |
| Toronto Pearson International | 583311 | 1140145 | 53539 |
| Fort Lauderdale – Hollywood | 580831 | 995793 | 19124 |
| Newark Liberty International | 564684 | 956272 | 15569 |
| Tampa International Airport | 541100 | 960537 | 33303 |
| MSP Airport | 524164 | 798148 | 14175 |
| John F. Kennedy International | 503717 | 860568 | 38185 |
| Incheon International Airport | 496940 | 1266097 | 42259 |
| Rangers Ballpark in Arlington | 490469 | 1354888 | 69489 |
| Baltimore-Washington International | 484810 | 784003 | 10690 |
| Terminal 5 London Heathrow Airport | 482577 | 815724 | 20495 |
| Honolulu International Airport | 463964 | 925802 | 18837 |
| Portland International Airport | 463319 | 823120 | 19402 |
| Frankfurt Airport | 458472 | 1149451 | 156679 |
| O.R Tambo International Airport | 447491 | 712109 | 18154 |
| Harkins Theatres | 438874 | N/A | 126807 |
| Central Plaza Ladprao, Bangkok | 438022 | 1104804 | 31879 |
| Vancouver International Airport | 436507 | 845705 | 19810 |
| LaGuardia Airport | 430588 | 701881 | 14258 |
| Salt Lake City International | 422839 | 729982 | 11905 |
| Yankee Stadium | 414016 | 1355263 | 133286 |
| Manchester Airport | 408660 | N/A | 47284 |
| Dodger Stadium | 397482 | 1255399 | 86997 |
| Walt Disney World | 12803578 | 393379 | 5600247 |
| Heathrow Airport | 64902 | 387765 | 883529 |
| Taipei Railway Station | 28814 | 387731 | 995468 |
| Stockholm Arlanda Airport | 26849 | 387564 | 760880 |
| Aéroport Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle | 31661 | 383723 | 901566 |
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Tags: facebook, social media
Photo credit: LAX, the most popular checked in place on Facebook. Thomas Hawk / Flickr