Contents
- Family entertainment center visits statistics: overall visitation and frequency
- Family entertainment center visits statistics by age group
- Family entertainment center visits statistics: repeat frequency by age
- Family entertainment center visits statistics: repeat visits by household size
- What these family entertainment center visits statistics measure
- Sources
Family entertainment center visits statistics: overall visitation and frequency
In an April 2026 U.S. survey, 33% of respondents said they had visited a family entertainment center (FEC) at least once in the previous 12 months. That figure describes respondents who had visited at least one attraction category and reported on FEC visitation; it is not a count of visits or a national estimate of the share of all U.S. residents who went to an FEC.
Among respondents who visited an FEC during that period, the reported frequency split was relatively even: 32% went once, 33% went twice, and 35% went three or more times. These figures describe the distribution among FEC visitors. They do not mean that 35% of all survey respondents—or 35% of U.S. households—made at least three visits.
| FEC visits in the previous 12 months | Share of FEC visitors |
|---|---|
| Once | 32% |
| Twice | 33% |
| Three or more times | 35% |
Source: The 2026 VIBE Report: Visitor Insights & Behaviors in Experiences — United States, pp. 26–27. The visitation rate is among all eligible respondents; frequency shares are among FEC visitors.
Taken together, the frequency figures show that repeat visits were common among the surveyed FEC visitors: a little over one-third reported three or more visits. The “three or more” category groups all higher frequencies together, so the survey figures provided here do not reveal an average number of visits or distinguish, for example, three visits from a much higher count.
Family entertainment center visits statistics by age group
Reported FEC visitation varied across the survey’s five age bands. The percentage who said they had visited an FEC in the previous 12 months was lowest among respondents aged 18–24, at 37%, and highest among those aged 55–64, at 61%. Respondents aged 25–54 recorded rates between 51% and 54%.
| Respondent age | Visited an FEC in the previous 12 months |
|---|---|
| 18–24 | 37% |
| 25–34 | 51% |
| 35–44 | 54% |
| 45–54 | 52% |
| 55–64 | 61% |
Source: The 2026 VIBE Report, p. 5. Percentages are weighted and refer to respondents in each age band who reported an FEC visit during the prior 12 months.
The pattern rises from the youngest band through ages 35–44, dips slightly for ages 45–54, then reaches its highest reported level among ages 55–64. These are comparisons of survey respondents’ reported visitation rates, not evidence about why the rates differ. In particular, age-band figures alone cannot establish how often people in each age group visited, whether they attended with children, or what type of FEC they visited.
Family entertainment center visits statistics: repeat frequency by age
Among people who had visited an FEC, the share reporting three or more visits also differed by age. It was highest among visitors aged 35–44 at 29.3%, followed closely by ages 45–54 at 28.2%. The reported share was lower among the youngest and oldest groups in the chart: 19.4% for ages 18–24 and 18.2% for ages 55–64.
| Age of FEC visitor | Reported three or more visits in the previous 12 months |
|---|---|
| 18–24 | 19.4% |
| 25–34 | 20.3% |
| 35–44 | 29.3% |
| 45–54 | 28.2% |
| 55–64 | 18.2% |
Source: The 2026 VIBE Report, p. 7. Shares are among FEC visitors in each age group, not among all respondents of that age.
The age pattern in repeat frequency is not the same as the pattern in whether respondents visited at all. Although the 55–64 band had the highest reported visitation rate, its three-or-more-visits share among FEC visitors was the lowest of these age groups. Ages 35–54 combined comparatively high visitation rates with the highest reported three-or-more-visit shares. Since the survey reports weighted percentages and the subgroup sizes are limited, treat these as descriptive differences rather than precise rankings of the wider population.
Family entertainment center visits statistics: repeat visits by household size
The survey also compared the share of FEC-visiting respondents who went three or more times by household size. The reported figure was 30% for one-person households, 29% for two-person households, 28% for three-person households, and 32% for four-person households. For households with five or more people, it was 50%.
| Household size | FEC visitors reporting three or more visits |
|---|---|
| 1 person | 30% |
| 2 people | 29% |
| 3 people | 28% |
| 4 people | 32% |
| 5 or more people | 50% |
Source: The 2026 VIBE Report, p. 8. The measure is the share of FEC visitors in each household-size group reporting at least three visits in the previous 12 months.
The first four household-size groups fall within a narrow range, from 28% to 32%. The 50% figure for households of five or more stands apart, but the supplied results do not show the number of respondents in that subgroup. It should therefore be read as a survey finding for that group, not generalized to all larger households. Household size also does not identify the visitors’ relationships or ages, so the figure cannot by itself show that the additional members were children or explain the repeat-visit pattern.
What these family entertainment center visits statistics measure
The findings come from the 2026 VIBE report, which says 300 U.S.-based adults completed the April 2026 survey and that all respondents were ages 18–64. Respondents were screened as active attraction visitors. The report states that results are weighted unless otherwise noted and gives an overall margin of error of ±5.7 percentage points at a 95% confidence level for a proportion with a 50% baseline. It also cautions that estimates for smaller subgroups are directional.
Those qualifications matter when interpreting the tables. The survey records self-reported visits over the previous 12 months; it is not administrative attendance data from FEC operators. Its 33% overall visitation figure applies to the survey’s eligible respondent base, while repeat-frequency figures apply only to respondents who said they visited an FEC. Age and household-size splits are further subdivisions, where the report warns that sample sizes may be small.
The results offer a bounded view of visitation among surveyed U.S. adults who were already attraction visitors. They support comparisons within the reported groups, but they do not establish visit totals for the FEC industry, represent children under 18, cover adults over 64, or explain what motivates a visit. Keeping those boundaries in view makes the findings useful for describing reported behavior without treating them as a complete census of family entertainment center attendance.