Each State’s Favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner

Since its debut in 2009, RuPaul’s Drag Race has become one of the most influential reality competition shows on television. What started as a niche competition series has grown into a worldwide franchise, producing dozens of winners, launching major careers, and introducing iconic phrases like “not today, Satan!” into the pop culture lexicon.

With Pride Month underway and a new season of All Stars bringing fans back to the runway, we wanted to see which queens Americans can’t stop searching for.

Using Google Trends data from the past 12 months, Go Fish analyzed search interest for winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars to determine each state’s favorite champion. Read on to discover which queens are still winners, baby!

U.S. Map of Each State’s Favorite RuPaul’s Drag Race Winner

Trixie Mattel popularized the adage, “The real race begins after Drag Race”, and after her seasons, she’s still leading the pack. She is the most-searched Drag Race winner overall, claiming the top spot in eight states. Her popularity stretched from New England to the Mountain West, with states like Maine, Vermont, Utah, and Oklahoma searching for the Season 7 fan favorite and All Stars 3 winner more than any other champion.

Bianca Del Rio wasn’t far behind, leading seven states. More than a decade after winning Season 6, the comedian continues to draw attention across the country, especially in her home state of Louisiana. Meanwhile, reigning Season 16 champion Nymphia Wind proved that newer winners can compete with franchise legends. Nymphia was the most-searched winner in six states, including California, New York, Oregon, and Washington.

Season 3 legend Raja Gemini rounded out the top four, leading five states. One of the All Stars Season 4 ‘twinners’, Trinity The Tuck, and our current reigning queen, Myki Meeks, each claimed four states, including their home states of Alabama and Florida, respectively.

A few other hometown heroes stood out. Hawaii’s most-searched winner is hometown queen Sasha Colby. Georgia residents searched for Angeria Paris VanMicheals more than any other champion, giving the Peach State a hometown favorite of its own. Yvie Oddley is Colorado’s favorite winner (she’s native to Denver), and Aquaria is the top-searched winner in her home state of Pennsylvania. Ohio’s favorite queen is Onya Nurve, who’s from Canton, Ohio. 

Lastly, a few more interesting callouts. Hilariously, All Stars Season 2 winner Alaska was the top-searched in the state of Alaska. BeBe Zahara Benet, the franchise’s very first winner, is the most popular in Minnesota. Finally, D.C.’s favorite queen is the legendary Jinkx Monsoon, the only queen to be crowned twice. 

Whether your personal favorite is a comedy queen, fashion icon, pageant legend, or lip-sync assassin, the results show that fans across the country are still keeping up with the winners long after the crowns were handed out.

Closing Thoughts

No matter which drag queen is your favorite, whether a winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, another contestant of the show, or a fabulous queen local to your LGBTQ+ community, we hope you have enough energy to show them all love! From the Go Fish family to yours, happy Pride! 

At Go Fish, Google Trends is one of our favorite tools for crafting Digital PR campaigns. One of the things we love most about search data is its ability to reveal the topics Americans are obsessed with. By pairing publicly available data with a timely cultural conversation, we help brands create content that’s engaging, shareable, and newsworthy. Check out Go Fish’s Digital PR offerings and request a proposal to build your backlink profile! 

Methodology

Go Fish Digital analyzed Google Trends search data for winners of RuPaul’s Drag Race and RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars over a 12-month period ending in May 2026.

For each state and the District of Columbia, we compared relative search interest among all winners and identified the queen with the highest Google Trends score. Google Trends data measures relative search popularity rather than total search volume, with a score of 100 representing peak popularity for a given search term within a specific location and time period. 

Only queens who won a season of RuPaul’s Drag Race or RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars were included in this study.

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