how many blimps are there in the us

Direct answer: There isn’t a single, precise official count publicly published for how many blimps are currently active in the United States. Estimates circulating in popular sources place the total number of advertising blimps worldwide at roughly 20–25, with about half of them typically active at any given time. In the United States, the best-supported figures over the years have suggested only a few (often cited as three to four) Goodyear blimps plus a handful of other advertising airships, though exact numbers can vary as older blimps are retired and new operations come online. For 2025–2026, contemporary reporting from industry outlets and corporate pages generally corroborates that the U.S. hosts a small subset of the world’s blimps, with the majority of active airships concentrated in a few operators. If you’d like, I can hunt down the most current, verifiable counts from specific sources (e.g., Goodyear’s current fleet page, industry articles, or Reader’s Digest/Mental Floss summaries) and present a tight, sourced snapshot.