Massachusetts Ranked Among the Top 5 Most Ice Cream-Obsessed States in America

Thankfully, we are close enough to the summer season now that all of the ice cream shops, stands, bottles, buckets, etc. that are planning to open have already opened.

This is a good thing, since one of my favorite things in the world is a medium-sized cup of Peanut Butter-Oreo Cookie ice cream with lots of peanut butter sauce on it.

Massachusetts residents are ice cream savages. We love our ice cream. You might even say we are ice cream-obsessed – and you'd be right, according to a new study.

Google Trends Reveal the Most Enthusiastic States

Fox News Digital reported, "Analyzing Google search trends from all 50 states and Washington, D.C., between April 2025 and April 2026, Innerbody Research found that New Jersey is America's most ice cream-obsessed state."

We here in Massachusetts are in the top five, though.

Massachusetts Is One Of The Most Ice Cream-Obsessed States

The report said that close behind New Jersey, "The Northeast – Delaware, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New York – are the top five states for ice cream search interest."

"Seven of the top 10 most enthusiastic states were on the East Coast, too, Innerbody reported – with New Hampshire coming in at No. 6 and Maine at No. 8," according to Fox. Rhode Island and Vermont didn't even break the top 10.

Strawberry Rules the National Flavor Debate

The analysis said strawberry is by far America's favorite ice cream flavor, but different surveys have netted different results with vanilla and chocolate chip cookie dough on top in other surveys.

New England's Massive Ice Cream Shop Footprint

Fox said that the North American Ice Cream Association reported that New England and the broader Northeast have some of the highest concentrations of ice cream shops per capita.

Now, if only we could get them to remain open all winter.