Public venue Visitor patterns and live busyness data
Mix forecasts, live signals, and flexible filters to power any location-aware experience.
Compare real-time activity against the average to flag surges or quiet periods instantly.
Find and add any venue worldwide using natural language queries like “McDonald’s in Manhattan” or “Brunch places in Paris”.
Don’t just find a venue—find the right vibe at the right time. Use the Venue Filter to spot hotspots, identify quiet gems, and react to live deviations from the normal forecast.
Developers
Transform how users interact with the real world.
Don’t just search for a location—find the right location.
Use our advanced filtering to programmatically find venues based on:
Combine these filters with live data and forecasts to answer complex questions like
“Where is the best vibe right now?” or “When is the gym quietest?”—all in a single API
call.
/forecasts?venue_name=McDonalds&venue_address=Ocean+Ave+San+Francisco
Response:
{
"foot_traffic_percentage": [
5, 20, 35, 55, 70, 85, 90, 90,
85, 80, 80, 85, 85, 80, 65, 50,
40, 35, 30, 20, 5, 0, 5, 5
],
"day_info": {
"day_text": "Friday",
"day_mean": 56,
"day_max": 89
},
"busy_hours": [10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20],
"quiet_hours": [1, 2, 3, 6, 7],
"peak_hours": [
{
"peak_start": 9,
"peak_max": 12,
"peak_end": 21,
"peak_intensity": 4
}
],
"venue_info": {
"venue_name": "McDonald's",
"venue_address": "1201 Ocean Ave San Francisco, CA 94112 United States",
}
}
venues/filter?busy_min=50&types=BAR&day_int=4&lat=37.7882488&lng=-122.4370937&radius=10000&reviews_min=500&rating_min=4
Response:
{
"venues": [
{
"venue_name": "Charmaine's Rooftop Bar & Lounge",
"venue_address": "1100 Market St San Francisco, CA 94102 United States",
"venue_type": "BAR",
"rating": 4.4,
"reviews": 1194,
"foot_traffic_percentage": [0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,35,50,65,80,85,80,70,50,0,0,0,0,0,0]
},
{ "...": "Other venues hidden, see docs" }
],
"venues_n": 231,
"window": { "day_window": "Friday 6AM until Saturday 5AM" },
"status": "OK"
}
/live?venue_name=Eiffel+Tower&venue_address=Champ+de+Mars,Paris,France
Response:
{
"analysis": {
"venue_forecasted_busyness": 60,
"venue_live_busyness": 85,
"venue_live_forecasted_delta": 25,
"venue_live_busyness_available": true
},
"venue_info": {
"venue_name": "Eiffel Tower",
"venue_current_localtime_iso": "Friday 2024-05-10 09:15PM",
"venue_address": "Champ de Mars, 5 Av. Anatole France, 75007 Paris, France"
}
}
/forecasts/peaks?venue_name=Times+Square&venue_address=Manhattan,NY,USA
Response:
{
"analysis": {
"peak_hours": [
{
"peak_start_12h": "6PM",
"peak_max_12h": "9PM",
"peak_start_in": "1 hour and 45 minutes",
"peak_max_in": "4 hour and 45 minutes",
"peak_intensity": 5
}
]
},
"status": "OK"
}
/venues/search?q=popular+museums+in+London&num=20
Response:
[
{
"venue_name": "British Museum",
"venue_address": "Great Russell St, London WC1B 3DG, United Kingdom",
"venue_id": "ven_513871...",
"venue_foot_traffic_forecast": [
{
"day_info": { "day_text": "Friday", "day_max": 92 },
"day_raw": [0,0,0,0,10,25,45,65,85,92,88,75,60,40,20,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]
}
]
},
{
"venue_name": "Natural History Museum",
"venue_address": "Cromwell Rd, South Kensington, London SW7 5BD",
"venue_id": "ven_624982...",
"venue_foot_traffic_forecast": "..."
}
]
BestTime provides hourly foot traffic forecasts for each day of the week and (where available) live busyness you can compare against the forecast.
Turn “where” into “where + when” for better recommendations, planning, and operations.
A quick look at the platform and Radar heatmaps.
Forecasts, live busyness, and venue insights in one workflow.
Find busy/quiet areas and filter venues by time, day, type, and more.
Create a free test account, explore the tools, then integrate the API.
A few examples of what teams build with BestTime.
Schedule ads when nearby venues attract your audience.
Read moreCompare live activity against the historical baseline.
Use the tools, or get the same data through the software API.
Search & filter venues by busyness, location, day/time, rating, and type — and visualize on heatmaps.
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Generate a forecast by venue name/address and explore peaks, quiet hours, and day-over-day patterns.
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