Intoxicated Instagrammers

The below table shows the number of alcohol related Instagram posts (per 5,000) since March 2020, across California’s 100 biggest towns/cities.


RankingCity% of alcohol-related postsTotal number of alcohol-related postsPopulation% Excessive Drinkers in Population
26 Santa Barbara 6.36 318 91,847 20
27 Fullerton 6.34 317 136,709 19
28 Arden-Arcade 6.20 310 102,864 20
29 Indio 5.80 290 94,150 18
30 Temecula 5.76 288 115,202 18
31 Clovis 5.70 285 122,864 19
32 Sacramento 5.54 277 531,285 20
33 Citrus Heights 5.48 274 88,063 20
34 Carlsbad 5.44 272 114,974 21
35 Santa Clara 5.36 268 134,205 17
36 Concord 5.30 265 127,951 18
37 Thousand Oaks 5.20 260 125,415 19
38 Livermore 5.10 255 89,997 18
39 Long Beach 5.02 251 466,776 18
40 Vista 4.98 249 100,686 21
41 Pasadena 4.94 247 141,398 18
42 Hayward 4.94 247 157,532 18
43 Bakersfield 4.92 246 377,917 19
44 Carson 4.82 241 90,698 18
45 Sunnyvale 4.74 237 152,391 17
46 Corona 4.70 235 166,972 18
47 Jurupa Valley 4.48 224 105,653 18
48 Fontana 4.42 221 210,759 19
49 Escondido 4.40 220 151,121 21
50 Simi Valley 4.32 216 126,138 19
51 Modesto 4.22 211 212,616 19
52 San Francisco 4.18 209 874,961 25
53 Menifee 4.06 203 90,349 18
54 San Marcos 3.88 194 97,216 21
55 Orange 3.86 193 139,887 19
56 Chino 3.86 193 89,631 19
57 Roseville 3.82 191 135,637 24
58 Irvine 3.80 190 273,157 19
59 Lake Forest 3.78 189 85,981 19
60 Oakland 3.68 184 425,097 18
61 Murrieta 3.66 183 112,941 18
62 Antioch 3.64 182 111,274 18
63 Hesperia 3.64 182 94,203 19
64 Stockton 3.64 182 309,228 18
65 Redding 3.54 177 91,580 21
66 Hemet 3.48 174 85,892 18
67 Oxnard 3.42 171 207,711 19
68 Riverside 3.42 171 326,414 18
69 Huntington Beach 3.40 170 200,259 19
70 Folsom 3.38 169 78,159 20
71 Mission Viejo 3.32 166 95,516 19
72 Richmond 3.30 165 111,701 18
73 Fresno 3.24 162 525,010 19
74 Rancho Cucamonga 3.08 154 178,377 19
75 San Jose 3.08 154 1,028,000 17
76 Pomona 3.04 152 150,989 18
77 Ventura 3.04 152 109,910 19
78 Glendale 2.96 148 200,232 18
79 Norwalk 2.92 146 105,304 18
80 San Diego 2.88 144 1,410,000 21
81 El Monte 2.86 143 116,024 18
82 Santa Rosa 2.84 142 176,762 24
83 Westminster 2.78 139 90,346 19
84 Garden Grove 2.60 130 173,258 19
85 Elk Grove 2.58 129 170,825 20
86 Milpitas 2.58 129 79,517 17
87 Chino Hills 2.54 127 80,701 19
88 Tracy 2.54 127 90,675 18
89 Torrance 2.50 125 145,492 18
90 Santa Monica 2.48 124 88,286 18
91 Chula Vista 2.38 119 268,920 21
92 Costa Mesa 2.36 118 112,106 19
93 Palmdale 2.32 116 156,293 18
94 Fremont 2.28 114 235,740 18
95 Salinas 2.16 108 154,919 19
96 Chico 2.12 106 94,529 22
97 Compton 2.06 103 96,803 18
98 Downey 2.04 102 112,322 18
99 Visalia 1.86 93 132,104 17
100 West Covina 1.72 86 106,589 18

Excessive Drinking Stats Based on County Health Rankings Data.