The Celebrities with the Highest Private Jet Emissions
New data reveals which stars are leading the way with their private jet usage in 2023 and 2024.
The next time you feel environmentally non-conscious about calling an Uber to the airport, remember about the existence (and wide usage!) of private jets. You'll feel much better. If I may, I particularly suggest remembering how often celebrities fly on such jets, and to cover what kind of distances, too.
JetSpy—the completely legal platform that monitors the movements of the most well-known celebrity private jets—will give you all the information you need, but the data research and analysis could get a little complicated and time-consuming. Luckily for you, MinimumDepositCasinos.org did all the work for you, and managed to use JetSpy data to rank each celebrity based on their recent private jet CO2 emissions.
Before we get to the actual ranking, let's be crystal clear. Regardless of any particular celebrity's position on the list, everybody should be doing much better. As the report points out, the private aircraft of 200 celebrities have flown for a combined total of 11 years since 2022. Looking at just the ranking's 10 top celebrities, they have spent an estimated combined total of approximately $16.4 million on fuel for private jets alone.
The conversation surrounding celebrities and their private jet usage has been trending for a while now. Most recently, Taylor Swift faced intense backlash for her private jet flights after being newly exposed by Jack Sweeney, a college student and planespotter whose Twitter profile is famous for tracking celebrity jet activity. Reportedly, Swift reacted to Sweeney's (completely legal!) posts by serving him with a "cease and desist" letter. The topic has sparked seemingly endless memes on social media in recent months.
Yet, despite all the buzz surrounding her, Swift isn't the main villain when it comes to private jet-related CO2 emissions. According to the study, Pitbull takes the crown for having the highest number of emissions, slapping the environment with a whopping 4,549 metric tons of CO2 emitted from use of his jet between 2023 and 2024. In those months, Mr. Worldwide took 396 flights (that's more than one flight per day), with the shortest one being a six-minute journey between Miami International Airport to Miami and Opa Locka Executive Airport in February.
Second place in the ranking went to Travis Scott. Within the same timeframe, the rapper is to be blamed for 3,670 metric tons of CO2 emitted from his private jet, which came from a total of 203 flights and the consumption of 392,823 gallons of fuel. Data shows Scott's shortest flight was a five-minute trip in October 2023.
Rounding our the top three was Kim Kardashian, who contributed to 3,204 metric tons of CO2 between 2023 and 2024 by using her private jet. According to the study, in that period of time she took 210 total flights, the shortest of which was a 10-minute trip from Van Nuys Airport to Camarillo Airport in March. For context, that's roughly a 45-minute drive.
Take a look at the most CO2-consuming celebrities below. Data refers to the time period between 2023 and 2024 only.
1. Pitbull: 4,549 metric tonnes of CO2 in 396 flights
2. Travis Scott: 3,760 metric tonnes of CO2 in 203 flights
3. Kim Kardashian: 3,204 metric tonnes of CO2 in 210 flights
4. Drake: 2,515 metric tonnes of CO2 in 112 flights
5. Floyd Mayweather: 2,359 metric tonnes of CO2 in 191 flights
6. Jay Z/Beyonce: 2,248 metric tonnes of CO2 in 213 flights
7. Oprah Winfrey: 2,139 metric tonnes of CO2 in 182 flights
8. Blake Shelton: 1,929 metric tonnes of CO2 in 235 flights
9. Kylie Jenner: 1,868 metric tonnes of CO2 in 151 flights
10. John Travolta: 1,701 metric tonnes of CO2 in 232 flights
11. Mark Wahlberg: 1,384 metric tonnes of CO2 in 131 flights
12. Luke Bryan: 1,109 metric tonnes of CO2 in 214 flights
13. Taylor Swift: 1,055 metric tonnes of CO2 in 133 flights
14. Kenny Chesney: 1,043 metric tonnes of CO2 in 196 flights
15. Kid Rock: 933 metric tonnes of CO2 in 205 flights
16. Harrison Ford: 517 metric tonnes of CO2 in 67 flights