Data: Yelp, Axios research; Note: Includes stores categorized as "ice cream" on Yelp that have reviews; Ties were awarded to the more nationally-popular chain; Chart: Kavya Beheraj and Erin Davis/Axios Visuals
Dairy Queen is the most common ice cream chain across the Des Moines metro, with 20 locations.
Culver's is the runner-up with 12, per a new Axios analysis of Yelp data.
Reality check: Just because one chain is dominant doesn't necessarily make it the best.
And many local institutions won't crack this kind of ranking. Outside Scoop, for example, has multiple locations but didn't factor into the data.