These are the world’s best cities: did yours make the top 21?

Cities are our collective future according to Resonance Consultancy and that is why the group has taken the time to create a yearly list of the world's best cities. Their goal is to rank the best urban destinations but did your city make it onto their comprehensive list?

Ranking the world’s best cities is a bit of a subject task but analysts at Resonance took a look at 400 cities in order to measure a city’s competitive identity based on 23 factors that shape a city’s perception that were broken down into six different categories. 

The Resonance scorecard looks at the categories of place, product, people, prosperity, programming, and promotion to draw conclusions about which city is better than others. The concept is a little difficult to grasp so here are a few of the key 23 factors examined. 

Things like the perceived quality of a city’s nature and built environment were examined, as well as a city’s safety, its cultural sense, key institutions, and immigration rate. Things like employment rates and corporate offices were studied along with its online presence. 

Using these factors, and many more, analysts developed a comprehensive list of 100 of the best cities in the world. However, we’ll only be covering the top 21 of the best cities in the world. Do you think your cities made it onto the list of the world’s best? 

POPULATION
METRO: 12,434,823

Ranked #1 for Culture and Ranked #1 Educational Attainment

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POPULATION
METRO: 13,115,000

Ranked #1 in Sights & Landmarks
Ranked #1 Walkability Score

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POPULATION
METRO: 19,768,458

Ranked #1 in Google Trends
Ranked #2 in Culture 

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POPULATION
METRO: 37,732,000

Ranked #1 in Restaurants
Ranked #1 Shopping

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POPULATION
METRO: 5,983,000

Ranked #9 in Bikescore
Ranked #11 in Shopping 

Photo by Swapnil Bapat on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 6,404,000

Ranked #2 in Parks & Outdoors
Ranked #5 in Instagram Hashtags

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POPULATION
METRO: 4,623,264

Ranked #1 in Start-ups
Ranked #3 in University Ranking

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POPULATION
METRO: 5,111,749

Ranked #3 in Nightlife
Ranked #5 in TripAdvisor Reviews

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POPULATION
METRO: 2,891,907

Ranked #4 in Labor Force Participation Rate
Ranked #5 in Bikescore

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POPULATION
METRO: 23,016,000

Ranked #8 in Museums
Ranked #3 in Restaurants

Photo by Sava Bobov on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 4,304,000

Ranked #3 in TripAdvisor Reviews
Ranked #4 in Sights & Landmarks

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POPULATION
METRO: 2,260,000

Ranked #3 in Attractions
Ranked #4 in Nightlife

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POPULATION
METRO: 7,005,000

Ranked #5 in Nightlife
Ranked #8 in Culture

Photo by Florian Wehde on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 4,980,000

Ranked #5 in Museums
Ranked #6 in Nightlife

Photo by Claudio Schwarz on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 12,997,000

Ranked #4 Google Search
Ranked #6 University Ranking 

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POPULATION
METRO: 9,510,000

Ranked #1 in Walkscore
Ranked #7 in Connectivity

Photo by Pedro Lastra on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 6,359,000

Ranked #1 in Google Search
Ranked #5 in Educational Attainment 

Photo by Jorge Alcala on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 18,522,000

Ranked #10 in Google Search
Ranked #13 in University Ranking 

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POPULATION
METRO: 15,636,000

Ranked #3 in Connectivity
Ranked #3 Instagram Hashtags

Photo by Ibrahim Uzun on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 544,000 

Ranked #6 in GDP Per Capita
Ranked #13 in Educational Attainment

Photo by Matheus Câmara da Silva on Unsplash

POPULATION
METRO: 1,890,000

Ranked #3 in Bikescore
Ranked #11 Google Search

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