Best Cities to Live In Community Rankings
The cumulative ranking of all 32 entrants, built from 29 completed Best Cities to Live In brackets and 899 head-to-head picks. New York City currently leads on win rate.
Last updated October 1, 2026
Play the Best Cities to Live In bracket29
brackets completed
899
picks recorded
32
entrants with results
Full community ranking
- 1
New York City
54W - 25L · won 4 brackets
68%
win rate
- 2
Tokyo
53W - 27L · won 2 brackets
66%
win rate
- 3
Rome
44W - 27L · won 2 brackets
62%
win rate
- 4
Los Angeles
45W - 28L · won 1 bracket
62%
win rate
- 5
Paris
41W - 27L · won 2 brackets
60%
win rate
- 6
London
42W - 28L · won 1 bracket
60%
win rate
- 7
Copenhagen
39W - 28L · won 1 bracket
58%
win rate
- 8
Barcelona
37W - 27L · won 2 brackets
58%
win rate
- 9
Lisbon
39W - 29L
57%
win rate
- 10
Prague
35W - 27L · won 2 brackets
56%
win rate
- 11
Sydney
35W - 29L
55%
win rate
- 12
San Francisco
34W - 29L
54%
win rate
- 13
Seoul
31W - 27L · won 2 brackets
53%
win rate
- 14
Singapore
28W - 27L · won 2 brackets
51%
win rate
- 15
Dubai
29W - 28L · won 1 bracket
51%
win rate
- 16
Chicago
29W - 29L
50%
win rate
- 17
Toronto
27W - 29L
48%
win rate
- 18
Bangkok
25W - 27L · won 2 brackets
48%
win rate
- 19
Vienna
26W - 29L
47%
win rate
- 20
Berlin
23W - 29L
44%
win rate
- 21
Amsterdam
22W - 29L
43%
win rate
- 22
Hong Kong
20W - 28L · won 1 bracket
42%
win rate
- 23
Austin
20W - 29L
41%
win rate
- 24
Buenos Aires
18W - 28L · won 1 bracket
39%
win rate
- 25
Melbourne
17W - 28L · won 1 bracket
38%
win rate
- 26
Denver
17W - 28L · won 1 bracket
38%
win rate
- 27
Nashville
16W - 28L · won 1 bracket
36%
win rate
- 28
Istanbul
15W - 29L
34%
win rate
- 29
Cape Town
13W - 29L
31%
win rate
- 30
Portland
13W - 29L
31%
win rate
- 31
Mexico City
7W - 29L
19%
win rate
- 32
Mumbai
5W - 29L
15%
win rate
How this ranking works
How is the Best Cities to Live In community ranking calculated?
Every completed Best Cities to Live In bracket adds one result to the pool. Each head-to-head pick is recorded as a win for one entrant and a loss for the other, and entrants are ordered by win rate across all 899 matchups played so far. Champion counts are tracked separately so a lucky draw cannot pass as a favourite.
Why use win rate instead of how often something wins the bracket?
Brackets are shuffled, so an entrant can reach the final without beating anything difficult. Win rate counts every matchup an entrant appeared in, which is a fairer read on how people actually feel about it. Champion counts are shown next to it for the entrants that keep taking the title.
How often does this ranking update?
Continuously. The page rebuilds every few minutes, so a bracket you finish now shows up here shortly afterwards. Last refreshed October 1, 2026.
Does my own ranking have to match this one?
No — this is the aggregate, not a verdict. Play the rank cities yourself and you get a private result page with your own order, which you can share and compare against the community list here.