Best Cities to Live In Community Rankings
The cumulative ranking of all 32 entrants, built from 8 completed Best Cities to Live In brackets and 248 head-to-head picks. Prague currently leads on win rate.
Last updated August 16, 2026
Play the Best Cities to Live In bracket8
brackets completed
248
picks recorded
32
entrants with results
Full community ranking
- 1
Prague
14W - 7L · won 1 bracket
67%
win rate
- 2
Rome
13W - 7L · won 1 bracket
65%
win rate
- 3
New York City
13W - 8L
62%
win rate
- 4
Tokyo
13W - 8L
62%
win rate
- 5
San Francisco
13W - 8L
62%
win rate
- 6
London
12W - 8L
60%
win rate
- 7
Sydney
12W - 8L
60%
win rate
- 8
Chicago
11W - 8L
58%
win rate
- 9
Copenhagen
11W - 8L
58%
win rate
- 10
Bangkok
9W - 7L · won 1 bracket
56%
win rate
- 11
Singapore
10W - 8L
56%
win rate
- 12
Vienna
10W - 8L
56%
win rate
- 13
Melbourne
8W - 7L · won 1 bracket
53%
win rate
- 14
Los Angeles
9W - 8L
53%
win rate
- 15
Lisbon
9W - 8L
53%
win rate
- 16
Seoul
7W - 7L · won 1 bracket
50%
win rate
- 17
Buenos Aires
7W - 7L · won 1 bracket
50%
win rate
- 18
Hong Kong
7W - 7L · won 1 bracket
50%
win rate
- 19
Amsterdam
8W - 8L
50%
win rate
- 20
Nashville
6W - 7L · won 1 bracket
46%
win rate
- 21
Barcelona
6W - 8L
43%
win rate
- 22
Austin
6W - 8L
43%
win rate
- 23
Denver
6W - 8L
43%
win rate
- 24
Paris
5W - 8L
38%
win rate
- 25
Berlin
5W - 8L
38%
win rate
- 26
Toronto
5W - 8L
38%
win rate
- 27
Portland
5W - 8L
38%
win rate
- 28
Istanbul
4W - 8L
33%
win rate
- 29
Cape Town
3W - 8L
27%
win rate
- 30
Dubai
1W - 8L
11%
win rate
- 31
Mexico City
0W - 8L
0%
win rate
- 32
Mumbai
0W - 8L
0%
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 248 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 August 16, 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.