From Manchester to Miami: The selfie capitals of the world revealed

Research by Time Magazine confirmed that Makati City in Philippines produces more selfies per capita than any city in the world.

16:37 17 March 2014

Time Magazine has identified Makati City in the Philippines as the selfie capital of the world. The city, which as a population of 500,000, has produced more selfies (or self-posed photographs) per capita than any city in the world. The research was based on more than 400,000 Instagram photos tagged “selfie” that included geographic coordinates.

Makati City, a financial hub in Manila, topped the list with 258 selfie takers for every 100,000 people.

Second place goes to Manhattan with 202 selfie-takers per 100,000 people. Other cities that made it to the list include Miami, Tel Aviv, Milan and Manchester, England.

Time said: "For every city in the world of at least 250,000 residents, we counted the number of selfies taken within five miles and divided by the population of that city.

"While the metric of 'people who take selfies per capita' is far from a perfect measure, it was far and away the most comprehensive means of comparing the 459 world cities that turned up at least 25 individual users in the database.

"Of course, this measure bakes in more variables than just a penchant for selfies, such as smart phone adoption rates and median income. As such, this list tends to favour regions just outside major urban areas."


Selfie Capitals of the World: The top 100 cities according to TIME magazine

1. Makati City and Pasig, Philippines: 258 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

2. Manhattan, New York: 202 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

3. Miami, Florida: 155 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

4. Anaheim and Santa Ana, California: 147 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

5. Petaling Jaya, Malaysia: 141 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

6. Tel Aviv, Israel: 139 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

7. Manchester, England: 114 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

8. Milan, Italy: 108 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

9. Cebu City, Philippines: 99 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

10. George Town, Malaysia: 95 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

11. San Francisco, US: 91 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

12. Oslo, NO: 89 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

13. Boston, US: 88 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

14. Newark, US: 84 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

15. Honolulu, US: 82 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

16. Baguio, PH: 82 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

17. Paris, FR: 80 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

18. Denpasar, ID: 75 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

19. Leeds, England: 72 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

20. Las Vegas, US: 72 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

21. Kuala Lumpur, MY: 72 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

22. Firenze, IT: 69 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

23. Copenhagen, DK: 69 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

24. Helsinki, FI: 69 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

25. Washington, D. C., US: 66 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

26. Cardiff, Wales: 66 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

27. Oakland, US: 64 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

28. Amsterdam, NL: 64 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

29. Belfast, Northern Ireland: 61 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

30. Bologna, IT: 61 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

31. Liverpool, England: 58 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

32. Portland, US: 56 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

33. Lisbon, PT: 56 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

34. Atlanta, US: 55 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

35. Riverside, US: 55 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

36. New Orleans, US: 54 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

37. Glasgow, Scotland: 54 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

38. Leicester, England: 53 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

39. Auckland, NZ: 53 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

40. Monterrey, MX: 52 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

41. Seattle, US: 52 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

42. Doha, QA: 52 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

43. Yogyakarta, ID: 51 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

44. Mueang Nonthaburi, TH: 50 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

45. Coventry, England: 50 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

46. Edinburgh, Scotland: 50 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

47. Malmoe, SE: 50 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

48. Bari, IT: 49 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

49. Bristol, England: 49 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

50. Johor Bahru, MY: 48 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

51. Sheffield, GB: 47 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

52. Napoli, IT: 46 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

53. Singapore, SG: 46 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

54. Athens, GR: 46 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

55. Stoke-on-Trent, England: 46 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

56. Stockholm, SE: 45 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

57. Minneapolis, US: 45 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

58. Brooklyn, US: 44 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

59. Quezon City, PH: 44 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

60. Pittsburgh, US: 42 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

61. Bradford, England: 42 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

62. San Jose, CR: 41 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

63. Dubai, AE: 41 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

64. Goteborg, SE: 39 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

65. Adapazari, TR: 39 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

66. Wolverhampton, England: 39 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

67. Dublin, Ireland: 39 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

68. Barcelona, ES: 38 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

69. Rome, IT: 38 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

70. Utrecht, NL: 38 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

71. Panama, PA: 37 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

72. Iloilo, PH: 36 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

73. Thessaloniki, GR: 36 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

74. Hull, England: 36 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

75. Tampa, US: 36 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

76. Sacramento, US: 35 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

77. Denver, US: 35 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

78. Belgrade, RS: 35 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

79. Zurich, CH: 35 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

80. Eskisehir, TR: 35 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

81. Victoria, CA: 34 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

82. San Diego, US: 34 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

83. Catania, IT: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

84. Turin, IT: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

85. Carapicuiba, BR: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

86. Poznan, PL: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

87. Abu Dhabi, AE: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

88. Bandung, ID: 33 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

89. Borough of Bronx, US: 32 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

90. Austin, US: 32 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

91. San Jose, US: 32 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

92. Sharjah, AE: 32 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

93. London, England: 32 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

94. Bakersfield, US: 31 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

95. Staten Island, US: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

96. Vitoria, BR: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

97. San Juan, PR: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

98. Edmonton, CA: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

99. Birmingham, England: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people

100. Nice, FR: 30 selfie-takers per 100,000 people