CityFunIndex

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Best cities for city vibe

Every city in the CityFunIndex, ranked by its City Vibe score. How much the city is talked about and searched for — news and search attention.

Cities ranked
134
Top score
93
Average
49

Pillar scores are national percentile ranks on a saturation curve, so the leader of every category lands near the same ceiling — the ranks beneath are still distinct. See how scoring works →

Nashville (93) leads, ahead of Bend (92) and Portland (92). Telluride anchors the bottom at 0 — a 93-point gap.

Regional read The top 10 spans 9 different states — no single state dominates this board.

All 134 cities, coloured by city vibe score band. The top-ranked cities draw larger.

  • Quiet
  • Some Fun
  • Fun
  • Very Fun
  • Exceptional

Score spread across all 134 cities

  • Quiet 40
  • Some Fun 26
  • Fun 27
  • Very Fun 21
  • Exceptional 20
  1. 1st 93 Nashville, TN Fun Score 63
  2. T-2nd 92 Bend, OR Fun Score 79
  3. T-2nd 92 Portland, ME Fun Score 100
  4. T-2nd 92 San Jose, CA Fun Score 64

Ranked 5–134

  1. T#5 91 San Antonio, TX Fun Score 29
  2. T#5 91 Atlanta, GA Fun Score 89
  3. T#5 91 Dallas, TX Fun Score 38
  4. T#8 90 Phoenix, AZ Fun Score 41
  5. T#8 90 Chicago, IL Fun Score 59
  6. T#8 90 Raleigh, NC Fun Score 66
  7. T#11 89 Birmingham, AL Fun Score 58
  8. T#11 89 Indianapolis, IN Fun Score 52
  9. T#13 88 Boston, MA Fun Score 99
  10. T#13 88 Houston, TX Fun Score 39
  11. T#13 88 Buffalo, NY Fun Score 74
  12. T#16 87 Lexington, KY Fun Score 73
  13. T#16 87 Miami, FL Fun Score 56
  14. T#18 86 Orlando, FL Fun Score 69
  15. T#18 86 Austin, TX Fun Score 73
  16. #20 85 Irvine, CA Fun Score 62
  17. T#21 84 Philadelphia, PA Fun Score 45
  18. T#21 84 San Francisco, CA Fun Score 98
  19. T#23 83 Henderson, NV Fun Score 14
  20. T#23 83 Tulsa, OK Fun Score 49
  21. #25 82 Seattle, WA Fun Score 100
  22. #26 81 Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 36
  23. T#27 80 Los Angeles, CA Fun Score 40
  24. T#27 80 Denver, CO Fun Score 82
  25. #29 79 Long Beach, CA Fun Score 32
  26. #30 78 Charlotte, NC Fun Score 57
  27. T#31 77 Reno, NV Fun Score 68
  28. T#31 77 Chandler, AZ Fun Score 42
  29. #33 76 Memphis, TN Fun Score 18
  30. #34 75 St. Louis, MO Fun Score 69
  31. T#35 74 Hartford, CT Fun Score 59
  32. T#35 74 New York, NY Fun Score 55
  33. #37 73 Mesa, AZ Fun Score 35
  34. #38 72 Louisville, KY Fun Score 48
  35. T#39 71 Arlington, TX Fun Score 16
  36. T#39 71 Fort Worth, TX Fun Score 20
  37. #41 70 San Diego, CA Fun Score 76
  38. #42 69 Wichita, KS Fun Score 20
  39. T#43 68 Colorado Springs, CO Fun Score 56
  40. T#43 68 Jacksonville, FL Fun Score 17
  41. #45 67 Cleveland, OH Fun Score 75
  42. #46 66 Montgomery, AL Fun Score 39
  43. T#47 65 Charleston, SC Fun Score 91
  44. T#47 65 Anaheim, CA Fun Score 46
  45. #49 64 Spokane, WA Fun Score 67
  46. #50 63 Virginia Beach, VA Fun Score 49
  47. T#51 62 Columbus, OH Fun Score 64
  48. T#51 62 Greensboro, NC Fun Score 54
  49. #53 61 Richmond, VA Fun Score 90
  50. #54 60 Tampa, FL Fun Score 67
  51. T#55 59 Omaha, NE Fun Score 63
  52. T#55 59 Oakland, CA Fun Score 66
  53. #57 58 Madison, WI Fun Score 96
  54. #58 57 Cincinnati, OH Fun Score 89
  55. T#59 56 Fresno, CA Fun Score 22
  56. T#59 56 Chesapeake, VA Fun Score 42
  57. #61 55 Durham, NC Fun Score 62
  58. #62 54 Washington, DC Fun Score 93
  59. T#63 53 Winston-Salem, NC Fun Score 35
  60. T#63 53 Santa Clarita, CA Fun Score 14
  61. #65 52 Pittsburgh, PA Fun Score 89
  62. #66 51 Sacramento, CA Fun Score 57
  63. T#67 50 Billings, MT Placeholder
  64. T#67 50 Plano, TX Placeholder
  65. #69 49 Asheville, NC Fun Score 87
  66. #70 48 Kansas City, MO Fun Score 72
  67. T#71 47 Detroit, MI Fun Score 44
  68. T#71 47 Saint Paul, MN Fun Score 62
  69. #73 46 Baltimore, MD Fun Score 73
  70. #74 45 Park City, UT Fun Score 85
  71. T#75 44 Fremont, CA Fun Score 53
  72. T#75 44 Riverside, CA Fun Score 24
  73. #77 43 Hilton Head Island, SC Fun Score 63
  74. #78 42 Oklahoma City, OK Fun Score 28
  75. T#79 41 Key West, FL Fun Score 71
  76. T#79 41 Sioux Falls, SD Fun Score 38
  77. #81 40 Laredo, TX Fun Score 9
  78. #82 39 Lubbock, TX Fun Score 32
  79. T#83 38 Burlington, VT Fun Score 81
  80. T#83 38 Tucson, AZ Fun Score 44
  81. #85 37 Milwaukee, WI Fun Score 64
  82. #86 36 Lincoln, NE Fun Score 70
  83. T#87 35 El Paso, TX Fun Score 28
  84. T#87 35 Little Rock, AR Fun Score 42
  85. #89 34 Scottsdale, AZ Fun Score 40
  86. #90 33 Wilmington, DE Fun Score 49
  87. T#91 32 Bakersfield, CA Fun Score 0
  88. T#91 32 Minneapolis, MN Fun Score 85
  89. #93 31 Norfolk, VA Fun Score 50
  90. #94 30 Savannah, GA Fun Score 71
  91. T#95 29 Boise, ID Fun Score 81
  92. T#95 29 Irving, TX Fun Score 20
  93. #97 28 New Orleans, LA Fun Score 64
  94. #98 27 Boulder, CO Fun Score 79
  95. T#99 26 Albuquerque, NM Fun Score 41
  96. T#99 26 Gilbert, AZ Fun Score 31
  97. #101 25 Jackson, MS Fun Score 25
  98. #102 24 Glendale, AZ Fun Score 10
  99. T#103 23 Baton Rouge, LA Fun Score 30
  100. T#103 23 Stockton, CA Fun Score 3
  101. #105 22 Santa Ana, CA Fun Score 33
  102. #106 21 Fort Wayne, IN Fun Score 55
  103. T#107 20 Des Moines, IA Fun Score 70
  104. T#107 20 Honolulu, HI Fun Score 88
  105. #109 19 Aurora, CO Fun Score 34
  106. #110 18 Jersey City, NJ Fun Score 37
  107. T#111 17 Newark, NJ Fun Score 30
  108. T#111 17 St. Petersburg, FL Fun Score 43
  109. #113 16 Anchorage, AK Fun Score 34
  110. #114 15 Portland, OR Fun Score 84
  111. T#115 14 Providence, RI Fun Score 63
  112. T#115 14 Garland, TX Fun Score 0
  113. #117 13 Bismarck, ND Fun Score 25
  114. #118 12 Manchester, NH Fun Score 52
  115. T#119 11 Hialeah, FL Fun Score 18
  116. T#119 11 Santa Fe, NM Fun Score 63
  117. #121 10 Corpus Christi, TX Fun Score 16
  118. #122 9 Bridgeport, CT Fun Score 41
  119. T#123 8 Toledo, OH Fun Score 39
  120. T#123 8 North Las Vegas, NV Fun Score 6
  121. #125 7 Fargo, ND Fun Score 49
  122. #126 6 Santa Barbara, CA Fun Score 81
  123. T#127 5 Charleston, WV Fun Score 52
  124. T#127 5 Napa, CA Fun Score 52
  125. #129 4 Sedona, AZ Fun Score 49
  126. #130 3 Gatlinburg, TN Fun Score 73
  127. T#131 2 Jackson, WY Fun Score 92
  128. T#131 2 Aspen, CO Fun Score 67
  129. #133 1 Stowe, VT Fun Score 53
  130. #134 0 Telluride, CO Fun Score 74

2 of 134 cities have no city vibe measurement, so they sit at the median (50) as a placeholder — flagged above and not a measured rank. The composite Fun Score renormalises around the gap, so it is unaffected.

City Vibe is measured from GDELT news tone and Google Trends search interest (each percentile-ranked, then averaged).