London has topped a definitive ranking of the World’s Best Cities 2025 released on Wednesday for the tenth year in a row, followed closely by New York and Paris, even as Indian cities failed to make the cut based on the criteria of perception and performance.
The annual rankings produced by Resonance Consultancy in partnership with Ipsos are an analysis of large urban regions around the world that are leading in aspects most important to attracting workforce, visitors, and businesses.
The 2025 report marks a first in incorporating perception-based data by surveying more than 22,000 people in 31 countries for the first time – the results of which also demonstrate that people all over the world still very much aspire to live, visit, and work in the world’s largest cities.
