The world’s most instagrammable UNESCO World Heritage Sites
The Historic Centre of Rome is the most Instagrammable UNESCO World Heritage Site, a new study has found. The study, conducted by creative resources expert Design Bundles, selected the 145 most popular World Heritage Sites, and analysed how many...
The Historic Centre of Rome is the most Instagrammable UNESCO World Heritage Site, a new study has found. The study, conducted by creative resources expert Design Bundles, selected the 145 most popular World Heritage Sites, and analysed how many times each place has been tagged in Instagram posts.
Rome, whose World Heritage Site also includes the Properties of the Holy See and the Papal Basilica San Paolo Fuori le Mura, came out in first place with a whopping 61,244,436 posts featuring the hashtags #Rome and/or #Roma. The historical centre of the city is home to world famous landmarks such as the Colosseum, the Trevi Fountain, the Pantheon, and the Roman Forum.
Second on the list is Rio de Janeiro, Brazil’s second-most populous city, with 45,039,569 posts. Rio’s most famous landmark is Christ the Redeemer, but the city has much more to offer like the Museum of Tomorrow and the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum.
The third most Instagrammable UNESCO World Heritage Site is Venice and its Lagoon, the second of three Italian locations in the top 10, with 25,755,922 posts. Venice’s yearly average of 4.2 million tourists can enjoy landmarks such as St. Mark’s Square, the Grand Canal, and the Bridge of Sighs.
All the sites in the top 10 are cultural sites, which refers to historic buildings and town sites, important archaeological sites, and works of monumental sculpture or painting.
The most Instagrammable natural site in the list, the Yosemite National Park in the United States, ranks 15th, with 4,611,905 posts. Meanwhile the first mixed site, including both natural and man-made elements, is the Göreme National Park and the Rock Sites of Cappadocia in Turkey, which ranks 23rd with 3,009,297 posts.
Italy not only has three sites in the top 10, but with 58 sites is the country with the most UNESCO World Heritage Sites, followed by China with 56 and Germany with 51.
The 30 most Instagrammable World Heritage Sites
Name of the site |
State |
Category |
No. of posts |
|
1 |
Historic Centre of Rome |
Italy |
Cultural |
61,244,436 |
2 |
Rio de Janeiro |
Brazil |
Cultural |
45,039,569 |
3 |
Venice and its Lagoon |
Italy |
Cultural |
25,755,922 |
4 |
Kiev |
Ukraine |
Cultural |
21,914,502 |
5 |
Historic Centre of Florence |
Italy |
Cultural |
21,516,815 |
6 |
Historic Centre of Prague |
Czechia |
Cultural |
17,731,077 |
7 |
Budapest |
Hungary |
Cultural |
14,665,910 |
8 |
Brasilia |
Brazil |
Cultural |
13,277,931 |
9 |
Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg |
Russia |
Cultural |
11,987,336 |
10 |
City of Quito |
Ecuador |
Cultural |
9,854,551 |
11 |
Old and New Towns of Edinburgh |
UK |
Cultural |
9,779,579 |
12 |
Historic Site of Lyon |
France |
Cultural |
9,400,931 |
13 |
City of Verona |
Italy |
Cultural |
5,661,681 |
14 |
Rabat |
Morocco |
Cultural |
4,629,743 |
15 |
Yosemite National Park |
USA |
Natural |
4,611,905 |
16 |
Grand Canyon National Park |
USA |
Natural |
4,021,300 |
17 |
Old Havana and its Fortification System |
Cuba |
Cultural |
4,017,138 |
18 |
Cultural Landscape of Bali |
Indonesia |
Cultural |
3,985,530 |
19 |
Cathedral of Notre-Dame |
France |
Cultural |
3,787,550 |
20 |
Works of Antoni Gaudí |
Spain |
Cultural |
3,451,098 |
21 |
City of Luxembourg |
Luxembourg |
Cultural |
3,450,869 |
22 |
Historic Centre of Salzburg |
Austria |
Cultural |
3,195,863 |
23 |
Göreme National Park |
Turkey |
Mixed |
3,009,297 |
24 |
Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks |
Canada |
Natural |
2,996,880 |
25 |
Yellowstone National Park |
USA |
Natural |
2,832,668 |
26 |
Antigua Guatemala |
Guatemala |
Cultural |
2,765,980 |
27 |
Old City of Dubrovnik |
Croatia |
Cultural |
2,637,398 |
28 |
Dorset and East Devon Coast |
UK |
Natural |
2,629,228 |
29 |
The Dolomites |
Italy |
Natural |
2,532,349 |
30 |
Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch |
Switzerland |
Natural |
2,261,394 |
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Top 10 countries with the most World Heritage Sites
Country |
Count |
|
1 |
Italy |
58 |
2 |
China |
56 |
3 |
Germany |
51 |
4 |
France |
49 |
5 |
Spain |
49 |
6 |
India |
40 |
7 |
Mexico |
35 |
8 |
United Kingdom |
33 |
9 |
Russia |
30 |
10 |
Iran |
26 |