Makati, Pasig are 'Selfie Capital of the World' according to TIME study
TIME Magazine on March 11 (PHL time) released the results of an in-depth study of
thousands of Instagram photos from around the world, showing that Makati
City and Pasig City combined have the most people who take selfies per capita
—the Selfie Capital of the World:
Source: TIME Magazine
Cebu City also made the cut, ranking 9th in TIME's global
rankings:
Source: TIME Magazine
TIME's Chris Wilson said that the researchers
used Instagram's API to download data
on five separate 24-hour periods, scouring the globe for all photos tagged
"selfie" with geographic coordinates.
"For every city in the world of at least
250,000 residents, we then counted the number of selfies taken within 5 miles
and divided by the population of that city," Wilson explained.
According to the study, the top ten 'selfie'
cities worldwide are:
1. Makati City and Pasig City, Philippines:
258 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
2. Manhattan, NY, USA: 202 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
3. Miami, Fla., USA: 155 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
4. Anaheim and Santa Ana, Calif., USA: 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
2. Manhattan, NY, USA: 202 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
3. Miami, Fla., USA: 155 selfie-takers per 100,000 people
4. Anaheim and Santa Ana, Calif., USA: 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
Wilson was cautious to outline the
limitations of the study, and the researchers' careful attempts to address these
limits. He pointed out that not all photos are unique selfies, and some supposed
"selfies" aren't selfies at all.
"Not all photos tagged as 'selfie' are in
fact selfies. Informal tests found that the vast majority of the photos were of
a single person. We also made several attempts to find international versions of
the word 'selfie,' but none of the suggested translations showed up in any
appreciable volume," Wilson said.
"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," he concluded. — GMA News
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