Released July 28th 2009 in Melbourne Australia, below is the full 2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index. The largest ranking of cities globally ever under-taken, the final analysis is based on 162 Innovation Indicators weighted against 21 current global trends and summed into 3 factors.
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2thinknow Innovation Cities™ Global 256 Index.
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GLOBAL RANK | CITY | STATE1 | COUNTRY | REGION | CATEGORY | INDEX SCORE |
1 | Boston | United States | AMERICAS | NEXUS 25 | 28 | |
2 | Vienna | Austria | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 28 | |
3 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
4 | Paris | France | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
5 | San Francisco | United States | AMERICAS | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
6 | London | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
7 | Hamburg | Germany | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
8 | New York | United States | AMERICAS | NEXUS 25 | 27 | |
9 | Tokyo | Japan | ASIA | NEXUS 25 | 26 | |
10 | Lyon | France | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 26 | |
11 | Stuttgart | Germany | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 26 | |
12 | Berlin | Germany | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
13 | Barcelona | Spain | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
14 | Frankfurt | Germany | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
15 | Washington DC | United States | AMERICAS | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
16 | Geneva | Switzerland | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
17 | Copenhagen | Denmark | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
18 | Strasbourg | France | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
19 | Toronto | Canada | AMERICAS | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
20 | Melbourne | Australia | ASIA | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
21 | Milan | Italy | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 25 | |
22 | Sydney | Australia | ASIA | NEXUS 25 | 24 | |
23 | Rome | Italy | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 24 | |
24 | Brussels | Belgium | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 24 | |
25 | Zürich | Switzerland | EUROPE | NEXUS 25 | 24 | |
25 | NEXUS 25 Count | |||||
26 | Kyoto | Japan | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
27 | Stockholm | Sweden | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
28 | Helsinki | Finland | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
29 | Düsseldorf | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
30 | Munich | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
31 | Singapore | Singapore | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
32 | Philadelphia | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
33 | Minneapolis-St Paul | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
34 | Manchester | United Kingdom | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
35 | Leipzig | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
36 | Budapest | Hungary | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
37 | Kobe | Japan | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
38 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
39 | Rotterdam | Netherlands | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
40 | The Hague | Netherlands | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
41 | Oslo | Norway | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
42 | Aachen | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
43 | Basel | Switzerland | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
44 | Marseille | France | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
45 | Karlsruhe | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
46 | Dresden | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
47 | Cologne | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 24 | |
48 | Vancouver | Canada | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
49 | Montréal | Canada | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
50 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | EMERGING | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
51 | Edinburgh | United Kingdom | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
52 | Shanghai | China | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
53 | Dallas-Fort Worth | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
54 | Seattle | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
55 | Portland | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
56 | Ann Arbor | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
57 | Linz | Austria | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
58 | Glasgow | United Kingdom | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
59 | Nuremberg | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
60 | Los Angeles | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
61 | Chicago | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
62 | Pittsburgh | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
63 | Osaka | Japan | ASIA | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
64 | Austin | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
65 | Hannover | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
66 | Toulouse | France | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
67 | Baltimore | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
68 | Bonn | Germany | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
69 | Houston | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
70 | Bordeaux | France | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
71 | Québec | Canada | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 23 | |
72 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 22 | |
73 | Tel Aviv | Israel | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 22 | |
74 | Prague | Czech Republic | EUROPE | HUB CITIES | 22 | |
75 | Detroit | United States | AMERICAS | HUB CITIES | 22 | |
50 | HUB CITIES Count | |||||
THE BELOW 181 CITIES ARE SCORED & SORTED A-Z WITHIN THE SCORE. THEY ARE NOT RANKED. |
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Antwerp | Belgium | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Bath & NE Somerset | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Belfast | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Belgrade | Serbia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Berkeley | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Bern | Switzerland | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Bilbao | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Boise | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Bristol | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Buffalo | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Cleveland | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Curitiba | Brazil | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Dortmund | Germany | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Dubai | United Arab Emirates | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Gothenburg | Sweden | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Hartford | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Jerusalem | Israel | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Kiel | Germany | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Leeds | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Liverpool | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Lucerne | Switzerland | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Madrid | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Nagoya | Japan | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Nantes | France | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Newark | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Nice | France | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Providence | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Raleigh-Durham | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Richmond | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Rochester | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Sacramento | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Seoul | Korea, South | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Sheffield | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Springfield | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
St Louis | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Torino | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Wellington | New Zealand | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 22 | ||
Atlanta | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Auckland | New Zealand | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Bangalore | India | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Beijing | China | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Bologna | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Bozeman | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Bridgeport | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Canberra | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Cannes | France | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Charleston | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Charlotte | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Charlottesville | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Cincinnati | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Coventry | United Kingdom | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Denver | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Des Moines | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Dublin | Ireland | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Essen | Germany | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Florence | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Fresno | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Gent | Belgium | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Graz | Austria | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Lisbon | Portugal | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Madison | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Milwaukee | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Modena | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Montpellier | France | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Moscow | Russia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Nagasaki | Japan | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Nashville | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Oakland | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Oporto | Portugal | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Padova | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Phoenix | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Reims | France | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Rochester | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Salzburg | Austria | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
San Diego | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
São Paulo | Brazil | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Savannah | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Solingen | Germany | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Springfield | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Syracuse | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Tallinn | Estonia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Utrecht | Netherlands | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Valencia | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Venice | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Verona | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 21 | ||
Adelaide | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Athens | Greece | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Augusta | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Birmingham | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Brisbane | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Burbank | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Cape Town | South Africa | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Cedar Rapids | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Colorado Springs | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Edmonton | Canada | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Fort Lauderdale | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Gdansk | Poland | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Grand Rapids | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Indianapolis | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Jeddah | Saudi Arabia | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Kansas City | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Liège | Belgium | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Ljubljana | Slovenia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Málaga | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Memphis | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Mexico City | Mexico | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Miami | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Mumbai | India | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Oklahoma City | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Omaha | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Ottawa | Canada | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Pamplona | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Reno | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Riverside | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Salt Lake City | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Seville | Spain | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Springfield | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
St Petersburg | Russia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Taipei | Taiwan | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Tallahassee | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Tampa | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Tucson | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Tulsa | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Winnipeg | Canada | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 20 | ||
Ballarat | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Boulder | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Bratislava | Slovakia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Christchurch | New Zealand | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Doha | Qatar | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Dongguan | China | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Gold Coast | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Green Bay | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Guangzhou | China | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Honolulu | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Hyderabad | India | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Istanbul | Turkey | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Kuwait City | Kuwait | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Lexington | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Nanjing | China | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
New Orleans | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Orlando | United States | AMERICAS | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Parma | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Perth | Australia | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | EMERGING | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Suzhou | China | ASIA | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Trieste | Italy | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Warsaw | Poland | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
Zagreb | Croatia | EUROPE | NODE CITIES | 19 | ||
150 | NODE CITIES Count | |||||
Bangkok | Thailand | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Bendigo | Australia | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Bucharest | Romania | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Chennai | India | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Delhi | India | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Geelong | Australia | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Granada | Spain | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Halifax | Canada | AMERICAS | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Kolkata | India | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Kraków | Poland | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Little Rock | United States | AMERICAS | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Macau | China | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Queenstown | New Zealand | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Shenzhen | China | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Sofia | Bulgaria | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Vilnius | Lithuania | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 18 | ||
Casablanca | Morocco | EMERGING | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
Hobart | Australia | ASIA | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
Katowice | Poland | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
Kiev | Ukraine | EMERGING | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
Kosice | Slovakia | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
Reykjavik | Iceland | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
RIGA | Latvia | EUROPE | INFLUENCERS | 17 | ||
23 | INFLUENCERS Count | |||||
Dubrovnik | Croatia | EUROPE | UNRANKED | 16 | ||
Johannesburg | South Africa | EMERGING | UNRANKED | 16 | ||
Madurai | India | ASIA | UNRANKED | 16 | ||
Manila | Philippines | ASIA | UNRANKED | 16 | ||
Timisoara | Romania | EUROPE | UNRANKED | 16 | ||
Skopje | Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of | EUROPE | UNRANKED | 13 | ||
Tirana | Albania | EUROPE | UNRANKED | 12 | ||
Dakar | Senegal | EMERGING | UNRANKED | 11 | ||
8 | UNRANKED Count |
Source: 2thinknow Innovation Cities Global 256 Index, published: July 28 2009