Rio de Janeiro is the second most posted World Heritage Site on Instagram
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The city of Rio de Janeiro ranked as the second most popular destination among the 145 places listed as Unesco World Heritage Sites.
It was the scene of over 45 million posts on Instagram, second only to Rome. The survey was conducted by UK company Design Bundles, which recently analyzed how many times each place was tagged on the social network and ranked them accordingly.
In addition to the Marvelous City, another Brazilian representative did well on the web: Brasília is in 8th place, with 13.27 million posts.
The world organization uses criteria such as historic buildings, important paintings and sculptures and notable archeological attractions to choose a World Heritage Site.
Ten countries concentrate most of the Unesco World Heritage Sites in their territory, with Italy standing out, home to 58 of them. Rome alone has been tagged in over 61 million Instagram posts.
Next, the nations with the most destinations recognized by Unesco are China (56), Germany (51), France (49), Spain (49), India (40), Mexico (35), United Kingdom (33), Russia (30) and Iran (26).
With its attractions, Rio is placed ahead of Venice, also in Italy (3rd); Bali, in Indonesia (18th) and Dubrovnik, in Croatia (28th).
Check out 30 most popular Unesco World Heritage Sites, according to Instagram users:
1- Rome’s historic center in Italy – 61,244,436 posts
2 – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil – 45,039,569 posts
3 – Venice and its lagoon, Italy – 25,755,922 posts
4 – Kiev, Ukraine – 21,914,502 posts
5 – Historic Center of Florence, Italy – 21,516,815 posts
6 – Historic Center of Prague in Czech Republic – 17,731,077 posts
7 – Budapest, Hungary – 14,665,910 posts
8 – Brasília, Brazil – 13,277,931 posts
9 – Saint Petersburg, Russia – 11,987,336 posts
10 – Quito, Ecuador – 9,854,551 posts
11 – Edinburgh Old Town and New Town, Scotland – 9,779,579 posts
12 – Historic Center Lyon, France – 9,400,931 posts
13 – Verona, Italy – 5,661,681 posts
14 – Rabat, Morocco – 4,629,743 posts
15 – Yosemite National Park in California, USA – 4,611,905 posts
16 – Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona, USA – 4,021,300 posts
17 – Old Havana and its fortifications in Cuba – 4,017,138 posts
18 – Bali, Indonesia – 3,985,530 posts
19 – Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France – 3,787,550 posts
20 – Antoni Gaudí’s works in Barcelona, Spain – 3,451,098 posts
21 – Historic Center of Luxembourg City – 3,450,869 posts
22 – Historic Center of Salzburg, Austria – 3,195,863 posts
23 – Göreme National Park in Turkey – 3,009,297 posts
24 – Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Canada – 2,996,880 posts
25 – Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming, USA – 2,832,668 posts
26 – Antigua in Guatemala – 2,765,980 posts
27- Old Town Dubrovnik in Croatia – 2,637,398 posts
28 – Dorset and East Devon Coast, England – 2,629,228 posts
29 – The Dolomite Mountains in Italy – 2,532,349 posts
30 – Jungfrau-Aletsch in the Swiss Alps – 2,261,394 posts
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