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2023
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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 274 | 6.9K followers |
| 2 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 172 | 9.6K followers |
| 3 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 162 | 1.3M followers |
| 4 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 143 | 148.8K followers |
| 5 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 139 | 228.6K followers |
| 6 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 137 | 1.7M followers |
| 7 |  | Shanghai, China | 129 | 2.1M followers |
| 8 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 122 | 28.3K followers |
| 9 | | Hangzhou, China | 122 | 341.8K followers |
| 10 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 120 | 391.2K followers |
| 11 |  | Delhi, India | 118 | 2.7M followers |
| 12 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 107 | 387K followers |
| 13 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 103 | 15.6K followers |
| 14 | | Chengdu, China | 99 | 1.7M followers |
| 15 |  | Busan, South Korea | 99 | 209.6K followers |
| 16 | | Beijing, China | 95 | 7.2M followers |
| 17 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 90 | 11.4K followers |
| 18 | | Batam, Indonesia | 87 | 1.3M followers |
| 19 |  | Tehran, Iran | 86 | 1M followers |
| 20 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 82 | 20.8K followers |
| 21 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 82 | 226.9K followers |
| 22 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 81 | 70.3K followers |
| 23 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 79 | 30.7K followers |
| 24 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 78 | 64.7K followers |
| 25 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 77 | 86.8K followers |
| 26 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 73 | 14.5K followers |
| 27 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 72 | 382.7K followers |
| 28 |  | Jerusalem, Israel | 71 | 60.8K followers |
| 29 | | Wuhan, China | 70 | 330.6K followers |
| 30 |  | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 69 | 2.2M followers |
| 31 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 69 | 82.2K followers |
| 32 | | Incheon, South Korea | 68 | 23.7K followers |
| 33 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 67 | 96.7K followers |
| 34 |  | Houston, USA | 67 | 30.2K followers |
| 35 | | Guangzhou, China | 66 | 1.5M followers |
| 36 | | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 65 | 82.9K followers |
| 37 | | Kolkata, India | 65 | 1.4M followers |
| 38 | | Hanoi, Vietnam | 64 | 2.2M followers |
| 39 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 64 | 52.8K followers |
| 40 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 64 | 41.6K followers |
| 41 | | Seoul, South Korea | 64 | 6.6M followers |
| 42 |  | Accra, Ghana | 62 | 6.8K followers |
| 43 |  | Kyoto, Japan | 61 | 82.5K followers |
| 44 |  | Lima, Peru | 60 | 35.8K followers |
| 45 | | Chongqing, China | 59 | 174K followers |
| 46 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 58 | 14.8K followers |
| 47 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 56 | 688.7K followers |
| 48 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 56 | 877.8K followers |
| 49 | | Los Angeles, USA | 56 | 6.3M followers |
| 50 | | Shenzhen, China | 55 | 399K followers |
| 51 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 54 | 398.9K followers |
| 52 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 54 | 13.9K followers |
| 53 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 54 | 210.2K followers |
| 54 |  | Melbourne, Australia | 54 | 303.7K followers |
| 55 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 53 | 49.3K followers |
| 56 | | Moscow, Russia | 53 | 795.4K followers |
| 57 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 53 | 111.2K followers |
| 58 |  | Kaohsiung, Taiwan | 53 | 693.5K followers |
| 59 | | Osaka, Japan | 53 | 67.7K followers |
| 60 |  | Athens, Greece | 53 | 28.4K followers |
| 61 | | Chicago, USA | 53 | 46.9K followers |
| 62 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 52 | 239.9K followers |
| 63 |  | Toronto, Canada | 52 | 353.1K followers |
| 64 | | New York City, USA | 51 | 1.9M followers |
| 65 | | Mumbai, India | 50 | 1.5M followers |
| 66 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 49 | 123.5K followers |
| 67 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 48 | 15.8K followers |
| 68 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 48 | 41.3K followers |
| 69 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 46 | 123.5K followers |
| 70 |  | Krakow, Poland | 45 | 309.2K followers |
| 71 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 44 | 254.7K followers |
| 72 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 43 | 142.9K followers |
| 73 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 43 | 63.3K followers |
| 74 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 42 | 38.5K followers |
| 75 | | Warsaw, Poland | 42 | 329.1K followers |
| 76 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 41 | 27.5K followers |
| 77 | | Detroit, USA | 40 | 25.5K followers |
| 78 | | Montreal, Canada | 40 | 112.5K followers |
| 79 | | Denver, USA | 40 | 1.5M followers |
| 80 | | Minneapolis, USA | 40 | 17.4K followers |
| 81 |  | London, United Kingdom | 38 | 257.8K followers |
| 82 | | Tokyo, Japan | 38 | 1M followers |
| 83 |  | Bangkok, Thailand | 38 | 5.4M followers |
| 84 |  | Nice, France | 37 | 460.6K followers |
| 85 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 36 | 80.9K followers |
| 86 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 33 | 37.3K followers |
| 87 | | Taipei, Taiwan | 33 | 994.5K followers |
| 88 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 33 | 23.9K followers |
| 89 | | Kobe, Japan | 33 | 28.1K followers |
| 90 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 32 | 86.7K followers |
| 91 |  | Madrid, Spain | 32 | 333.7K followers |
| 92 | | Paris, France | 31 | 5.7M followers |
| 93 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 31 | 107.9K followers |
| 94 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 31 | 52K followers |
| 95 |  | Vienna, Austria | 31 | 145.6K followers |
| 96 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 31 | 48.7K followers |
| 97 | | Lyon, France | 30 | 494.9K followers |
| 98 |  | Rome, Italy | 30 | 67.5K followers |
| 99 | | San Francisco, USA | 30 | 598.7K followers |
| 100 | | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 28 | 287.4K followers |
| 101 |  | Munich, Germany | 28 | 348.4K followers |
| 102 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 27 | 25.5K followers |
| 103 | | Milano, Italy | 27 | 123K followers |
| 104 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 26 | 75.6K followers |
| 105 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 26 | 37.9K followers |
| 106 |  | Oslo, Norway | 26 | 35K followers |
| 107 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 24 | 21.8K followers |
| 108 | | Berlin, Germany | 22 | 200K followers |
| 109 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 22 | 278.5K followers |
| 110 | | Portland, USA | 22 | 136.6K followers |
| 111 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 21 | 23.1K followers |
| 112 | | Seattle, USA | 20 | 307.7K followers |
| 113 | | Sydney, Australia | 19 | 1.6M followers |
| 114 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 17 | 125.2K followers |
| 115 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 16 | 24.3K followers |
| 116 |  | Santiago, Chile | 16 | 96.8K followers |
| 117 | | Canberra, Australia | 12 | 274.4K followers |
| 118 | | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 11 | 11.7M followers |
| 119 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 9 | 71.1K followers |
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