In November, we unveiled our new Market Connectivity Rating (MCS) and dropped our first public rankings of the highest ten most linked and fastest-growing cities on this planet.
As a result of we replace the MCS quarterly, it is time to see how these rankings have modified.
Let’s begin with the fastest-growing cities for near-future connectivity infrastructure development. 👇
Quickest Rising* Cities, Q1 2025
- Kuala Lumpur | 43.5 (-2.8)
- Singapore | 40.9
- Frankfurt | 36.1
- Auckland | 35.6 (+0.1)
- Jakarta 🔼 | 28.3 (+2.0)
- Bangkok 🔽 | 27.9
- Manila | 25.9
- Taipei | 25.6 (-0.1)
- Athens 🔼 | 24.8 (+1.6)
- Washington, DC 🔽 | 24.2
Though Kuala Lumpur stays within the lead, it misplaced greater than half of its 5.4 level lead over Singapore, dropping from 46.3 to 43.5.
In the meantime, two units of cities have traded spots on this listing since This fall. Jakarta gained 2.0 factors to take the fifth spot from Bangkok, and Athens gained 1.6 factors to overhaul Washington, DC.
Auckland and Taipei’s minuscule adjustments (+0.1 and -0.1, respectively) didn’t tip the scales in both path, however are value noting.
Equally, almost all of the cities on essentially the most linked listing dropped 0.1-0.3 factors this quarter—aside from London and Paris, which remained the identical. Nevertheless, all ten cities stored their unique order from This fall.
Most Related Cities, Q1 2025
- Frankfurt | 61.6 (-0.3)
- London | 61.1
- Tokyo | 59.8 (-0.2)
- Amsterdam | 54.9 (-0.2)
- Singapore | 54.4 (-0.1)
- New York | 52.1 (-0.3)
- Washington, DC | 51.8 (-0.1)
- Paris | 51.3
- Hong Kong | 49.7 (-0.1)
- Los Angeles | 47.8 (-0.3)
How Do We Calculate These Scores?
The Market Connectivity Rating brings collectively dozens of various information units, clustered into 9 groupings:
- Knowledge Facilities
- Web Exchanges
- Pricing
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Lengthy-Distance Transport
- Native Entry
- Energy
- Geography & Demographics
- Rules & Governance
The complete, interactive MCS instrument—out there to our Knowledge Middle Analysis Service subscribers—measures present and potential information heart measurement for 3,000 cities worldwide, scored on a scale of 0-100 in every class.
This episode of our podcast, TeleGeography Explains the Web, explains how (and why!) we developed the MCS in additional element 🎧
Seeing this after Q1 2025?
View our newest Market Connectivity Rating rankings over right here.
