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Cities, ranked by obscurity

Cities that are not national capitals - the game says so in every city prompt. 9,830 cities in the bank.

9,830cities
347,009views/month · New York City
1views/month · Alipur Chatha
986jackpot answers (90%+)

By obscurity band

Household names2,458 citiesUnder 25% obscurity: the places everyone reaches for first, and the ones that pay least. Well known2,457 cities25–50% obscurity: known to most people who paid attention in geography. Off the map1,967 cities50–70% obscurity: a solid answer that digs a real distance. Deep cuts1,962 cities70–90% obscurity: the ones you know from a trip, a book or a map you stared at. One in Wormillion986 cities90% obscurity and up: the jackpot tier. Every one of these digs at least 135 metres and pays at least 910 points.

By region

Africa1,071 cities Asia3,587 cities Europe2,051 cities North America1,671 cities Oceania78 cities South America833 cities

By country

Afghanistan22 cities Albania10 cities Algeria39 cities Angola28 cities Antigua and Barbuda1 cities Argentina159 cities Armenia6 cities Australia46 cities Austria39 cities Azerbaijan23 cities Babylonia1 cities Bahrain6 cities Bangladesh50 cities Barbados2 cities Belarus25 cities Belgium31 cities Belize5 cities Benin25 cities Bhutan5 cities Bolivia25 cities Bosnia and Herzegovina13 cities Botswana5 cities Brazil358 cities British Hong Kong1 cities Brunei2 cities Bulgaria23 cities Burkina Faso11 cities Burundi3 cities Cambodia8 cities Cameroon20 cities Canada121 cities Cape Verde2 cities Central African Republic2 cities Chad7 cities Chile53 cities Colombia34 cities Comoros2 cities Costa Rica5 cities Croatia22 cities Cuba37 cities Cyprus5 cities Czech Republic40 cities Democratic Republic of the Congo32 cities Denmark17 cities Djibouti1 cities Dominican Republic14 cities East Germany1 cities Ecuador33 cities Egypt100 cities El Salvador16 cities Equatorial Guinea2 cities Eritrea4 cities Estonia6 cities Eswatini2 cities Ethiopia28 cities Fiji5 cities Finland21 cities France170 cities Gabon6 cities General Government1 cities Georgia9 cities Germany287 cities Ghana30 cities Greece53 cities Grenada1 cities Guatemala21 cities Guinea31 cities Guinea-Bissau2 cities Guyana3 cities Haiti34 cities Honduras10 cities Hungary36 cities Iceland8 cities India493 cities Indonesia118 cities Iran184 cities Iraq46 cities Ireland17 cities Israel40 cities Italy168 cities Ivory Coast138 cities Jamaica7 cities Japan509 cities Jordan13 cities Kazakhstan30 cities Kenya33 cities Kiribati1 cities Kosovo6 cities Kuwait3 cities Kyrgyzstan9 cities Laos6 cities Latvia5 cities Lebanon10 cities Lesotho2 cities Liberia3 cities Libya19 cities Liechtenstein1 cities Lithuania8 cities Luxembourg2 cities Madagascar9 cities Malawi4 cities Malaysia35 cities Maldives1 cities Mali8 cities Malta9 cities Mauritania14 cities Mauritius3 cities Mexico206 cities Moldova11 cities Monaco1 cities Mongolia6 cities Montenegro9 cities Morocco77 cities Mozambique17 cities Myanmar29 cities Namibia5 cities Nepal32 cities Netherlands76 cities New Zealand20 cities Nicaragua10 cities Niger18 cities Nigeria107 cities North Korea26 cities North Macedonia8 cities Northern Cyprus2 cities Norway28 cities Oman8 cities Pakistan178 cities Palestine21 cities Panama9 cities Papua New Guinea8 cities Paraguay17 cities Paris1 cities People's Republic of China596 cities Peru51 cities Philippines618 cities Poland109 cities Portugal58 cities Qatar3 cities Republic of the Congo4 cities Romania47 cities Russia325 cities Russian Empire2 cities Rwanda5 cities Saint Kitts and Nevis1 cities Saint Lucia2 cities Samoa1 cities San Marino1 cities Saudi Arabia34 cities Senegal25 cities Serbia23 cities Sierra Leone4 cities Singapore4 cities Slovakia15 cities Slovenia9 cities Solomon Islands1 cities Somalia9 cities Somaliland3 cities South Africa44 cities South Korea86 cities South Sudan5 cities Spain165 cities Sri Lanka27 cities Sudan24 cities Suriname3 cities Sweden30 cities Switzerland31 cities Syria38 cities Tajikistan8 cities Tanzania30 cities Thailand46 cities The Bahamas2 cities The Gambia2 cities Timor-Leste3 cities Togo7 cities Tonga1 cities Trinidad and Tobago2 cities Tunisia15 cities Turkey325 cities Turkmenistan9 cities Uganda22 cities Ukraine83 cities United Arab Emirates10 cities United Kingdom274 cities United States1,165 cities Uruguay10 cities Uzbekistan32 cities Vanuatu1 cities Venezuela87 cities Vietnam51 cities West Bank1 cities Western Sahara3 cities Yemen17 cities Zambia17 cities Zimbabwe11 cities

The fifty rarest

The answers that pay most. A tie at the top is possible: two places with the same monthly views score the same.

#PlaceObscurityViews / monthPoints
1Alipur Chatha100%11,000
2Việt Trì100%11,000
3Dashangtun Town100%51,000
4Krymskoye Urban Settlement100%51,000
5Pleiku100%51,000
6Yuquan Town100%51,000
7Chengzhuang Town100%6999
8Gaoyupu Town100%6999
9Tuy Hòa100%6999
10Liushi Town100%7999
11Ponte Rasa District100%7999
12Thiès Nord (arrondissement)100%7999
13Yetang (Meizhou)100%7999
14Barrio Arroyo100%8999
15Diatiféré100%8999
16Gengzhuangqiao Town100%8999
17Khanwah100%8999
18Liucun (Shanxi)100%8999
19Luomen Town100%8999
20Songlindian Town100%8999
21Sunji (Shanxi)100%8999
22Al-Mashana100%9998
23Cheektowaga Northwest (New York)100%9998
24Dingningdian Town100%9998
25Duanlutou Town100%9998
26Huaishu (Hebei)100%9998
27Pingshu Town100%9998
28Qingzhou (Hebei)100%9998
29Taoyuan, Jinzhou, Hebei100%9998
30Xing'an, Gaocheng100%9998
31Yakassé-Feyassé100%9998
32Al-Qabl al-Asfl100%10997
33Baisha town100%10997
34Balandougouba (Mandiana)100%10997
35Beihezhuang Town100%10997
36Chengbei (Meizhou)100%10997
37Jinshi (Guangdong)100%10997
38Koundianakoro100%10997
39Pan'an (Gangu)100%10997
40Xiaoqiao (Hebei)100%10997
41Al-Dhihar (Ibb)100%11996
42Assahara100%11996
43Chang'an, Gaocheng100%11996
44Cui'erzhuang Town100%11996
45Daxin (Ningxia)100%11996
46Longtou (Guangdong)100%11996
47Luogang Town100%11996
48Luokan Town100%11996
49Nantang Town, Lufeng100%11996
50Beisu (Hebei)99%12995

The twenty most famous

The answers that pay least. Everyone reaches for these first, which is exactly why they don’t dig.

#PlaceObscurityViews / monthPoints
1New York City0%347,009100
2Ceuta0%278,434100
3Hong Kong0%228,456100
4Los Angeles0%199,004100
5Brooklyn0%163,592100
6Chicago0%155,733100
7Toronto0%127,270101
8Tokyo0%122,373101
9Boston (Massachusetts)0%113,332101
10Philadelphia0%112,016101
11San Francisco0%106,614101
12Macau0%105,674101
13Seattle0%104,724101
14Istanbul0%103,677101
15Babylon0%103,617101
16Chongqing0%101,140101
17Mumbai0%100,611101
18Nashville (Tennessee)0%100,098102
19Melbourne (Australia)0%95,868102
20Montreal0%95,646102

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