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| Rank | Major city, country/region | AQI US | Followers | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo | 191 | 7.2K followers |
| 2 |  | Medan, Indonesia | 166 | 1.3M followers |
| 3 |  | Delhi, India | 163 | 2.7M followers |
| 4 | | Jakarta, Indonesia | 157 | 1.7M followers |
| 5 |  | Santiago, Chile | 155 | 98.2K followers |
| 6 |  | Beijing, China | 144 | 7.3M followers |
| 7 |  | Cairo City, Egypt | 138 | 30.2K followers |
| 8 |  | Lahore, Pakistan | 132 | 395.4K followers |
| 9 |  | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 122 | 15.9K followers |
| 10 |  | Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | 109 | 53.8K followers |
| 11 |  | Dubai, United Arab Emirates | 105 | 392.4K followers |
| 12 | | Karachi, Pakistan | 97 | 71.6K followers |
| 13 |  | Baghdad, Iraq | 94 | 21.5K followers |
| 14 |  | Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel | 86 | 84.3K followers |
| 15 |  | Bratislava, Slovakia | 84 | 38.8K followers |
| 16 | | Shanghai, China | 84 | 2.2M followers |
| 17 |  | Dhaka, Bangladesh | 83 | 230.6K followers |
| 18 |  | Hanoi, Vietnam | 82 | 2.2M followers |
| 19 |  | Nairobi, Kenya | 80 | 15K followers |
| 20 |  | Kampala, Uganda | 76 | 9.8K followers |
| 21 |  | Accra, Ghana | 75 | 7.1K followers |
| 22 | | Hangzhou, China | 71 | 354.4K followers |
| 23 | | Batam, Indonesia | 70 | 1.3M followers |
| 24 |  | Tehran, Iran | 68 | 1M followers |
| 25 |  | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | 68 | 128.5K followers |
| 26 |  | Los Angeles, USA | 68 | 6.4M followers |
| 27 |  | Manama, Bahrain | 67 | 31.3K followers |
| 28 | | Jerusalem, Israel | 66 | 61.4K followers |
| 29 | | Mumbai, India | 66 | 1.5M followers |
| 30 | | Chongqing, China | 66 | 176.6K followers |
| 31 | | Kolkata, India | 65 | 1.4M followers |
| 32 | | Minneapolis, USA | 65 | 18.3K followers |
| 33 |  | Dakar, Senegal | 64 | 11.7K followers |
| 34 |  | Kuwait City, Kuwait | 64 | 65.4K followers |
| 35 | | New York City, USA | 64 | 1.9M followers |
| 36 |  | Krasnoyarsk, Russia | 63 | 97.6K followers |
| 37 |  | Kathmandu, Nepal | 62 | 150.4K followers |
| 38 |  | Yangon, Myanmar | 62 | 26.6K followers |
| 39 |  | Krakow, Poland | 61 | 311.6K followers |
| 40 |  | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia | 60 | 88.1K followers |
| 41 |  | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | 60 | 392.6K followers |
| 42 | | Detroit, USA | 60 | 26.1K followers |
| 43 |  | Lyon, France | 59 | 499.9K followers |
| 44 | | Wroclaw, Poland | 59 | 255.6K followers |
| 45 |  | Milano, Italy | 59 | 128.4K followers |
| 46 |  | Zagreb, Croatia | 59 | 16.8K followers |
| 47 |  | Toronto, Canada | 59 | 363.7K followers |
| 48 |  | Algiers, Algeria | 58 | 37.4K followers |
| 49 |  | Bucharest, Romania | 58 | 64.2K followers |
| 50 |  | Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina | 58 | 54.1K followers |
| 51 | | Washington, D.C., USA | 58 | 43.9K followers |
| 52 | | Portland, USA | 57 | 147.3K followers |
| 53 |  | Bern, Switzerland | 56 | 88.3K followers |
| 54 | | Wuhan, China | 56 | 336K followers |
| 55 |  | Budapest, Hungary | 56 | 25K followers |
| 56 |  | Tokyo, Japan | 56 | 1M followers |
| 57 | | Seattle, USA | 56 | 320.3K followers |
| 58 |  | Munich, Germany | 53 | 354.4K followers |
| 59 |  | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 53 | 243.6K followers |
| 60 |  | Taipei, Taiwan (China) | 53 | 1M followers |
| 61 |  | Lima, Peru | 53 | 36.4K followers |
| 62 |  | Vienna, Austria | 53 | 148.3K followers |
| 63 | | Vancouver BC, Canada | 53 | 131.9K followers |
| 64 | | Montreal, Canada | 52 | 114.7K followers |
| 65 |  | Prague, Czech Republic | 51 | 109.2K followers |
| 66 | | Salt Lake City, USA | 51 | 51.6K followers |
| 67 | | Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | 49 | 2.2M followers |
| 68 |  | Belgrade, Serbia | 49 | 216.9K followers |
| 69 |  | Madrid, Spain | 48 | 337.4K followers |
| 70 |  | Istanbul, Turkey | 47 | 230.3K followers |
| 71 | | Kuching, Malaysia | 46 | 49.5K followers |
| 72 | | Berlin, Germany | 46 | 203.4K followers |
| 73 |  | Athens, Greece | 45 | 30K followers |
| 74 | | Osaka, Japan | 44 | 71.2K followers |
| 75 |  | Sofia, Bulgaria | 41 | 112.4K followers |
| 76 | | Paris, France | 41 | 5.8M followers |
| 77 | | Denver, USA | 41 | 1.5M followers |
| 78 |  | Skopje, North Macedonia | 40 | 15.6K followers |
| 79 | | Rotterdam, Netherlands | 39 | 125.2K followers |
| 80 |  | Singapore, Singapore | 38 | 889.2K followers |
| 81 | | Warsaw, Poland | 38 | 331.8K followers |
| 82 | | Moscow, Russia | 38 | 807.4K followers |
| 83 | | Guangzhou, China | 38 | 1.5M followers |
| 84 | | Kyoto, Japan | 38 | 84.1K followers |
| 85 |  | Chiang Mai, Thailand | 38 | 11.8M followers |
| 86 | | Nice, France | 37 | 465.1K followers |
| 87 |  | Astana, Kazakhstan | 37 | 28.7K followers |
| 88 |  | Pristina, Kosovo | 37 | 14.5K followers |
| 89 |  | Kyiv, Ukraine | 37 | 282.5K followers |
| 90 |  | Sao Paulo, Brazil | 33 | 83.5K followers |
| 91 |  | Incheon, South Korea | 33 | 24.6K followers |
| 92 | | Kobe, Japan | 33 | 28.5K followers |
| 93 |  | Brussels, Belgium | 31 | 144.7K followers |
| 94 | | Chicago, USA | 31 | 49.6K followers |
| 95 |  | Auckland, New Zealand | 30 | 73.2K followers |
| 96 |  | Helsinki, Finland | 29 | 76.8K followers |
| 97 |  | Dublin, Ireland | 28 | 22.6K followers |
| 98 |  | Phnom Penh, Cambodia | 27 | 401.4K followers |
| 99 | | Rome, Italy | 27 | 70.2K followers |
| 100 |  | Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR | 27 | 699.5K followers |
| 101 | | Houston, USA | 26 | 31.8K followers |
| 102 |  | Stockholm, Sweden | 25 | 39.5K followers |
| 103 |  | Sydney, Australia | 25 | 1.6M followers |
| 104 |  | Lisbon, Portugal | 24 | 24.3K followers |
| 105 | | Seoul, South Korea | 23 | 6.7M followers |
| 106 |  | Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan | 23 | 42.9K followers |
| 107 |  | Kabul, Afghanistan | 22 | 25.4K followers |
| 108 | | Chengdu, China | 22 | 1.8M followers |
| 109 | | Busan, South Korea | 22 | 221K followers |
| 110 | | San Francisco, USA | 20 | 618.7K followers |
| 111 | | Shenzhen, China | 16 | 407.7K followers |
| 112 | | Bangkok, Thailand | 16 | 5.4M followers |
| 113 |  | Bogota, Colombia | 15 | 81.6K followers |
| 114 |  | Birmingham, United Kingdom | 14 | 290.5K followers |
| 115 | | London, United Kingdom | 12 | 272.5K followers |
| 116 | | Canberra, Australia | 11 | 275.9K followers |
| 117 | | Kaohsiung, Taiwan (China) | 8 | 698.4K followers |
| 118 | | Melbourne, Australia | 4 | 310K followers |
| 119 |  | Oslo, Norway | 0 | 36.5K followers |
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