City Rank is a free daily geography game where you put five of the world’s cities in order by metropolitan population, biggest at the top. Bigger than you think, smaller than you’d guess: the right order is rarely obvious.

Every guess grades itself Wordle-style. A city in exactly the right spot locks green and stops moving; amber means it is off by one place, red by two or more. You get four guesses to line up all five.

Everyone worldwide gets the same five cities each day, so your score is worth sharing. Want to keep going? Endless mode deals fresh rounds with region packs for Europe, Asia, the Americas and Africa.

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How to play

You are ranking the five cities by metropolitan (urban area) population, biggest at the top and smallest at the bottom.
Drag a city, or use its up and down arrows, to change the order. Press Submit ranking when you are happy with it.
Any city in its exact correct position locks green and can no longer move. Amber means off by one place; red means off by two or more.
Rearrange the cities that are not locked and submit again. Get all five green within four guesses to win.
Tap Share result to copy a spoiler-free emoji grid and challenge your friends.

Game modes

Daily: the same five cities for every player, refreshed at midnight UTC. One puzzle a day, your result saved, and a daily streak to keep alive.
Endless: unlimited fresh rounds for practice. Choose a region pack (World, Europe, Asia, Americas or Africa) and chase your best run.

The geography behind it

City Rank uses metropolitan or urban-agglomeration population, not city-limits population. That is why Tokyo, with roughly 37 million people in its greater metro area, towers over everywhere else, and why cities like Delhi, Dhaka, Lagos and Manila rank far higher than their official city boundaries would suggest.

The fun is in the near-ties and the surprises: Mexico City against New York, Delhi against Shanghai, Sao Paulo against Mumbai. A ranking game rewards knowing which metro areas have quietly become giants, not just which cities are famous.

The cities and their metro populations come from Natural Earth (public domain). Each city is matched to its country and continent through the Mappr open dataset, and flags are from the public-domain flag-icons set. Everything is bundled into the game, so it runs entirely in your browser.

More Mappr geography games

Like ranking things? Try World Rank, the same lock-green loop for countries, or Higher or Lower Geography. For more city guessing, play Closest City. Browse them all in the Mappr games hub, or explore every Mappr map tool.

Frequently asked questions

Is it the same puzzle for everyone today?

Yes. The daily five cities are seeded from the UTC date, so every player worldwide gets the identical puzzle. It changes at midnight UTC.

Is that city-proper or metro population?

Metropolitan or urban-agglomeration population. That is the standard way to compare how big cities really are, so a compact city core with vast suburbs still ranks by its full urban area.

How does the green locking work?

After each guess, any city sitting in its exact correct position turns green and locks in place. Amber means that city is off by exactly one place, red means off by two or more. You have four guesses to get all five green.

Where does the data come from?

City metro populations are from Natural Earth (public domain), country and continent come from the Mappr open dataset, and flags are from flag-icons (public domain).