In preparation for National Proposal Day on the 20th March 2016, luxury ethical jewellery creators Ingle & Rhode have analysed data from Instagram to reveal the most popular destinations in the World to propose. The jewellers developed an algorithm to analyse image hashtags and geotagging from a data capture of 250,000 images.
The geographical coordinates were then identified by checking the longitude and latitude of each image, the results were then cross referenced to the nearest city to reveal the most popular destinations in the World for people to propose.
Ingle & Rhode combined data from four Instagram hashtags - #isaidyes, #proposal, #proposed and #heproposed.
TOP 20 DESTINATIONS TO PROPOSE IN 2016:
1. New York, US -19.96%
2. LA, US - 8.32%
3. Seattle, US - 8.16%
4. Miami, US - 6.76%
5. Chicago, US - 6.01%
6. Toronto, US - 5.42%
7. London, UK - 5.31%
8. San Diego, US - 5.15%
9. Orlando, US - 4,94%
10. Sydney, Australia - 4.67%
11. Vancouver, Canada - 3.65%
12. San Francisco, US - 3.51%
13. Las Vegas, US - 3.11%
14. Atlanta, US - 2.90%
15. Paris, France - 2.66%
16. Washington, US - 2.25%
17. Dubai, UAE - 2.07%
18. Philadelphia, US - 1.93%
19. Singapore, ASIA - 1.80%
20. Honolulu, US - 1.42%
Tim Ingle from Ingle & Rhode says, “With an average of 80 million photos added every single day, Instagram is one of the most popular platforms for sharing photos, especially those special moments you wish to convey to friends and family. Our results reveal an inspiring set of locations to pop the question to your loved one, and although some may argue it is not surprising that Paris and New York are high on the list, somewhat outside of the box are destinations like Seattle, Washington and Honolulu. Popular proposal hotspots are usually locations of significance to the couple, a favourite restaurant or bar with sentimental value or where the couple first met is not an unusual choice.”
You can see the full interactive map on Ingle & Rhode: http://www.ingleandrhode.co.uk/instagram-proposals/
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