2026
State of Longevity Cities 2026
This is what 37 cities in 15 countries did between January and September 2026, counted the same way every time.
Generated 17 September 2026 · public activities, without personal statistics
01
37 cities in 15 countries met this year
Cities on 3 continents, 14,427 kilometres between Miami and Shenzhen at the widest.
Where the cities areA dotted world map with one mark per city. Hamburg sits furthest north and Shenzhen furthest south, and those two are the only marks in red. Cities founded during this period carry a light grey ring.
Counted from city pages that were live at the end of the period. A city founded during the period carries a light ring; the only red marks on the map are the two cities at its edges.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
| City | Founded |
|---|---|
| Munich | 2023 |
| Berlin | 2025 |
| Nuremberg | 2025 |
| Hamburg | 2025 |
| Cologne | 2025 |
| Frankfurt | 2025 |
| San Francisco | 2026 |
| Heidelberg | 2026 |
| Miami | 2026 |
| Shenzhen | 2026 |
| Zurich | 2026 |
| Vienna | 2026 |
| Brunswick | 2026 |
| Mainz | 2026 |
| Bodensee | 2026 |
| Düsseldorf | 2026 |
| London | 2026 |
| Valencia | 2026 |
| Barcelona | 2026 |
| New York | 2026 |
| Riyadh | 2026 |
| Paris | 2026 |
| Shanghai | 2026 |
| Los Angeles | 2026 |
| Austin | 2026 |
| Houston | 2026 |
| Boston | 2026 |
| Zagreb | 2026 |
| Geneva | 2026 |
| Vancouver | 2026 |
| Baden-Baden | 2026 |
| Essen | 2026 |
| Seattle | 2026 |
| Tokyo | 2026 |
| Dublin | 2026 |
| Krakow | 2026 |
| Liechtenstein | 2026 |
How far the network reachesThe continents the cities sit on, the widest distance between two of them, and how far back the oldest one goes.
Distances are great-circle distances between the stored city coordinates. A city with no recorded founding year is dated by the year its city page went live.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- Europe: 24
- North America: 9
- Asia: 4
- widest distance
- 14,427 km, Miami to Shenzhen
- oldest city
- 2023
- median founding year
- 2026
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Europe | 24 |
| North America | 9 |
| Asia | 4 |
| widest distance | 14,427 km, Miami to Shenzhen |
| oldest city | 2023 |
| median founding year | 2026 |
02
141 meetups happened across 26 cities
Of the 127 meetups with a recorded format, social meetups were the most common at 23. Most started at 18:30, most on a Saturday.
When people metOne column per month, showing how many meetups happened in it. The busiest month is marked in red.
Counted from published events dated inside the period, one row per event. Cities below the publication floor show a dash instead of a number.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDec
| Month | Events |
|---|---|
| Jan | 6 |
| Feb | 4 |
| Mar | 11 |
| Apr | 11 |
| May | 18 |
| Jun | 17 |
| Jul | 29 |
| Aug | 30 |
| Sept | 15 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
Where they happenedOne row per city, most meetups first. A city below the publication floor shows a dash.
Counted per city from the same 141 meetups. Every city with at least one meetup is listed, because a meetup is a public page and a count of them names nobody. 2 meetups name no city of ours at all and are in the total but in none of the rows.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
| City | Events |
|---|---|
| Munich | 28 |
| Berlin | 18 |
| Hamburg | 10 |
| Shanghai | 10 |
| Zurich | 9 |
| Cologne | 8 |
| Frankfurt | 6 |
| San Francisco | 6 |
| Shenzhen | 5 |
| Mainz | 4 |
| Miami | 4 |
| New York | 4 |
| Nuremberg | 4 |
| Austin | 3 |
| Heidelberg | 3 |
| Riyadh | 3 |
| London | 2 |
| Los Angeles | 2 |
| Valencia | 2 |
| Vienna | 2 |
| Barcelona | 1 |
| Bodensee | 1 |
| Boston | 1 |
| Houston | 1 |
| Paris | 1 |
| Zagreb | 1 |
| no city of ours recorded | 2 |
What kind of meetup it wasOne bar per format, longest first. The most common recorded format is marked in red.
Counted from the same 141 meetups, of which 127 record a format at all. The bars are shares of those. A meetup that never recorded a format lands in its own bucket rather than being guessed into one; a retired format name is folded into the format that replaced it.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
Socials
23
Talks
19
Runs
14
Dinners
14
No format recorded
14
Walks
12
Hikes
11
Yoga and breathwork
11
Workshops
8
Sport and training
6
Cold, sauna and recovery
4
Summits
2
Rides
1
Testing stations
1
Something else
1
| Format | Meetups |
|---|---|
| Socials | 23 |
| Talks | 19 |
| Runs | 14 |
| Dinners | 14 |
| No format recorded | 14 |
| Walks | 12 |
| Hikes | 11 |
| Yoga and breathwork | 11 |
| Workshops | 8 |
| Sport and training | 6 |
| Cold, sauna and recovery | 4 |
| Summits | 2 |
| Rides | 1 |
| Testing stations | 1 |
| Something else | 1 |
When in the day they startedOne column per hour of the local clock, showing how many meetups started in it. The busiest hour is marked in red.
Start times are the local clock in the city each meetup happened in, counted into hourly buckets, out of 141 meetups. 1 of them carry no readable start time and sit outside this chart.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
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| Hour | Meetups |
|---|---|
| 00 | 0 |
| 01 | 0 |
| 02 | 0 |
| 03 | 0 |
| 04 | 0 |
| 05 | 1 |
| 06 | 0 |
| 07 | 0 |
| 08 | 4 |
| 09 | 18 |
| 10 | 32 |
| 11 | 3 |
| 12 | 1 |
| 13 | 2 |
| 14 | 7 |
| 15 | 1 |
| 16 | 1 |
| 17 | 16 |
| 18 | 40 |
| 19 | 9 |
| 20 | 4 |
| 21 | 0 |
| 22 | 1 |
| 23 | 0 |
Which day of the week they fell onOne column per weekday, Monday first. The busiest day is marked in red.
The event date is a moment in time, so the weekday is resolved in the timezone of the city the meetup happened in, out of 141 meetups.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
| Weekday | Meetups |
|---|---|
| Monday | 2 |
| Tuesday | 12 |
| Wednesday | 17 |
| Thursday | 11 |
| Friday | 20 |
| Saturday | 47 |
| Sunday | 32 |
What the meetups were likeShares of all meetups in the period: how people took part, what they paid, what language was spoken, who ran them.
Shares of all 141 meetups of the period. A meetup with no attendance mode recorded is counted as in person, one with no price as free, one with no language as English, one with no kind as one of ours.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- in person
- 139 · 99%
- online
- 2 · 1%
- free to attend
- 141 · 100%
- run by a city of ours
- 141 · 100%
- spoken in English
- 141 · 100%
| Figure | Meetups | Share |
|---|---|---|
| in person | 139 | 99% |
| online | 2 | 1% |
| free to attend | 141 | 100% |
| run by a city of ours | 141 | 100% |
| spoken in English | 141 | 100% |
03
4,914 places are on the map
1862 of them are Sauna, spa and recovery.
What is on the mapOne bar per category, longest first. The biggest category is marked in red.
Counted from places that passed review. 4,914 of them carry a category, which is the denominator of the bars below.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
Sauna, spa and recovery
1,862
Restaurants and cafés
1,672
Gyms and studios
644
Labs and testing
622
Doctors and clinics
114
| Category | Places |
|---|---|
| Sauna, spa and recovery | 1862 |
| Restaurants and cafés | 1672 |
| Gyms and studios | 644 |
| Labs and testing | 622 |
| Doctors and clinics | 114 |
04
1,004 photos came back from 56 events
Event photos by monthMonthly counts of approved photos from public events.
Counts of approved photos from public events in the period, grouped by event month. The report contains no photographs or image links.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSeptOctNovDec
| Month | Photos |
|---|---|
| Jan | 127 |
| Feb | 0 |
| Mar | 0 |
| Apr | 48 |
| May | 340 |
| Jun | 59 |
| Jul | 150 |
| Aug | 210 |
| Sept | 70 |
| Oct | 0 |
| Nov | 0 |
| Dec | 0 |
05
268 papers were graded, 39 of them strong
79 of the 98 questions on the evidence map still have no paper behind them.
How strong the evidence wasThree bars, one per grade, showing how many papers carry it and what share of the graded papers that is.
Counted from papers added to the library inside the period, each with a grade a human signed off. Each bar also carries its share of the graded papers. No paper age is shown: the library takes in the year's papers, so every one of them is from this year.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
Strong15%
39
Moderate51%
138
Preliminary34%
91
| Grade | Papers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Strong | 39 | 15% |
| Moderate | 138 | 51% |
| Preliminary | 91 | 34% |
What the papers were aboutOne bar per intervention the evidence map asks about, showing how many of the year's papers speak to it.
Of the fourteen interventions the evidence map asks about. 105 of 268 graded papers name one at all; the rest are about something else we read. A paper about two levers is counted under both. Read through the same tag and MeSH tables the map uses, so nothing is guessed, and MeSH is thin on papers an editor added by hand.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
Exercise
67
NAD+
18
Vitamin D
15
Creatine
4
Protein
3
Sleep
3
| Intervention | Papers |
|---|---|
| Exercise | 67 |
| NAD+ | 18 |
| Vitamin D | 15 |
| Creatine | 4 |
| Protein | 3 |
| Sleep | 3 |
| Mediterranean diet | 0 |
| Caloric restriction | 0 |
| Fasting | 0 |
| Curcumin | 0 |
| Omega-3 | 0 |
| GLP-1 | 0 |
| Vitamin C | 0 |
| Probiotics | 0 |
What kind of studies they wereFour bars showing how the year's papers split across trial, synthesis, review and everything else.
Of the 224 of 268 graded papers that carry a PubMed publication type; a paper an editor added by hand has none, so it is outside this figure rather than counted as something else. PubMed puts several types on one paper, so each paper lands in the first bucket that fits, trials before syntheses before reviews. A trial protocol is a plan, not a trial, and counts as everything else.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
Everything else
158
Reviews
44
Meta-analyses and systematic reviews
15
Randomised trials
7
| Study design | Papers | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Everything else | 158 | 71% |
| Reviews | 44 | 20% |
| Meta-analyses and systematic reviews | 15 | 7% |
| Randomised trials | 7 | 3% |
Where they were publishedThe five journals that carried the most of the year's papers.
The five busiest of 148 journals across 268 graded papers. Journal names come from PubMed and are printed as PubMed spells them.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
The journals of gerontology
11
Ageing research reviews
10
Aging cell
10
GeroScience
9
Frontiers in nutrition
8
| Journal | Papers |
|---|---|
| The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences | 11 |
| Ageing research reviews | 10 |
| Aging cell | 10 |
| GeroScience | 9 |
| Frontiers in nutrition | 8 |
What else the year's reading showsA short list: open questions on the evidence map, pre-registered trials, papers free to read, and how many grades carry a written reason.
Each row states its own denominator, because almost none of them is a share of all 268 graded papers. The day a paper enters the library is the day we read it, not the day it was published, and an editor can change it. Retraction notices are only seen on papers that came in this year.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- Questions on the evidence map with no paper
- 79 of 98
- Papers naming a trial registration
- 10 of 268
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- 10
- Papers free to read in full
- 182 of 268
- Journals represented
- 148
- Grades with a written reason
- 268 in English, 268 in German
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions on the evidence map with no paper | 79 of 98 |
| Papers naming a trial registration | 10 of 268 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov | 10 |
| Papers free to read in full | 182 of 268 |
| Journals represented | 148 |
| Grades with a written reason | 268 in English, 268 in German |
06
27 articles were written and 18 newsletters went out
brain health was the topic that came back most often: 8 of the 18 issues carried it.
What each newsletter carriedOne row per newsletter issue, split into articles, studies and events.
Counted from articles published inside the period. Guides are not counted: the guide hub is static, with no publication date to place an entry in a year. The rows show what each newsletter issue was made of.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- Articles
- Studies
- Events
5 May
12 May
20 May
29 May
30 May
30 May
10 Jun
19 Jun
25 Jun
8 Jul
18 Jul
30 Jul
6 Aug
11 Aug
20 Aug
26 Aug
2 Sept
16 Sept
| Issue | Articles | Studies | Events | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May | 1 | 3 | 0 | aging clocks |
| 12 May | 1 | 3 | 7 | cellular senescence |
| 20 May | 1 | 3 | 9 | aging |
| 29 May | 1 | 1 | 1 | aging biomarkers |
| 30 May | 1 | 1 | 1 | aging clocks |
| 30 May | 1 | 1 | 1 | aging clocks |
| 10 Jun | 1 | 4 | 14 | bone health |
| 19 Jun | 1 | 4 | 12 | antioxidants |
| 25 Jun | 1 | 4 | 11 | exercise |
| 8 Jul | 0 | 5 | 15 | aging |
| 18 Jul | 1 | 4 | 24 | bone marrow |
| 30 Jul | 1 | 5 | 19 | longevity |
| 6 Aug | 1 | 4 | 18 | brain health |
| 11 Aug | 1 | 4 | 15 | aging biomarkers |
| 20 Aug | 1 | 3 | 15 | brain health |
| 26 Aug | 1 | 4 | 26 | exercise |
| 2 Sept | 1 | 4 | 23 | brain health |
| 16 Sept | 1 | 3 | 24 | longevity drugs |
What the newsletters kept coming back toThe eight tags that appeared in the most newsletter issues.
Of 18 issues sent inside the period. Tags are free text an editor types on each study, trimmed and lower-cased here, and counted once per ISSUE. Four studies sharing a tag in one issue is still one issue's worth of attention.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
brain health
8
exercise
6
biomarkers
5
cognition
5
dementia
4
longevity
4
mitochondria
4
sarcopenia
4
| Topic | Issues |
|---|---|
| brain health | 8 |
| exercise | 6 |
| biomarkers | 5 |
| cognition | 5 |
| dementia | 4 |
| longevity | 4 |
| mitochondria | 4 |
| sarcopenia | 4 |
What the glossary explainsThe eight biggest glossary categories, with the rest named as a remainder.
Of 657 glossary terms across 17 categories. The glossary is the whole library rather than the year: a term written in 2024 still explains itself today.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
biology
125
biomarker
72
concept
64
therapeutic
55
nutrition
51
exercise
43
metabolism
34
cognition
32
9 more categories
181
| Category | Terms |
|---|---|
| biology | 125 |
| biomarker | 72 |
| concept | 64 |
| therapeutic | 55 |
| nutrition | 51 |
| exercise | 43 |
| metabolism | 34 |
| cognition | 32 |
| 9 more categories | 181 |
How much of it a German reader gets in GermanTwo shares: the year's articles with a German body, and the year's papers with a German title and summary.
A paper counts as translated only when both its title and its summary carry German; an article counts when its body exists in German. Both are of the year's own output, not of the whole library.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- Articles with a German version
- 27 of 27 · 100%
- Papers with a German title and summary
- 224 of 268 · 84%
| Figure | Value |
|---|---|
| Articles with a German version | 27 of 27 · 100% |
| Papers with a German title and summary | 224 of 268 · 84% |
07
Face age was the tool people reached for most
Which tool people reached forThe tools in order, the one people opened most at the top. No counts: the order is the finding.
Ranked by how often each tool page was opened, both language pages of a tool folded together, bots left out. Sub-pages of a tool are content rather than the tool, so they do not count. The counts themselves are deliberately not published: the order is the finding, the traffic behind it is ours. Nothing here is tied back to a person.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
- Face age
- Pace of aging
- Grip strength
- HOMA-IR
- VO2max estimate
- Pseudoscience checker
- Calorie calculator
- Protein calculator
- Jet lag planner
- Menopause test
- Zone 2 calculator
| Rank | Tool |
|---|---|
| 1 | Face age |
| 2 | Pace of aging |
| 3 | Grip strength |
| 4 | HOMA-IR |
| 5 | VO2max estimate |
| 6 | Pseudoscience checker |
| 7 | Calorie calculator |
| 8 | Protein calculator |
| 9 | Jet lag planner |
| 10 | Menopause test |
| 11 | Zone 2 calculator |
08
59 people kept a city running
How many cities each organiser looks afterOne dot per organiser, grouped by how many cities they look after.
Counted from people holding an organiser role on a live city at the end of the period. Grouped by how many cities each of them looks after.Counted from 1 January 2026 to 17 September 2026.
| Group | People |
|---|---|
| One city | 56 |
| Two cities | 3 |
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Longevity Cities (2026). State of Longevity Cities 2026. https://longevity-austria.com/en/report/2026
