By Gabriela Baron
Manila was named the “most loving capital city” in the world, according to a study.
Based on the study conducted by Crossword Solver, for every 100,000 posted tweets located in Manila, 1,246 contained a variation of the phrase “love you.”
“Love is very much in the air in the Philippines,” it noted.
An earlier study also revealed that 93% of the people in the Philippines reported feeling love on a typical day – the highest proportion of any country in the world.
“Love is at the core of most families, and immediate and extended family are considered very important in Filipino culture,” Crossword Solver said.
“Younger generations are also known to wear their heart on their sleeve online: the concept of hugot is spread among friends, family, and romantic partners through poignant quotes, music, and videos,” it added.
Guatemala City in Guatemala ranked second with 1,224 tweets.
Meanwhile, Guatemala was named the “the most loving country,” while Cochabamba in Bolivia was declared “the most loving city.”
To obtain the results, Crossword Solver collected a sample of geotagged tweets posted in countries and cities all over the world.
“We then analyzed that sample to find tweets that contained variations of the phrase ‘love you,’ for example, ‘love u’ and ‘<3 you,’ and variations of the heart emoji followed by ‘u’ and ‘you’,” it said. -ag
