OrlandoThe city the parks built
Measured from 100+ plays across 15 walked routes: in Orlando, you pass a place with a story every 184 metres.
Ranked #10 of 16 United States big cities
2026 edition · scores vs all indexed cities · measured 2026-08-21 · scored on 6 of 8 measures · how we measure
Depth35/100
45 places with a story
0 historical figures
Density79/100
a story every 184 m
median along a route
Character18/100
arts & culture
typical story: 1993 · contemporary
Pulse73/100
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Orlando, measured
The scores
Ranked against
| What we measure | Orlando | Score out of 100 | Rank | Global leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Depth | ||||
| Places with a storyspots where a route tells you what happened there | 45 | 37 | #45 of 71 | London (United Kingdom) · 594 |
| Historical figuresreal people you meet in its stories | — | 0 | — | London (United Kingdom) · 184 |
| Hours of storieshow long its stories take to read, end to end | 0.4h | 32 | #50 of 71 | London (United Kingdom) · 7h |
| Density | ||||
| How often you pass a storymetres from one story to the next | 184 m | 79 | #2 of 71 | Williamsburg · 100 m |
| Character | ||||
| Years its stories coverfrom its oldest story to its newest | 182 yrs | 18 | #66 of 70 | London (United Kingdom) · 1025 yrs |
| Pulse | ||||
| Instagrammabilityhow often players photograph this city | — | needs more plays here before photo habits can be measured | — | Sydney (Australia) |
| Group outingsof every 100 plays, how many bring a group of 3 or more | 26 in 100 | 73 | #5 of 69 | Houston · 32 in 100 |
| International visitorsshare of player reviews written in a foreign language | — | not scored here: most visitors write English too, so the measure cannot tell them apart | — | Venice (Italy) · 97% |
How to read this table›
How to read it: each score is out of 100, measured against a fixed scale that is the same for every city and every edition. Orlando's 45 on places with a story scores 37, and it scores 37 on any page you find it. The switch above changes who it is ranked against, not the scores: right now that is all 80 indexed cities (19 countries so far). Orlando is scored on 6 of the 8 measures: its overall score averages those 6, and the greyed measures stay out of the average rather than counting against it. Ranks compare cities of a similar size. What a city's stories are about has no better or worse, so themes and eras aren't scored. Instagrammability is shown as a score only; how it's calculated is on the methodology page.
The medal table
What Orlando wins
- Stories closest together among the United States' big cities· a story every 184 m
Won against the other big cities of United States in the 2026 edition. See the full table on the country page.
Character
What its stories are about
- arts & culture18%
- parks & leisure18%
- legends & myths16%
- crime & dark history11%
Out of Orlando's 45 places with a story, the share whose story touches each theme. One story can touch several.
Character
Which centuries you walk through
- Contemporary50%
- Post-war28%
- Early 20th century17%
- 19th century6%
When Orlando's stories happen (40% of them mention a year).
Depth
45 stories wait on its streets. Here are three
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What’s better than a friendship bracelet? This pavilion! It’s called a Ting and was donated to Orlando in 1987 by a Dr.…
Depth
Every Orlando place with a story, on one map
Each pin is a place whose story a Questo route tells. Tap one for the quest that tells it. See an empty street that deserves a pin? The form at the bottom of this page adds your story to the editors' queue.
Walk Orlando's stories yourself
Three of 15 routes here. See everything in Orlando
Where next after Orlando?
New York CityThe island of arrivals1510 km away · a story every 291 m
New OrleansThe creole port850 km away · a story every 208 m
ChicagoThe city rebuilt after the fire1587 km away · a story every 293 m
Washington D.C.The planned capital1219 km away · a story every 344 m
AtlantaThe city of the movement646 km away · a story every 240 m
PhiladelphiaThe city where the republic began1390 km away · a story every 329 mHow does Orlando compare?
Put Orlando head-to-head with any city in the index, measure by measure, from real walking data.
- Orlando vs New York City
- Orlando vs New Orleans
- Orlando vs Chicago
- Orlando vs Washington D.C.
- Orlando vs San Francisco
- Orlando vs Philadelphia
- Orlando vs Boston
- Orlando vs Portland, OR
- Orlando vs Houston
- Orlando vs Jersey City
- Orlando vs Los Angeles
- Orlando vs San Diego
- Orlando vs Seattle
- Orlando vs Atlanta
- Orlando vs Austin
Quick answers
- What is Orlando like to explore on foot?
- Orlando has 45 places with a story across 15 self-guided Questo routes, with a story every 184 metres of walking on average. Its stories lean towards arts & culture and parks & leisure.
- Which historical period defines Orlando?
- 50% of Orlando's dated stories come from the contemporary period; its oldest dated story reaches back to 1838.
- How is this measured?
- From Questo's own walked routes and player activity in Orlando: 100+ plays and 100+ reviews. Full method on the City Stories Index methodology page, 2026 edition.
Quote any line, attributed
For press and citation
- Walking a Questo route in Orlando, you pass a place with a story every 184 metres on average.
- 50% of Orlando's dated stories come from the contemporary period.
- Orlando's typical story happens in 1993: the median year across its dated stories, which span 182 years.
- Roughly 26 of every 100 plays in Orlando is a group outing of three or more people, measured from invited multi-device sessions over the last 12 months.
Copy any line as it stands: for an article, a post, or an argument at dinner. Attribution: Questo City Stories Index (2026 edition), with a link to this page. Method and sample sizes on the methodology page.
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