{"id":310925,"date":"2026-07-31T17:55:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310925\/"},"modified":"2026-07-31T17:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T17:55:14","slug":"new-york-ranked-americas-most-romantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/310925\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Ranked America&#8217;s Most Romantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;ve ever watched <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/this-scenic-castle-is-new-york-citys-most-popular-spot-for-marriage-proposals-and-best-of-all-its-totally-free-to-enter-091225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a couple get engaged in Central Park<\/a>, kissed someone on the Staten Island Ferry or somehow managed to score a last-minute table at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/restaurants\/the-most-romantic-restaurants-in-nyc\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a candlelit restaurant<\/a>, this probably won&#8217;t come as a shock: New York has officially been crowned America&#8217;s most romantic city.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new study by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.agilis.dating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">dating app Agilis<\/a>, New Yorkers search for romance-related ideas more than residents of any other major U.S. city. The research analyzed Google searches across 30 cities for 28 love-themed terms\u2014from &#8220;romantic getaways&#8221; and &#8220;date night ideas&#8221; to &#8220;proposal locations,&#8221; &#8220;anniversary ideas&#8221; and &#8220;romantic restaurants&#8221;\u2014then adjusted the results based on population.<\/p>\n<p>New York topped the list with 212 romance-related searches per 100,000 residents, narrowly edging out Nashville (201.5) and Austin (200.4). Chicago and Jacksonville rounded out the top five.<\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/let-me-tell-youdating-in-nyc-is-actually-awesome-081925\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Let me tell you\u2014dating in NYC is actually awesome<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, there&#8217;s a bit of irony here: New York has long had a reputation for being one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/usa\/news\/here-are-the-worst-and-best-cities-for-singles-in-the-u-s-120325\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">toughest places to date<\/a>. Between endlessly swiping through apps, packed schedules and the ghosting epidemic, finding romance here can sometimes feel like a competitive sport. Yet the city&#8217;s residents also seem to spend plenty of time looking for ways to make it happen.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;New York taking the top spot makes sense when you consider the sheer variety of experiences available to couples,&#8221; said Jehan Rajendra, founder of Agilis. &#8220;From Central Park walks and rooftop dinners to Broadway shows and countless restaurants, there are plenty of ways to plan a memorable date.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One especially interesting detail: the single biggest romance-related search category wasn&#8217;t &#8220;romantic restaurants&#8221; or &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/this-scenic-castle-is-new-york-citys-most-popular-spot-for-marriage-proposals-and-best-of-all-its-totally-free-to-enter-091225\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">proposal spots<\/a>.&#8221; It was &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/newyork\/news\/you-can-now-rent-out-these-iconic-nyc-spaces-to-host-your-private-event-030926\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">wedding venues<\/a>,&#8221; suggesting plenty of New Yorkers are thinking several chapters ahead of the first date.<\/p>\n<p>So, we couldn&#8217;t help but wonder: Is New York really America&#8217;s most romantic city? That&#8217;s up for debate. But if Google searches are any indication, New Yorkers certainly aren&#8217;t giving up on love.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If you&#8217;ve ever watched a couple get engaged in Central Park, kissed someone on the Staten Island Ferry&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310926,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[43696,9,11,10,43697,43695],"class_list":["post-310925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-categories-sex-and-dating","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-news-sex-dating","tag-sex-and-dating"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}