The independent atlas of the world's 5,000 cities is produced by a lean editorial team running across four time zones. The structural editorial line is held by four named editors with sign off on every published page.
everycity.guide is produced by a small distributed editorial team running across four time zones. The masthead is intentionally lean. We score 5,000 cities across 28 axes, we publish 50,000 pages, and we hold the editorial line by keeping the count of editors who can change a number to four. Every numerical claim on the atlas can be traced to a named editor, a primary source, and a date stamp. The structural methodology page walks the scoring axes; the structural about page walks the mission and the editorial voice.
The editorial week runs Monday through Thursday on the data side and Tuesday through Friday on the long form copy side. Friday afternoons are reserved for the cross continent quality assurance pass on the most recent build batch. The structural review cycle reads every published page once a quarter against the most recent Numbeo, Mercer, OECD, World Bank, and EIU data drop; the structural correction queue runs the reader inbound at the central contact form.
Based Stockholm. Twelve years across the Financial Times, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and the OECD development cluster before founding the atlas in 2023. Holds editorial sign off on the structural ranking methodology, the structural city seed list, and the structural quarterly index recalibration. Reachable via the contact page.
Based Singapore. Eight years at Bloomberg Terminal data engineering and four years at Mercer global mobility before joining the atlas in 2024. Owns the structural 28 axis data pipeline, the structural Numbeo, Mercer, OECD, and Speedtest ingestion stack, and the structural validation tier across the 5,000 city profile field.
Based Mexico City. Twelve years across Conde Nast Traveler editorial and Monocle quarterly briefings before joining the atlas in 2025. Owns the structural North American, Central American, and South American city profile field at the central North America, Central America and the Caribbean, and South America coverage tier.
Based Lagos. Ten years across the Africa Report and Reuters Africa before joining the atlas in 2025. Owns the structural European, Middle Eastern, African, and Asian city profile field at the central Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia coverage tier.
Every published page on everycity.guide passes through five gates. First, the data ingestion gate: every numerical claim references a primary source from the atlas's structural Numbeo, Mercer, OECD, World Bank, EIU, WHO, Speedtest, Glassdoor, Levels.fyi, or relevant national tax authority data set, with the source dated and the citation logged. Second, the editorial voice gate: American English, no hyphens or em dashes in copy, numbers always specific, no tourism brochure tone. Third, the internal linking gate: every city mention links to its profile, every comparison links to its page, every ranking links to its category page (the structural minimum link counts are walked in the methodology).
Fourth, the verdict gate: every comparison page closes with a verdict, every city profile closes with a 250 word editorial close on who should move and who should not. Fifth, the affiliate placement gate: every Wise, SafetyWing, Booking.com, GetYourGuide, NordVPN, and Babbel placement reads naturally in the editorial copy at the structural relocator use case fit. The full affiliate and editorial disclosure walks the commission structure.
The atlas accepts editorial pitches from working journalists, urbanists, and resident experts at the structural contact form; the editorial response window runs 14 calendar days. The atlas accepts data corrections from any reader at the same form; the data correction window runs 5 business days for verifiable claims tied to a primary source, and the structural correction is applied to the affected page with a dated note in the page log.
The atlas does not accept tourism board sponsorship, paid placement, or affiliate driven editorial influence. The structural editorial line on the structural sponsored content is permanent; the structural integrity of the ranking is the structural product. The full about page, the structural methodology, and the structural affiliate disclosure together form the structural reader contract at the central tier.