Wachstum von Wolkenkratzern weltweit von 1900 bis 2024

Although Chicago is where the first steel-framed skyscrapers were built, the Philly City Hall was the first to breach 150 meters, a benchmark often used for skyscrapers today.

This is a sequel to a post I made for [New Year’s last year](http://reddit.com/r/skyscrapers/comments/18vyyzf/the_growth_of_skyscrapers_from_1900_to_2023/), with more info such as a running tally of the largest skylines by size. I thought I could make this an annual thing so you could track which cities are skyscraper hotspots for each passing year.

In case the video isn’t clear, each circle is a city and the size of the circle is the number of skyscrapers above the threshold of 150 m (492 ft). Suburbs are grouped together with the main city (e.g. Jersey City is counted as a part of NYC). You can look at one city or area to see how its skyline has grown over time, or the world as a whole to see which regions are booming.

Since building information is spotty, even with the main source of CTBUH, I had to rely on a few different sources. Please ask if you would want to know what other sources I used.

There are 48 urban areas that are currently building their first skyscraper: Abidjan, Ahmedabad, Asan, Asuncion, Athens, Baghdad, Bengbu, Berlin, Birmingham, Caldas Novas, Cascavel, Chapeco, Chenzhou, Ciudad del Este, Gimhae, Guayaquil, Haining, Haiphong, Havana, Ji’an, Kelowna, Kota Bharu, Kunshan, Lahore, Lajeado, Loudi, Mangalore, Maoming, Mérida, Minsk, New Alamein, Palmas, Phan Rang–That Cham, Ponta Grossa, Pune, Punta del Este, Rio Verde, Rondonopolis, Rzeszow, Shantou, Sofia, Tbilisi, Tirana, Vila Velha, Wenling, Yangyang, Yangzhou, and Yibin. Also, Hamburg and Heyuan have their first skyscrapers on hold. The next few years will be interesting for burgeoning skylines!

I live in Petaling Jaya, a city in the Greater Kuala Lumpur conurbation which saw a growth spurt in skyscrapers mainly due to urbanization and population growth… Our population has crossed 7m and we are seeing lack of land, which is why developers here have been building homes upwards, over the last 10-15 years…

In fact, in my home city, we had our first 40+ level condo block crossing the 150m skyscraper mark back in 2009 and today, we have many residential towers breaching 50 floors… Waiting for the first 60 level condo building soon!

like how hong kong, dubai and mumbai swell up so dramatically