Last Updated on 5 June 2024
I was able to find 23 lists of the best islands or most beautiful islands in the world. I took the 23 lists and added all their content into a spreadsheet, noting the rank of every island. I ended up averaging the rankings each one got and dividing that average by a factor of the number of lists it was on. The lowest score meant a high ranking average on many lists. The complete spreadsheet is attached at the bottom.
The islands that were on the most lists (out of 23) were:
- Galapagos Islands, Ecuador – 13 lists
- Bora Bora, French Polynesia – 12 lists
- Bali, Indonesia – 12 lists
- Palawan, Philippines – 11 lists
- Maldives – 10 lists
- Santorini, Greece – 9 lists
- La Digue, Seychelles – 9 lists
- Mallorca, Spain – 9 lists
- Hvar, Croatia – 9 lists
Here are links to the lists I used along with dates the lists were created:
- Veranda – 23 May 2024
- Celebrity Cruises – 16 May 2024
- Island-On-Map – 1 May 2024
- Never Ending Footsteps – 6 Mar 2024
- U.S News Travel – 5 Mar 2024
- Where Life Is Great – 9 Feb 2024
- Nomadic Matt – 25 Jan 2024
- Enjoy Travel – 1 Jan 2024
- Exceptional Villas – 30 Nov 2023
- PlanetWare – 26 Sep 2023
- Travel + Leisure – 1 Jul 2023
- AFAR Media – 30 Jun 2023
- Raleigh News & Observer – 7 Jun 2023
- Much Better Adventures – 21 Dec 2022
- Time Out – 27 Mar 2022
- Audacy – 16 May 2021
- UPROXX – 26 Jul 2018
- House Beautiful – 21 Aug 2017
- Business Insider – 11 Jul 2017
- Oyster – 25 May 2017
- Tripadvisor – 19 Feb 2014
- Bored Panda – 30 Jan 2014
- National Geographic – 20 Sep 2012