Brighton & Hove

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#345

Global Rank

7.7

Power Score

Established Metro

% of Country Score

1.6%


Share

United Kingdom • England • Europe • Language power • Time zone Europe/London UTC+0 (GMT) (observes summer time)

Population
675K
GDP
$17B
GDP per capita
$24,474
Land area
789 km² (304 mi²)
Density
856/km² (2,216/mi²)

Primary city Brighton

State / province East Sussex

Language English

Brighton & Hove metro area

50.83, -0.14
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions

Stands out for Major League Teams/Venues, Total Teams, Top Universities, Hospitals, & Research.

World #1Top 5Outside top 5

Most similar metros

Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

7 teams

Major League Teams/Venues

Football/Soccer • England🥇

Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove • Level: 1

W Football/Soccer • WSL🥇

Brighton & Hove

No titles

T20 Cricket • T20 Blast

Sussex Sharks

Brighton & Hove

Notable Venues1 venue

Football/Soccer

Amex Stadium

Brighton

Other Teams

Football/Soccer Teams3 teams

Football/Soccer • England

Worthing FC

Worthing • Level: 5

Football/Soccer • England

Burgess Hill Town

Burgess Hill • Level: 7

Football/Soccer • England

Whitehawk

Brighton & Hove • Level: 7

Major Sporting Events

Against expectation how Brighton & Hove’s teams have done against the odds they went in with.
  • English top-flight clubs based here have beaten their pre-match odds by 4.5 match points across 510 club-matches since 1888.

How this is measured →

Championship History

3 titles

Every major championship won by a team while it represented Brighton & Hove, across all sports, newest first. 3 in total. Each links to the team and the competition's full honour roll.

Sussex
2007· 2007-09-22
Sussex
2006· 2006-09-23
Sussex
2003· 2003-09-27

Languages of Brighton & Hove

English first in East Sussex; 1 languages hold a role.

RoleLanguage
De factoEnglish
AdministrativeEnglish
NationalEnglish
English reach, East Sussex
98%
Tier 3 country

East Sussex on the languages board · Language power

Sound of Brighton & Hove

#83 by artist origin · combined 37.6 (US 2.9 / UK 11.9) · signature decade 1970s · Full sound profile →

Top artists: Leo Sayer, Rag'n'Bone Man, Passenger, Rizzle Kicks, Fatboy Slim, Conor Maynard, ArrDee, The Kooks

Number-one singles by Brighton & Hove artists6

Screen of Brighton & Hove

#87 by film pedigree · score 47.1 · 12 people in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →

Leading figures: Paul Scofield, Colin Firth, William Nicholson, Lesley Manville, Jack Clayton

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities2 entries
#270

University of Sussex

Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom

#923

University of Brighton

Brighton & Hove, United Kingdom