Nomad Watch
EC

San Cristobal Island as a nomad hub

Off the Radar Steady

Hub index for September 2026.

Hub score 32 out of 100, percentile-weighted
Global rank #1,797 -1 since last month
Country rank #18 in Ecuador
Travel interest -21% Wikivoyage share vs a year ago, against the typical city

What makes up this hub score

Most parts are percentiles among all cities (90 means ahead of 90% of them); events and communities are scored against the busiest cities.

AI hub factors 36
Events 0
Communities 0
Fundamentals 39
Wikipedia reach 30
International pull 75
Travel intent 70
AI hub factors
Nomad popularity, meetups, community presence, networking, coworking and nomad cafés, from our AI city scores.
Events
0 upcoming in-person events in the next 60 days.
Communities
0 live groups.
Fundamentals
Nomad score, internet speed and cost of living.
Wikipedia reach
34,091 Wikipedia reads in the last 12 months in English, German, French, Spanish and the local languages.
International pull
Share of that reading in languages other than the country's own.
Travel intent
2,030 Wikivoyage reads against its Wikipedia reading.

Reading over 24 months

Monthly human reads of the city's articles, with news spikes capped.

Source: Wikimedia page views (human traffic). Momentum compares the last three months with the same months a year earlier, as a share of all reading.

Hub score over 12 months