Foursquare #VisitUS City Badge Contest

Foursquare has launched a contest where users are encouraged to make lists for their city in hopes of being one of three cities to get a city badge. Those with their city list having the most follows, interesting locations, photos and tips wins. Here are the following city lists with the most followers based on a twitter search of the hashtags #4sq and #VisitUS. 

Most Follows, [Winners in Bold]: 

1. 1065 - Baltimore, MD ¹

2. 987 - Philadelphia, PA ⁷

3. 435 - Philadelphia, PA (Geekadelphia List) 

4. 431 - Richmond, VA ⁶

5. 268 - Des Moines, IA

6. 140 - Minneapolis, MN 

7. 130  - Hershey Harrisburg, PA

8. 127 - Savannah, GA ⁵

9. 123 - San Antonio, TX 

10. 111 - Portsmouth, NH

11. 84 - Bucks County, PA

12. 83 - Charleston, SC

13. 80 - Cleveland, OH

14. 69 - Buffalo, NY

15. 63 - Lake County, OH 

16. 58 - Cincinnati, OH 

17. 53 - Houston, TX

18. 49 - Nashville, TN 

19. 48 - Boston, MA

20. 47 - Tampa, FL

20. 45 - Oklahoma City, OK ³

—. 35 - Stamford, CT  ²

—. 42 - Dallas, TX ⁴

[List is updated at Noon and Midnight, MST]

1. Maryland Governor O’Malley and Lieutenant Governor Brown have tweeted on their behalf. Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake has tweeted for the list as well. Celebrity Baker Duff Goldman retweeted support, as well as actor Josh Charles from The Good Wife.

2. U.S. Representative Himes has retweeted support for Stamford’s list. 

3. Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin and Lieutenant Governor Lamb have tweeted support for the OKC list. 

4. Dallas Mayor Rawlings has tweeted support for the Dallas list. 

5. Celebrity Chef Paula Deen has tweeted support for the Savannah list. 

6. Virginia Governor McDonnel has tweeted support the Richmond list. 

7. Lots of support from City Goverment, their tourism board and programs and other organizations. 

End Note: Phoenix Foursquare users, promote this list!