From Icebergs sunrises to Totti’s puffy bread to Pymble’s newly-famous Old Baby Cake, Sydney is a mine of TikTokable content. And it turns out, one of the world’s most TikTok-famous natural wonders is just outside of our city’s walls – with the Greater Blue Mountains area ranking as the 18th most iconic natural wonder in the world, according to the platform. Yep, TikTokers are showing the Blue Mountains to the world.
To determine the most TikTok-famous Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, travel site Kuoni analysed content made at or of more than 180 official UNESCO Natural World Heritage Sites, ranking the most popular TikTok locations. To ensure their results were accurate, the researchers compiled a seed list of all official Natural UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world, then tallied up the number of TikTok posts featuring relevant hashtags (including nicknames and common spellings associated with each site). According to the data, the Greater Blue Mountains region is currently the 18th-most TikTok famous natural wonder in the world, the most famous in all of Australia.
With its far-reaching valley views, stunning cliffscapes and rich eucalyptus forests, the Blue Mountains has officially secured its spot as a social media favourite – just behind America’s Yellowstone National Park, and beating Australian icons including the Great Barrier Reef and Uluru. As of April 2025, 60,132 TikTok posts have been made about the beautiful national park on the western edge of Sydney – literal mountains of content.
The most TikTok-famous natural wonders in the world are:
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada)
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, Northern part of Okinawa Island, and Iriomote Island (Japan)
- Great Himalayan National Park Conservation Area (India)
- Cape Floral Region Protected Areas (South Africa)
- Grand Canyon National Park (USA)
- Galápagos Islands (Ecuador)
- The Dolomites (Italy)
- Kilimanjaro National Park (Tanzania)
- Pantanal Conservation Area (Brazil)
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park (South Africa)
- Ha Long Bay - Cat Ba Archipelago (Vietnam)
- Yosemite National Park (USA)
- Area de Conservación Guanacaste (Costa Rica)
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (Canada and USA)
- Chitwan National Park (Nepal)
- Komodo National Park (Indonesia)
- Yellowstone National Park (USA)
- Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia)
- Great Smoky Mountains National Park (USA)
- Everglades National Park (USA)
Keen to get among it? These are the very best bushwalks in the Blue Mountains. Want to capture some content while you’re there? Here’s everything you need to know about the country’s most-Instagrammed waterfall.
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