That's people that live in Manhattan. That is not the day time (or night time) population of a large business and finance hub, commuter and tourist city.
I can't reply to your comment below, but that wasn't the point I was making. The stats are probably bad for both, and I don't think I trust anything that neighborhood scout is putting out for anywhere, was my point.
But to your suggestion, it _is_ measured by folks. It's called the Commuter Adjusted Day Time Population.
Sure but San francisco also have commuters and tourists. It is difficult to get those numbers vs residents. If you were to critique this statistic than you'd have to do the same for SF
SF has a very sizeable population commute out everyday though, or at least did pre-COVID. Commuter traffic was worse in the leaving SF direction when I was there. For NYC and especially Manhattan it's practically a joke to consider living there and commuting out everyday. So I'd guess average simultaneous foot traffic is way more underestimated for NYC than for SF.
In my brief time in SF the only tourists are on the Powell St team or at Fishermen's Wharf. It's really a contrast with many cities where the tourists tend to scatter more widely. The streets of San Francisco are really bare of people comparatively.
I can't reply to your comment below, but that wasn't the point I was making. The stats are probably bad for both, and I don't think I trust anything that neighborhood scout is putting out for anywhere, was my point.
But to your suggestion, it _is_ measured by folks. It's called the Commuter Adjusted Day Time Population.
https://www.6sqft.com/see-nycs-population-pulse-over-24-hour...
https://wagner.nyu.edu/files/rudincenter/dynamic_pop_manhatt...
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-pa...
https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/working-pa...