How the crowd draws
182 drawings of its land border and 131 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s Italy map, 30 September 2026 to 26 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 25,000 km²9,748 sq mi | 21,000 km²8,221 sq mi↓15.7% smaller |
| Outline | 1,144 km711 mi | 1,096 km681 mi↓4.2% shorter |
| Centre | 7.92° E, 45.05° N7.9° E, 45.1° N | 7.95° E, 45.07° N8.0° E, 45.1° N↗3 km north-east2 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 6.63° E, 45.11° N6.6° E, 45.1° N | 6.70° E, 45.10° N6.7° E, 45.1° N→6 km short4 mi short |
| Easternmost | 9.21° E, 44.75° N9.2° E, 44.7° N | 9.15° E, 44.63° N9.1° E, 44.6° N←5 km short3 mi short |
| Southernmost | 7.72° E, 44.06° N7.7° E, 44.1° N | 7.59° E, 44.19° N7.6° E, 44.2° N↑15 km short9 mi short |
| Northernmost | 8.45° E, 46.46° N8.4° E, 46.5° N | 8.43° E, 46.44° N8.4° E, 46.4° N↓2 km short1 mi short |
Near the land border, 68% of the crowd’s lines run inside Piemonte. Near the coast, 46% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| France | 317 km in the game | 327 km the crowd’s↑3.2% longer |
| Liguria | 255 km in the game | 189 km the crowd’s↓25.9% shorter |
| Lombardia | 255 km in the game | 246 km the crowd’s↓3.5% shorter |
| Switzerland | 155 km in the game | 174 km the crowd’s↑12.3% longer |
| Valle d'Aosta | 129 km in the game | 116 km the crowd’s↓10.1% shorter |
| Emilia-Romagna | 8 km in the game | 5 km the crowd’s↓37.5% shorter |
| The coast | 67 km in the game | 65 km the crowd’s↓3.0% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Italy →How it is measured
The crowd’s Piemonte: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Piemonte or outside it; the median over a short stretch is where the crowd puts the line there, and the real outline moved by it is the crowd’s. Where the move folds a narrow inlet over itself, the loop is cut.
The 313 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Italy map, scribbles left out, the real line the game’s own. Area true to scale; the outline copies the real line’s detail, so its length changes only where the shape moves or a loop is cut.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Piemonte yourself and add your line to the next update.