How the crowd draws
57 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s Spain map, 1 October 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 8,008 km²3,092 sq mi | 7,561 km²2,919 sq mi↓5.6% smaller |
| Outline | 678 km421 mi | 665 km413 mi↓2.0% shorter |
| Centre | 3.72° W, 40.49° N3.7° W, 40.5° N | 3.72° W, 40.49° N3.7° W, 40.5° N↓1 km south0 mi south |
| Westernmost | 4.58° W, 40.22° N4.6° W, 40.2° N | 4.54° W, 40.25° N4.5° W, 40.3° N→4 km short2 mi short |
| Easternmost | 3.05° W, 40.10° N3.1° W, 40.1° N | 3.07° W, 40.13° N3.1° W, 40.1° N←1 km short1 mi short |
| Southernmost | 3.81° W, 39.88° N3.8° W, 39.9° N | 3.87° W, 39.90° N3.9° W, 39.9° N↑2 km short1 mi short |
| Northernmost | 3.55° W, 41.17° N3.6° W, 41.2° N | 3.55° W, 41.16° N3.6° W, 41.2° N↓1 km short0 mi short |
Near the land border, 53% of the crowd’s lines run inside Comunidad de Madrid.
Borders
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| Castilla-La Mancha | 515 km in the game | 518 km the crowd’s↑0.6% longer |
| Castilla y León | 209 km in the game | 191 km the crowd’s↓8.6% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn Spain →How it is measured
The crowd’s Comunidad de Madrid: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Comunidad de Madrid 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 57 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s Spain 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 Comunidad de Madrid yourself and add your line to the next update.