How the crowd draws

1,465 drawings of its land border, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.

RealThe crowd’s

In numbers

Last updated on 27 October 2026

	The real one	The crowd’s
Area	63,000 km²24,000 sq mi	59,000 km²23,000 sq mi6.5% smaller
Outline	1,723 km1,071 mi	1,769 km1,099 mi2.7% longer
Centre	80.63° W, 38.64° N80.6° W, 38.6° N	80.69° W, 38.64° N80.7° W, 38.6° N5 km west3 mi west
Westernmost	82.64° W, 38.14° N82.6° W, 38.1° N	82.57° W, 38.17° N82.6° W, 38.2° N6 km short4 mi short
Easternmost	77.73° W, 39.32° N77.7° W, 39.3° N	77.80° W, 39.38° N77.8° W, 39.4° N6 km short4 mi short
Southernmost	81.67° W, 37.20° N81.7° W, 37.2° N	81.57° W, 37.25° N81.6° W, 37.2° N5 km short3 mi short
Northernmost	80.52° W, 40.64° N80.5° W, 40.6° N	80.52° W, 40.64° N80.5° W, 40.6° Nthe same

Near the land border, 55% of the crowd’s lines run inside West Virginia.

Borders

5 neighbours

Border with	In the game	The crowd’s
Virginia	679 km in the game	705 km the crowd’s3.8% longer
Ohio	429 km in the game	412 km the crowd’s4.0% shorter
Maryland	310 km in the game	338 km the crowd’s9.0% longer
Pennsylvania	189 km in the game	201 km the crowd’s6.3% longer
Kentucky	141 km in the game	138 km the crowd’s2.1% shorter

How it is measured

The crowd’s West Virginia: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside West Virginia 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 1,465 drawings that scored 10 or more on Borderline’s US 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. The map lays the 1,000 most recent; the heat map, the crowd’s shape and every figure use all 1,465.

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