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The True Size of Africa

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 7 Comments

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The True Size of Africa

Map created by reddit user edtheredted using thetruesize.com

While it doesn’t look it, Africa is big, really big. In fact, Africa’s true size is 30 million square km, just under twice the size of Russia or bigger than Canada, the United States and China put together!

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: comparison, projections

European Food According to Italians

Last Updated: April 10, 2025 35 Comments

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European Food According to Italians

Map created by Yanko Tsvetkov at Atlas of Prejudice
Yanko Tsvetkov, the man behind the Culinary Horrors of Europe Map, has created another food related map titled: The Culinary Map of Europe According to Italians.

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: food

1853 Japanese Map Of The World By Suido Nakajima

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 4 Comments

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1853 Japanese Map Of The World By Suido Nakajima

Map created by Suido Nakajima found via reddit.

The map above is interesting not because it looks beautiful, which it does, but because of where and when it was published.

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Filed Under: History, World Maps

Where Are Winters The Worst? The Winter Severity Index Has The Answer

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 2 Comments

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winter-severity-index

Map created by reddit user Climatologist49

The map above shows how bad winters are around the United States using the The Accumulated Winter Season Severity Index. The circles on the map represent the weather stations used to collect the data.

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Filed Under: United States Tagged With: weather

Why are there so many “X” in “European Country”? Google Autocomplete Map

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 2 Comments

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Why are there so many

Original map crated by reddit user crazyPainCake

Why are there there so many immigrants in France & the UK, so many Irish in Portugal and Portuguese in Luxembourg, so many dashcams in Russia and so many cats everywhere?

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Filed Under: Europe Tagged With: google

Holland Is Not A Dense Country, But An Empty City

Last Updated: February 27, 2026 36 Comments

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Holland Is Not A Dense Country, But An Empty City

Map created by City design – designing the city found via reddit

The Netherlands (aka Holland) is the 30th most densely populated country or territory in the world and the densest country in Europe with a over 10 million people. So it’s understandable that the Dutch might think that their country is a little bit crowded.

However, the map above flips this idea on its head.

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Filed Under: Netherlands Tagged With: comparison

Least Useful (And Vaguely Racist) Ethnic Map Ever

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 8 Comments

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Least Useful (And Vaguely Racist) Ethnic Map Ever

Map from the 1911 Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd

The map above is possibly one of the least useful (and also vaguely racist) ethnic maps ever created. Titled “Present Distribution of Europeans, Chinese, Japanese and Negroes,” it was published in William R. Shepherd’s 1911 Historical Atlas.

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Filed Under: World Maps

Major European Cities On A Map Of Texas

Last Updated: March 3, 2023 6 Comments

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Major European Cities On A Map Of Texas

Map created by reddit user daysleeperrr

The map above shows the relative position of major European cities if they were suddenly moved to Texas. Depending on your point of view, it either shows that Texas is really big or Europe is very small.

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Filed Under: Other Tagged With: comparison

World’s Best Schools: Number of Top-500 Universities by Country (2015)

Last Updated: July 23, 2024 5 Comments

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Number of Top-500 Universities by Country

Map created by reddit user Quackattackaggie

The map above tells a few interesting stories. On the surface it shows that the US is the clear leader in higher education, with 146 out of the world’s top 500 universities (29.2%). This is over 3 times more than China, the next closest country.

However, that’s not the only thing that’s interesting.

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Filed Under: World Maps Tagged With: education

Simplified Map Of Africa’s Religions

Last Updated: March 24, 2026 11 Comments

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Simple-africa-religion

Map created by reddit user Kurupt4Ever
Want to understand religion in Africa? Then the map above is a good place to start.

Basically, Islam dominates the North and East of the continent, while Christianity dominates the South and West, with other native and folk religions being scattered throughout.

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Filed Under: Africa Tagged With: religion

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