How the crowd draws
2,257 drawings of its land border and 3,071 drawings of its coast, from memory on Borderline’s US map, 24 September 2026 to 27 October 2026.
In numbers
| The real one | The crowd’s | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 117,000 km²45,000 sq mi | 112,000 km²43,000 sq mi↓4.2% smaller |
| Outline | 1,533 km953 mi | 1,484 km922 mi↓3.2% shorter |
| Centre | 77.80° W, 40.89° N77.8° W, 40.9° N | 77.75° W, 40.91° N77.7° W, 40.9° N↗5 km north-east3 mi north-east |
| Westernmost | 80.52° W, 41.97° N80.5° W, 42.0° N | 80.51° W, 41.98° N80.5° W, 42.0° N→1 km short1 mi short |
| Easternmost | 74.70° W, 41.36° N74.7° W, 41.4° N | 74.73° W, 41.37° N74.7° W, 41.4° N←3 km short2 mi short |
| Southernmost | 80.50° W, 39.72° N80.5° W, 39.7° N | 75.81° W, 39.76° N75.8° W, 39.8° N↑4 km short3 mi short |
| Northernmost | 79.77° W, 42.27° N79.8° W, 42.3° N | 79.77° W, 42.27° N79.8° W, 42.3° N=the same |
Near the land border, 58% of the crowd’s lines run inside Pennsylvania. Near the coast, 58% run inland.
Borders and coast
| Border with | In the game | The crowd’s |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 507 km in the game | 499 km the crowd’s↓1.6% shorter |
| Maryland | 315 km in the game | 313 km the crowd’s↓0.6% shorter |
| New Jersey | 263 km in the game | 245 km the crowd’s↓6.8% shorter |
| West Virginia | 190 km in the game | 168 km the crowd’s↓11.6% shorter |
| Ohio | 150 km in the game | 146 km the crowd’s↓2.7% shorter |
| Delaware | 39 km in the game | 37 km the crowd’s↓5.1% shorter |
| The coast | 75 km in the game | 74 km the crowd’s↓1.3% shorter |
Watch the drawings
See every line on The Drawn USA →How it is measured
The crowd’s Pennsylvania: every few km along the real line, each drawing’s nearest point, inside Pennsylvania 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 5,328 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 5,328.
Measuring how far the crowd moves the centre was Matt Forrest’s idea (forrest.nyc).
Draw Pennsylvania yourself and add your line to the next update.