World Empires — Top Empires by Land Mass

Name: World Empires — Top Empires by Land Mass
Uploaded: 2026-10-09T11:24:47.337+00:00
Duration: PT30.1S
Description: A vertical animated-globe countdown that ranks seven historical empires by maximum mapped land area, from the Spanish Empire to the British Empire. Each empire gets a rotating globe, a highlighted territory and a counting km² figure.

Wil Dobson @wildobson

Kinetic data film · Data viz · Maps · 30s

Length

30.1s

Beats

10· 0 hard cuts

Pace

20.0/min

Avg beat

3.0s

A vertical animated-globe countdown that ranks seven historical empires by maximum mapped land area, from the Spanish Empire to the British Empire. Each empire gets a rotating globe, a highlighted territory and a counting km² figure.

ExplainerData vizMapsDark UIMinimalNo voiceoverMusic-ledSerif typeSlow and deliberateEducationMedia

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Wil Dobson (uploader). Data: Cliopatria v0.2.0, Seshat Global History Databank, CC BY 4.0; basemap Natural Earth · Watch the original ↗ · Measurements and analysis by Cutmap.

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