11 Best Maps of 2025 So Far (Including Many You Wouldn't Suspect)

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Somehow it’s now the end of January. Could have sworn that my kids just opened their Christmas gifts last week.

But given it’s the end of the month I thought I’d some of the most popular maps in January, both new and old.

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And then there were a few maps that become popular because of the political situation in the US, this included:

Is TikTok Banned? Map of Countries & States That Have Banned It So Far

Number of Unauthorized (Illegal) Immigrants By US State

Blood (Jus Sanguinis) vs Land (Jus Soli) Based Rules For Citizenship

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Maps from Earlier This Week:

• Gaza Before & After The Start Of The War As Seen On Google Earth

• Dog Bark Sounds: How Different Countries & Languages Represent Dog Sounds in Words

• The Top Import & Export Countries For Each US State

• Cat Meow Sounds: How Different Countries & Languages Represent Cat Sounds in Words

• Number Of Times Each State Has Been Admitted Into The United States

• The Barbary Slave Trade & Other European Slave Trade Networks Where People Were Abducted And Sold Into Slavery From As Far Afield As Iceland & Ireland

• Percentage (%) of UK Adults Who Have a Positive Opinion About Various Countries

• Brazil Explained For Foreigners Based On Common Regional Stereotypes

• Did you Know There Are “Rogue Holes” In The Ocean In Addition To “Rogue Waves”

• 26 Linguistic Maps That Divide Americans

• What if the 2024 US Presidential Electoral Votes Were Distributed Based on Alpaca

• Simplified Map Of The The Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade

• Canadian Provinces & Territories Replaced With US States & Territories With A Similar Population

• 6 Ways To Divide England Linguistically

• Map of How To Hide An Empire: A History of the Greater United States

• 3 Maps Showing The Distribution of Horses in the US

• Avoid This Bit Of The Pacific If You Have A Fear Of Sharks aka The White Shark Café

• Soda Vs Pop Vs Coke Map Of The US

• The Second Biggest Religion in European & Neighbouring Countries

• Map of Dunder Mifflin Company Branch Locations From the US Office

• Nearest Capital City In Europe

• What The French Call The “Gulf of America”

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