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Wplace Pixel Art Platform Sees Brazil Surge Past 618 Million Placements

The permanent four-trillion-pixel world map fuels collaborative pop culture murals through leaderboard competitions.

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Overview

  • Wplace.live launched on July 21, 2025, offering each user one pixel every 30 seconds to place anywhere on a never-reset global map.
  • As of August 8, Brazil tops the leaderboard with over 618 million pixels, reflecting a major spike in user participation.
  • Communities coordinate to render elaborate pop culture artworks, from Deltarune’s Spamton populating rural areas to Persona 3 murals on Japan’s Port Island.
  • Built-in leaderboards track pixel counts by country, region, player and alliance, driving both competitive and cooperative strategies.
  • Optional microtransactions let users buy digital currency to unlock cosmetic features such as profile pictures and custom flags.