Plate No. 1 · The witness map
Where the cameras were rolling
Every pin is a place named in a post title — 48,252 dispatches pinned to 154 places. Press play and the record accumulates month by month; touch a pin for the loudest witnesses, press it for the full dossier.
The whole record124,924 posts
Every place, as a table
| Place | Posts | Dominant family |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2191 | Earth & Weather |
| Texas | 1413 | Earth & Weather |
| California | 1368 | Earth & Weather |
| Indonesia | 1268 | Earth & Weather |
| Canada | 1252 | Earth & Weather |
| Japan | 1196 | Earth & Weather |
| China | 1183 | Earth & Weather |
| Florida | 1114 | Earth & Weather |
| India | 1095 | Earth & Weather |
| The Philippines | 1094 | Earth & Weather |
| The Atlantic | 1074 | Earth & Weather |
| Mexico | 1072 | Earth & Weather |
| Oklahoma | 1010 | Earth & Weather |
| The Pacific Islands | 962 | Earth & Weather |
| Italy | 948 | Earth & Weather |
| The Pacific | 823 | Earth & Weather |
| Southeast Asia | 715 | Earth & Weather |
| Turkey | 692 | Earth & Weather |
| Britain | 637 | Earth & Weather |
| Brazil | 611 | Earth & Weather |
| Central America | 608 | Earth & Weather |
| Russia | 604 | Earth & Weather |
| Australia | 594 | Earth & Weather |
| The Himalayas | 589 | Earth & Weather |
| Chile | 573 | Earth & Weather |
| Kansas | 572 | Earth & Weather |
| The Caribbean | 563 | Earth & Weather |
| Iowa | 536 | Earth & Weather |
| Nebraska | 535 | Earth & Weather |
| Nevada | 521 | Earth & Weather |
| Ohio | 496 | Earth & Weather |
| Taiwan | 491 | Earth & Weather |
| Colorado | 481 | Earth & Weather |
| Illinois | 478 | Earth & Weather |
| Iceland | 472 | Earth & Weather |
| Spain | 469 | Earth & Weather |
| Hawaii | 468 | Earth & Weather |
| Alabama | 454 | Earth & Weather |
| Indiana | 450 | Earth & Weather |
| Michigan | 422 | Earth & Weather |
| Arkansas | 417 | Earth & Weather |
| Joplin, MO | 404 | Earth & Weather |
| Germany | 384 | Wreckage |
| Alaska | 368 | Earth & Weather |
| Tennessee | 343 | Earth & Weather |
| France | 335 | Earth & Weather |
| Wisconsin | 324 | Earth & Weather |
| Mississippi | 317 | Earth & Weather |
| Missouri | 308 | Earth & Weather |
| Kentucky | 308 | Earth & Weather |
| Arabia & the Gulf | 305 | Earth & Weather |
| New York | 294 | Earth & Weather |
| Minnesota | 293 | Earth & Weather |
| Colombia | 287 | Earth & Weather |
| Venezuela | 279 | Earth & Weather |
| Oregon | 272 | Earth & Weather |
| Los Angeles | 266 | Earth & Weather |
| Greece | 266 | Earth & Weather |
| Southern Africa | 264 | Earth & Weather |
| Argentina | 257 | Earth & Weather |
| Peru | 253 | Earth & Weather |
| Korea | 233 | Wreckage |
| Scandinavia | 231 | Wreckage |
| Pennsylvania | 227 | Earth & Weather |
| North Carolina | 223 | Earth & Weather |
| Greenfield, IA | 220 | Earth & Weather |
| New Zealand | 215 | Earth & Weather |
| Georgia | 208 | Earth & Weather |
| South Dakota | 204 | Earth & Weather |
| Tampa | 200 | Earth & Weather |
| The Netherlands | 198 | Wreckage |
| Louisiana | 197 | Earth & Weather |
| The Balkans | 192 | Earth & Weather |
| North Dakota | 186 | Earth & Weather |
| West Africa | 185 | Earth & Weather |
| Utah | 181 | Earth & Weather |
| Montana | 173 | Earth & Weather |
| Pakistan | 171 | Earth & Weather |
| Poland | 170 | Plague |
| The Congo | 170 | Plague |
| East Africa | 169 | Earth & Weather |
| Idaho | 164 | Earth & Weather |
| Washington state | 160 | Wreckage |
| Dallas | 158 | Earth & Weather |
| New England | 157 | Earth & Weather |
| New Orleans | 155 | Earth & Weather |
| Virginia | 148 | Earth & Weather |
| Chicago | 146 | Earth & Weather |
| New Mexico | 146 | Earth & Weather |
| Arizona | 143 | Earth & Weather |
| South Carolina | 141 | Earth & Weather |
| Afghanistan | 132 | Earth & Weather |
| Ecuador | 131 | Earth & Weather |
| San Francisco | 130 | Earth & Weather |
| Iran | 127 | Earth & Weather |
| The Alps | 126 | Earth & Weather |
| Mayfield, KY | 123 | Earth & Weather |
| Miami | 121 | Earth & Weather |
| St. Louis | 117 | Earth & Weather |
| New Jersey | 117 | Earth & Weather |
| Portugal | 115 | Earth & Weather |
| Syria | 115 | Earth & Weather |
| London | 113 | Earth & Weather |
| Rolling Fork, MS | 101 | Earth & Weather |
| Yellowstone | 101 | Earth & Weather |
| Ukraine | 101 | Wreckage |
| Ireland | 100 | Earth & Weather |
| Wyoming | 95 | Earth & Weather |
| Houston | 92 | Earth & Weather |
| Cuba | 91 | Earth & Weather |
| Philadelphia | 89 | Earth & Weather |
| Moore, OK | 86 | Earth & Weather |
| Maryland | 86 | Earth & Weather |
| Bangladesh | 81 | Wreckage |
| Algeria & the Sahara | 78 | Earth & Weather |
| Morocco | 71 | Earth & Weather |
| Lebanon | 66 | Wreckage |
| New York State | 65 | Earth & Weather |
| Massachusetts | 65 | Earth & Weather |
| Washington, D.C. | 64 | Earth & Weather |
| Scotland | 63 | Wreckage |
| Israel & Palestine | 61 | Earth & Weather |
| The Mediterranean | 61 | Earth & Weather |
| Fort Myers | 60 | Earth & Weather |
| Hong Kong | 60 | Wreckage |
| Asheville | 58 | Earth & Weather |
| Baltimore | 57 | Wreckage |
| Antarctica | 53 | Plague |
| Denver | 51 | Earth & Weather |
| Boston | 49 | Earth & Weather |
| The Indian Ocean | 46 | Earth & Weather |
| Seattle | 44 | Earth & Weather |
| Belgium | 44 | Wreckage |
| Bolivia | 43 | Earth & Weather |
| Iraq | 40 | Earth & Weather |
| Atlanta | 39 | Earth & Weather |
| Paris | 39 | Wreckage |
| Egypt | 39 | Earth & Weather |
| Hungary | 37 | Wreckage |
| The Caucasus | 35 | Wreckage |
| Lahaina, Maui | 33 | Earth & Weather |
| Czechia | 33 | Earth & Weather |
| The Arctic | 33 | Earth & Weather |
| Las Vegas | 27 | Earth & Weather |
| Detroit | 27 | Earth & Weather |
| Chernobyl | 27 | Atomic |
| Sri Lanka | 22 | Earth & Weather |
| Libya | 21 | Earth & Weather |
| Surfside, FL | 16 | Wreckage |
| East Palestine, OH | 12 | Wreckage |
| Kerrville, TX | 4 | Earth & Weather |
| Paradise, CA | 4 | Earth & Weather |
| West Virginia | 4 | Earth & Weather |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | Earth & Weather |
Plate No. 2 · The evidence locker
The footage itself
The most upvoted dispatches with a surviving frame — the top 60 of 551, straight off the wire. Every cell opens the original post and its thread.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 57kOil pipeline broke and is spraying oil in Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador. It's flowing down into a river that supplies indigenous people with drinking water downstream. Yesterday 2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 46kThis Walmart Distribution Center in Indianapolis 3/16/2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 44kAn Mi-8 crashing over the core of the reactor on October 2, 1986
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 41kOccurred on November 4, 2022 / Manchester, Ohio, USA We had a contracted demolition company set off explosives on a controlled demolition. The contract was only to control blast 4 towers but as the 4th tower started to fall it switched directions and took out the scrub tower
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 39kFerry window collapses in harsh weather 2022-02-17
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 35kextruded.aluminium factory Jun 22
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 33kOn February 21, 2021. United Airlines Flight 328 heading to Honolulu in Hawaii had to make an emergency landing. due to engine failure
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 32kA Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the compound of the Ministry of Defence in Kabul, Afghanistan, when Taliban pilots attempted to fly it. Two pilots and one crew member were killed in the crash. (10 September 2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 32ktower crane collapses due to the construction site being neglected for over 10 years
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 28kSinking ship at the mouth of the Columbia River. Today. Coast guard rescue arrived just in time to capture footage and rescue captain.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 28kCarnival Freedom cruise ship catches fire in Grand Turk. May 26, 2022.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 26k3000 horsepower Dodge Ram truck explodes during dyno test at Weekend On The Edge event, September 2020
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 25kTransformer explosion at the Hoover Dam today, 19 July 2022.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 23kWind turbine that got struck by lightning near Cromwell, TX today
□ STILL▲ 22kPhoto showing the destroyed reinforced concrete under the launch pad for the spacex rocket starship after yesterday launch
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 22kNepal Hit by Yet Another Flood — October 11, 2026
⊞ GALLERY▲ 22kYesterday, Sinkhole opened under private pool in Israel, 1 person missing
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 22kSame street before and after the february 6 2023 earthquake in Antakya, Turkey.
▲ 21kAfter the earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4, A building collapsed due to aftershocks in Turkey (06/02/2023)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 21kA China Airlines Cargo Boeing 747 sustained some serious damage at Chicago O’Hare this morning, January 29, after landing from Anchorage. The plane plowed through some ground equipment, causing (what appears to be) significant damage to the two left engines.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 21kEpic failure of job training in a Salmon Cannery in Alaska 7-7-22
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 20k40+ vehicle pileup on I-81 in Schuylkill county, PA due to snow & fog, 2022-03-28
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 20kCNG-powered bus on fire near Perugia, Italy (16/04/2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 20kHelicopter crashed in neighborhood of Fresno, CA on 1 October, 2022. Pilot and passenger survived with minor injuries.
□ STILL▲ 20kwhat’s left of the home depot that caught fire on april 9th, 2022 (san jose, CA, USA)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 19kThe dome of the Grand Mosque of the Islamic Center in Indonesian Jakarta collapsing. 19 Oktober 2022
□ STILL▲ 19kMotor yacht fire in Torquay, UK 28/5/22
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 19kA massive Explosion took place today in the chocolate factory in West Reading, Pennsylvania, USA. At least six people were injured. 03/25/2023
□ STILL▲ 19kRift caused by the Earthquake in Hatay, Turkey. 200 meters long and 30 meters of depth. 6.2.2023
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 19kCoal power plant explosion, Thar, Pakistan (2nd March 2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kCar fitted with illegal natural gas tank explodes while refueling at a Brazilian fuel station, 17-March-2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18k17 die in fire at Russian military research facility in Tver, 180km (112 miles) northeast of Moscow on 21 April 2022.
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kWater tank collapses due to lack of maintenance in West Bengal, India (Jan 22, 2020)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18k360 digger on a trailer hits overpass (1March 2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kDubai 35 story hi-rise on fire. Building belongs to the Emaar company, a developer in the region (7-Nov 22)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kFire and explosions destroy hardware hypermarket in Moscow, December 9, 2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kTrain derailment in Verdigris, Oklahoma. March 2023
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18k11/28/2022 - Melbourne Florida - Vehicle drove into a fireworks store
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 18kCarus Chemical Plant in La Salle, IL has erupted into flames. January 11th, 2023
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kSerbian harbour dredging 2021
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kF-35B crash at Fort Worth today
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kA Boeing 737 passenger plane of China Eastern Airlines crashed in the south of the country. According to preliminary information, there were 133 people on board. March 21/2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17k(4/22/2023) 45ft Robotic dragon caught fire tonight at Disneyland
□ STILL▲ 17kTen partially submerged Hokuriku-shinkansen had to be scrapped because of river flooding during typhoon Hagibis, October 2019, costing JR ¥14,800,000,000.
▲ 17k8000-12000 gallons of liquid Latex spilled into the Delaware river near Philadelphia by the Trinseo Altugas chemical plant - Drinking water advisory issued. March 2023
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17k12/06/2025 - Boeing 787 Passenger plane bound for the UK crashes near Ahmedabad Airport straight after takeoff
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kOil tanker ship capable of storing 3 million litters of oil exploded in Thailand. 17/01/2023
□ STILL▲ 17kAutonomous food delivery Drone miscalculated it’s location and knocked out power to over 2000 homes in Australia
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kHelicopter crash near the beach in Miami, two injured February 19/2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 17kGeoff Bodine is sent into the barrier at 190 mph during the 2000 Daytona 250 Truck Series race. He survived with multiple fractures and the crash is often considered one of the most spectacular in the history of NASCAR.
⊞ GALLERY▲ 16kAccident and backup on I-84 near Pendleton, Oregon earlier today (02/21/2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kLarge black smoke and fire spotted at high rise in Center City, Philadelphia on Sunday morning (January 23 2022)
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kLaunch of new boat slingshots a bollard at high speed. Basque country. July 15th 2022.
□ STILL▲ 16kSouthwest Airlines Flight 1248, 8 December 2005
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kChangsha China Telecom Building on Fire 16/09/2022
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kThe Harmony Ridge Trestle railroad built in 1910 collapsed due to a fire - Texas, 23/05/2013
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kCargo train derails in Springfield, Ohio today. Residents ordered to shelter in place as hazmat teams respond. Video credit: @CrimeWatchJRZ / Twitter
▶ FOOTAGE▲ 16kSnow covered mountains are rapidly melting, from downpours causing flooding . Springville CA. 3/10/2023
□ STILL▲ 15kBeirut shockwave from warehouse explosion 2020
□ STILL▲ 15k10 years ago today, the cruise liner Costa Concordia grounded and partially sank off the coast of Isola del Giglio, Italy.Thumbnails are served by Reddit and open the original thread; a blank cell means the upload has since been taken down.
Plate No. 3 · The uptick
More witnesses every year
Posts per quarter across all 14 watched subreddits since 2012, stacked by family. Some of the rise is the platform growing; some of it is the weather. The colophon below says which subreddit counts where.
The uptick, as a table
| Year | Earth & Weather | Wreckage | Plague | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 73 | 0 | 9 | 82 |
| 2013 | 239 | 0 | 16 | 255 |
| 2014 | 488 | 0 | 72 | 560 |
| 2015 | 1251 | 698 | 27 | 1976 |
| 2016 | 3319 | 1222 | 42 | 4583 |
| 2017 | 6614 | 1985 | 29 | 8628 |
| 2018 | 7656 | 5380 | 23 | 13059 |
| 2019 | 6991 | 6622 | 21 | 13634 |
| 2020 | 8899 | 8198 | 1446 | 18543 |
| 2021 | 10068 | 7809 | 735 | 18612 |
| 2022 | 11434 | 4712 | 446 | 16592 |
| 2023 | 12338 | 3507 | 1657 | 17502 |
| 2024 | 25303 | 2026 | 4082 | 31411 |
| 2025 | 29668 | 2017 | 4083 | 35768 |
| 2026 | 20650 | 1280 | 1937 | 23867 |