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Murals by the numbers

Counted from every wall on the site. Updated every hour.

19,323walls on record
1,177cities
9,024artists
104groups

What we’re seeing

  • 72% of the walls with a known year went up in 2010 or later.
  • The oldest dated wall on record is from 1820.
  • Of the 3,658 walls someone has checked, 835 are gone.
  • 15,665 walls haven’t been checked yet. Go find one.

When they were painted

  1. Before 192011
  2. 1920s25
  3. 1930s130
  4. 1940s39
  5. 1950s67
  6. 1960s95
  7. 1970s462
  8. 1980s467
  9. 1990s1,047
  10. 2000s1,549
  11. 2010s5,822
  12. 2020s4,306

14,020 walls have a year on record.

Who and where

Most walls by city

  1. Los Angeles2,348
  2. Atlanta1,902
  3. Philadelphia1,114
  4. Vancouver1,032
  5. New York726
  6. Chicago546
  7. Houston483
  8. San Francisco432
  9. Portland398
  10. Montreal379

Most walls by artist

  1. Shepard Fairey139
  2. Vhils73
  3. Eltono68
  4. Sam Kirk52
  5. Guido van Helten50
  6. PichiAvo49
  7. Eduardo Kobra46
  8. John Zender Estrada45
  9. Beastman44
  10. David McShane43

Most walls by group

  1. Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Mural List1,564
  2. Atlanta Street Art Map1,436
  3. Mural Arts Philadelphia1,112
  4. Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles881
  5. Houston Mural Map508
  6. Chicago Mural Registry490
  7. City Walls338
  8. Groundswell278
  9. Clarion Alley Mural Project277
  10. POW! WOW!225

How complete the record is

  1. Artist known84%
  2. Year known73%
  3. Has a photo15%

3 artists have claimed their page so far.

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