What is One Million Screenshots?
One Million Screenshots turns the web into a map. It is a single grid of 1,048,576 homepage screenshots that you zoom and drag around just like Google Maps. From far out it looks like a mosaic. Zoom in and you start recognising famous sites, then you find yourself lost among small blogs and shops you have never heard of.
It was made by Urlbox, a company that runs a website screenshot service, and it reached the front page of Hacker News and was featured by FlowingData in August 2024. Sites are chosen by their rank in the Common Crawl web graph, with more popular sites near the middle and neighbours loosely grouped by colour. You can search for a site to jump straight to it and see what looks similar.
What You Can Do
- Zoom and pan across more than a million homepages
- Search for any site and fly straight to it
- Popular sites sit near the centre of the grid
- Jump to a random site with one click
- Click a screenshot to see the site behind it
How to Play One Million Screenshots
- Open onemillionscreenshots.com.
- Scroll or pinch to zoom in and drag to move around.
- Use Find a site to search for a website you know.
- Press Zoom random site to land somewhere new.
Is One Million Screenshots Free?
One Million Screenshots is free to browse with no account. Urlbox's paid screenshot API is a separate product and is not needed to explore the map.
Who Will Enjoy It?
- Web designers looking for homepage inspiration
- Data and map fans
- Anyone curious what the wider web looks like
- Marketers checking how sites in a niche present themselves
Websites Like One Million Screenshots
- The Useless Web: Another way to discover sites you would never find on your own.
- Library of Babel: Another huge, explorable collection you can get lost in.
- WikiTok: An endless feed for discovering random corners of the internet.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is One Million Screenshots free?
Yes. The map is free to explore with no sign-up.
How are the sites chosen?
Sites are picked by their rank in the Common Crawl web graph, with more popular ones near the middle.
Can I find a specific website?
Yes. Use the search box to jump straight to a site and see its neighbours.