VisualRank · cross-platform similarity graph of the visual web
SBIX — The Map ofthe Visual Web
SBIX shows where an image appeared first and how it spread across the internet.
Using VisualRank — a PageRank-like cross-platform similarity score — SBIX builds a graph connecting visually identical images across independent platforms,
mapping detected co-occurrences, and which ecosystems show the strongest visual similarity signal.
How to read this map
Node A platform ecosystem (Wikimedia, NFT market, Archive...)
Line The same image detected independently on two platforms
Cluster A family of copied images traced over time
Color Platform origin — Common Crawl, Wikimedia, NFT, Archive
Images with the strongest cross-platform signal
Most cross-platform image
40 copies
5 platforms · first detected Common Crawl
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Oldest resurfacing
1996 · 2022
Internet Archive + NFT marketplace · 26 year gap
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Strongest cross-platform signal
4 platforms
NFT artwork · highest cross-platform score in dataset
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Cross-ecosystem anomaly
Web + NFT
paypal.com asset detected in NFT marketplace context
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How the map works · 3 layers
Global map — Platform nodes and the copy-family bridges between them.
Similarity cluster — Visually identical images detected across multiple platforms. SBIX marks the earliest observed platform in the detection window.
Detection timeline — Cross-platform detection history: earliest observed occurrence, platforms reached, detection window.
Platform ecosystems · similarity bridges between platforms · click a hub to explore detection clusters
Cross-platform co-occurrence · explore how image families appear across ecosystems
Cross-platform detections through time · watch image families emerge from 1996 to today · replay with slider
SBIX maps visually identical images across independent platforms —
each line is a platform bridge where the same image appeared independently.
Click a hub to explore · click a family to inspect its story.
2,000,000 images indexed · 8,757,417 similarity links · 6,412 image families · 91 platform bridges
Most cross-platform image
despixelsetdeshommes.com
First detected in 2019. SBIX found the same image appearing independently on 5 different platforms.
40 copies
5 platforms
Strongest cross-platform signal
FISHI FISH | AMBASSADOR OF OBJECTS
NFT minted on TzAll in 2021. Found independently on 4 platforms — strongest cross-platform signal in this dataset.
Strongest signal
4 platforms
Oldest observed cluster
Register of Maryland
Archived by Internet Archive in 1996. The same image was detected on NFT marketplaces 26 years later.
Since 1996
36 copies
NFT cross-platform
"tired froggie" · FROGGIE SERIES
Visually identical occurrences independently detected on Objkt, Teia, and Wikimedia Commons.
3 platforms
cross-platform
Recent similarity clusters
Most recently matched cross-platform image families in the index
teia_803645
Teia + CC + Wikimedia · 12 identical occurrences
NEW
objkt_KT1B34_50
Objkt + Wikimedia · 11 identical occurrences
wiki_2507998
Wiki + CC + Teia · 11 identical occurrences
Index updated · 568,958 fingerprints
SBIX maps visually identical images across independent platforms — each line marks visually identical occurrences detected across platforms.
Data: Common Crawl · Wikimedia · Internet Archive · Teia · Objkt · TzAll · fxhash · Met · Europeana · DPLA · NASA · Smithsonian · Wellcome · Rarible
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Cross-platform detections
Detection timeline
This view shows temporal cross-platform detections of visually identical images. It does not imply a directional propagation path.
Platform node
Size = images indexed Color = platform type
Visual similarity edge
Width = shared image families Cross-platform co-occurrence
Image family (cluster)
Group of visually similar images detected across platforms
Strong cross-platform signal
High visual similarity score observed across multiple platforms
Platform size = image count
Bridge width = shared families
Particles = cross-platform similarity
SBIX scores how widely an image
has spread across independent platforms.
More platforms = stronger signal.
↗ Click any cluster to explore the story of an image.
Hover edges to see platform bridges.