worldmap.lol: country ad rankings, $2.5K in 30 days, from $5

worldmap.lol sells advertising placements on country leaderboards ranked by total stake. Its $2.5K in the last 30 days is verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Whop), as of September 30, 2026.

What it actually sells

worldmap.lol offers country-based advertising placements ranked by total stake. Its site describes the product as “A public map where startups stake countries. Your rank is your total stake — outbid to climb.” Every country on the map is an open leaderboard.

Users can claim an empty country and display a startup card containing a name, pitch, and link. Users can increase their stake to overtake the current leader. When a user reclaims a position by topping up, the site says the user's past stake still counts.

How it charges

Country claims start from $5, and users can top up an existing stake. The ranking for each country is based on total stake. Payments are processed through Whop, and the site describes each country claim as an advertising purchase.

Where customers come from

The founder listed Product Hunt, YouTube, and X / Twitter as growth channels. Visible site signals include fields for a product URL and a social profile. A paid listing can link to a public website or social profile and appear on a country leaderboard.

What stands out

The product presents itself with the line “Put your startup on the map. Literally.” Its ranking rule is explicit: every country is an open leaderboard ranked by total stake. The site also displayed “0 countries live” at the recorded point.

From the official site

Put your startup on the map. Literally.

Every country is an open leaderboard, ranked by total stake.

Excerpts from the official website, fetched October 1, 2026.

Where it sits in the data

worldmap.lol's $2.5K in the last 30 days is higher than 84% of the 5,602 projects with payment-verified revenue in our dataset; the median across them is $150. Within the “Marketing” category (897 projects) it is higher than 79% (category median $198). Snapshot: 2026-09-02 to 2026-09-30. The dataset only covers founders who chose to publish their numbers, so it leans toward businesses that work; use it for scale, not as an average.

Currency

All figures are in US dollars as published. A rough yuan or euro conversion is not applied here because prices, taxes and acquisition costs differ by country.

Could you build something like this?

My view is that demand would depend on startups choosing country leaderboards as an advertising surface. The buyer would be a startup seeking placement on a country leaderboard, and distribution would need to come through startup communities, founder content, product platforms, and social channels.

The main work would be securing repeatable demand, attracting enough country claims to make rankings useful, and handling payments and listing disputes. Payment rules, advertising requirements, support load, and competition would also need attention. My verdict is that this needs real work beyond creating the map and checkout.

Verdict: Needs real work.

One thing to take from it

worldmap.lol combines paid country claims with leaderboards ordered by total stake. A listing can carry a startup card, product URL, website, or social profile. Users can add funds to a position, and the site says past stake counts when they reclaim it.

Sources

worldmap.lol official website, fetched October 1, 2026
worldmap.lol about page, fetched October 1, 2026
TrustMRR: revenue verified through the payment provider's API by TrustMRR (Whop), as of September 30, 2026

Revenue, team and start-cost figures are what the founder reported at the interview date, not current figures and not a prediction of what you will earn. Product and pricing facts come from the business's own website as checked on 30 September 2026. Method & sources · Disclosure