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Map Men

Map Men
GenreGeography
Comedy
Created byJay Foreman
Mark Cooper-Jones
Written byJay Foreman
Mark Cooper-Jones
Presented byJay Foreman
Mark Cooper-Jones
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series5
No. of episodes35[1]
Original release
NetworkYouTube
Release4 May 2016 (2016-05-04) –
present

Map Men is a British edutainment mini-series[2][3] which is hosted by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones.[2][3][4] The show is a mix of comedy and geography,[4] and they often get 1 to 5 million viewers on YouTube.[1][2][3]

Premise

The series is hosted Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones.[5][6][7] Mark Cooper-Jones is a former geography teacher.[6][7] Jay and Mark met at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where both were working in 2009 or 2010.[7][8] The series started in 2016,[7] and has aired for five series, alongside a series of special episodes relating to Geoguessr and Ordnance Survey.

In October 2025, Foreman and Cooper-Jones released the book This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (And Why It Matters) (ISBN 978-0-3697-7503-0).

Episodes

SeriesEpisodesOriginally aired
First airedLast aired
164 May 2016 (2016-05-04)7 August 2016 (2016-08-07)
2515 April 2019 (2019-04-15)2 September 2019 (2019-09-02)
31116 November 2020 (2020-11-16)13 September 2021 (2021-09-13)
4710 July 2023 (2023-07-10)31 August 2024 (2024-08-31)
Specials3[a]13 October 2024 (2024-10-13)30 June 2025 (2025-06-30)
5315 September 2025 (2025-09-15)8 December 2025 (2025-12-08)

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Result Ref.
2021 11th Streamy Awards Learning and Education Nominated[9]
2024 1st UK and Ireland TikTok awards Video of the Year Won[10]

Notes

  1. ↑ Includes the sponsored episode "Map Men vs. Geoguessr", as well as two sponsored shorts about the Ordnance Survey, all of which were released between series 4 and 5 and were produced outside of the standard episode production cycle.
  2. ↑ Includes the single episode "Map Men vs Geoguessr 2: Mark's Revenge?".

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "MAP MEN - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Khomami, Nadia (31 October 2023). "Britons go map-crazy, with geographical games and books becoming bestsellers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Keogh, Glen (6 April 2024). "'Horrible Geography' jokers the Map Men chart out a path to fame". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Burton, Katie (22 November 2023). "Map Men: where comedy meets geography". Geographical. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  5. ↑ Khomami, Nadia (31 October 2023). "Britons go map-crazy, with geographical games and books becoming bestsellers". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Keogh, Glen (6 April 2024). "'Horrible Geography' jokers the Map Men chart out a path to fame". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Archived from the original on 1 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Burton, Katie (22 November 2023). "Map Men: where comedy meets geography". Geographical. Archived from the original on 6 April 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Foreman, Jay (13 September 2021). "Mark Cooper-Jones an…". reddit.com. Retrieved 18 June 2025 – via Reddit.
  9. ↑ "11th Annual Streamy Nominees". The Streamy Awards. Retrieved 2024-04-06.
  10. ↑ Rufo, Yasmin (3 December 2024). "Social media stars crowned in first UK and Ireland TikTok awards". BBC News. Archived from the original on 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2025.

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