JoseMonkey: finding places from clips

What it is

JoseMonkey is a TikTok about geolocation. People send in a clip or a photo and ask where exactly it was taken, and he walks you through pinning it down on the map from small details in the frame. His bio sums it up: he finds people who ask to be found. The videos are numbered like a TV show, with seasons and episodes, and season four is already past a hundred episodes.

Why we picked it

This is geography at its most alive. Not memorizing capitals, but detective work: a blurry shot, a couple of clues, and a minute later the exact spot is marked on the map. He talks through his reasoning, so after a dozen videos you start catching the little details that give a place away. Some of the best ones are the quick wins, like one small detail cracking a location in under ten minutes, or pulling an exact spot out of a grainy video. There are happy accidents too, like the time he found one place while hunting for another. He posts often; the latest video went up on September 27, 2026.

Where to start

• Pick any numbered episode marked S4E. That's the core format: from the first clue to the answer.
• Watch the island episode to see how he works when there are barely any landmarks.
• Find the grainy-video episode for a sense of how much a bad image can still give away.
• Check the FAQ videos, where he explains how requests work and how many he gets.
• Pause before the reveal and try to guess the place yourself.

Who it's for

Map lovers and GeoGuessr players. Anyone curious about OSINT, open-source investigation, without the grim side of it. And anyone who notices the small stuff when traveling.

Quick answers

Does he track people down without their consent? No. According to his profile and his YouTube channel, he locates videos for people who asked him to.

Is there more beyond TikTok? Yes, his YouTube channel josemonkey, which links back to this TikTok.

How often does he post? Often: several new videos went up in the last week of September 2026.