Deserts, ranked by obscurity

The smallest category, and the one where a jackpot is easiest to stumble into. 143 deserts in the bank.

143deserts

42,058views/month · Sahara

60views/month · Taukum

15jackpot answers (90%+)

By obscurity band

The answers that pay most. A tie at the top is possible: two places with the same monthly views score the same.

#	Place	Obscurity	Views / month	Points
1	Taukum	100%	60	1,000
2	Erg Tiffernine	99%	68	994
3	Erg Iguidi	99%	81	987
4	Pedirka Desert	98%	98	981
5	Painted Desert (South Australia)	97%	113	975
6	Saryesik-Atyrau Desert	96%	115	968
7	Muyunkum Desert	96%	129	962
8	Smoke Creek Desert	95%	134	956
9	Maranjab Desert	94%	135	949
10	Sevier Desert	94%	143	943
11	Gulf of California Xeric Scrub	93%	157	937
12	Aral Karakum	92%	165	930
13	Indus Valley desert	92%	175	924
14	Erg of Bilma	91%	176	918
15	Golodnaya Steppe	90%	178	911
16	Ramlat al-Sab`atayn	89%	196	902
17	Tonopah Desert	89%	196	902
18	Murzuq Desert	88%	213	892
19	Djurab Desert	87%	225	886
20	Sprengisandur	87%	231	880
21	Ferlo Desert	86%	234	873
22	Tirari Desert	85%	239	864
23	Yuha Desert	85%	239	864
24	Central Mexican matorral	84%	240	854
25	Kazakh semi-desert	83%	252	845
26	Kebira Crater	83%	252	845
27	Kharan Desert	82%	264	835
28	Betpak-Dala	81%	265	829
29	Monte Desert	80%	270	823
30	Médanos de Coro National Park	80%	274	816
31	Escalante Desert	79%	276	810
32	Grand Erg Occidental	78%	280	804
33	Central Asian northern desert	77%	282	797
34	Salvador Dalí Desert	77%	285	791
35	Kaokoveld	76%	289	785
36	Erg Chech	75%	312	778
37	Coastal desert of Peru	75%	333	772
38	Idehan Ubari	74%	354	765
39	Sturt Stony Desert	73%	359	759
40	Amargosa Desert	73%	361	753
41	Owyhee Desert	72%	372	746
42	Erg Chigaga	71%	373	740
43	Little Sandy Desert	70%	376	734
44	Nyiri Desert	70%	378	727
45	El Djouf	69%	391	721
46	Kumtag Desert	68%	451	715
47	Strzelecki Desert	68%	496	708
48	Wahiba Sands	67%	505	702
49	Gurbantünggüt Desert	66%	507	696
50	La Guajira Desert	65%	516	689

The answers that pay least. Everyone reaches for these first, which is exactly why they don’t dig.

#	Place	Obscurity	Views / month	Points
1	Sahara	0%	42,058	100
2	Death Valley	1%	35,535	106
3	Atacama Desert	1%	28,666	113
4	Gobi Desert	2%	26,605	119
5	Mojave Desert	3%	25,919	125
6	Sinai Peninsula	4%	25,493	132
7	Sonoran Desert	4%	16,129	138
8	Taklamakan	5%	14,370	144
9	Thar Desert	6%	13,688	151
10	Kalahari Desert	6%	13,597	157
11	Negev	7%	12,078	163
12	Black Rock Desert	8%	10,903	170
13	Rub' al Khali	8%	10,788	176
14	Chihuahuan Desert	9%	8,714	182
15	Namib	10%	8,153	189
16	Tabernas Desert	11%	7,009	195
17	Channeled Scablands	11%	6,672	201
18	Arabian Desert	12%	6,444	208
19	Great Basin Desert	13%	6,121	214
20	Karakum Desert	13%	5,156	220