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Mandelbrot Deep-Zoom Records & Milestones

A researched timeline of extreme public zooms, iteration-heavy renders and community record claims.

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There is no single “deepest fractal” metric

Mandelbrot deep-zoom records are community-driven rather than administered by one official governing body. Public posts use deepest, hardest and world record for different achievements. Fractal Trip separates magnification depth, iteration difficulty, animation duration and software capability.

RESEARCHED AUGUST 10, 2026

Public deep-zoom milestones and extreme claims

Year / sourceReported achievementMetricHow Fractal Trip labels it
2010 — Orson Wang≈2.1×10275 (2915)MagnificationCreator-described deepest animation as of Jan. 2010; 640×480 frames, 12 CPU cores, six months of rendering.
2014 — Fractal universe10198, 350,000,000 iterationsIteration difficultyCreator-labeled iteration record; description says the prior record was 250 million iterations.
2017 — Fractal universe750,000,000 iterationsIteration difficultyCreator-labeled record for iteration count at the time.
Fractal universe — spiral/galaxy zoom≈10165, 500,000,000 iterationsIteration difficultyLarge-iteration showcase useful for comparing computational difficulty with raw magnification.
2018 — Fractal universe≈102126, 100,000,000 iterationsDepth + iterationsA month-scale render reported for a very deep, high-iteration target.
2022 — Fractal universe104141, 10,000,000,000 iterationsIteration difficultyCreator reports a final minibrot requiring ten billion iterations using Kalles Fraktaler 2.15.5.
Fractal Jog remaster / extension≈10598MagnificationIndependent remaster/extension of Orson Wang’s classic location; creator-upload claim, not an institutional record.
Maths Town World Record AttemptPart 11 ≈1020000→1021831Video depth / durationPart of an 11-part, 24+ hour public world-record-attempt series ending on a mini-Mandelbrot.
Public 10-hour upload10114,514Magnification / durationCreator title reports ten hours of zooming to this depth; a Jan. 2025 Mathstodon post also referred to it as the current record at that time.
Ben Zooms + public ranking playlist10250,006MagnificationTop-listed in the public Deep Mandelbrot Zoom Animation Ranking found during Aug. 2026 research; community-ranked, not institutionally certified.
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Deepest does not mean hardest

DepthHow small the viewport becomes / magnification achieved.
IterationsHow many orbit steps difficult pixels need.
DurationHow long a continuous animation runs.
ResolutionHow many final pixels or frames are rendered.
PrecisionHow many significant digits are needed to identify the view.
ExplorationA separate game/community measure of verified discovery depth.
Sources & further reading:Orson Wang 10^275 notesOrson Wang 10^275 video2014 / 350M iterations2017 / 750M iterations500M-iteration spiral zoom10^2126 / 100M iterations10^4141 / 10B iterationsOrson location extension ≈10^598Maths Town e20000→e2183110^114514 / 10-hour upload10^250006 uploadPublic deep-zoom rankingKalles Fraktaler 2+