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Video taking off 7.6x its usual first day
Colby Martel's fear quiz has an unexpected answer: bananas
A student's clues about food and eating sounds send Martel beyond his familiar name-guessing routine.
In short
On YouTube, Colby Martel has 1,660,000 subscribers and 2,055,143,919 views in all, as of November 11, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 30,000 subscribers and 47,559,126 views. By YouTube subscribers it is No. 1,652 of the 5,393 channels on Trari, and No. 89 of 179 in category "Comedy sketches and skits". On Instagram, @colbymartel19 has 316,919 followers.
YouTube: The numbers today
subscribers
1,660,000
▲ 30,000 in the last 7 days
▲ 190,000 in the last 30 days
▲ 190,000 in the last 30 days
total views
2,055,143,919
▲ 47,559,126 in the last 7 days
▲ 314,700,538 in the last 30 days
▲ 314,700,538 in the last 30 days
views a day (current pace)
2,441,222
on a typical day: 8,147,594
Videos on the channel
1,097
15+ uploaded in the last 7 days
Last upload
yesterday
November 10, 2026
Views per subscriber
1,238
Next milestone
2,000,000 subscribers
at the current pace: in about 54 days
Instagram: The numbers today
@colbymartel19 · The account on Instagram
Followers
316,919
Posts
74
Views per Reel
21,742
usually, by 9 recent Reels
Likes per post
310
usually, by 9 recent posts
0.10% of followers
0.10% of followers
Place on Instagram
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Comedy sketches and skits | |
|---|---|---|
| By Instagram followers | 1,316 of 2,448 | 66 of 87 |
Ranked among the channels whose Instagram account is on Trari.
Instagram followers: Comedy sketches and skits
Latest posts
Tap a post to see it here
| Post | Type | Posted | Views | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Can you guess his name?😹 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 94,882 | 930 | 37 |
| Can you guess their Halloween costumes?👸 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 3,645 | 52 | 0 |
| Can you guess Ruby’s biggest fear?😱 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 5,603 | 77 | 8 |
| Can you guess her Halloween costume?🕺 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 16,144 | 112 | 6 |
| Can you guess her name?🤩 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 23,733 | 166 | 3 |
| Would you have guessed this?😲 | Reel | November 7, 2026 | 11,331 | 8 | 3 |
| Can you guess her name!?😲 | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 20,010 | 98 | 2 |
| Would you have guessed this?😂 | Reel | November 6, 2026 | 69,915 | 396 | 10 |
As of November 10, 2026
Follower, post, like, comment and view counts in this part are Instagram's. The changes and the "usually" figures are Trari's own calculations.
YouTube: What happened lately
November 11, 2026 3.8x its usual first day Are These People Real or AI?🤖 The video opened at a pace of 816,233 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (214,860).
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Colby Martel needs a spelling clue for a pirate costume
A supposedly simple costume sends the street interviewer through monsters, occupations and finally the alphabet.
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
Colby Martel turns compliments into candy clues
His street-trivia Short passed a million views as viewers supplied their own answers to a deceptively simple S-candy challenge.
The video drawing the most views now
Are These People Real or AI?🤖
- Video published
- November 10, 2026
- Video views so far
- 323,902
- Video views, pace per day
- 816,233
- Views in its first 6 hours
- 323,902
Similar channels
YouTube: Position on Trari and in the category
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Comedy sketches and skits | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 1,652 of 5,393 | 89 of 179 |
| By views gained this week | 112 of 5,274 | 18 of 174 |
| By views gained in the last 30 days | 64 of 5,043 | 11 of 168 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
- The channel's share of the category
- 1.6% of all views the category's channels gained this week
- Subscriber growth this week
- 1.8% on this channel, 0.2% on the category's middle channel
Subscribers in the category Comedy sketches and skits
Views gained this week in the category Comedy sketches and skits
YouTube: Subscribers, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,480,000 subscribers → November 11, 2026: 1,660,000 subscribers
YouTube: Total views, last 30 days
October 13, 2026: 1,746,537,950 views → November 11, 2026: 2,055,143,919 views · average: 10,641,585 views a day
YouTube: The channel's latest videos
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Are These People Real or AI?🤖 | November 10, 2026 | 1:08 short | 323,902 | 816,233 | 323,902 (6 hours) | 9,326 | 195 |
 Can You Guess Her Name?😮 | November 10, 2026 | 0:18 short | 35,114 | 70,688 | 35,114 (8 hours) | 1,218 | 21 |
 Can You Guess Her Names?😅 | November 10, 2026 | 1:02 short | 82,480 | 125,479 | 82,480 (11 hours) | 2,632 | 36 |
 Could You Guess This Name?😮 | November 9, 2026 | 0:33 short | 83,438 | 47,767 | 70,872 | 1,912 | 41 |
 Hit Her Up😂 | November 9, 2026 | 1:01 short | 418,246 | 293,548 | 280,854 | 8,835 | 153 |
 Can AI Guess His Name?😅 | November 8, 2026 | 0:58 short | 219,734 | 58,330 | 127,259 | 5,044 | 519 |
 Would You Have Guessed This?😂💪 | November 8, 2026 | 0:05 short | 204,170 | 18,889 | 146,223 | 3,329 | 97 |
 Can You Guess Her Name?😯 | November 8, 2026 | 0:39 short | 94,506 | 6,327 | 74,373 | 2,895 | 53 |
 Can You Guess His Dog's Name?🐶 | November 7, 2026 | 1:04 short | 925,029 | 124,319 | 468,644 | 14,552 | 190 |
 Can You Guess Her Name?😮 | November 7, 2026 | 0:56 short | 1,471,208 | 190,263 | 899,499 | 19,661 | 286 |
 Names That Can Be Found in the Park!🌳 | November 6, 2026 | 1:00 short | 209,475 | 10,437 | 122,227 | 4,266 | 204 |
 Can You Guess Her Name?😂 | November 6, 2026 | 0:31 short | 248,354 | 7,086 | 139,317 | 4,337 | 84 |
 Could You Guess This Name?😓 | November 6, 2026 | 1:03 short | 264,002 | 6,718 | 142,709 | 6,076 | 113 |
 Can You Guess Their Names? | November 5, 2026 | 1:04 short | 2,383,566 | 250,124 | 1,029,033 | 35,387 | 378 |
 Guess The Top Musical Names!🎶 | November 5, 2026 | 1:03 short | 447,970 | 19,771 | 219,839 | 9,432 | 478 |
Audience engagement
- likes per 1,000 views
- 17.4 in the category: 28.9
- comments per 1,000 views
- 0.4 in the category: 0.7
- a video's usual first day on this channel
- 213,172 views
- short vs long
- 15 short (up to 3 minutes), 0 long
average views per short video: 494,079
YouTube: Most watched videos (not Shorts)
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 Asking Harvard Students If They Ever Sleep | November 7, 2021 | 5:49 | 5,120,704 |
 Asking MIT Students If They Ever Sleep | April 16, 2022 | 5:25 | 1,298,002 |
 Guessing Names on My First Try! | September 5, 2026 | 8:08 | 1,008,259 |
 Asking Stanford Students If They Ever Sleep | February 12, 2023 | 6:26 | 850,799 |
 Harvard Students Call Their Moms To Say "I Love You" | June 9, 2022 | 8:09 | 736,474 |
YouTube: Most watched Shorts
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views |
|---|---|---|---|
 His brother melted my heart❤️ #shorts | June 11, 2022 | 0:46 | 52,403,759 |
 Guess the Country She's Named After😭 | April 23, 2026 | 1:04 | 38,164,791 |
 Can You Guess His Name?😭😭 | April 28, 2026 | 1:05 | 37,915,431 |
 Can AI Guess His Name?😭😭 | August 29, 2026 | 1:05 | 36,372,328 |
 How Fast Can AI Guess Her Name?😮 | May 27, 2026 | 0:43 | 35,669,872 |
YouTube: What happened on the channel in the last 30 days
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
- Video taking offAre These People Real or AI?🤖 The video opened at a pace of 816,233 views a day, 3.8 times a normal first day on this channel (214,860).
- MilestoneThis Was Unbelievable!!🤯🤯 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCan You Guess Her Name?😮 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCan You Guess Their Names?😯 The video passed 10,000,000 views.
- MilestoneWhich Names are Related to Water?💦 The video passed 10,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCan You Guess Lilian's Fear?😅 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneCan You Guess Her Name?😅 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- Video taking offCan You Guess Her Name?😮 The video opened at a pace of 867,757 views a day, 3.9 times a normal first day on this channel (219,802).
- MilestoneCan You Guess Their Names? The video passed 1,000,000 views.
- MilestoneName the Top Candies that Start with "S"!🍫 The video passed 10,000,000 views.
- Video taking offCan You Guess Their Names? The video opened at a pace of 814,851 views a day, 3.4 times a normal first day on this channel (240,635).
- MilestoneCan You Guess His Name?🤯🤩 The video passed 1,000,000 views.
Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube, Meta Instagram
Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.
Stories
Video taking off 7.6x its usual first day
Colby Martel's fear quiz has an unexpected answer: bananas
A student's clues about food and eating sounds send Martel beyond his familiar name-guessing routine.
Video taking off 11x its usual first day
Colby Martel needs a spelling clue for a pirate costume
A supposedly simple costume sends the street interviewer through monsters, occupations and finally the alphabet.
Video taking off 10x its usual first day
Colby Martel turns compliments into candy clues
His street-trivia Short passed a million views as viewers supplied their own answers to a deceptively simple S-candy challenge.
Video taking off 5.8x its usual first day
Colby Martel follows a Nickelodeon clue in his costume quiz
The name-guessing creator switches to Halloween plans in a Short that has already passed his usual full-day audience.
Video taking off 7.3x its usual first day
Colby Martel's C-country quiz has no room for Cambodia
Naming a real country isn't enough: two contestants have to find the answers on his board, and viewers have suggestions.
This week on the channel +112M views this week
Fifteen uploads keep Colby Martel talking to strangers
Name puzzles and a four-letter-country challenge accompany roughly 112 million views across the channel.
Video taking off 29x its usual first day
Clementine is a detour in Colby Martel's name game
Two strangers turn a park interview into a letter-by-letter puzzle, drawing roughly 2.6 million views in its first 12 hours.
Video taking off 7.3x its usual first day
Colby Martel asks for countries with just four letters
A geography challenge briefly becomes a no-phones challenge, with viewers spotting an Oman pun along the way.
Video taking off 18x its usual first day
Colby Martel's name game prompts a question about secret help
A stranger wonders whether someone off-camera is supplying answers as Martel's latest Short approaches a million views.
Video taking off 6.6x its usual first day
Colby Martel's name game gets a first-try surprise
Viewers are puzzling over a guess of Sarp, while Haley Pham joins a literary version of his guessing game.
Video taking off 22x its usual first day
Colby Martel puts a water-themed twist on name guessing
Viewers are supplying their own answers, from Aqua to Hydro, as the Short passes a million views.
Video taking off 13x its usual first day
Colby Martel asks AI to guess a name
Viewers have their own recognition test, with several identifying the guest as Tyler Vitelli after a moment of confusion.
This week on the channel +27M views this week
Bangladesh, Belarus and no Bahamas: Colby Martel's 'B' countries quiz nears three million
The street game sends strangers hunting for the most famous countries starting with B, and the comments became a roll call of homelands.