Ben Bankas turns election morning into a Texas stand-up routine

His most watched new Short brings a Canadian perspective to the stage, alongside a Los Angeles midterms set.

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Weird to wake up in a Blue Texas.. #comedy #comedian #standup #standupcomedy #shorts #comedyshorts

Ben Bankas offers his Texas audience an unusual qualification for discussing election disappointment: he's Canadian. "I have experience with this, I'm from Canada," he tells the crowd, turning his own bleak assessment of home into reassurance that is anything but reassuring.

That routine supplies the week's most watched new upload, "Weird to wake up in a Blue Texas.. #comedy #comedian #standup #standupcomedy #shorts #comedyshorts". It has drawn roughly a quarter of a million views. Bankas moves from the election premise into crowd work, then builds a partisan joke around contrasting reactions to defeat: street protests in his portrayal of Democrats, another gun purchase in his portrayal of Republicans. This is a stand-up routine, not a report on either group's behaviour.

Bankas posted 11 uploads across the week, including "Mid Terms in Los Angeles | Ben Bankas Standup Comedy". The Texas Short and his separate Austin election reaction are drawing the strongest daily audiences, with the slightly older Michigan clip "Voting for El-Sayed? #michigan #comedy #comedian #standup #shorts #comedyshorts #standupcomedy" next among his active videos.

The channel added subscribers, though its daily views are running below their usual level. Its roughly 3.1 million weekly views place it among the busier channels in this stand-up group: Mario Adrion had a much larger week, and Jeff Arcuri also drew a substantial audience. For Bankas, the election material is supplying the week's clearest through-line, from Los Angeles to Texas.

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The videos drawing views on BenBankasComedy right now

Woke up in Austin, TX like… #comedy #comedian #bluestate #texas239,974 views · 2026-11-05 She is with the right Bank!! #comedy #comedian #standup #standupcomed…162,220 views · 2026-11-03 Can’t vote illegally for a Republican… #comedy #comedian #standup #st…73,171 views · 2026-11-04 Mid Terms in Los Angeles | Ben Bankas Standup Comedy64,305 views · 2026-11-04 It’s what they are watching these days…46,322 views · 2026-11-03 Voting for El-Sayed? #michigan #comedy #comedian #standup #shorts #co…266,723 views

The numbers

Here is how Ben Bankas's channel moved over the week.

views gained this week: this channel and similar channels

Mario Adrion

35,891,204

Jeff Arcuri

4,693,083

BenBankasComedy

3,110,133

CarlBarronVideos

953,901

Jim Jefferies

825,891

MC Hammersmith

719,756

Live At The Apollo

280,918

J.D. Witherspoon

3,910

OGTomatoGuy

851

subscribers

269,000

▲ 2,000 in the last 7 days

total views

104,579,149

views per day

304,862

typical day: 414,048

first-day views of each video posted this week

Weird to wake up in a Blue Texas.. #com…

144,966

Woke up in Austin, TX like… #comedy #co…

111,685

She is with the right Bank!! #comedy #c…

82,427

Can’t vote illegally for a Republican… …

41,344

Mid Terms in Los Angeles | Ben Bankas S…

35,990

It’s what they are watching these days…

28,107

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

Mario Adrion

488,000

Jeff Arcuri

459,000

OGTomatoGuy

365,000

Jim Jefferies

351,000

BenBankasComedy

269,000

MC Hammersmith

257,000

CarlBarronVideos

233,000

Live At The Apollo

178,000

J.D. Witherspoon

165,000

As of November 9, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.