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.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,144,328 views a day, 7.3 times a normal first day on this channel (155,823).
Guess the Top "C" Countries!🌎
Colby Martel accepts Canada, then Colombia. Cambodia earns a strike. His latest street quiz has a catch that quickly complicates an apparently simple request: name a country beginning with C.
The pair holding the microphone must find the answers on Martel's eight-slot board, not simply demonstrate that they know their geography. Cambodia sits outside that selection, and Chile costs them another strike. There's already a brief debate about who should take the blame.
Martel does offer help. After learning that the man is from Nigeria, he points him toward a neighboring country and supplies the opening sound, "Cam-". Cameroon makes the board. Czechia and Croatia also get their moments as the pair work toward the remaining blank.
The Short drew roughly 630,000 views in nine hours, comfortably beyond the channel's usual full-day Shorts audience. Its comments have already passed twice the usual first-day total, with viewers questioning Cambodia's exclusion and supplying their own guesses. Cuba comes up repeatedly; others were thinking of Cyprus or Congo.
It's a change from guessing strangers' names, but that familiar Martel format is moving too: "First to Guess His Name Wins!👀" has passed a million views.
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What viewers say
I was screaming cuba the whole video
@mehwishazam4587See it on YouTubeHow is Cambodia not there?!
@LinasfunplaceSee it on YouTubeI thought Cyprus would be on it.
@BenSuarez-g3vSee it on YouTube
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I thought Congo was going to be there
@carlosfabriciovera1957See it on YouTubeTHANK YOU FOR PUTTING CROATIA SINCE I CROATIANN😊
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Public comments from the video's page on YouTube
- Channel
- Colby Martel
- Subscribers
- 1,550,000 ▲ 60,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 102,033,419
- Channel views, pace per day
- 7,517,104 (on a normal day: 11,789,353)
- Video published
- October 20, 2026
- Video views so far
- 631,419 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 1,144,328
The numbers
The country quiz has already exceeded Colby Martel's usual first-day Shorts views, with much of its opening day still ahead.
💡 Test your knowledge
What is the capital of Canada, the first answer accepted in Colby's quiz?
Ottawa is Canada's capital, while Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal are other major Canadian cities.


