"98% Of People Can't Get This Riddle": Luke Davidson's viewers fight over yesterday
A short day-of-the-week puzzle has more than a thousand people arguing for Thursday, for Friday, and for a sentence that crosses midnight.
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Story of Why this story? The video drew 1,233 comments in its first day, 6.2 times a normal first day on this channel (200).
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A Luke Davidson Short usually gathers about 200 comments on its first day. "98% Of People Can't Get This Riddle" drew more than six times that, while its views stayed close to what his Shorts normally get. The audience did not grow much. It just had far more to say.
Viewers who sum up the puzzle say it hangs on three pieces: tomorrow is Saturday, today is not Friday, and the question asks about yesterday. That is enough to split a comment section into camps. One crowd answers Thursday and rallies others to say so. Another insists on Friday. One of the most liked explanations says the conversation must begin seconds before midnight, so Friday turns into Saturday partway through. Others call the riddle a paradox that breaks its own rules, argue that the real answer is simply "today," or offer the theory that someone slept through Friday entirely.
The riddle sits among Davidson's usual quick sketches, which include a teacher's first day on the job and a warning not to ruin your mom's mood. The channel's about text introduces him as a 22-year-old trying to make people smile. This time the smiling came with a lot of counting on fingers.
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What viewers say
Not me screaming THURSDAY so loud my family be looking at me weird 😭🥀
@THEGAMER-FIREORNOTSee it on YouTubeThe answer is Friday: the beginning of this conversation happened on Friday about 7 seconds before midnight so when he says “what day is yesterday?” And “today is not Friday” it’s now Saturday.
@Levi-j7p3hSee it on YouTubebro that riddle made my head hurt
@5uper5onic5peedSee it on YouTube
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Thursday because you probably slept on the whole friday
@polinadamianovaSee it on YouTubePeople who think thursday here
👇@kirbyuizSee it on YouTubeFor those who don't know: The riddle is a paradox. If tomorrow is Saturday, today has to be Friday. But since the second half says today isn't Friday, the question breaks its own logic. 🤯
@EpicBloxy-I24See it on YouTubeThe definition of 'I just wanted to take a quick look, but ended up going too far' really happened here.
@ExclusiveNetwork-c6cSee it on YouTubeBasically, it was Friday 11:59 and when he said it’s not Friday, it became 12
@TherealwrqszSee it on YouTubeLuke's uploaded speed 🐴🐴.
My internet speed 🐢🐢
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- Channel
- Luke Davidson
- Subscribers
- 18,300,000 ▲ 100,000 this week
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 21,166,403
- Channel views, pace per day
- 3,632,067 (on a normal day: 3,499,220)
- Video published
- October 7, 2026
- Video views so far
- 575,255 (2 days online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 380,908 (on a normal day: 266,553)
The numbers
The views were ordinary for this channel. The comment section was the part that ran far ahead of a usual first day.
💡 Test your knowledge
Saturday, the day the riddle's "tomorrow" lands on, is named after which Roman god?
Saturday comes from the Latin dies Saturni, the day of Saturn.