How many views did “Half of America's State Flags Made the Same Mistake” get?

CGP Grey · published 2023-04-02 · TubeCount #61, played 2026-08-11

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the answer

18,178,077

views as of 2026-07-12

Why this one

CGP Grey's channel normally draws 3.1 million views per video on things like flag rankings and post code systems — small-audience infrastructure trivia, elegantly explained. The state flags video arrived in 2023 when two states were actively redesigning their flags, which meant the video appeared at the precise intersection of civics-nerd YouTube and actual live news. Design Twitter adopted it as a reference document. Eighteen million views on a careful critique of vexillology is what happens when niche content accidentally arrives at the exact moment a broader audience needed it.

How everyone did

18 players called this one. The average score was 36 out of 100, and on the thumbnail alone people were typically 11× off.

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