1,103,454 Votes: What Is the Best Flag in the World? - TLDR News

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[@oliverqueen5883]

I’d like to see Ireland’s rating of Ivory Coast and the Ivory Coast’s rating of Ireland

[@user-rb1vr1qx8b]

Khabib won MCgregor

[@tubbeyt]

Personally I like the Irish one better. It just looks wrong with the orange being first.

[@FATHOLLYWOODB123]

Id like to see Ivory Coast change there flag since 😂

[@user-mx4sm9cv7e]

@@user-rb1vr1qx8b ok we know... not many Irish people have respect for him why did you even comment that?

[@kingcupcake9955]

Yes facts

[@pixelanation]

US: Rectangular Switzerland: Square Nepal: di-triangularish

[@Sfaxx]

Flag of the USA is not square. It's 16:9. Edit: Sorry. Let's say that US flag's ratio is unique - 16:9 (instead of typical rectangular 3:2 or 2:1)

[@abydosianchulac2]

Best part of the Nepal flag is that that shape is defined geometrically in their constitution.

[@bernardomacara6284]

@@Sfaxx he said rectangular mate

[@Sfaxx]

@@bernardomacara6284 he edited comment)

[@Coolredbird]

@@Sfaxx no they didn’t

[@humanbeing4076]

🇩🇪 🇪🇦 🇬🇧 🇰🇷 🇱🇰 🇲🇽 Personal favourites

[@LILLYB8328]

I'm American and I love the Indian, British and Sri Lanka flags. The Indian and Sri Lanka flags are good looking and the British one is iconic that it is often used in fashion design with the whole 'cool Brittania' thing. Love it!

[@catchingcorndog3180]

10,000 people when they see a red dot on a piece of white paper: perfection

[@Nutty151]

Japanese minimalist aesthetics come into play even with their flag.

[@gamingapocalypse7973]

@@Nutty151 "minimalist aesthetic" almost everyone in an anime is of a different hair and eye colour and body type.

[@Nutty151]

@@gamingapocalypse7973 I've seen some anime's where all the characters have black hair and black eyes. It's not common though. I see more people IRL wearing bright colored hair and sometimes eyes, probably influenced by anime as well.

[@meram4473]

@@Nutty151 haha, pink hair, see Heiakim.

[@srsaito9262]

@@Nutty151 It was not suposed to be this minimalistic, is just a modern version of the japanese empire version, witch I think it looks way more cool.

[@xdbruhxd1179]

“The colours most people like are red, black and white” German Empire:

[@shamalek]

egypt with the eagle logo:

[@plusxz821]

Prussia: How'bout the last two colors

[@commemorative]

@@shamalek egypts flag is godly literally and figuratively

[@darthsidious2798]

Sadly this flag is miss used by right wing politicians so you maybe can use it in Germany in the future. I like the old flag way better then the one now but the anthem is a big problem too.

[@shamalek]

@@commemorative k

[@xiniiii5239]

(as a canadian) i thoroughly enjoy my flag:). i don’t think it has anything to do w bias, it is just a unique flag that isn’t too complicated. white bg, two red rectangles and a red maple leaf. it is also v recognizable because of its uniqueness. i feel like it does it’s job as a flag well. i do hate drawing it, tho. had to do that far too many times in school

[@appletree13]

ughhh drawing it was a PAIN, and I still can't draw it

[@pgd4529]

Peru

[@wendysnelgrove5870]

I love our flag. I'm sure there's bias, but it is instantly recognizable and in general I like flags that are distinct from the usual collection of stars, stripes and moons. I like Lebanon's flag, and the Silver Fern from New Zealand, for the same reasons.

[@KieraMeow]

r/place trauma, for whoever witnessed that mess lol

[@violetl6196]

Same, drawing it was the worst but I learned to really like it, as i had to see it every day at school

[@BarnabyCrumplebum]

My favorite has to be Seychelles, 🇸🇨, it is just beautiful and it sticks out compared to the rest, especially when learning flags, it has to be one of the most unique, which is why I hate trying to remember flags with the Union Jack on it

[@thecommentguy8366]

Largely British audiences giving French flags a low rating: Ah victory!

[@yrosan]

I went for a 1 on every single flag that has another flag within it. And I'm French so I contributed to that. Ah defeat!

[@catz497]

@@yrosan I basically voted low scores for every flag but my own which I scored the highest of course 😂 (Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, by the way). I may be a little biased but a dragon is absolutely the best flag. I did vote some others highly as well if they were genuinely really cool, like I think Argentina and a couple other interesting ones. Generally I disliked any that are super boring with just stripes or crosses on them

[@krepszlorinc797]

@@catz497 Flag with dragon is best flag Bhutan go brrrr

[@anustubhmishra]

@@catz497What score did you give to the flag of Bhutan? (As a dragon flag connoisseur)

[@colindelabie9734]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooon

[@zacko_87]

Everyone: "Flag of Peru is just two red stripes I don't like it...it gets 149th place" Canada: * takes that flag and adds a leaf in the middle * Everyone: *PERFECTION*

[@BasicLib]

The Bias is real. And it’s unfortunate really

[@FrenchinPlainSight]

🤣

[@chnadeau1]

@@BasicLib we’re sorry not everyone could win. We made our flag to be as non threatening as possible. Maybe we got extra points for being polite?

[@BasicLib]

@@chnadeau1 I believe so too. Canada is an amazing country and the widespread good sentiment towards canada definitely contributed to it's success, regardless Canada deserves the Win. It pays to be Nice :-) I'm more on the fact that the US apparently had the worst flag in North America to me just seems more to do with people's opinions on the US than it does with their flag which is one of the most Iconic and logically symbolic flags on Earth(it literally tells the story of their country). Canada's by contras is more like a corporate logo (it's basically a Bi colour pretending to be a tri with a maple leaf to represent canada so as to be as least offensive as possible as Quebec would have protested anything else). it's basically Peru with a maple leaf. that's what the OP is saying

[@victordrumond4996]

exactly lol

[@thomrobitaille3942]

When the Canadian Maple Lear was first proposed, it was derided by a fair slice of the population as a K-Mart flag. K-Mart was a large department store chain with a reputation for flying colourful but meaningless flags with geometric designs. Changing from the red ensign to the Maple Leaf in 1965 was seen as a slap in the face to the veterans of the Second World War, even though the red ensign design had already been changed in 1957. Also, it took a couple of years to finalize the red shade of the Maple Leaf. The first iterations ranged from rust orange to almost pink.

[@davegreenlaw5654]

I was pretty sure the Maple Leaf would be up there in the ranking, but still pleasantly surprised that it made No. 1.

[@Mr.Septon]

Canadian here who didn't know about the voting. Proud to see our nation top the charts. Cute little leaf, doesn't offend anyone lol.

[@happinessinc7371]

How dare you show nationalism, without inviting me to join you

[@cedricduchesne866]

Congrats to us i guess! And sorry fore having a better flag guys. 😜

[@yutyrannus8154]

Hong Kong ranked 2nd!

[@kubajcz]

@@cedricduchesne866 there are far nicer flags and trust me only some people voted , if everyone around the world voted , the first flag would be different

[@shard1890]

Ye sick flag love Canada from Britain

[@aviralaryal]

As a Nepalese, I’d like to thank you for not putting our flag inside a rectangle with white background. 🇳🇵

[@leonardochapman4736]

It's a nice flag

[@user-tz9kc3cw7d]

Its an awesome flag either way

[@zidane8452]

I hate the Nepal flag

[@antytheprotogen]

yeah

[@Tonad_Drump]

Ironic.

[@sebastiank9175]

I think the simplicity of the Canadian and Japanese flag makes it so easy to remember, British American and Australian are all so similar in design and colors , if they are not one of the most influential countries of the world it will be so hard to remember them.

[@jonathanodude6660]

british is extremely easy to remember and the american one is copied more than it should be tbh. british is st georges cross on top of st patrick on top of st andrew, representing the patron saints of each of the countries. the Georgian cross on its own is used for countries including england and georgia.

[@AAAAAAnotwo]

Tell that to r/place

[@jonmce1]

It is not only simple but very easy to recognize and not confuse with another. According to one ranking Canada is the third most recognized flag in the world despite Canada not exactly being one of the most pre eminents countries in the world and its flag not being one of the oldest.

[@Spartan-001BladeHunter]

Lol​@@AAAAAAnotwo

[@BritishRoyalMapping]

I know this was 2 years ago but incase there’s something else like this can you tell me where I have to go to be apart of any more surveys you do?

[@sanketroy3017]

For the first time I don’t see Indians commenting 😂😂

[@adityathakur6947]

Yeah 😂😂

[@GoD_LoRD04]

Ofc, cuz Indians may not be interested on such topics

[@sanketroy3017]

@@GoD_LoRD04 but it seems you are interested 😂😂

[@akashbharadwaj02]

Wait for algo to reach them

[@GoD_LoRD04]

@@sanketroy3017 yes, I'm interested

[@kiran587]

As a Welsh man I am disgusted that we were beaten by Scotland. Its blue with a railway cross on it. We've got a dragon bro.

[@dennishamurcu4334]

Couldn't agree more. I honestly have no idea what Scotland is doing so high on the list. No hate to them, don't get me wrong, but I wouldn't say their flag looks very well designed. A country like Bhutan or the Seychelles would in my opinion have more potential to compete with the Welsh flag, but apparently most other people don't agree. Also think Brazil's flag is quite underrated, but that is a bit off point.

[@excovfx]

Definitely, I prefer England’s flag over Scotland’s flag too.

[@natenowak2227]

Scotlands flag is neat but shouldnt be in the top 10. Wales shouldve been number 1.

[@callizer]

From vexillology perspective, Scotland's is better and cleaner looking.

[@platypusdreamtime]

Absolutely! How can any non-dragon flag compete with a dragon containing one? The only competition Wales should face is from Bhutan.

[@johnnybaum7957]

Been watching "best flags" videos and it seems like Swiss, Korea(North and South), Canada and Britain are always on the top tier on everyone's list.

[@WelshRaptor367]

Look at the welsh flag. This debate is over.

[@M-Soares]

Half of the top 10 are English speaking countries, surely not a coincidence.

[@anateles3465]

Yes. It would be interesting to know the voters' nationality.

[@somethung8188]

The major problem with this is that the vast vast majority of that 1.1M votes don't know 90% of flags. As a Canadian, Canadas flag is Good but compared to other countries like Seychelles, personally my favourite flag, it genuinely doesn't come close.🇸🇨 also some good others include 🇧🇧 🇸🇿 🇦🇪 🇧🇹 🇰🇮 and as far as well known flags go, South Africa and Uk looks great.

[@kulbil]

@@somethung8188 the fact that the majority of people didnt know 90% of the flags is a big positive. the poll was about flag DESIGN and people that dont know where a flag is from will give their most unbiased opinion

[@wanxutee9907]

6 out of 10... are commonwealth countries with huge majotities of people speaking english.This poll is too biased.

[@heatherholdenday8946]

@@somethung8188 Seychelles flag is garbage

[@GaviotaSteampunk]

Me: Is Brazil in the top ten? TLDR: The worst scoring colours were green, blue and yellow Me: Oh. Oh! Well, no then.

[@felipdsccp]

Triste, mas ainda fomos bem haha

[@katraylor]

I love Brazil's flag, though. It's really well designed.

[@jpgsouza2001]

@@felipdsccp a gente ganhou dos portugueses e dos argentinos, não dá pra pedir mais do que isso. 😆

[@felipdsccp]

@@jpgsouza2001 isso é verdade, dos reais inimigos nós ganhamos kkkkkkkk

[@KevinSmithGeo]

Brazil has what could be a really good flag that's being held back by cramming loads of details and text and whatnot into it. Remove the text and simplify the star field to just the Southern Cross and it would be an excellent flag.

[@juandavidsantamariasanchez1707]

Hey TLDR, brilliant video. Loved it. Just to clarify: Colombia, the country, is spelled with "O", while other places, such as British Columbia in Canada or the university, are spelled with "U". This is according to sources in English of course such as the Merriam-Webster dictionary or and article in the Washington Post (and so on), and it is probably the result of people being more exposed to the spelling with "U", and therefore assuming that the name of the country is spelled likewise. Thanks for the amazing videos and sources on info =)

[@rustypwn]

Anglos trying to not be biased and or change the spelling of Spanish level impossible

[@tshepormolekwa882]

😂😂It's funny how the best and worst colours on flags are all the colours of the South African flag 🇿🇦 . As a South Africa, I am proud that we are able to bring together the best and worst and create a wonderful thing 🎉❤

[@moyrawoodward2291]

I love the South African flag.

[@robertwoodrow9650]

It's far too cluttered and complicated.

[@Shujaa24]

​@@robertwoodrow9650Then I really hope you don't see Turkmenistan's flag cause you are gonna flip

[@christinahamilton7676]

Most countries: **normal looking flags** Everyone: No, I don't like it. Canada: **has a leaf in the middle** Everyone: *YAAAAS*

[@Tokari_]

Circle in the middle of paper perfect

[@freerights6695]

The list is trash. The people who voted have no taste

[@kuladhikari4906]

🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵triangular flag! awesome !

[@alcabone1126]

Yeah i don't like canada's flag, it uses 2 colours and just has a leaf. Same with Japan

[@alcabone1126]

@@freerights6695 some of them are alright, although i think canada, japan and norway shouldn'y be there

[@XD-bx6ee]

“The colors that scored highest were red black and white” *Proud German Empire noises*

[@aonghasmacaghobhainn2322]

also y'know Yemen

[@giuliano5847]

Gluten tag

[@leoriso]

Sad yellow, green and blue Brazilian noises

[@slayride136]

Yes

[@giuliano5847]

@ROHITASVA PARASHAR I know, is just a bread joke. BTW Gunten NICE

[@danjaminmonster]

1.Seychelles 🇸🇨 2.St Lucia 🇱🇨 3.Bhutan 🇧🇹 4.Norway 🇳🇴 5.Iceland 🇮🇸 6.Ethiopia 🇪🇹 7.Estonia 🇪🇪 8.Brazil 🇧🇷 9. Argentina 🇦🇷 10. Kiribati 🇰🇮

[@Hillers62]

As a Vexillologist for 52 years and a member of the North American Vexillological Association (NAVA), I would agree that Canada has one of the best flags in the world...

[@floragato_]

🇳🇵: I'm so upset about the results.

[@rabindrapokhrel4777]

Same

[@theanglo-lithuanian1768]

Its a badass flag.

[@amphibianclan8531]

🇳🇵🇳🇵Nepal flag is the unique one 💯. ♥️♥️🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776]

I prefer Sri Lanka but Nepal is second on my list

[@rabindrapokhrel4777]

Finally I see some people who know nepal

[@jackiecooper9439]

"I'll give u 5 seconds" YT plays 5 sec ad🤣

[@lukad7744]

I think they are the ones who added it

[@jackiecooper9439]

@@lukad7744 Yea. He said that in 3:54

[@Karagoth444]

Jack: Put in a midroll [ad] YT Premium users: what ad?

[@lukad7744]

Premium gang!

[@matpk]

Try British Hong Kong Flag

[@maejadealyna6712]

You have no idea how happy I was when you announce for Canada I was realy stressing at the end and hopping for it since I'm canadian!!!!

[@rickfarny]

Surprised Italy wasn't up there. Those three colours are so distinctive that you can put them in a narrow band, ribbon or text underline and immediately know that a product is Italian.

[@PedroGomes-mt3iz]

“The colors that scored highest were red black and white...” uh oh

[@tortugatech]

*the Weimar republic intensifies*

[@unlogischtv3373]

For the Kaiser

[@momo-cchi5978]

They're Arab colours now 😂

[@ThcPatient]

Because Yemen? Oh, right, ze Germans.

[@ASLUHLUHCE]

Egypt has all that plus a gold eagle. Thought it would score pretty high

[@77AussieRulz]

I’m surprised Nepal didn’t get in the top ten considering everyone I know likes the unique look

[@bikash8984]

@light yagami First know more about Hindutva, there is clear fucking difference between Hindutva and Hinduism

[@somemexicanguy6591]

Its unique but not the best

[@pingo6874]

While I agree with the worst ones, the "best flags" are kinda BS. Maybe its just different taste but it smells like bias. Common UK & Scotland? I would put them pretty much to the bottom not counting some weird oversea-territory island flags

[@outerspace7391]

*Jacksfilms noises*

[@zidane8452]

Unique yes but ugly

[@sebastiangamerproplus2731]

As a Canadian I was singing the anthem and clapping at how proud I am in the world

[@RandomNorwegianGuy.]

The Norwegian and British flags are the most appealing to the eye imo

[@itsjacob7239]

This whole time I thought TLDR was just KZbin with artificial intelligence.

[@noHarmony1]

Europe: "Here is how some of the big countries ranked." Well, screw Germany I guess.

[@manuelr.7461]

Ikr

[@ShadowSkryba]

and Poland

[@svenwildhaber3746]

@@ShadowSkryba poland aint big lmao

[@ShadowSkryba]

@@svenwildhaber3746 It's 9th biggest in Europe

[@wanitooo]

Germany is just an american startup

[@dolcethesmorse1890]

Is it just my laptop, or was the Google Sheet Leaderboard deleted or unavailable?

[@trillacybin99]

Wow, as a Canadian, I didn't expect my country's flag to be that popular lol

[@JGuier]

Estonia has a massively underrated flag 🇪🇪. It's got super unique colours and they have a pretty cool representation.

[@BabySonicGT]

actually your right their flag is pretty nice

[@XY2Moroccoball]

It's my fav flag after Uzbekistand and Switzerland

[@bigtim3060]

Actually really like the flag, my almost nordic brother😉

[@Flanetbot]

I personally like the Estonian flag but the country’s with the best flags for me come from Europe and North America

[@2712animefreak]

@@Flanetbot Estonia is in Europe.

[@rozeshmanandhar808]

Other countries: square flag Nepal: triangular shape flag .

[@asghar.7]

They don't have square flags they have rectangular flags

[@Eliseholohan132]

@@thekingofracoons only Switzerland and Vatican City have square flags, the rest are rectangular in some way

[@tosche774]

@@Eliseholohan132 Well technically square flags are also rectangular flags ^^

[@Carewolf]

Denmark has a swallow tail flag, it is just customary to use a rectangular version when putting it side by side with other flags.

[@Idk-dc7hv]

I love the flags of Angola, Estonia, Bhutan, Wales, Belize, Guadeloupe, Mongolia, Morocco, Isle of Man, Sicily, Hong kong, Latvia, Qatar, and Albania, the Albanian flag looks like something a villain would have and I love love it

[@alanmoore2197]

Good work (and interesting presentation!)

[@boink8653]

The Japanese are just being modest.

[@bakr6405]

Or they were angry they didn't get the first place.

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

It's just a dot

[@borismuller86]

Honestly I think it’s a beautiful flag. Understated but iconic.

[@ChargingStag]

Honestly I was wondering how the Japanese flag got so highly rated as well. Overall it is a very simplistic design, and while I can understand that some people might enjoy that in a design, no other really simplistic designs broke top 10, so I'm not sure why Japan's in particular made it there. The only time I can really say that it was *iconic* as such is World War II, unless I'm missing its modern implications. Either that or it got rated so highly in part because Japan has become somewhat of an 'obsession' country in recent times, and people just want to rate it highly because they're obsessed with Japan aha. That would help explain why Japanese people themselves happen to be the only ones in the world to underrate their own flag!

[@DracoDrakie]

To think if the "Imperial Japan flag" would still be in use I would have voted that quite high. Not because of the negative background of it. But that makes me wondering if Japanese people feel like there current flag feels to reminiscent to the Imperial one?!

[@davidjorden2433]

I’m Canadian and was not expecting this result.

[@paranoidrodent]

Also Canadian and I was expecting a top 10 and possibly top 3 finish, not out of patriotism but because I've read articles written by marketing experts who praise the Maple Leaf's design as highly distinctive, eye-pleasing and memorable. It's super easy to spot in a picture with dozens of over a hundred flags where most of the rest blur into each other, sharing too many elements in common. Even the US flag has several others that resemble it (intentionally in most cases) and stripes are a very common motif. The 1:2:1 ratio of vertical colouration on the Maple Leaf is peculiar enough that the central square is known as a Canadian pale in vexilollogy (the study of flags). Pearson never really planned it as such but he left us a brilliant bit of national branding. I had expected Nepal's incredibly unique flag to grab the top spot though. Not surprised that South Africa made the top 10 along with us since their current flag was also a flashy departure from a prior more traditional design.

[@ecurewitz]

as an American, I totally expected it, Your flag is wicked awesome

[@alexzanderthompson1709]

Im Canadian and I kinda did expect it! Canada is famously loved

[@alexzanderthompson1709]

I honestly don’t like our flag a ton

[@maxglendale7614]

Such a Canadian answer! ;) With love from America

[@izumolee6714]

As a Canadian i can understand why the flag is on top. It's very recognizable as if you ever go on vacation to other countries many can pick it out & know that person is from Canada. It's not overly complicated. Canadian reputation around the world may also have played apart of the voting as Canadians are often seen as some of the nicest people in the world. Even though there are flags that are arguably better in appearance the overall status of the Canadian flag is hard to beat.

[@aceman0000099]

It's just a shame it's kind of boring apart from the leaf

[@perhaps3990]

The best flag ever is pre 2011 Libya, it’s just 1 colour green

[@iFkNxLegend]

TLDR: “The EU is the only non country we included” China: *looks at Hong Kong, then to TLDR, then back to Hong Kong*

[@gilllethrill9598]

England, France and the U.S. must be pretty livid about the number of their territories that made the list too

[@wongnick2954]

Macau at the corner: *sweats nervously*

[@yyshinidaye4411]

@@HKBritons never

[@internetperson9813]

@@HKBritons Hong Kong is definitely a part of China, but should the citizens of Hong Kong want independence I would be in favour of it.

[@MichaelMey]

Where is Nepal?! They have the coolest flag of all.

[@crw45able]

And they save money on material.

[@kaiser_Haux]

I’d rather have Nepal flag over Hong Kong one, they’re both good but Nepal’s just seems better.

[@nasrinfathima4754]

@Rom Rom Ji What does that have to do with their flag?

[@ed_8665]

@Rom Rom Ji stop behaving like a kid

[@antoniogabrielneves7343]

@Rom Rom Ji ?????? LoL

[@thankstogfor]

Sorry I'm late to this. The spreadsheet did not work (link). Can I request for the overall data? Thank you I would like to do further studies regarding this. Thanks

[@BritishRoyalMapping]

Where can I go to be in a future survey?

[@klinchrx]

I think Nepal 🇳🇵is the most original and unique flag and South Africa's 🇿🇦 is one of the coolest too.

[@BeanOnTheFlipside]

🇬🇱 Looks cool too imo 😎

[@avishikajoshi4798]

nepal has the most unique flag for sure

[@mnikelonkatazo]

Interesting how south Africa has all the hated colors

[@swordwarrior4793]

s even iam indian i love nepal flag it is special

[@dogesh828]

Our vedic flag 🇳🇵🇳🇵🕉️🕉️

[@RedNazFM]

I'm Canadian, and I was surprised to see Canada at the top...

[@Kielie]

Me to honestly.

[@andrewrobs]

I cheered, wasn't expecting that

[@ibbzjoseph3841]

Really llol I had a feeling it would be canada. When traveling, people abroad always say we have the coolest flag

[@chrisgould101]

Japan: make huge red dot Canadas: make huge red leaf

[@charliecallanan53]

Same

[@malachaiuys711]

*Guys that leaf was a last minute Chad move - I mean they literally stuck on a leaf and it looks so goood!!*

[@oriontigley5089]

_-A good flag should be simple:_ overly detailed flags such as those with crests can't be recognized at a glance. _-At the same time, they must be iconic and unique:_ so flags like France's are just uncreative. _-Thirdly, they cannot be arbitrary:_ every aspect of the flag should be a concious design choice. You can't just pick random colours. _-Lastly, it should be harmonious:_ as in it should be generally pleasing to the eye. In my opinion, the best flags are: -The Union Jack -The Japanese flag -The (South) Korean flag -The Canadian flag. Those are my guesses. _Note: I didn't include the American flag because even though it does well on the first three points, it's just kinda galling to look at. Too much contrast and activity._

[@The_Jzoli]

I'm saddened that Seychelles' flag is rather low. I think it's a lovely and unique flag!

[@vvg_lol]

because nearly everyone dismisses African countries because it's not a well-known continent, and same with Oceanian countries (besides Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, and Tuvalu) And that made me angry because most African flags and Oceanian flags are actually awesome/epic (like Eswatini, Mozambique, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Seychelles like you mentioned, Lesotho, and many more) and people are just dismissing them because they don't even know them???? I can't even

[@JB-yb4wn]

@@vvg_lol Mozambique has an AK47 on it, why is that cool?

[@vvg_lol]

@@JB-yb4wn it's badass tbh

[@JB0i]

@@vvg_lol it’s tiny tho-

[@liisuliisu5608]

Good person:-)

[@reheyesd8666]

Voters: We dont like UK flags Also voters: *WE LOVE THE UK FLAG*

[@DaxRaider]

non uk voters: its ugly uk voters: uk so coool fixed it for you xD

[@warenhuis7271]

The flag is nice, watermarks (i.e. flag slapped on other flags) are not however.

[@matpk]

Try British Hong Kong Flag

[@lukea997]

I'm not a nationalist but the UK flag is brilliant, it's really unique and colourful

[@catz497]

@@lukea997 it's the worst flag 😂😂 hated by half of those it claims to represent (and don't get me started on the lack of Wales representation on the actual flag)

[@DreamieQueen]

I wasn't expecting Canada's flag to be the most loved. Surprised but happily so!

[@rowauthority]

"Hello" from Prince Edward Island, Canada. As a Canadian, I must say I'm pleasantly surprised at this result. "Pleased" but surprised.

[@Kayuki.Hoyomi]

China & India be like "oh we don't care about rating flags ofc our flag is best in our openion"🤣 Edit: Same goes to US aswell...

[@garth2356]

There's a punchline we have in India which goes "Antrik mamla hai." Which means "This is our internal matter." It came about when the external affairs ministry replied to a tweet by Rihanna om the Farmer's protest 😂

[@vvksailor]

@@garth2356🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@SuperCrystal69]

@@vvksailor 🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕🖕

[@puroobsessed]

This is the reason I don’t see any Indians taking over the comments 😂

[@300blackcats]

@@garth2356 lol same in china

[@tbd5330]

Canada said sorry after beating all other countries in this list

[@Billy-mj9jf]

sorry we're better than you

[@JasonXYT]

Yea sorry about that

[@indrinita]

Canada definitely has the best flag, and I’m not just saying that because I’m Canadian.

[@samuelcote3432]

Lessee go we won

[@genghiscalm4879]

Not sorry in the least. lol

[@Ethan-12]

Plot twist: 99.3z of the votes were from Canadians.

[@Honkled]

WHAT HAPPENED TO SAINT LUCIA (🇱🇨) OR BARBADOS (🇧🇧) OR ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA (🇦🇬) OR THE SEYCHELLES (🇸🇨)

[@fandomhernandez4577]

how tf did Japan make top 10?😭 they literally just have a red dot😭😭😭

[@soggyfranko4631]

I was very suprised by that too, but I guess I was voting dominica's flag

[@mustbeaweful2504]

If people like the colour white in a flag, then Japan's got that figured out.

[@mvnkycheez]

It represents the sun, and I would say it's actually pretty iconic in it's simplicity.

[@sinistertertius1442]

@@mvnkycheez Basically its just a bloody red circle in a white background, and surprisingly the most voted flag as the best flag were artistically almost the same like GB and scotland, Iceland and Norway(the colour is just different), Hongkong and Canada(In the middle of the Hongkong flag is some sort of flower(orchid??) while Canada is a maple leaf), and not gonna lie Japanese and Korean flag is kind a same with the Korean adding something around their flag and blue and red circle in the middle. South Africa is not bad not terrible and if people choose Whales for its dragon then cool even though Bhutan exist.

[@qKitti]

simplistic, 2 colours, has a history and a meaning, easy to draw, why wouldnt it make top 10?

[@ChocoStudiosBrickfilms]

Canada: we have a maple leaf UK: I'm everywhere Japan: we have a red circle with a white background Iceland and Norway: we're the same but different colors

[@user-vi3pi9rf7w]

Japan : we have weebs on our side.

[@kaede2282]

Iceland norway sweden denmark finland,not just Iceland and norway

[@Eskiii]

@@kaede2282 he meant that they share the same colours but they are used in different parts of the flag

[@kaede2282]

@@Eskiii they have different colours

[@Eskiii]

@@kaede2282 take a good look: blue white and red.

[@JWMCMLXXX]

I once read that the flag of Guam looks like a depiction of what it's like to be born in Guam and now I can't unsee it. Also it's my favorite flag now.

[@lennonkelly-james2693]

I love the Union Jack and I think other flags that feature it like New Zealand and Australia look really good as well. 🇬🇧🇦🇺🇳🇿

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738]

I know I was disappointed with 4th lol

[@lennonkelly-james2693]

@@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738 Me too.

[@toni4729]

@@lennonkelly-james2693 I'm English, Australian and I have to say I love the six colours of the South African flag. I thought it would rate higher than it did. Of course I love the UJ as well.

[@robertwoodrow9650]

Both the Australian And NZ flags are incredibly boring, dull, unimaginative, and can't even be recognized by many in the world. There are excellent alternative ideas on the internet that look great, and are just SO much better.

[@toni4729]

@@robertwoodrow9650 Stiff. There's a reason for those flags and there are planty of other far more boring flags in the world. Take a look round.

[@kishankanojiya6223]

le Indian parents "hold my UNESCO". 😂😂

[@pragyasharma9308]

Lol.....

[@gazpachopolice7211]

Shame non-Indians won't get that joke. 😂

[@kishankanojiya6223]

@@gazpachopolice7211 true😂😂

[@what_the_heck_101]

@@gazpachopolice7211 I'm an but I also don't get that joke

[@vult07]

@@what_the_heck_101 Indian middle aged uncles forward messages in whatsapp groups such as: UNESCO has declared Indian anthem to be the best anthem UNESCO has declared Indian flag to be the best flag UNESCO has declared Indian PM to be the best PM ... and so on. So that's the joke.

[@slappymacracky]

Thanks to everyone who voted. 👏🏻🙌🏻 Think we’ve got a pretty cool flag indeed 😉🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@slappymacracky]

@@thando4523 yes we do😉

[@olamsoevik]

What surprized me was how low they ranked Namibia. The colours are similar to SAs flag.

[@siobhandetwiler4869]

Best one of them all 🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@TheCriminalViolin]

I would have had it in first place for sure. Love that damn flag of yours!

[@Ihateusernames1]

@@olamsoevik it’s ugly af

[@lunarfox6206]

What i think the top ten will be: 10.Sweden 9.Findland 8.Spain 7.Brazil 6.Denmark 5.Iceland 4.Liechtenstein 3.Uk 2.Norway 1.Canada

[@FrozenBusChannel]

Nobody explaining why the HK flag🇭🇰 is so highly rated? Rotational symmetry?

[@kasitrends3420]

2:35 South Africa: I'll take everything on the menu please😋

[@hooby7045]

The voters were mostly European: Top 10: 🇫🇮🇦🇽🇮🇸🇬🇧🇸🇪🇬🇬🇳🇴 😷🤒🤒

[@commemorative]

well, scandinavia has good flags

[@hooby7045]

@@commemorative Nah bruh, its so unoriginal, its all just a cross on a piece of different coloured confetti paper

[@irrelevance3859]

Unsurprisingly

[@ioannisplatogiannis4472]

@@hooby7045 Yes, and?

[@fetter.strolch]

@@hooby7045 By that logic, every flag is unoriginal, just a bunch of different colours, symbols munched together in different patterns.

[@BritanniaMaps2048]

2:00 My guess at the top 10: 🇧🇷Brazil 🇯🇵Japan 🇪🇪Estonia 🇺🇸USA 🇬🇧UK 🇮🇳India 🇰🇵North Korea 🇰🇷South Korea 🇿🇦South Africa 🇩🇪Germany

[@elianasanchez3259]

Peru, who has basically the same flag without the leaf : *w h y*

[@Adzoo78]

“The eu is the only flag that’s isn’t a country on that’s on the list” *shows flags of territories not countries*

[@RaghavSkywalker]

One of the most underrated flag is that of Sri Lanka's ..Lion holding a frekin sword ,pretty cool. 🇱🇰

[@astrologystar6060]

True. People are really biased when it comes to ranking flags and other national things.

[@manny1085]

Personally not a huge fan of it, but then i dont really like animals or crests on flags.

[@starsaber9378]

Imagine in school teacher says you to draw your flag and you have to draw that lion

[@GeneralPeragorn]

Flags are meant to be cheap to manufacture and reproduce, plus recognisable from a distance. A lion holding a sword is neither of those things

[@RaghavSkywalker]

@@GeneralPeragorn where is this rule that flags are meant to be cheap to reproduce? We are not living in 15th century..Flags of today represent nationalism and nothing else

[@preking]

Canadian flag maker: Ok, so is this flag good? Critics: No. Canadian flag maker: How about I put a leaf in the middle? Critics: YES

[@chcolate_chip3020]

As a Hong Konger, I think our flag has a nice design, the Bauhinia is a really pretty flower, but I sure didn’t expect it to score top 2

[@robotontheinternet0122]

Other Countries: Stripes and Crests People: Ok Canada: leaf People: Now thats what Im talking about

[@fatimexhika6867]

Albania has a black eagle xD

[@torch2473]

@@fatimexhika6867 But.. *leaf*

[@somethung8188]

The problem with this is that people don't know 90% of the world flags and therefore will have a bias to countries they already know

[@randomnesschannel8820]

Lol

[@randomnesschannel8820]

I feel like some people voted the country they r from

[@thatjeff7550]

But that's a good thing, right? You're not voting on the country, you're voting on whether or not you like the flag's looks.

[@johnmcfly-zf2xh]

@@thatjeff7550 eh, i honestly think that It all has to go down to the meaning of the flag, not just the design, anybody would make the most crazy flag out there and everybody loving it, but the flag with the Deepest meaning/significance and history will be totally overlooked

[@belza1239]

@@johnmcfly-zf2xh but in this case it's just for the design so it's ok lol

[@JCEurovisionFan1996]

Could you please re-upload the results of the world flags survey?

[@naklinaklilast2980]

This is such a well done doc

[@eltea1]

Everybody in the eu; i don’t like luxembourg flag, its bad. Netherland; litterally has a slightly darker blue stripe. Everyone; perfection

[@DutchMolenaar]

Netherlands* It's plural

[@commemorative]

Luxembourg's is better fot sure

[@gubblfisch350]

You misunderstand the data. The people from Luxembourg hate the EU flag whereas people from the Netherlands like the EU flag

[@jacksparo7964]

India, Norway, Ethiopian,Hong Kong, Russia, America, Lanka,best Korea, Canada,

[@smilewaaliemoji4370]

It's Sri Lanka .

[@sonicwaveinfinitymiddwelle8555]

There are 2 important things to win this competition 1. The country must be big and recognizable 2. The flag must be (at least) decent

[@mariosalcedo1970]

I am from Peru and it's pretty funny to know that Canada ranked 1st worlwide and Peru ranked last in South America when both flags look almost the same 🥴 🇨🇦🇵🇪. I guess that maple flag made a huge difference between one and another flag.

[@Toledoblade326]

Lovely!I love peru :D

[@mariosalcedo1970]

@@Toledoblade326 nice!!, actually i hate my country 😁

[@tyhayter5022]

People: Oh Canada, you got such charm with your leaf and such Oh... it's you Peru, you leafless son of a b**** 😆

[@BMGeo100]

It would be interesting to see which flags are the most divisive, have the biggest spread of opinions :)

[@Anonymous-cm8jy]

I think Welsh

[@kevin080592]

gotta go with US flag then

[@JJaqn05]

@@Anonymous-cm8jy I don't think so

[@chris7263]

@@kevin080592 I wonder. I was surprised it didn't make any of the lists, like most over or underrated or anything.

[@owl-arm7545]

I'd vote Zambia very near the top! Unique colour combo and design... and it has an eagle on it! Looks bad ass to me!

[@Nasir3623]

Congratulations Canada 🥳

[@footyball66]

The British flag is a nice looking flag and the fact that it cleverly combines the Northern Irish, Scottish and English flags. There aren't any other flags similar to the Union Jack, it's unique.

[@gwine9087]

And, of course, very recognisable, which is important.

[@brianmathews2926]

You've inaccurately captured the elements of the Union Jack. Firstly, there is no Northern Irish flag. Northern Ireland was never a distinct entity before the partition of Ireland in the early 1900s, and accordingly it doesn't have a unique flag (still to this day their only official flag is the entire Union Jack). Also, the Union Jack dates back to the early 1800s, a century earlier than Northern Ireland was partitioned into existence. Secondly, the Union Jack consists of the flags of the patron saints of the Kingdom of England (which included Wales), the Kingdom of Scotland, and the Kingdom of Ireland, respectively, as they existed at the time of the flag's creation. The Kingdom of England is represented by the red Cross of St. George which we all know and associate with England. The Kingdom of Scotland is represented by the saltire of St. Andrew, which is of course the blue x that we all know and associate with Scotland. However, Ireland is represented by the saltire of St. Patrick, which was neither a flag used to represent Ireland historically nor a flag used historically in relation to St. Patrick. It has been linked with the coat of arms of a family dynasty (Fitzgerald) who had great control in the Irish province (historically Kingdom) of Leinster. It became associated with Ireland in the late 1700s when it was assigned to the Order of St. Patrick, a British order of chivalry established by Anglo-Irish Protestants in Ireland (this was also the first time it was associated with St. Patrick). The Kingdom of Ireland's flag at the time was a gold harp on a blue field, the harp being of historical significance and a well known symbol of Ireland. The Union Jack's continued use of the saltire of St. Patrick is a bit of an affront to Ireland, although it doesn't really offend or cause much notice. It is a symbol the British chose to associate with Ireland and it's patron saint, only possible due to their colonisation of the island which carries some very bitter history. While still relevant due to Northern Ireland remaining in the UK, as well as Scotland failing to achieve independence through referendum, one has to wonder what would become of the Union Jack should either of those two things cease to be a reality.

[@XXXTENTAClON227]

@@brianmathews2926 absolutely none of this proves his first comment was inadequate. Well written though.

[@brianmathews2926]

@@XXXTENTAClON227 His comment says the Union Jack includes the Northern Irish flag. Such a thing doesn't and has never existed.

[@questionmaker5666]

@@brianmathews2926 A thing did exist until 1973, it was known as the Ulster Banner.

[@lild1237]

Top 10 prediction:Scotland,Finland,South Korea,Estonia,EU Union,Cyprus,China,Vatican City,England and Luxembourg

[@lild1237]

For best btw

[@lild1237]

I got 2

[@morairskosana]

As a South African, I can officially say that I am content 🇿🇦🇿🇦😌

[@pquilty8952]

It's a great flag I would've put it top 3

[@j.bbailey6275]

Yeah was quite surprised but happy

[@tago3860]

Love your flag m8

[@uzilewillams8216]

🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦🇿🇦

[@aukemeijer1762]

Heel fijn man! Hoeveel hiervan kan je trouwens begrijpen zonder translate te gebruiken? Afrikaans is grappig.

[@andrejmarkovic1816]

I am disappointed Estonia isn't in the top 10 , their color scheme is amazing

[@jamesquaine6264]

My favourite flag and I'm not even from estonia

[@killerbean5006]

@@jamesquaine6264 Same

[@nomadMik]

🇪🇪? Honestly, those are the colours for my ex's least favourite football team. (That's ARL 🏉, not that round-balled game, nor that ridiculous game they're playing in the US today.)

[@antoinelb8509]

The flag alone is not that pretty, you need to know the meaning, and not enough people do. But totally agree, estonia has the best flag

[@ShoanGachi]

@@antoinelb8509 It is pretty visually, especially with some imagination. I'm just seeing a clear sky, snow covered field with a dark forest at the end of it. Similarly to Ukraine, wheat fields in summer.

[@hecate7]

The fact that Japan underrated itself really says a lot about what the average person thinks of the country

[@Yuhyuhmuhmuh]

I would love to see this survey redone with the much larger audience

[@nischarya]

*"Shoutout to Macau, one of the more unusual flags on the list"* *Cries in Nepal just down below

[@knashboi3914]

XD unrelated but my name is Nishant Acharya close enough

[@nischarya]

@@knashboi3914 aeeee 😂😂, Nepal or India?

[@knashboi3914]

@@nischarya India lol. Nice to meet you😂

[@nischarya]

@Abhirup Nath I mean there are Aryans, Dravidians, Mongols and much more just in my village. So it's pretty diverse I would say. 😂😂

[@RANDOM_CLIPS_BY_OLDg]

If Nepal would have been internationally popular, it would have definitely ranked in the top 10!

[@clandestin011]

If more mathematicians voted, Nepal would have snatched the victory by a landslide

[@borismuller86]

Designers too. It’s a stunning flag.

[@b.d.100]

Other people: No racism! TLDR news and voters: Haha now we choose the best flag

[@yunuscurrie3410]

I love how rating flags explain scottish politics so well rn