Which Country is the MOST SKILLED at Geoguessr?

In today's video, I'm running through the top rated countries in the world at Geoguessr. I'm calculating this based off the competitive leaderboards, as you will see in the video. Enjoy :)
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[@graf]

poland mountain

[@bartezky4351]

poland strąk

[@maslarz2683]

fr

[@GignacPL]

For those who don't understand, it's a Polish internet meme, a Polish inside joke. The Polish phrase, "Polska górą" literally means "Poland [is a] mountain", but non-literally it means something like "Poland on top". This phrase was said by a famous Polish athlete, Mariusz Pudzianowski during an interview after he won some sort of an international weight-lifting competition (if I'm not mistaken). Due to the "funny way" of him saying this phrase, which sounded rather like "Polska górom", people have started to write it incorrectly ("Polska Gurom") and then have jokingly translated it to "Poland Mountain", which is quite frequently used by Polish people on the internet, whenever Poland is mentioned.

[@maslarz2683]

@@GignacPL najpiękniejsze tłumaczenie jakie zobaczyłem w historii internetu

[@chir0pter]

@@GignacPLlove a good in-joke explanation

[@arrowheaded]

4:58 rip to 300 million americans, zi8gzag census doesn't lie

[@_LBH_]

and to 35 of their states

[@ground.jordan]

copy+paste australian population moment

[@signupboy2004]

we only count patriots

[@feka2983]

4:58 Wow! This is my first time learning that USA was a population of just 26 million!

[@dievas2259]

slight error, us population is 300 mil, other than that its surprising that aus is 2nd place considering they have like 10 times less the population

[@majorbajor]

No, 26.01 mil is correct, @TheFremontTroll07 counted them all

[@luminouskiwi1104]

5:00 woah, didn’t expect to see myself in this vid 😂

[@user-py5dq3ee5b]

Happy for you!

[@lolscorch4686]

My 🐐

[@yannizo]

#9 in US is impressive

[@luminouskiwi1104]

@@yannizo Ty goat

[@GeoJerome]

Goat

[@Spi6eSpike]

Awesome video zigzag!

[@zi8gzag]

he's back

[@alliebooo]

I will be watching this on a trampoline again, don't worry. :)

[@zi8gzag]

u cant stop her

[@oddur6718]

Bro the editing is actually amazing, that combined with the discussion, the interesting commentary and ur personality, you shouldve definately been at 100k a while ago, this goes for all your recent videos btw. Great ideas for videos too, these are all things I'm trying to do with my content too, just know thaty you inspire other geoguessr content creators to do great things too. Keep it up, youre doing great things for the community bro, cant wait to see u in stockholm :D

[@palmtreegal3]

Team World Cup would be awesome!

[@Jamesy-thebeast007]

What a wonderful day, it's sunny but more importantly THERE IS A NEW ZI8GZAG VIDEO!!! Keep up the good work man, i'm impressed.😀👍👍👍

[@MegPea391]

My guess this is the 1000th vid , what’s more!

[@matejnovosad9152]

The problem with this method is that it has a big population bias.

[@zi8gzag]

which is why i included the population counts for context

[@Aisers]

@@zi8gzag you should do some math so its equal for all countries

[@Canadagraphs]

Fun little video, even if it is quite flawed due to the missing players on the comps board. Would be curious to hear your actual thoughts (maybe do a collab with to 5 other pros to get various opinions) where you discuss the actual top 10 countries.

[@charmmosu]

most chill, nice and handsome geoknowr player that i have seen

[@Gael-bc8rg]

You've inspire me to do geo guessr now I grid it everyday

[@zap11444]

You should do a video talking about the best player at region guessing each country

[@juxerr-geoguessr3252]

This could be a cool tierlist idea, then checking out the actual scores

[@byliqhxray187]

nice vid🐐

[@4815162342sbf]

Man I always appreciate your videos, keep it up. You are a real gem.

[@antidotes]

I'm kind of happy we managed to stay in the top 10 despite the fact that many Russian players had to stop playing due to being unable to maintain their subscriptions, thus there also won't be an influx of new Ru players in the near future because even if they want to get into geo competitively, it is quite hard to pull of without using third-party sources that ask for account credentials and purchase subscriptions for you, which is especially scary when you have a verified account that can simply get hijacked and resold. Luckily I'm still able to play thanks to getting a gift card for my birthday. Literally can't imagine not being able to play lol

[@essengeebee]

A teams WC would be awesome to see. I know there was an unoffical one in 2022 but that was before I started following GG that closely. Maybe after the upcoming tournament there could be WCs for solo and country teams on alternating years.

[@Fons-Hendrickx]

Make a video where you say wether your skilled if you're good in specific countries or not

[@zi8gzag]

like a countries i'm good at tierlist?

[@Fons-Hendrickx]

No, I Mean, I am for example I am a bit good at Kyrgyzstan, so you could say wether I am a skilled player if I am good at that country. So I think for example players that are good at Russia are skilled

[@EmeryKatz]

I agree!

[@Fons-Hendrickx]

I got this idea because of the title of this video, I thought it was what I thought

[@MajDeklevaMortis]

@@zi8gzag i would like that tierlist

[@happystudioworld]

nice video, in addition to consus and boki you could have mentioned Blinky lacking from the French leaderboard who would easily put France in the podium!

[@Mrmonksplayz]

Love da vids

[@Batersky]

shouldve counted radu for romania so australia gets 1st

[@BuMPiHD]

I thought Radu was Romanian?? This is the first time ever i’ve heard him called American. Whatsup with that?

[@potenziellerkunde43]

@@BuMPiHD he is living in the us

[@sorakis3560]

I see the Polish flag on the thumbnail - I watch it

[@dominiumpadre]

Ngl i did same shit)

[@Alicja_]

Same

[@kingborgiv4524]

Question for the QnA: What is the most bang for buck thing to learn to improve in geoguessr (poles, camera, google cars, etc) for upper beginner/ intermediate players who know all the basic stuff like which countries are covered, checking hemispheres, etc.

[@majorbajor]

United States population 26 million? 🤔🤔🤔

[@zi8gzag]

i wonder

[@TheFremontTroll07]

Yeah I counted them myself

[@stepanartt8127]

thats really cool idea, you should do it like every month so we can calculate statistic for a whole year!

[@pontuspanflojt]

So Sweden tops the list when putting performance relative to population right?

[@arrowheaded]

makes a lot of sense seeing as Geoguessr HQ is in Sweden, and all the LAN tournaments have been held in Stockholm.

[@jacuppa2029]

5:17 such a good idea

[@chillscorpion2215]

I feel like a well produced geoguessr world cup with team format would be an awesome way to get more players on the stage, however I reckon that it is too expensive for geoguessr to fly out many more players than they already currently do. Secondarily I also think that 1v1's have a lot more hype and suspense around them than team events, which gives it a better appeal to the general public. I'm interested in seeing if it will ever happen

[@mirra_xo]

this is so cool omg

[@spencedoge]

Can you make a video on how to make a photo sphere (maybe even a short)?? I’ve been trying so hard but I can’t figure it out!

[@MegPea391]

Is this the 1000th video?? Congratulations Oscar!!!!

[@mousumimishra4741]

Lot's of good even active players are missing from the lb like blinky and jake lyons

[@joanneho5227]

I've been avoiding the moving format because of poor internet, true aus moment

[@SalK-LS]

Not sure if Canadian player PAV wasn't counted for Canada because he changed his flag ("country") to Quebec instead of Canada. Not that Canada would have necessarily made the top 10 countries even with PAV counted.

[@adams44_]

kinda crazy how polish leaderboard changed after update

[@lancer227]

Please zoom the text (player and ratings list) a bit for your future videos as it is quite hard to read (especially on mobile).

[@werdwerdus]

yes! watching on the couch in my tv it's just like a tiny blur. i think he must have a 4k pc monitor that he records on..

[@niconewtime5589]

Zigzag making a typo in the usa population to generate comments to push the youtube algo. 5d Chess

[@stennostenno1346]

05:10 Today i learned that the USA has a population of 26 million... maybe there is an error :)

[@zi8gzag]

nope! just the most up to date statistic

[@JohnAndJohner]

@@zi8gzag monkaS

[@stennostenno1346]

Maybe the USA was hit harder by covid than previously known

[@user-fm3ne3ki1t]

where tf is blinky

[@6figure]

gotta be France

[@captey4280]

US population shrunk by a lot xd

[@deemas5003]

big up aus!

[@vickiekostecki]

Not to make someone do more math, but this would be interesting to see it take into account population, The States is huge, of course they're going to be #1. Poland was a surprise, but I do end up playing a lot of Polish players, now that I think about it.

[@asttonk]

I’m most surprised about uk honestly

[@Populous3Tutorials]

usa 333 million, biggest reason they get 1st place here per capita, australia and other places are much better

[@maxchronister7713]

love to see europeans get their massive egos checked

[@aa-sk9bl]

that’s how it works

[@yeahnahoinah6438]

Did not expect Aus to be so high 💪

[@harmdekleijn1233]

Didnt know US has 26 million population

[@Daig_O]

We may have a world champion from 🇯🇵 in future🌸

[@kiyzoom]

I'm actually surprised to see Russia on this list. Not because of low skills, but because you can't just simply play being in Russia, you cannot purchase anything due to sanctions. If you want to play, you have to look for sertain ways (what many people around the globe can make in 1 click). Hope one day everything becomes normal, as it once used to be

[@Markus17456]

I swear the US has a much higher population than 26mln

[@beatleplayer1011]

The USA has won the Super Bowl every single year, tbh I don’t think anything else matters after that

[@beatleplayer1011]

Oh we’re also #1 in geoguessr, nice, we’ll take that

[@matyourin]

Why was RC not in the Americas qualifiers a few weeks ago?

[@zi8gzag]

exams

[@BuMPiHD]

Isnt he Romanian? Or is that a meme or something

[@arrowheaded]

​@BuMPiHD yeah he would've played in the EMEA regionals if not for exams. he will most certainly be a wildcard pick considering his top 4 finish at WC 2023.

[@judahdawg277]

I live in the U.S. which basically means I have to be good at GeoGuessr

[@MikeSchair]

Fyi, Belgium, 2 guys in top 10. And 3 in top 100.

[@madaa21_]

You really had to show my elo after I lost everything due to nmpz😢

[@user-xw3hk8ct2k]

What are the top 10 worst countries?

[@FigsyGames]

Great video. The top player on the German leaderboard was banned today

[@SkiDY]

Not the best way to rank these as the leaderboard is littered with alts and/or cheaters and some great players don't really play comp.

[@forgeine]

Poland mentioned noway

[@JSVintage]

#yowhatsgoodeveryone

[@Cime3torik]

Well, the ranking is reeeeeally random : I'm french so I went on the leaderboard today to check where is Blinky... He is 1st with 1758, and Kratsooo isn't on the leader board at all. If it depends on the games the player played in competitive in the last week, it's kind of poor. Wich mod are you using? It seems it's available on the normal interface. A bit disapointed by all of this... sorry

[@lukasz.wozniak]

Australia have to be considered the real 1st in my book given their population.

[@Ice_B3ar]

Didnt RC compete for romania in the worldcup?

[@JHK314]

Germany took a hit after Sennzai's ban 😿

[@jackmerkel2389]

yea because it wasn’t even the german player playing, it was a shared account

[@iyamamoto010]

Sennzai was a shared account for about 5 months. The owner allowed someone to play ranked on it while he exclusively played normal games and unranked (he is somewhat of a beginner). This changed a few days ago when the owner decided to take back the account and go on an nmpz winstreak in ranked. As I'm sure you know, many of the guesses looked very scripted bc he would guess as close as possible in a neighboring country or region that made no sense. He claims he was not scripting but rather getting coached by a third person (pretty sure he's lying). Tldr: the higher skilled player he was sharing the account with did NOT play the games that got it banned.

[@qad358]

I thought rc was like 1960 did he tank?

[@Phoenixx327]

HI zi8gzag

[@bobdebuilder7647]

UK is a alot higher now

[@alliebooo]

Will you be watching Eurovision? Best of luck to Australia! ♡

[@zi8gzag]

not my thing, but go aus

[@marci2009]

I may be dumb but I thought RC was romanian. Though I always wondered about his american sounding accent. Can you explain please?

[@werdwerdus]

well to be fair, like 99% or more of American residents are decended from immigrants within just a few generations. the country itself barely 250 years old. there are not too many native Americans. so a large amount of people still identify with their family heritage from before immigrating

[@arrowheaded]

both his parents are Romanian, he has Romanian passport and can speak the language, etc. but has lived in the USA his whole life (iirc).

[@dazwischenundausserhalb]

Brunei

[@kotzkica]

Did not pay much attention to the community lately, i am curious, what happened to stique

[@werdwerdus]

iirc he was cheating

[@chir0pter]

Per capita would be interesting. Otherwise my guess for #1 is USA

[@JakobMosser]

Where can I download this mod?

[@mateuscosta107]

I also wanna know! Did you discover it?

[@JakobMosser]

No, I couldn't find it and I haven't seen it elsewhere...

[@mateuscosta107]

@@JakobMosser Thats sad bro :(

[@JakobMosser]

@@mateuscosta107 yeah :(

[@raphaelpoulain3203]

what happened to stique?

[@zi8gzag]

stique is banned from the comp leaderboards

[@SalK-LS]

He got caught cheating. Altho, I believe he is still quite a good player even when he doesn't cheat.

[@maximvazhenin3345]

I think in alternative universe Russia could have been even higher cuz now many Russians use foreign accounts to play the game

[@everythinggame5]

Is that the same crookst who speedran minecraft?

[@asura9368]

Yes

[@user-fm3ne3ki1t]

i thought rc was romanian coz of the glasses and the common romanian name

[@gijskersten4831]

I thought RC was romanian? His character even has the romanian shades

[@BlaauwLog]

His parents are Romanian, but he was born and raised in US

[@chaojunzhan2103]

the fact that radu is romanian but he represented u.s in this video is crazy

[@JohnAndJohner]

He put himself as American on GeoGuessr because he has lived in the US for most of his life. It's his choice, nothing to do with the video.

[@arrowheaded]

Romanian citizenship and living in the US...I feel like it's not that crazy at all.

[@jacuppa2029]

I’m guessing USA is highly ranked, or is skewed by the amount of players

[@EsaLena1]

How is it possible that a country like Australia has terrible internet?

[@werdwerdus]

it's quite isolated compared to most of the rest of the world. and a relatively small population, so many of the big data service providers may not be too keen to colocate data centers there as well as it would be very expensive for a relatively small population

[@pariko1052]

Where are Blinky and Consus ?

[@zi8gzag]

both are inactive from the leaderboard at time of filming

[@michaelwisniewski6047]

@@zi8gzagI think you could try an improved version of this where you a) add the obvious missing players, basing your estimate of their rank on their performance in Rainbolt’s dailies (for nmpz) and on performance in the Leagues (cactus league etc - Jake could help here) for moving. b) to counter the potential impact of estimate a, expand the list to top 20.

[@sonarstar]

kiribati shouldve been #1

[@BuMPiHD]

Norway gotta be top 3 by Population in terms of top 200 players

[@Thundergod213]

Blinky? The Sitque?

[@bobdebuilder7647]

stique got banned for cheating lil bro

[@Xi4V]

🇵🇱👍

[@myrxgg]

My prediction is usa

[@harveymessenger3822]

Italy would be top is Foxylolgam played ranked

[@zi8gzag]

foxy will be the first to 2000 elo

[@GriffinK10]

ahh yes the 26.01 million people in the United States really punching above their weight

[@PKSE]

but radu is from romania

[@nicjo_]

when did the US lose 300 million?

[@tatacraft791]

china gonna be high because in china you first play the crappy chineese geoguessr knockoff then you play the real one only when ur good (maybe? idk) dammit i suck but the portugal honourable mention was cool (i'm portuguese)

[@mgln_]

smh maccem and mumrik tanking sweden's avg elo

[@ArthurB26]

I'm not usually patriotic because it's typically associated with the crown/commonwealth in my country (Canada) but in this case... WE'RE #1 GET REKT NOOBS, WE'RE COMING FOR YOU, CANADA FTW BEAVERS AND SHIT WOOOOO 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@justus5879]

9/11 2.0 happened or what happened to the american population

[@fishfrogs8231]

🇦🇺

[@26yuh]

Ranked until you loose when?

[@arrowheaded]

"loose" instead of "lose" makes this a completely different idea 💀