Update 05-08-2025 – there is a more recent post, with refreshed data, here.
I’ve been tracking some comedian data for a while and this analysis is all about YouTube. Who is giving away the most material? Who has gained the most Views / Subscribers?
I last ran this job on April 25th and that analysis can be found here.
Take into consideration:
- As the American comics have a much bigger target home audience – their numbers are always far higher than those of the Brits.
- Numbers are also impacted by the people that have Podcasts (Joe Rogan).
- Some channels are a combination of Stand up, TV appearances, Podcast episodes and personal clips. So don’t assume that this is all straight up “comedy” material.
- The number of years since the channel was set up will make a difference.
- If views or video totals go down this is usually because there’s been a clear out of older content.
- Jimmy’s Heckle Amnesty crowd work videos have had a massive impact (view Playlist here).
There are top 3’s indicated for both countries:
- Blue – Top 3 Americans
- Gold – Top 3 Brits
This information is available to anyone (look at a channel’s “…more” function).
Null Points
First of all – I removed a lot of people, from the list, that have not uploaded any new content in a couple of months (or may have only uploaded 1 video, coupled with very little movement in views etc.) – just so that you don’t wonder why certain people have not featured.
- Alan Carr
- Amy Schumer
- Andrew Schultz
- Aziz Ansari
- Chris McCausland
- Chris Ramsey
- Dara O’Briain
- Guz Khan
- Harry Hill
- Jack Dee
- James Acaster
- Jason Manford
- Jon Richardson
- Katherine Ryan
- Kevin Bridges
- Lee Mack
- Louis CK
- Michael McIntyre
- Micky Flanagan
- Nick Helm
- Ricky Gervais
- Rob Brydon
- Romesh Ranganathan
- Ross Noble
- Russell Kane
- Seann Walsh
Data below is as viewed on 19th May 2025.
Subscriber Numbers
Note that the Joe Rogan Experience (podcast) is heavily influencing “Joe Rogan” channel.
Subs only increment 10k at a time so some could show as 0 growth and yet only be a few people short of moving up a notch.
Just the British comics:
How Many Videos?
How many videos has the channel posted?
Note that Jimmy has posted the most new content (since April 21st) with 61 videos (a lot of them Heckle Amnesty crowd work). Gabriel Iglesias is in 2nd place (46) and Joe Lycett 3rd (43).
Just the British comics:
Channel Views
The viewing growth on Jimmy’s channel, in just short of a month, is a staggering 34 million. Although his overall views are 233m behind the closest American (Theo Von) his channel’s monthly increment figure is impressive, when compared to the 4 channels above.
- The closest Brit to him is Russell, with 3.2m growth
- Third place, Jack, could only manage 147k
Just the British comics:
Note – I have checked Sarah Millican’s figure – someone must have been doing some deleting.
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