In this post I laid out some figures (up to the end of July 2025) as to how comedians were using social media and who had the most followers/subscribers on each of the big “legacy” platforms.

This follow on post looks at who has the most followers/subscribers. The platforms that have been added together are:

• Facebook
• Instagram
• TikTok
• X
• YouTube

As mentioned in the earlier post – others have branched out into Threads and BlueSky and so on. But unless a LOT of comedians gravitate to one platform, including them would make the data a little nonsensical.

Please see the earlier post for all the variables to take into account.

How many accounts were analysed:

• 30 Britain
• 1 India
• 36 USA

And, just to repeat the previous post a little, Britain means someone works here, not their place of birth. It matters because it indicates the comedy scene they are working within and the size of their accessible demographic.

Of those 67 people – this is the total number of users for each platform:

• Facebook – 64
• Instagram – 65
• TikTok – 57
• X – 59
• YouTube – 66

Examples of the people that are bringing the platform total numbers down:

• Lee Mack – only uses YouTube & Facebook
• Rhod Gilbert – doesn’t use TikTok or X
• Micky Flanagan – only uses YouTube
• Dave Chappelle – only uses Instagram

How many platforms per comedian?

• 1 platform – 2 comedians
• 2 platforms – 1
• 3 platforms – 4
• 4 platforms – 13
• 5 platforms – 47

That’s the reasoning behind the choice of what totals to summarise.

Most Followers – Brits

As of 1^st August 2025

• Ricky Gervais – 25,155,000
• Jimmy Carr – 16,412,511
• Jack Whitehall – 16,050,077
• Michael McIntyre – 9,742,000
• Russell Howard – 8,858,173
• Sarah Millican – 7,084,800
• John Bishop – 5,760,500
• Peter Kay – 4,467,400
• Bill Bailey – 4,328,785
• Joe Lycett – 4,029,400

Everyone else falls under the 4m mark

Most Followers – American

• Kevin Hart – 281,400,000
• Joe Rogan – 63,100,000
• Matt Rife – 43,517,100
• Gabriel Iglesias – 35,110,000
• Theo Von – 24,720,000
• Chris Rock – 21,100,000
• Sarah Silverman – 15,010,300
• Andrew Schultz – 14,492,400
• Max Amini – 14,193,100
• Bert Kreischer – 13,080,000
• Aziz Ansari – 11,995,727
• Bill Burr – 8,516,163
• Tom Segura – 8,357,100
• Jim Gaffigan – 8,267,000

Everyone else falls under the 7m mark

Most Followers, Overall

• Kevin Hart – 281,400,000
• Joe Rogan – 63,100,000
• Matt Rife – 43,517,100
• Gabriel Iglesias – 35,110,000
• Ricky Gervais – 25,155,000
• Theo Von – 24,720,000
• Chris Rock – 21,100,000
• Zakir Khan (India) – 18,650,000
• Jimmy Carr – 16,412,511
• Jack Whitehall – 16,050,077
• Sarah Silverman – 15,010,300
• Andrew Schultz – 14,492,400
• Max Amini – 14,193,100
• Bert Kreischer – 13,080,000
• Aziz Ansari – 11,995,727
• Michael McIntyre – 9,742,000
• Russell Howard – 8,858,173
• Bill Burr – 8,516,163
• Tom Segura – 8,357,100
• Jim Gaffigan – 8,267,000

Growth from 27^th May?

The last time that I looked at these figures was May 27^th 2025 (2 months) – so whose subscriber totals have increased by the biggest margin?

There are some names that were added (to my report) this month, meaning that I have no figures for them, for May. The people below are not included in this section, below, but will be when I next run the data.

• Max Amini
• Russell Peter
• Stavros Halkias
• Zakir Khan

Brits – Total Growth

• Jimmy Carr – 1,602,637
• Michael McIntyre – 227,991
• Ricky Gervais – 225,287
• Sarah Millican – 128,300
• Kevin Bridges – 89,900
• Paul Chowdhry – 75,400
• Omid Djalili – 74,000

Everyone else had growth of below 70,000.

Note that, in the 4 days since researching these figures, Jimmy has gained another 40,000+ new followers.

Americans – Total Growth

• Nikki Glaser – 1,912,300
• Matt Rife – 1,321,300
• Theo Von – 780,000
• Bill Burr – 604,600
• Joe Rogan – 515,842
• Sebastian Maniscalco – 311,400

Everyone else had growth of below 300,000

Note – Kevin Hart doesn’t feature as the figures shown on his accounts seemed to show he’d dropped 1.6m. Some of this may be subs lost, some of it may be rounding issues with the numbers that I view.

Most Growth, Overall

• Nikki Glaser – 1,912,300
• Jimmy Carr – 1,602,637
• Matt Rife – 1,321,300
• Theo Von – 780,000
• Bill Burr – 604,600
• Joe Rogan – 515,842
• Sebastian Maniscalco – 311,400
• Shane Gillis – 238,200
• Michael McIntyre – 227,991
• Ricky Gervais – 225,287

And, a quick visual on the table. From the previous post the Top 3 positions, per platform, are shown as Gold (Brits) and Blue (Americans).