Stats

Jimmy by Numbers!

There are now a lot of posts in this blog (over 2,400) and so finding what you want in the statistics posts is tricky. To help you find the current data – here’s a handy list, to guide you to the headline numbers.

There is a Reporting Methodology page (here) that explains some of the issues / flaws in the data used.

Billion View Comic

Jimmy’s YouTube / TikTok accounts, combined, are now over 2 billion views. Plus, an estimate of the additional billions (from other sources) is – here.

January 13^th 2026 Jimmy’s main YouTube channel ticked over 1 billion views, on its own – here. And, on August 14th, the combined YouTube channel views were 1.5 billion (here).

How Many Countries?

How many countries does Jimmy tour? List is updated if any new tour locations are added – here.

How Many Gigs?

In recent years Jimmy has posted, at year end, how many gigs he’s performed. Data collated – here.

On Jokes / Book

Jimmy’s book about writing / performing comedy is out in October (here) and the latest post on the Amazon charts is here.

Netflix

Netflix release their “what we watched” half yearly reports in early July / Jan each year.

• Latest cumulative numbers, up to 2026 06 30 – here
• 2021 His Dark Material was the most streamed UK stand-up special – here
• 2019 Best of Ultimate Gold Greatest Hits was 3^rd, UK/US stand up special in the UK Top 10 viewing figures – here
• 2016-19 VOD UK Network traffic analysis had Jimmy as the 2^nd most watched comedian (UK/US) on Netflix – here

He will record his 5^th special for Netflix in September 2026 (here).

Amazon

Last One Laughing (LOL UK) by numbers:

• S1 in June 2025 surpassed 8m view in the first weeks – here.
• January 2026 Deadline listed LOL UK S1 as the 5th most watched, in the British streaming Top 10 – here.
• LOL UK receiving award nominations and wins (here), including a BAFTA in 2026.
• Within hours of LOL UK S2 being broadcast Amazon announced a 2026 Hallowe’en special and 2027 S3 (here).
• LOL S2 Episodes 1-6 have had over 23.6m views JUST from the UK (it charted in the Top 10 in 16 countries). See here.

Amazon Prime are now hosting more of Jimmy’s TV shows and also a stand-up series billed as Trigger Warning (here). One of the shows from Trigger Warning, Laughing and Joking, was top 10 UK in March 2026 (here).

Podcasts

April 2026 saw the launch of Jimmy’s Crowd Work podcast. Six weeks later its already been Top 10 in 53 countries. See details here.

Fackham Hall

The “main” Fackham page (here) tracks all of the latest updates – or you can browse the Box Office posts (here). There is a roundup of 6 months’ worth of streaming chart info (to July 11^th) here and it went back into the Amazon Prime Movies chart (UK / Ire) at #2 on September 14th 2026 (here).

Social accounts – 2026

These are the most recent reports of comparisons of Jimmy’s social accounts numbers to 28 of his contemporaries.

• X / Twitter – here (updated 31 Aug 2026)
• Facebook – here (updated 31 Aug 2026)
• Instagram – here (updated 31 Aug 2026)
• TikTok – here (updated 31 Aug 2026)
• YouTube – here (updated 31 Aug 2026)
• The above 5 platforms combined, subs/followers – here (updated Aug 2026)
• YouTube and TikTok combined, views – here (Feb 2026)

Age verification is driving social account purges (of bots and users), dropping follower numbers across the board – May 20^th 2026 update here

Across all of these platforms he now has 21m+ subs/followers – here

And Jimmy’s 2025 End of Year Report Card – here.

Linear TV Viewing Figures

Christmas week 2025 – BFQ viewing numbers – here

2025 Top 10 UK most watched comedies – BFQ @ #10 – here

YouTube

First UK Comic, August 2025, to hit 1.5 million subscribers on his Jimmy Carr channel (long since surpassed surpassed – 2.07m on Aug 22^nd 2026) – original story here. Channel link is – here.

• He also has a 2nd channel for stand-up clips and compilations: More Jimmy Carr (here).
• First UK Comic to launch a TV Channel on YouTube – JimmyCarrTV.
• First UK Comic to launch a Spanish language version of his stand-up clips: Jimmy Carr en Español (here).
• There is also a Jimmy Carr Shorts channel (here):

Comedy Central

Jimmy Carr’s Am I The A**hole is Comedy Central’s most successful show in years. See here.

2026 NZ / Australia Tour

Jimmy travelled all over the 2 countries with arena gigs and double headers. 89 shows in 71 days, selling 290,000 tickets. Full details here.

2023 Canada Tour

Best-selling tour in JFL History was announced, in 2023, as Jimmy’s Terribly Funny 2.0 – here.

Scientifically the Funniest Comedian

This is just here in case Michael McIntyre stumbles across it (it may still be a sore point). In 2021 Jimmy was declared “scientifically the funniest” comedian and he told an amusing story (on The Jonathan Ross Show) about how MM had texted him to say “my lawyers are looking into this”. See here.

Perhaps we shouldn’t tell Michael that Ticket Source named Jimmy #1, in a chart of the Most Influential Comedian, in 2024 (here).

YouGov

The British Polling site, YouGov, tracks the Fame / Popularity of comedians. See Q1 2026 here and Q2 2026 here.

Updated: 2026-09-14

DVD Sales Charts

Widget below pulls posts relating to chart positions of Jimmy’s live DVD releases.

He released 8 official titles and they collectively sold over 1.2m copies. There were also a number of DVD box sets (for territories such as Australia) and the sales figures for those are unknown.

See here for their cover images / titles.