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Kevin Hart and Joe Rogan Battle For Most Influential Comedian Spot

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Ticketsource used their expertise in sourcing tickets for comedy shows, to discover who the most influential comedians are by looking at factors such as their estimated net worth, Twitter and Instagram followers, the average number of YouTube views their content gets…

Pete Davidson takes the top spot as the most-liked US comedian, with 29 different countries having him as the most searched-for comedian.

The 10 most influential comedians in the US

Rank

Name

Net Worth ($)

Comedian Specials

Twitter Followers

Instagram Followers

Most Expensive Ticket for Next Show ($)

Google Searches

Average YouTube Views

Influencer Score

1

Kevin Hart

450,000,000

10

37,500,000

152,000,000

89.5

37,760,000

7,070,600

9.21

2

Chris Rock

60,000,000

6

5,500,000

6,000,000

141.7

56,879,000

4,074,600

7.79

2

Joe Rogan

120,000,000

2

9,300,000

15,400,000

95

48,930,000

2,714,100

7.6

4

Trevor Noah

100,000,000

12

11,800,000

7,600,000

80.46

17,584,000

5,007,390

7.92

5

Ellen Degeneres

500,000,000

7

77,400,000

125,000,000

28,319,000

1,270,500

6.93

6

Dave Chappelle

60,000,000

5

1,000,000

2,800,000

141.7

29,479,000

11,865,700

7.01

7

Adam Sandler

420,000,000

0

3,100,000

13,500,000

69,650,000

2,802,770

6.07

7

Jerry Seinfeld

950,000,000

4

4,300,000

1,300,000

92.5

14,269,000

1,724,700

6.89

9

Steve Harvey

200,000,000

7

5,300,000

9,300,000

21,311,000

2,140,630

6.34

10

Jim Carrey

180,000,000

3

19,000,000

61,870,000

2,075,840

5.32

The data also reveals:
  • Ricky Gervais is the most-liked UK comedian, with 37 different countries having him as the most searched-for comedian. He also has the highest estimated net worth, at $140 million and the most followers on Twitter with 15mil followers.
  • Jerry Seinfeld has the highest net worth of any of the other American comedians on our list, with an estimated net worth of $950 million. Romesh Ranganathan has the lowest net worth out of all comedians on our list, with $1.2mil.
  • Trevor Noah is the US comedian with the most TV specials with 11. Alongside hosting The Daily Show, and Tonight with Trevor Noah, the South African has had 10 stand-up specials air on television.
  • Ellen DeGeneres is the US comedian with the most Twitter followers with 77.4 million Twitter followers.
  • Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle have the most expensive ticket show with a huge $141.70 ticket for their next show. Phil Wang has the cheapest ticket show, with tickets starting at $22.5.

You can dig further into the data here.

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