Trevor Noah is celebrating the first anniversary of his tenure at Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” with new US audience data revealing the success of the franchise under his stewardship.
During the third quarter of 2016, “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” reached a weekly, multiplatform audience of nearly 8 million viewers. The series has now approached nearly 1 billion video views since its premiere in September 2015, including over 100 million full episode streams.
“The Daily Show” also continued its dominant position among Comedy Central US’s core, millennial audience, extending its streak as the most-watched daily late night talk show among millennial men to four consecutive quarters in the key demos during quarter 3, 2016. The series also finished #2 among all adults 18-24 and adults 18-34, and passed “Jimmy Kimmel Live” during the quarter to finish #3 among adults 18-49.
“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” airs Tuesday to Friday on Comedy Central (DStv channel 122) in Africa. Viewers can follow “The Daily Show” on Twitter (4.5M followers), Instagram (460K followers) and Snapchat and by becoming a fan of “The Daily Show” on Facebook (5.9M fans). Fans can follow Trevor Noah on Twitter (4.7M followers), Facebook (3.2M fans) and Instagram (1M followers).