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[01/05/26 - 01:30 PM]
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" Delivers Record-Breaking Performance in 2025 Across Linear and Social
In addition, the award-winning franchise landed the #1 spot among cable late-night series on Mondays in 2025 among P18-34 and P18-49.
[via press release from Comedy Central]

COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THE DAILY SHOW" DELIVERS RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE IN 2025 ACROSS LINEAR AND SOCIAL

Late-Night Franchise Scores Highest Rated Year Since 2020 Among P18-49 And Biggest Share Since 2015

January 5, 2026 (New York, NY) - Comedy Central's The Daily Show delivers a record-breaking performance in 2025 across linear and social, scoring its highest-rated year since 2020 among P18-49 and its biggest share since 2015. In addition, the award-winning franchise landed the #1 spot among cable late-night series on Mondays in 2025 among P18-34 and P18-49 while shattering records on social, earning its best year ever in franchise history with views, engagements and total minutes consumed, all up double digits.

The Daily Show returns tonight at 11pm ET/PT on Comedy Central with episodes available on Paramount+ the next morning.

2025 ratings information below:

Linear

The Daily Show had its highest-rated year since 2020 among P18-49 and its biggest share since 2015

Up double-digits compared to last year with P18-49

Up +16% on Rating (0.423 vs. 0.366) vs. 2024

Up +25% on Share (2.76 vs. 2.20) vs. 2024

#1 Latenight Cable series on Mondays in 2025 among P18-34 and P18-49

Social

On social, The Daily Show shattered records with its best year ever in franchise history

6.7B Views, up +72% YoY

418.8M Engagements, up +45% YoY

11.2B Total Minutes Consumed, up +44% YoY

Source: Nielsen, Big Data + Panel for 2025, Panel Only for Prior Yrs; L3, Cal Yrs, Coverage Ratings and National Share; Competitive rank based on P18-49 000s, Mon Premieres, 10p-3a, ad supported cable, excl. sports, 3+ TCs; Social- Domo, Lifetime Cross-platform, 1/1/25-12/15/25.





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