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[04/13/26 - 11:01 AM]
Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" Delivers Its Highest Rated Quarter Among P18-49 Since 2017 and Most Social Quarter in Franchise History
Jon Stewart's Monday night episodes lead the charge with the highest ratings for the franchise while the News Team including, Ronny Chieng, Josh Johnson, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, and Desi Lydic delivered notable YoY growth.
[via press release from Comedy Central]

COMEDY CENTRAL'S "THE DAILY SHOW" DELIVERS ITS HIGHEST RATED QUARTER AMONG P18-49 SINCE 2017 AND MOST SOCIAL QUARTER IN FRANCHISE HISTORY

April 13, 2026 (New York, NY) - Comedy Central's The Daily Show achieves a record-breaking first quarter across linear and social, delivering its highest rated quarter among P18-49 since Q4 2017 and most social quarter ever across views, engagements and total minutes consumed. Jon Stewart's Monday night episodes lead the charge with the highest ratings for the franchise while the News Team including, Ronny Chieng, Josh Johnson, Jordan Klepper, Michael Kosta, and Desi Lydic delivered notable YoY growth. The award-winning franchise also landed multiple #1 spots including in Monday late-night across all TV with P18-49, for most viewed cable program across social in 2026 so far, and as the most watched entertainment YouTube channel across the TV universe, with over 615.5M views.

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

Linear

The Daily Show scored its highest rated quarter since Q4 2017 among P18-49

Up +52% vs. Q1 2025 on P18-49 rating (0.579 vs. 0.381)

Jon's Monday night episodes drove the highest ratings for the franchise, while News Team episodes delivered substantial YoY growth

Jon eps, P18-49 rating: up +30% YoY (0.709 vs. 0.547)

News Team eps, P18-49 rating: up +70% YoY (0.521 vs. 0.306)

Best quarterly share for TDS since Q3 2015 among P18-49

Up +44% vs. Q1 2025 on P18-49 share (3.65 vs. 2.53)

Up +11% vs. 1Q25 on total viewers, with 1.05M P2+ (vs. 945K); most watched quarter since Q1 2024

#1 show in late-night across all TV on Mondays w/ P18-49

Social

The Daily Show shattered records on social in Q1 2026, with its best quarter in franchise history for views, engagements, and total minutes consumed

2.5B views, up +56% vs. Q1 2025

144.7M engagements, up +28% vs. Q1 2025

4.7B total minutes consumed, up +57% vs. Q1 2025

The Daily Show ranks as the #1 most viewed cable program across social in 2026

#1 most watched entertainment YouTube channel across the TV universe, with over 615.5M views

Source: Nielsen Big Data + Panel for 4Q25 thru the Present, Panel Only for historical; L+3 coverage ratings, national share; Competitive rank based on P18-49/L+3 000s, 3+ TCs, Latenight Mon/11p-3a. Social- SCR, ListenFirst, Domo.





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