Jon Stewart

Person · 12 cases · 2004–2026 · American comedian, writer, producer, activist, and television host

How Jon Stewart spread

Stewart moved from New York stand-up to MTV hosting, then built a wider audience through The Daily Show's news satire.

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Wikipedia views a month, from Jul 2015201620182020202220242026198719921993199917 yrsMost readAug 2015 · 818K viewsDonald Trump's AI Jesus Post · Pushed back · Apr 13, 2026DeepSeek AI Assistant · Carried it · Jan 27, 2025Potato Head brand rename dispute · Pushed back · Feb 25, 2021GameStop short squeeze · Carried it · Jan 28, 2021Call Me Caitlyn · Carried it · Jun 2, 2015Dramatic Chipmunk · Kept it going · Sep 3, 2014Harlem Shake dance videos · Carried it · Feb 1, 2013Kony 2012 · Carried it · Mar 12, 2012Leeroy Jenkins · Carried it · Mar 7, 2012Vuvuzela at the 2010 World Cup · Pushed back · Jun 14, 2010Borat (2006) · Carried it · Nov 1, 2006The Passion of the Christ · Carried it · Mar 10, 2004Start1987New audience1992Breakout1993First big push1999PeakAug ’15Open webTVXYouTube

  1. 1987

    StartOpen web

    Stewart made his stand-up debut at New York's Bitter End comedy club. en.wikipedia.org

  2. 1992

    New audienceTV

    Stewart began hosting MTV's You Wrote It, You Watch It, featuring viewer-submitted stories. en.wikipedia.org

  3. 1993

    BreakoutTV

    MTV gave Stewart his own talk show, The Jon Stewart Show. en.wikipedia.org

  4. 1999

    First big pushJan 11 · TV

    Stewart took over Comedy Central's The Daily Show, which grew steadily in popularity during his tenure. en.wikipedia.org

  5. 2015

    PeakAug 6 · TV

    Stewart hosted his final Daily Show episode, during his highest month of Wikipedia attention. abcnews.com

DeepSeek AI Assistant

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Official DeepSeek app screenshot from its app announcement.

23M downloads a month

GameStop short squeeze

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Keith Gill analyzing GameStop in his July 2020 video; not the September 2019 seed post.

219.8K Wikipedia views in a day

Kony 2012

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Kony 2012 posters on a fence; Commons photograph under CC BY-SA 3.0.

93M views

Call Me Caitlyn

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Caitlyn Jenner poses for Annie Leibovitz on the cover of Vanity Fair #CallMeCaitlyn http://t.co/NRyh6R09RR http://t.co/GO1ZgJJKBR

3.9B impressions

Donald Trump's AI Jesus Post

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Trump AI Jesus Scandal is Crazier Than You Think

1.3M views on one redraw

Vuvuzela at the 2010 World Cup

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A red plastic vuvuzela on a white background.

22K sold

Harlem Shake dance videos

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FILTHY COMPILATION #6 - SMELL MY FINGERS

1.5M views

The Passion of the Christ

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Theatrical poster for The Passion of the Christ, with Jim Caviezel in the crown of thorns.

$623.4M on a $30M budget

Borat (2006)

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Borat (2006): poster

$262.6M on a $18M budget

Leeroy Jenkins

Carried it

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Leeroy Jenkins First Take/Dry Run (NEW)

54.1K Wikipedia views in a day

Dramatic Chipmunk

Kept it going

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Dramatic Look

2M reported clicks on the clip

Potato Head brand rename dispute

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Create Your Potato Head Family set, with two large bodies, a baby body and interchangeable accessories.

Peaked the next day

Picture: Montclair Film Festival, CC BY 2.0, cropped