Seth Meyers

Person · 14 cases · 2010–2025 · American comedian, television host and actor

How Seth Meyers spread

Improv led Meyers to Saturday Night Live, where Weekend Update helped establish him before he took over Late Night.

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Carried it 8 of 14
Topics
Entertainment 4 · Politics & civic 4, Sports 2
Wikipedia views a month, from Jul 20152014201620182020202220242026200120069 yrsMost readNov 2019 · 247.9K viewsFrida’s Breast Milk Ice Cream Campaign · Carried it · Aug 1, 2025Lazy Sunday (SNL) · Kept it going · Apr 17, 2024Wordle · Pushed back · May 17, 2022Goya boycott and buycott · Pushed back · Jul 15, 2020This Smells Like My Vagina candle · Carried it · Jan 22, 2020Nancy Pelosi Clapping · Carried it · Feb 6, 2019A Quiet Place · Carried it · Apr 11, 2018Melania Trump's hand swat · Carried it · May 22, 2017Periscope · Carried it · Mar 26, 2015The Jinx · Kept it going · Mar 17, 2015Deflategate · Pushed back · Jan 19, 2015ALS Ice Bucket Challenge · Carried it · Aug 25, 2014Sharknado · Carried it · Jul 12, 2013LeBron James: The Decision · Pushed back · Jul 14, 2010First big push2001New audience2006New audienceMay ’13New audienceFeb ’14TVXOther

  1. 2001

    First big pushTV

    After scouts saw his improv show, Meyers joined the Saturday Night Live cast. en.wikipedia.org

  2. 2006

    New audienceTV

    Meyers became Weekend Update co-anchor with Amy Poehler, giving him a regular role delivering news parody. usatoday30.usatoday.com

  3. 2013

    New audienceMay 12 · TV

    NBC named Meyers the next host of Late Night, succeeding Jimmy Fallon. deadline.com

  4. 2014

    New audienceFeb 24 · TV

    Meyers debuted as Late Night host, with Amy Poehler as his first guest. en.wikipedia.org

Wordle

Pushed back

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Wordle #196 solved in four guesses: the green, yellow and grey gridOpen

2M players

Periscope

Carried it

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The Periscope video streaming site logo is displayed on the screen of an Apple Inc. iPhone in this arranged photograph taken in London, U.K., on Friday, May, 15, 2015. Facebook Inc. reached a deal…

4.3M users

Frida’s Breast Milk Ice Cream Campaign

Carried it

43
‘Breast milk ice cream’ now available: What’s really inside

7.8B impressions

Deflategate

Pushed back

48
Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, side by side

60K derivatives

LeBron James: The Decision

Pushed back

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ESPN Special The Decision title card

13.1M views

A Quiet Place

Carried it

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Official A Quiet Place home-video cover showing Emily Blunt covering her mouth.

$334.9M on a $17M budget

Melania Trump's hand swat

Carried it

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LOL! Melania in Tel Aviv is as MISERABLE, as Melania in the U.S. Watch her push away the CREEP's hand. PRICELESS😂😂😂This guy is DISGUSTING!

Nearly 30K Haaretz clip retweets

This Smells Like My Vagina candle

Carried it

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Heretic’s This Smells Like My Vagina candle and packaging.

100 sold

Goya boycott and buycott

Pushed back

41
Official Goya black beans product photograph; current packaging.

Peaked the next day

ALS Ice Bucket Challenge

Carried it

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Doing the ALS Ice Bucket ChallengeOpen

$100M donated to ALS Association

Nancy Pelosi Clapping

Carried it

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Here’s that applause you so desperately need, boo.

$22 campaign clap shirt

Lazy Sunday (SNL)

Kept it going

50
Lazy Sunday - SNL Digital Short

5M YouTube views before removal

The Jinx

Kept it going

43
The Jinx: poster

11.1M impressions

Sharknado

Carried it

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Official poster for Sharknado, the original television film.

5.7M views

Picture: Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped