The Most Famous Comedians in the World
Top 77 of 77 ranked · September 2026 · See today's live standing →
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The Most Famous Comedians in the World is the September 2026 edition of the ranking, frozen and published by iFAMOUS, the monthly journal of the iFANN Global Fame Rankings.
| Rank | Name | Score | Live |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Volodymyr Zelenskyy  politicianAlive | 22.7 | iFANN → |
| 2 |  Charlie Chaplin  celebrity | 22.4 | iFANN → |
| 3 |  Hugh Jackman  celebrityAlive | 22.3 | iFANN → |
| 4 |  Ryan Reynolds  celebrityAlive | 21.9 | iFANN → |
| 5 |  Robin Williams  celebrity | 20.7 | iFANN → |
| 6 |  Jim Carrey celebrityAlive | 20.7 | iFANN → |
| 7 |  Adam Sandler celebrityAlive | 20.2 | iFANN → |
| 8 |  Zac Efron celebrityAlive | 19.9 | iFANN → |
| 9 |  Cate Blanchett celebrityAlive | 19.3 | iFANN → |
| 10 |  Rachel McAdams celebrityAlive | 18.3 | iFANN → |
| 11 |  Jake Gyllenhaal celebrityAlive | 18.3 | iFANN → |
| 12 |  Jamie Foxx celebrityAlive | 18.1 | iFANN → |
| 13 |  Rowan Atkinson celebrityAlive | 17.8 | iFANN → |
| 14 |  Seth Rogen celebrityAlive | 16.9 | iFANN → |
| 15 |  Woody Allen celebrityAlive | 15.6 | iFANN → |
| 16 |  Matthew Perry celebrity | 15.4 | iFANN → |
| 17 |  Tom Hiddleston celebrityAlive | 14.9 | iFANN → |
| 18 |  Kevin Hart celebrityAlive | 14.6 | iFANN → |
| 19 |  Ben Stiller celebrityAlive | 14.5 | iFANN → |
| 20 |  Sacha Baron Cohen celebrityAlive | 14.2 | iFANN → |
| 21 |  Emma Thompson celebrityAlive | 14.1 | iFANN → |
| 22 |  Hugh Grant celebrityAlive | 13.9 | iFANN → |
| 23 |  Stephen Colbert celebrityAlive | 13.8 | iFANN → |
| 24 |  Woody Harrelson celebrityAlive | 13.7 | iFANN → |
| 25 |  Ellen DeGeneres public figureAlive | 13.6 | iFANN → |
| 26 |  Danny DeVito celebrityAlive | 13.6 | iFANN → |
| 27 |  Steve Carell celebrityAlive | 13.5 | iFANN → |
| 28 |  Kaley Cuoco celebrityAlive | 13.5 | iFANN → |
| 29 |  Whoopi Goldberg celebrityAlive | 13.3 | iFANN → |
| 30 |  Terry Crews celebrityAlive | 13.2 | iFANN → |
| 31 |  Simon Pegg celebrityAlive | 12.8 | iFANN → |
| 32 |  Olivia Colman celebrityAlive | 12.8 | iFANN → |
| 33 |  Alan Cumming public figureAlive | 12.3 | iFANN → |
| 34 |  Chris Rock celebrityAlive | 12.1 | iFANN → |
| 35 |  Molière  celebrity | 12.0 | iFANN → |
| 36 |  Mel Brooks celebrityAlive | 12.0 | iFANN → |
| 37 |  Tim Curry celebrityAlive | 11.9 | iFANN → |
| 38 |  Taika Waititi  celebrityAlive | 11.8 | iFANN → |
| 39 |  Jamie Lee Curtis celebrityAlive | 11.8 | iFANN → |
| 40 |  Tyler Perry celebrityAlive | 11.6 | iFANN → |
| 41 |  Jesse Eisenberg celebrityAlive | 11.6 | iFANN → |
| 42 |  Jimmy Fallon celebrityAlive | 11.5 | iFANN → |
| 43 |  Jonah Hill celebrityAlive | 11.4 | iFANN → |
| 44 |  Bill Murray celebrityAlive | 11.3 | iFANN → |
| 45 |  Catherine O'Hara celebrity | 11.3 | iFANN → |
| 46 |  Michael Sheen celebrityAlive | 11.3 | iFANN → |
| 47 |  Jim Parsons celebrityAlive | 11.2 | iFANN → |
| 48 |  Melissa McCarthy celebrityAlive | 11.2 | iFANN → |
| 49 |  Chris Tucker celebrityAlive | 11.1 | iFANN → |
| 50 |  Matt LeBlanc celebrityAlive | 11.1 | iFANN → |
| 51 |  Aubrey Plaza celebrityAlive | 11.1 | iFANN → |
| 52 |  Rob Reiner public figure | 10.8 | iFANN → |
| 53 |  Leslie Nielsen public figure | 10.6 | iFANN → |
| 54 |  Goldie Hawn celebrityAlive | 10.5 | iFANN → |
| 55 |  Jimmy Carr  celebrityAlive | 10.5 | iFANN → |
| 56 |  Tina Fey celebrityAlive | 10.5 | iFANN → |
| 57 |  Alfred Molina celebrityAlive | 10.4 | iFANN → |
| 58 |  Rob Schneider public figureAlive | 10.4 | iFANN → |
| 59 |  Martin Lawrence  celebrityAlive | 10.3 | iFANN → |
| 60 |  Bill Maher celebrityAlive | 10.1 | iFANN → |
| 61 |  Martin Short celebrityAlive | 10.1 | iFANN → |
| 62 |  Hank Green internet personalityAlive | 10.1 | iFANN → |
| 63 |  Jerry Seinfeld celebrityAlive | 10.0 | iFANN → |
| 64 |  Kieran Culkin celebrityAlive | 9.9 | iFANN → |
| 65 |  John Cleese celebrityAlive | 9.9 | iFANN → |
| 66 |  Dean Martin public figure | 9.9 | iFANN → |
| 67 |  Russell Brand public figureAlive | 9.9 | iFANN → |
| 68 |  Seth MacFarlane celebrityAlive | 9.9 | iFANN → |
| 69 |  Ken Jeong celebrityAlive | 9.8 | iFANN → |
| 70 |  Terence Hill  celebrityAlive | 9.8 | iFANN → |
| 71 |  Dick Van Dyke celebrityAlive | 9.8 | iFANN → |
| 72 |  Jason Sudeikis celebrityAlive | 9.8 | iFANN → |
| 73 |  Rob Lowe celebrityAlive | 9.7 | iFANN → |
| 74 |  Pete Davidson  celebrityAlive | 9.6 | iFANN → |
| 75 |  Julia Louis-Dreyfus celebrityAlive | 9.5 | iFANN → |
| 76 |  Glen Powell celebrityAlive | 9.5 | iFANN → |
| 77 |  Graham Norton celebrityAlive | 9.5 | iFANN → |
About this list
This list ranks the most famous comedians in the world as of September 2026, by overall global fame rather than one month's attention. It is the top 77 of 77 names the rankings measured in this sector, frozen as the permanent record of that edition. This is the standard reading: everyone, living or dead, on one scale. 69 of the 77 listed are living; the Alive reading restricts the same ranking to living people.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy is No. 1 on this list for September 2026. Behind Volodymyr Zelenskyy come Charlie Chaplin and Hugh Jackman.
What famous means here
Fame, in iFAMOUS, is how widely the world knows a name: how recognisable a person's name, face or work is, and how well people know who they are. It is assessed from extensive historical and current public data, some of it reaching back more than twenty years, and it is not merit, talent, importance or popularity on iFANN. The rankings model real-world global fame, not internet fame; the data is the instrument, not the subject. Activity on iFANN itself is excluded.
The month in the title is the date of this edition, not the period measured. The list is a snapshot of overall fame as it stood when the issue was frozen: a name does not lose its place because one month was quiet, and a trending moment alone does not put a name here. Trending attention is published separately on ifann.net.
How the list was ranked
The iFANN Global Fame Rankings combine worldwide Wikipedia readership across languages, worldwide news coverage and search interest anchored against stable reference names, with search history reaching back to 2004. A twelve-month baseline sits behind the current reading and short-lived surges are capped, so the list reflects durable recognition rather than one week of headlines. Rankings are computed daily on ifann.net and frozen on the second day of the following month as that month's issue; a published issue never changes.
About Comedy
Comedy is one of the sectors the journal ranks every month, alongside every country, origin and region list in this issue. Sector lists use the same rankings and the same scale as The 100, so a name can be compared across sectors and against the world. Comedians, stand-up, sketch and improv: the people and shows that make people laugh.
Powered by iFANN
iFAMOUS is published by iFANN and powered by the iFANN Global Fame Rankings v5.70. Today's live standing for this list is on ifann.net; the journal freezes it once a month so it can be cited permanently.
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"Volodymyr Zelenskyy, No. 1 on The Most Famous Comedians in the World", iFAMOUS No. 2 (September 2026), ifamous.org