From The Comic's Comic

Part of an ongoing attempt to quantify our current digital comedy boom

This list includes all of the known stand-up comedy specials released in the second quarter of 2023 (April through June), then combines those stats with previously reported Q1 figures.

APRIL

New on LouisCK.com

• Louis C.K. at The Dolby

New on OnlyFans

• Whitney Cummings Presents: The Roast of Bert Kreischer

New on Netflix

1. My Name Is Mo’Nique (my review)

2. Leanne Morgan: I’m Every Woman (my review)

3. Celeste Barber: fine, thanks (my review)

4. John Mulaney: Baby J (my review)

New on YouTube

1. Jay Whittaker: UNPRECEDENTED

2. Ryan Sickler: Lefty’s Son

3. Matt Cole: Dickadence

4. Big Jay Oakerson: Dog Belly

5. Papp Johnson: Timeless (via Four by Three)

6. Mary Santora: Nothing Matters (via Helium Comedy Studios)

7. Joel Boyd: BLOOM

8. Will Martin’s Total Loss: A Comedy Special About Death

9. Adam Ray: Read The Room (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

10. Nick Hopping: I Mean Business

11. Brian Roe: That’s My Vibe (via Four by Three)

12. Rob Stant: BOBBY BOY

13. Frenchy: The Accidental Crowd Work Special AUSTRALIA YouTuber

14. IIT Tough Hai | Indian Stand Up Comedy by Chirag Panjwani INDIA

15. Stavros Halkias: Four Nights In New York (Crowd Work Special)

16. Goran Vinčić – Dežurni krivac CROATIA

17. Hari Kondabolu: Vacation Baby (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

18. Luke Heggie: Tiprat AUSTRALIA

19. Jay Larson: Sounds Like Bruce

20. Average Joey

21. Aaron Cheatham: Family Man

22. Stuart Laws: Stuart Laws Is All In (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

23. Gareth Mutch: I’ll Be Honest SCOTLAND

24. Mayabhai Ahir: Lok Dayro INDIA

25. Greg Warren: The Salesman (via Nateland Entertainment)

26. Trey Knowles: Wonderland

27. Ashley Gavin: Live in Chicago

28. Christopher Titus: Zero Side Effects

29. Nimesh Patel: Lucky Lefty, OR: I Lost My Right Nut And All I Got Was This Stupid Special

30. Emma Arnold: Myself

31. Aloe Vincent: Ass Burgers!

32. Brendan Gay: The Riot

33. Jason Salmon: Biscuits & Gravy (via Four by Three)

34. John Hawley: Amateur

35. Luke Kidgell: Cheers To That, AUSTRALIA

36. Chris Porter: There’s No Money in Babies (via Helium Comedy Studios)

New on Amazon Originals

1. Lizzy Hoo: Hoo Cares!? (my review)

2. Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits (my review)

New on Amazon for rent/sale

1. Ryan Niemiller : Unarmed and Dangerous

2. Darienne Lake: Altered Boy

3. Chris Strait: Urban Suburbanite

4. Peppermint: So-SIGH-ety Effects

5. We’re Still Not White (Amer Zahr)

6. Stoner Rob: Too High to Remember What I Forgot

7. Shaun Patrick Flynn: Male Nurse

New on NextUp (all UK unless otherwise noted)

1. Milton Jones: Milton Impossible

2. Njambi Mcgrath: Black Black

3. Henning Wehn: It’ll All Come Out In The Wash GERMANY

4. Hal Cruttenden: It’s Best You Hear It From Me

5. Rob Rouse: No Refunds

6. Shelf: Hair (Rachel WD and Ruby Clyde)

7. Jamie D’Souza: Stop Drawing Willies On My Poster

8. Will Duggan: Iceberg

9. Rajiv Karia: Gallivant

10. Sam Rhodes: Colossus of Rhodes

11. The Gorgeous Diva: Songs In The Key Of Me (Jay Bennett)

12. Tarot: Cautionary Tales

New on Dry Bar

1. Chris James: Black Harry Potter

2. Ryan Conner: Cub Scout Dropout

3. Rhonda Corey: Wizard of Walmart

4. Andy Woodhull: Middle Parent Syndrome

5. Andrea Caspari: Don’t Judge Me

6. Paul Farahvar: Always A Groomsman

7. Hoss Ridgeway: The Husky Chronicles

8. Tymon Shipp: We’re In Trouble Y’all, I’m Just Saying.

New on Moment

• Ali Siddiq: Domino Effect 2: Loss

THIS MONTH: 72

MAY

New on HBO (streaming on Max)

• Sarah Silverman: Someone Loves You (my review)

New on Netflix

1. Hannah Gadsby: Something Special (my review)

2. Wanda Sykes: I’m An Entertainer (my review)

New on Amazon Originals

1. Jimmy O. Yang: Guess How Much? (my review)

2. Tommy Little: Pretty Fly For A Dickhead (my review)

3. Biswa Kalyan Rath’s Mood Kharaab (Prime Video India) 

4. Zarna Garg: One in a Billion (my review)

New on Amazon rent/sale

1. BeBe Zahara Benet: Africa Is Not a Country (via Comedy Dynamics)

2. Sarah Millican – Bobby Dazzler: Live

3. Jinkx Monsoon: Red Head Redemption

4. 2 Moms 1 Mic (Selina Ringel, Kaela Crawford)

5. Ginger Minj: Bless Your Heart 

New on YouTube

1. Zach Lord: Not Crazy

2. Dave Stone: Pack A Lunch

3. Eunji Kim: Live From The Raven Room (via Four by Three)

4. Simon King: As Good As Or Better Than (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

5. Lewis Black: Tragically, I Need You

6. Anjelah Johnson-Reyes: Say I Won’t

7. Matt Falk: Not Great (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

8. Tabari McCoy: Be Happy (via Four by Three)

9. Etta May: The Queen of Southern Sass

10. Neema Naz: I’m Your Sugar Daddy (CANADA)

11. Hannah Fairweather: Just A Normal Girl Who Enjoys Revenge (UK)

12. Joe Sib: You Don’t Even Know (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

13. Gareth Reynolds: Ga’Riffs Live Vol. 1 (via All Things Comedy)

14. Chris Forbes Live! (SCOTLAND)

15. Brandon Loftis: Scammer Daddy

16. Handren Seavey: XI YRS (via Four by Three)

17. Tom O’Mahony: Clattered (IRELAND)

18. Reuben Egan: Conflicted

19. Jason Banks: Light Skinned

20. Trey Allwood: Inappropriately Timed

21. Charlie Kojis: A Normal Amount of Pain

22. Chris Bryant: Gender Reveal Party

23. Morgan Jay: Live at The Village

24. Brian Holtzman: #CancelHoltzman (via The Comedy Store)

25. David Nihill: Cultural Appreciation

26. Nate Craig: Live At The Green Mill (via All Things Comedy)

27. James Scott Paterson: Superior Design (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

28. Trae Crowder: Damn Boy!

29. Katie Hannigan: Feeling of Emptiness

30. Eric McMahon: First Down (via The Laugh Button)

31. John Crist: Would Like to Release a Statement

New on Dry Bar

1. Luke Thayer: A Special Gift From God

2. David Kaye: Time-Out Of My Mind

3. Debra Terry: #HighAsGasIs

4. Augie T: Laugh With Aloha

5. Myq Kaplan: Live From The Universe

6. Spence Roper: Just Spence

7. Mike Parenti: How To Win A Fight On Facebook

8. Jamie Ward: Coupon Baby

New on OnlyFans

• The Roast of Whitney Cummings

New on Channel 85

• Leonard Ouzts: The Big Joker

THIS MONTH: 53

JUNE

New on HBO and Max

• John Early: Now More Than Ever (my review)

New on Netflix

1. Amy Schumer: Emergency Contact (my review)

2. 85 South: Ghetto Legends (my review)

New on YouTube

1. Yannis Pappas: Mom Love (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media) premieres tonight

2. Jonas Jeannot: To Be Honest

3. Joe Kwaczala: Ooh La La (via Helium Comedy Studios)

4. Greg Barris: Deep Healings

5. D. Hall – 눈치 Nunchi Special Live in Seoul

6. Alex Nussbaum: Disappointment

7. Drew Lynch: Short King

8. Andrew Rivers: For The Wrong Reasons (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

9. Will Noonan: 50 TikToks At Once (via Boston Comedy Studios)

10. Pauly Shore LIVE From Portland

11. Punit Pania: No Country For Moderation INDIA

12. Ben Rosenfeld: Geopolitical D*ck Jokes

13. Mincu: Amintirile ma chinuiesc ROMANIA

14. Matteo Lane: Hair Plugs & Heartache

15. Lance Richardson: Food Fight 95

16. Meghan Hanley: This Happy

17. Rudy Tyburczy – Lives! In Eugene

18. Cody Stucki: Greatest Shits

19. Dino Archie: Locked In

20. Leland Klassen: Free Shoes For A Year (via CrownTV)

21. Jake Snell: Special Boy

22. Ali Woods: Best Friend Ever ENGLAND

23. Kevin Bozeman: God’s Work (via Helium Comedy Studios)

24. The Yard Presents: Diya Basrai

25. Larry Dean: Fandan (via 800 Pound Gorilla Media)

26. DC Benny: Live at the Fat Black

27. Sam Ellefson: Minnesota Nice

28. Matt Rife: Walking Red Flag (Crowd Work Special)

29. Russell Kane: The Essex Variant ENGLAND

30. Navin Noronha: The Good Child INDIA

31. Dave Piss: Pissin’ Up A Storm

32. Tuxford Turner: Live From The Raven Room (via Four by Three)

33. Jack Baker: Jack Baker’s Disease

34. Sam Serrano: Beautifully Unconventional UK

35. Radu Isac: Keep Coughing ROMANIA

New on Amazon rent/sale

• Monét X Change: Fist of Glory

• Jaye Toler: I Used to Date a Girl

New on DryBar

1. Pete Zedlacher: Holy Goose

2. Mark Chalifoux: The Dad Jokes

3. John Hastings: Everything Goes Wrong

4. Vinnie Coppola: People Person

5. K-Von: Say It Again!

6. Joel Byars: Marriage Material

7. Ben Brainard: From Florida With Love

8. Isak Allen: Culturally Unavailable

9. Chris Martin: A Very British Special

New on Fox Nation

• Rob Schneider: Woke Up In America (my review)

New on Patreon

• Bob The Drag Queen: Woke Man In A Dress

New on Vimeo On Demand

• Tanya Lee Davis: Unstoppable Me

THIS MONTH: 52

corrected to add New from 800 Pound Gorilla Media

• June 13 — Helen Bauer: Little Miss Baby Angel Face UK

• June 20 — Huge Davies: The Carpark SCOTLAND

• June 22 — Sean McLoughlin: So Be It UK

CORRECTED JUNE TOTAL: 55

SPECIALS ARRANGED BY DISTRIBUTOR

• 206 — YouTube had 104 in Q1, 102 in Q2

• 61 — Dry Bar had 36 in Q1, 25 in Q2

• 35 — Amazon for sale/rent had 21 in Q1, 14 in Q2

• 17 — Netflix had 9 in Q1, 8 in Q2

• 12 — NextUp had 12 in Q2

• 9 — Amazon Originals had 3 in Q1, 6 in Q2

• 6 — Moment had 5 in Q1, 1 in Q2

• 5 — HBO/Max had 3 in Q1, 2 in Q2

• 2 — Fox Nation had 1 in Q1, 1 in Q2

• 2 — OnlyFans had 2 in Q2

• 2 — Self-released through personal websites; 1 in Q1, 1 in Q2

• 1 — Peacock had 1 in Q1

• 1 — Showtime had 1 in Q1

• 1 — Channel 85 had 1 in Q2

• 1 — Patreon had 1 in Q2

• 1 — Vimeo on Demand had 1 in Q2

• 1 — Locals Only had 1 in Q1

Previously: For Q1 reference, purposes…