The most important annual list of top comedians just dropped. Every December since 2014, comedian Zach Broussard has released his annual list of the Top 1,000 Comedians of the year. The format Broussard’s list has taken has varied quite a bit since his straightforward 2014 list on Tumblr: There was 2015’s cruel slideshow, 2016’s billboards around Los Angeles, 2017’s list of only women, 2018’s live awards show preceded by 2,000 nominations, and last year’s list, which included the option for viewers to bump names by “canceling” people.
Broussard just released 2020’s list, and considering this was the year that a pandemic made almost all live comedy banned, the list this year is appropriately COVID-19-safe. Instead of the usual list of 1,000 comedians, Broussard’s website explains that the 2020 list is “operating at 25% capacity” with only 250 names. “With so much going on in the world, I almost didn’t do a Top 1,000 list this year. But if I don’t rank at least some of my peers, the virus wins,” Broussard told Vulture. “I’m honestly in awe of all the comedians who persevered in the hardest of years to garner industry #buzz instead of going back to school and learning a real trade.”
Along with this year’s list, Broussard created a Change.org petition called “Vaccinate Comedians First,” in which he argues that comedians should be at the front of the line for the vaccine because, due to their job, they’re the definition of superspreaders. (To be clear, Broussard is arguing for them to be vaccinated first after “emergency workers and the elderly” — he’s not a monster like the White House.) “After seeing articles about Uber pushing to vaccinate its drivers first, I knew I needed to speak up. Why should Uber drivers get vaccinated before comedians? They’re not even that funny. Think about that,” Broussard said. “Based on my years of experience in ranking comedians, I believe the highest priority should be put on vaccinating ‘road dogs.’ It’s well known in most comedy circles that these guys are vectors for all sorts of diseases … Comedians want to kill. But not like this.” You can see Broussard’s detailed plan for comedian vaccine distribution at the Change.org petition page.
Check out the full list of 2020’s Top 1,000 Comedians at 25 percent capacity below, and sign Broussard’s Change.org petition here.
250. DAVE CHAPPELLE
249. DAN LAMORTE
248. MITRA JOUHARI
247. JULIA SOLOMON
246. MATTHEW BRIAN COHEN
245. DAVE HORWITZ
244. GRANT GORDON
243. LANE LONION
242. SAMUEL J. COMROE
241. CHARLES GOULD
240. NICOLE CONLAN
239. ROSEBUD BAKER
238. FRANCESCA MARTINEZ
237. AYO EDEBIRI
236 JULIE HARRISON-HARNEY
235. MARLENA RODRIGUEZ
234. JASMIN BROWN
233. ANNA DREZEN
232. ZOE ROGERS
231. JASMINE ELLIS
230. ALI GORDON
229. ELLORY SMITH
228. CHARLES MCBEE
227. MARIA RANDAZZO
226. GEOFF ROSS
225. LAURA SILVERMAN
224. RACHEL SENNOTT
223. DJANGO GOLD
222. CASEY JAMES SALENGO
221. NEEL NANDA
220. COLIN BURGESS
219. QUINTA BRUNSON
218. CHANTY MAROSTICA
217. CHARITY L. MILLER
216. RACHEL TAENZLER
215. KELLI DUNHAM
214. ALISON WONG
213. ANNE MCMASTER
212. SYDNEE WASHINGTON
211. ALI WONG
210. GREG BEHRENDT
209. JON GABRUS
208. ZED CUTSINGER
207. RYAN ASHER
206. ANNIE SAVAGE
205. DANIEL SPENSER LEVINE
204. CHRIS MILLHOUSE
203. BETSY KENNEY
202. NICK MULLEN
201. CHRISTINE BULLEN
200. STEPHANIE THORESON
199. DAVID GBORIE
198. COURTNEY ALGEO
197. JEFF BLANK
196. CARMEN LYNCH
195. ADIRA AMRAM
194. ANNIE LEDERMAN
193. JEANNIE CAHILL GRIGGS
192. AIDY BRYANT
191. MARISSA STRICKLAND
190. REKHA SHANKAR
189. LAUREN REEVES
188. ALYSSA STONOHA
187.JEFF MCENERY
186. KIMIA BEHPOORNIA
185. KEVIN SHEA
184. YEDOYE TRAVIS
183. GRANT O’BRIEN
182. JEFF MAY
181. LAUREN BURNS
180. LOUIS KATZ
179. DANIELLE WEISBERG
178. CATHERINE ZINI
177. STEPH TOLEV
176. CAROLYN RILEY
175. SHAYELLE DOMINGUEZ
174. HAMPTON YOUNT
173. MELODY KAMALI
172. JOE MACHI
171. AARON BERG
170. JON DURNELL
169. SHERIDAN PIERCE
168. LISA MERCHANT
167. MIKAH WYMAN
166. EMAN EL-HUSSEINI
165. FRANK LIOTTI
164. GEOFF GAUCHET
163. CATHERINE COHEN
162. ALESSANDRA VITE
161. MAYA DESHMUKH
160. SAMANTHA RUDDY
159. AIDA OSMAN
158. LAURIE KILMARTIN
157. PAT THORNTON
156. CORTNIE JONES
155. RICKY GONZALEZ
154. JENNIFER GABLE
153. ABI HARRISON
152. BRENDON WALSH
151. ZACH BROUSSARD
150. ARIEL GITLIN
149. LINNEA CURRIE-ROBERTS
148. JUDAH FRIEDLANDER
147. WILL COOPER
146. RILEY SILVERMAN
145. MARY BECQUET
144. DANNY SOLOMON
143. JAKE LAMBERT
142. KATE MASON
141. IAN KARMEL
140. KEVIN LOBKOVICH
139. KIRSTEN RASMUSSEN
138. GREG EDWARDS
137. COOR COHEN
136. AMANDA SEALES
135. SOLOMON GEORGIO
134. MARY LORDES
133. FRANCISCO RAMOS
132. TYSON KARRASCH
131. JACKIE PIRICO
130. ROB HAZE
129. TIM PLATT
128. MADISON SHEPARD
127. DOMINIC DIERKES
126. ZAC BROOKS
125. DIONE KURAOKA
124. LAURA SANDERS
123. ROB RIGGLE
122. ANDREW SLEIGHTER
121. DREW MORGAN
120. WILL REESE
119. LAUREN GREENHALL
118. COURTNEY HYDE
117. COLLEEN WATSON
116. JUSTIN GOLAK
115. JERRY SEINFELD
114. GRAHAM WAGNER
113. MATT DONAHER
112. ASHLEY COMEAU
111. GREG KASHMANIAN
110. KATHRYN BURNS
109. ERICA ELAM
108. PRESCOTT TOLK
107. GABE LIEDMAN
106. CHRISTOPHER SCHMIDT
105. ALLISON ROSE
104. JESSICA KANE
103. JOHN MILLER
102. MATTY RYAN
101. MAGI CALCAGNE
100. STEVE FORREST
99. WHOOPI GOLDBERG
98. DAVID LOUIS
97. BARRY ROTHBART
96. TRACEY KENNEDY
95. ALI WALLER
94. JULIE MARCHIANO
93. KRISTEN WIIG
92. MIKE LEBOVITZ
91. LISA CURRY
90. ARIEL ELIAS
89. TIFFANY HADDISH
88. KATIE EAST
87. ERIN LENNOX
86. MARCIA BELSKY
85. SIOBHAN THOMPSON
84. ALEX STOKES
83. TIFFANI SWALLEY
82. CAMERON ESPOSITO
81. NICK NANEY
80. MEGAN MCGHEE
79. HEATHER MCDONALD
78. JONO ZALAY
77. GIULIO GALLAROTTI
76. EMILY SLAZER
75. BEN WIETMARSCHEN
74. JESSICA DELFINO
73. LIZA MARIE
72. MARC MARON
71. DANA DONNELLY
70. JAKE KROEGER
69. CHRIS LOCKE
68. JENNIE PROFETA
67. BEN KLING
66. VICTORIA LONGWELL
65. ANNA SEREGINA
64. JENNA BARRON-EWERT
63. DAN MINTZ
62. DOUG SMITH
61. STEPHANIE SIMBARI
60. JONNY SVARZBEIN
59. RACHEL MADORSKY
58. JONATHAN DANIEL BROWN
57. AMANDA STAFFORD
56. MATT APODACA
55. SCOTT BOXENBAUM
54. COLIN ELZIE
53. LANGAN KINGSLEY
52. APRIL RICHARDSON
51. MOSHE KASHER
50. NATASHA LEGGERO
49. GEORGE COFFEY
48. LINAS PHILLIPS
47. DAN SODER
46. SAM TAGGART
45. NATALIE NORMAN
44. TESSA SHIPPY
43. MATT ROGERS
42. SUBHAH AGARWAL
41. CHARLA LAURISTON
40. LARISSA RADTKE
39. ADAM CONOVER
38. JOE MANDE
37. JILL MATSON SACHOFF
36. KATHLEEN PULS ANDRADE
35.ALI CLAYTON
34. ROB CANTRELL
33. KAREEM GREEN
32. DAVID HILL
31. KATE COHEN
30. ERICA HERNANDEZ
29. HAILEY BOYLE
28. BECKY BRAUNSTEIN
27. ED MUNDY
26. NICOLE AIMÉE SCHREIBER
25. MATT NEDOSTUP
24. TAMI NELSON
23. JENNIFER ASHLEIGH LLOYD
22. TOM HENRY
21. JASON FLOWERS
20. JAMIE LOFTUS
19. BETH ALEMAYOH
18. ANDY PETERS
17. CAMILLA CLEESE
16. JOHN MOSES
15.MILANA VAYNTRUB
14. CORIE JOHNSON
13. ALEXIA DOX
12. BRENDON SMALL
11. JOHNNY PEMBERTON
10. GOODRICH GEVAART
9. SUDI GREEN
8. GONZALO CORDOVA
7. BEN WARHEIT
6. SANDY HONIG
5. CAMILLE ROANE
4. SHALEWA SHARPE
3. LAUREN ASHLEY BISHOP
2. JACK ALLISON
1. TERESA LEE
Congratulations to all of the comedians who made this year’s list. And please, for the love of God, stay safe.
