Jimmy Kimmel Live's breakout videos
Every recent long-form upload, scored against the channel's own median. These are the videos the audience pushed far past normal. Updated weekly.
Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down Midterm Election Results, Trump Loses Bigly & Assistant Natalie Stops By!
Trump’s New Press Secretary Has Disastrous First Day & Guillermo Booted from Dancing with the Stars!14.6×3
Trump Comments on Nicki Minaj’s “Beautiful Ass," Obama Roasts Trump & Midterm Shenanigans12.6×4
The White House is Mad at Jimmy Kimmel AGAIN, Trump’s Press Secretary Mess & Fox News Betrays Him11.5×5
Trump Complains About Jimmy Kimmel, Throws Fit Over Not Winning Nobel Peace Prize & Guillermo-Mania!10.6×6
Trump Lashes Out at a Reporter, Hecklers Take Over His Rallies & Obama's Cheesecake Factory ResponseWhat's working for Jimmy Kimmel Live right now
The channel's typical long-form video gets about 535K views. “Jimmy Kimmel Breaks Down Midterm Election Results, Trump Loses Bigly & Assistant Natalie Stops By!” reached 13.0M, roughly 24.4 times that. When one idea outperforms a channel's baseline this much, the audience is telling you the topic and packaging resonated, which makes it worth studying before you plan your next video.
How these scores work
We take the channel's latest long-form uploads (Shorts excluded), find the median view count, and divide each video's views by it. A 5× score means five times the channel's normal performance. Data comes from the public YouTube Data API and refreshes weekly. Last updated November 5, 2026.
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