Here’s Proof Seth Meyers Is More Trump-Obsessed Than Any Other Late Night Show (Exclusive)

Fully 75 percent of this year’s most viral videos from “Late Night” are about POTUS

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He may not like him, but boy does Seth Meyers need Donald Trump. Or at least, his web team does.

According to data compiled by Confused.com and provided exclusively to TheWrap, three-quarters of the “Late Night” host’s videos that generated at least 1 million views this year have “Trump” in the title. That’s way higher than the rest of the “SNL” alum’s late-night peers.

“The Daily Show with Trevor Noah” is the next-Trumpiest, with more than half (53 percent, to be exact) of the Comedy Central show’s viral videos containing that proper-noun keyword.

Beneath Meyers and Noah sits next 11:30 p.m. king Stephen Colbert, who can thank POTUS for 40 percent of his own viral videos. HBO’s Bill Maher is next with 22 percent; TBS’ Samantha Bee is one percentage point below him.

Conan O’Brien and Jimmy Kimmel are at 15 percent and 10 percent, respectively, with the rest of the crowd clocking in at single digits.

See the full chart below. The study included videos posted this year before October 2, 2017.

Host
Percent of viral videos with “Trump” in title
Seth Meyers 75%
Trevor Noah 53%
Stephen Colbert 40%
Bill Maher 22%
Samantha Bee 21%
Conan O’Brien 15%
Jimmy Kimmel 10%
Jimmy Fallon 4%
John Oliver 4%
James Corden 1%
Andy Cohen 0%

While Andy Cohen doesn’t really do Trump material, he’s also starting behind the 8-ball: The “Watch What Happens Live” host only has four “viral” videos thus far this year. Colbert leads the pack with 310; Jimmy Fallon is a distant second with 186.

Interestingly enough, the study found that Meyers actually has posted more viral videos this year than “Jimmy Kimmel Live.” We didn’t see that coming.

Check out the full breakdown below.

Host
2017 viral video tally
Stephen Colbert 310
Jimmy Fallon 186
Trevor Noah 125
Seth Meyers 119
Jimmy Kimmel 105
James Corden 98
Conan O’Brien 41
Bill Maher 37
John Oliver 28
Samantha Bee 24
Andy Cohen 4

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