I was curious on Letterman's success with social media compared to his contemporaries. Boy, it is not good. The following is a chart of David Letterman, Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Conan O'Brien, and John Oliver videos on YouTube with the indicated number of views. I would also do Jon Stewart, but he lacks a Daily Show specific channel on YouTube.
| Views | Letterman | Fallon | Kimmel | O'Brien | Oliver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50M+ | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20M-50M | 0 | 23 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 10M-20M | 1 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 1 |
| 5M-10M | 0 | 64 | 43 | 22 | 14 |
| Total Channel Views | 155 Million | 2.8 Billion | 2.0 Billion | 1.4 Billion | 288 Million |
Holy cow! That is awful for Letterman. With the exception of a single video, he doesn't even have any other 5M+ view video on YouTube. It's also worth noting that the video that cracks the 10 million mark is a video released less than two weeks before his last show.
What I find amazing is how Conan O'brien and John Oliver have such better social media audiences on YouTube despite being on basic cable or HBO. Even their total views blow away Letterman. Oliver's channel does much better than Letterman's even though he has weekly program while everyone else has nightly programs. So he is doing more with a much smaller of videos.
Another completely random measurement, number of Twitter Followers for their respective shows and their own personal accounts. It appears that Letterman only has a twitter for his show and not a personal account.
@letterman: 348K
@jimmyfallon: 25.3 Million
@FallonTonight: 2.63 Million
@jimmykimmel: 5.29 Million
@JimmyKimmelLive: 834K
@ConanObrien: 16.5 Million
@TeamCoco: 588K
@iamjohnoliver: 991K
@LastWeekTonight: 417K
Again, numbers don't look good for Letterman. He's substantially lower than everyone else.
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