With over 7 million followers across his social media, Josh Johnson was recently called
“the funniest guy on the internet” by WIRED and is a star on the rise. He is an
Emmy-nominated writer, stand-up comedian, actor, and NAACP award-winner from
Louisiana by way of Chicago. Johnson is currently a rotating host and correspondent on
Comedy Central’s Emmy & Peabody Award-winning program The Daily Show where he
was previously a writer for seven years. Johnson is also a former writer and performer
on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, where he made his late-night debut
in 2017.
As a stand-up, Johnson headlines theaters, clubs, colleges, and festivals around the
world and you can currently find him on his FLOWERS TOUR. He is also a prolific writer
and performer who puts out weekly stand up sets on his YouTube channel. In 2024,
Johnson released 28 hours of stand up and he is on track to exceed that amount this
year. The content on his YouTube channel has been viewed over 340 million times by
people all over the world.