+

Cookies on the Business Insider India website

Business Insider India has updated its Privacy and Cookie policy. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the better experience on our website. If you continue without changing your settings, we\'ll assume that you are happy to receive all cookies on the Business Insider India website. However, you can change your cookie setting at any time by clicking on our Cookie Policy at any time. You can also see our Privacy Policy.

Close
HomeQuizzoneWhatsappShare Flash Reads
 

Trevor Noah absolutely nailed his 'Daily Show' hosting debut

Sep 29, 2015, 20:21 IST

Comedy Central

With Jon Stewart's big shoes to fill, Trevor Noah overwhelmingly won the social media audience with his Tuesday debut on "The Daily Show." But not only that, he got a lot of help from home.

Advertisement

According to New York-based social intelligence company Brandwatch, Noah and the show has been mentioned in at least 95,000 tweets since yesterday.

When it came to winning over viewers, Noah was certainly on top. A huge 93% of the tweets during the premiere episode were positive.

Brandwatch

On top of that, Noah never had a sour moment. The positivity of the tweets never dropped lower than 75% during the show.

Advertisement

Brandwatch

But this extra bit of data is pretty touching. His home country of South Africa really showed up to support him. While the U.S. generated the most tweets about the show, South Africa came in second with 11% of the total tweets about "TDS."

Brandwatch

In fact, the hashtag #ProudlySouthAfrican generated 7.7 million impressions (or the amount of times it was seen).

Brandwatch

Advertisement

Here are some of Noah's best jokes about the Pope's visit to the U.S.:

Comedy Central

Tumblr, Comedy Central

NOW WATCH: A 44-year-old Swedish guy is quietly behind every pop song you've ever loved

Please enable Javascript to watch this video
Next Article