New York's mayor, Trump and public restrooms carry Jimmy Kimmel Live

Zohran Mamdani's interview pulled far ahead while the channel as a whole, and the late-night shows around it, moved well below their usual pace.

Channel: Jimmy Kimmel LiveStory of September 30, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 1,949,198 views a day, 14 times a normal first day on this channel (138,494).

Mayor Zohran Mamdani on His Relationship with Trump, People in Sewers & New Public Restrooms

What brings New York City's mayor to a Hollywood talk-show couch? The title lists three things: his relationship with Donald Trump, people in the sewers, and new public restrooms. Zohran Mamdani's visit to Jimmy Kimmel Live had close to 1.9 million views in less than a day.

That is roughly fourteen times what a new Kimmel upload usually gathers on its first day. It also arrived during a slow spell for the channel, which was drawing well under half its normal daily views overall. The neighbors were quiet too. The channels of Jimmy Fallon's and Stephen Colbert's shows were both below their usual rates.

Mamdani won New York's 2025 mayoral race after serving in the State Assembly for a district in Queens, and he took office at the start of 2026. Earlier in the week, the host's own Trump material set the pace on the channel. This time the Trump talk comes from a guest who runs the city where the president grew up, and the mix of sewers and restrooms suggests a conversation that stayed close to the everyday work of the job.

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The numbers

The figures below show a single interview racing ahead on a channel that was otherwise having a quiet stretch.

the video's first day

usual first day here

138,494

this video

1,949,198

subscribers

22,200,000

total views

15,762,763,881

views per day

619,252

typical day: 2,049,059

the video

views

1,895,692

likes

53,861

comments

3,713

days online

1

compared with similar channels (subscribers)

The Tonight Show Starring…

34,200,000

Jimmy Kimmel Live

22,200,000

Saturday Night Live

17,300,000

The Daily Show

14,000,000

The Late Show with Stephe…

10,700,000

LastWeekTonight

10,200,000

As of September 30, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.

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