100 Essential Comedians to Follow on Twitter

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100 Essential Comedians to Follow on Twitter

by Ryan Simmons | October 7th, 2010

Twitter is pretty ubiquitous these days. It seems like almost everyone's got an account and comedians seem to LOVE the free service. It's certainly got a lot going for it: it's rapidly growing in popularity, it's easier to maintain than a blog or website, and 140 characters seems to be just the right amount of space to squeeze in a good joke now and then. Additionally, if you've got a pretty substantial fan base (or you're trying to grow one), Twitter can be an easy way to stay in touch and interact with your fans.

With all sorts of funny people hopping online it can be tough to keep track of them all, so I've made a list of 100 essential comedians you should be following on Twitter. Undoubtedly you're following some of these people already, but hopefully this guide will help fill in the gaps.

Stand-Up
Mike Birbiglia
Paul F. Tompkins
Jim Gaffigan
Patton Oswalt
Hannibal Buress
Kumail Nanjiani
Louis C.K.
Steve Agee
Reggie Watts
Kurt Braunohler
Kristen Schaal
Eugene Mirman
Todd Barry
A. D. Miles
Chelsea Peretti
Marc Maron
John Mulaney
Sarah Silverman
Julian McCullough
Bob Powers
Nick Kroll
Joe Mande
Michael Ian Black
Pete Holmes
Eddie Izzard
Doug Benson
Dave Hill
Michael Showalter
David Cross

Saturday Night Live Cast and Writers
Seth Meyers
Abby Elliott
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone
Taran Killam
Jay Pharaoh
John Mulaney
Christine Nangle
Colin Jost
Paula Pell
Alex Baze
Jessica Conrad
Scott Weinstein

The Office
Rainn Wilson
BJ Novak
Mindy Kaling
Ed Helms

Community
The cast and crew of Community are also huge fans of the service, going so far as to create fake accounts for their characters and doing an entire "Twitter" episode before this season's premiere episode.
Creator Dan Harmon
Ken Jeong
Joel McHale
Yvette Brown
Gillian Jacobs
Alison Brie
Danny Pudi

DERRICK Comedy
It seems natural that the guys who shot to Internet stardom on YouTube would take their talents (truly awful puns and all) to Twitter.
DC Pierson
Dominic Dierkes
Donald Glover

Human Giant
All four Human Giant alums, who have since moved on to fry bigger fish, tweet often and tweet funny.
Paul Scheer
Aziz Ansari
Rob Huebel
Jason Woliner

The Daily Show/Colbert Report Writers and Performers
Rob Riggle
Rob Corddry
Mo Rocca
Steve Colbert
Aasif Mandvi
John Hodgman
Rory Albanese
Elliott Kalan
Hallie Haglund Allison Silverman
Miles Khan

OGs
Steve Martin, who finally hit the Twitter scene a few weeks ago and has been killing it since
Michael McKean
Kevin Nealon
Tracy Morgan
Adam Carolla
Jay Mohr
Andy Richter
Conan O'Brien
John Cleese
Weird Al

Misc.
Will Arnett
Jason Bateman
Peter Serafinowicz
Chris Hardwick
Jenny Slate
Tom Scharpling and Jon Wurster, hosts of 'The Best Show' on WFMU, and writers for Tom Goes to the Mayor and Tim & Eric.
Jimmy Fallon
Paul Feig, creator of Freaks & Geeks
Eric Appel, writer, director and producer of many fantastic Funny or Die shorts
Mike Drucker, writer for SNL and the Onion
Todd Levin, writer for Conan O’Brien
Rob Kutner , writer for Conan O’Brien
Bill Oakley, former Simpsons showrunner
Tom Lennon
Horatio Sanz
Adam Scott
Adam McKay
Tim Heidecker
Eric Wareheim
Seth Morris' pitiful Bob Ducca character is a regular at the UCB LA Theatre and his feed makes for a beautifully tragic read

Ryan Simmons is a freelance blogger, and assistant video producer at Asylum.com. He performs regularly in New York City with his improv group Rocky Vee.

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http://www.twitter.com/becca_oneal Becca

Great list. The guys out front are often hilarious, but I looove following comedy writers. They're national treasures.
Will

Very solid list. Somewhat disappointed that I didn't make the cut.
anglofiles

Bob Ducca – good call.
http://sorryyourheinous.tumblr.com/ sorry your heinous

Put this into a public list and I'll follow it! That said, I follow so many already. Excellent list, trying to see who I'd add, but so far haven't found anyone…

http://sorryyourheinous.tumblr.com/ sorry your heinous

Okay, I lied, I found a few:
Christian Finnegan
Matt Braunger
Kyle Kinane

[Just a few I thought off the top of my head. There are more, but some of the funny people I follow don't seem to use Twitter much (or just for posting show info, for example).]

http://www.anfscu.tumblr.com Joe Berkowitz

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http://www.anfscu.tumblr.com Joe Berkowitz

I wrote in to say nice list, and opine that I wished Jay Johnston had a Twitter account. Then I noticed he did, so I deleted my comment. THEN, I saw he only has 11 tweets under his belt and he gave up around this time last year. So now I’m opining that I wish Jay Johnston would rediscover Twitter.

http://www.facebook.com/people/Ahsan-/198900157 Ahsan ايقبال

No mention of Joe Rogan? Get on that.
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No Jim Norton ? twitter.com/JimNorton
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Matthew-Gottlieb/783532455 Matthew Gottlieb

Jim Norton needs to be added to this list. Some of the funniest tweets I have ever read have been from his account.
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This list for the most part blows. bj novak doesn't have any tweets to date and more than half of these people use their twitter to solely promote their gigs. I was hoping the list would have more people like Conan and Colbert who really only tweet the funny.
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I can't imagine how on earth @billcosby wasn't included in this …
dyldebus

I must add Whitney Cummings (Cumshot) to the list. Her once-a-day tweets always make me laugh.
mat

Anthony Jeselnik has a very funny twitter. Anthony Jeselnik is also very funny.
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http://flavors.me/indiefab RYAN NORMAN

Agree with most of these, but some, like Eddie Izzard, say absolutely NOTHING funny on Twitter. Much too serious.
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Seriously, the funniest tweeter I've found is definitely Alec Sulkin http://twitter.com/thesulk

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Seconded.

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sannyd

where are the black comics other than tracy morgan and aziz doesnt count he is indian.
where is Kevin Hart or Lil Duval. they tweet alot and they are funny and they are working standup comedians slash actors slash entertainers and they cross the color barrier.
I forgot..Matt Barry from the might boosh and the IT crowd is a cheeky one. he posts all kinds of stuff that will leave you like wtf

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Rudy Moore

Yeah, more verification on these would've been nice. The account for Ed Helms is a (stupidly named) placeholder made by someone else, and the account for David Cross has been suspended.

My vote for most consistently funny on Twitter goes to Rob Huebel, but I'll also vouch for Alec Sulkin.
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No Joe Rogan? Fail. I see you have Louis CK though, his twitter cracks me the fuck up.
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http://www.simpsonology.com Denise Du Vernay

Aasif Mandvi's link is wrong– his Twitter handle is @aasif_mandvi
http://www.facebook.com/people/Anthony-Garbanzos/34703295 Anthony Garbanzos

David Cross' account is suspended! Bet it was hilarious.
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What, no Russell Brand? @RustyRockets
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http://www.facebook.com/people/Sid-Miester/100000109294349 Sid Miester

Why is it only comedy people from NBC? Is this an NBC website?
ac dj

Ok who ever pu this page up where is joe rogan, joey diaz, bert krisher, and doug benson.
http://www.facebook.com/jared.allaway Jared Allaway

David Cross's twitter account has been suspended?

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