The Most Popular Oscars Hosts of All Time Revealed

• A new study shows that the most popular Oscars host is Ellen Degeneres with her 2014 monologue being watched over 36M times on Youtube.
• Jimmy Kimmel stands out as a comedian who hosted the Oscars ceremony the most times in recent history with 3 past ceremonies and fourth to come in 2024.
• Billy Crystal closes the ranking with the highest viewership numbers in the recent Oscars history with over 46M people watching the ceremony.

A recent study was conducted by AmazonSlots to determine the most popular Oscars hosts.

The study analyzed all Oscars ceremonies from 2000 to present times, taking into account viewership numbers during the ceremonies, using Statista data.

The ranking was made based on Youtube views for hosts’ monologues.

For those who hosted Oscars more than once, the ceremony with the highest viewing numbers was chosen to be represented in the final ranking.

1. Ellen DeGeneres

The most popular Oscars host is Ellen DeGeneres with 36M views on her monologue on Youtube.

Ellen hosted the Oscars ceremony before, in 2007, but this one was one of the most memorable because of the ‘Ellen Selfie’, featuring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and other high-profile celebrities.

2014 Oscars also has one of the highest viewership numbers with 43.7M people watching the ceremony.

2. Hugh Jackman

Hugh Jackman takes the second place in the ranking of the most popular Oscars hosts with 23M people watching his opening during the 2009 Oscars.

Hugh is also the third richest celebrity who hosted the Oscars with 180M dollars in net worth.

The ceremony itself had fewer viewers than in 2014, gathering an audience of over 36M people.

3. Chris Rock

Chris Rock holds the third place with 16M views of his 2016 Oscars monologue.

Before the controversy with Will Smith during the 2022 Oscars, Chris hosted the Oscars once before, just as Ellen, but the 2016 ceremony brought him more popularity.

It was watched by 34.3M people and is famous for Leonardo DiCaprio getting his first Oscar award for his role in The Revenant.

4. Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel follows closely in the ranking of the most popular Oscars hosts with the fourth place and 13M people watching his monologue on Youtube, only 3 million behind Chris Rock.

Jimmy hosted Oscars 3 times and the 2017 ceremony was his most popular, gathering an audience of 32.9M people which is still the lowest viewership numbers in the ranking.

Compared to other hosts, Jimmy also has a smaller net worth of 50M dollars.

5. Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin who hosted 2010 Oscars as a duo take the fifth place, having 8.8M views of their monologue on Youtube.

That Oscar ceremony was seen by 41.7M people and is remembered by Avatar’s and Inglourious Basterds’ nominations.

6. Seth MacFarlane

Seth MacFarlane takes the sixth place with 7.3M people viewing his monologue on Youtube.

This American writer and comedian famous for creating shows like Family Guy and The Orville hosted the 2013 Oscars with 40.3M people watching it.

His total net worth sums up to 300M dollars, being second in net worth only to Ellen Degeneres.

The ceremony itself is memorable with Anne Hathaway winning her Oscars for the Best Supporting Actress.

7. James Franco and Anne Hathaway

James Franco and Anne Hathaway hold the seventh place in the ranking of the most popular Oscars hosts with 5.9M views.

Second duo on this list hosted the 2011 Oscars, the next year after Steve and Alec, but compared to them found a smaller audience of 37.6M people.

8. Steve Martin

Steve Martin takes the eighth place with 3.4M views for his opening on Youtube.

Hosting the Oscars ceremony alone in 2001 Steve Martin got less views on Youtube but 42.9M people watched the ceremony itself.

This famous actor and comedian continues to work even at the age of 78 and now his net worth sums up to 140M dollars, two times more than the net worth of Alec Baldwin.

9. Whoopi Goldberg

Whoopi Goldberg follows closely in ninth place, getting 3.1M views of her opening on Youtube.

Iconic actress hosted one of the most viewed ceremonies with 41.7M people watching the original 2002 Oscars ceremony.

10. Billy Crystal

Billy Crystal closes the ranking of the most popular Oscars hosts with the tenth place and 2.4M views.

While the modern audience is less interested in older Oscars, the original ceremony gathered 46.3M viewers, the highest viewership number in this ranking.