Druski just scored huge win.
The internet comedian’s Nov. 7 Saturday Night Live hosting debut drew 5.6 million viewers, giving the NBC sketch series its biggest audience in two years, according to Nielsen ratings from The Hollywood Reporter.
The post-election episode, which featured The Strokes as musical guest, also delivered the show’s highest rating in the adults ages 18–49 demographic in two years.
Druski celebrated the news Wednesday with a message on Instagram, writing: “Holy s–t thank you SNL & the incredible fans who watched.”
The episode’s audience topped the Oct. 31 installment, hosted by Obsession star Inde Navarrette with musical guest Gracie Abrams. That Halloween broadcast attracted 5.2 million viewers and previously held the current season’s ratings record.
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The last regular episode to draw a larger audience than Druski’s aired on Nov. 2, 2024, when comedian John Mulaney hosted and Chappell Roan performed. That broadcast was watched by 6.6 million viewers.
Druski, born Drew Desbordes, has been billed as the first digital creator to host the long-running series. Although some people have been debating that fact, since Abbott Elementary creator and star Quinta Brunson, who previously worked at BuzzFeed and built an online following before striking gold at ABC, hosted in 2023 and 2025.
As Urban Hollywood 411 previously reported, Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Michael B. Jordan joined Druski onstage for the curtain call. Emma Stone, his co-star in the upcoming comedy The Catch, appeared during his opening monologue and returned for the goodbyes.
During the episode, Druski transformed into convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes for “Dru Can See Everything,” a spoof of the documentary You Can See Everything. He also played a BET political pundit alongside Kenan Thompson and Saidah Belo-Osagie in a sketch where the trio refused to believe Senator-elect Sherrod Brown and fed Chair Jerome Powell are not Black.
SNL could continue to build on its ratings momentum when Mulaney returns this Saturday, Nov. 14, with musical guest Phoebe Bridgers.
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