Popular? Yes.

One of the most popular in the US? No.

If you made a list of all the people from most popular to least popular he would definitely be on it.

Kids, I'm twice 35 and think Colbert is an fing riot.

well by that standard louis ck would be the most popular person in american by a long shot. Hes known, but as mentioned before, not by people 40 plus to a large degree. These questions are stupid, im going back to making love to my beer.

Oldest person on 2+2?

Sums it up. He's definitely not a top-100 celebrity type. I highly doubt he's even top 25 if you limited the field to television celebrities who are active today.

Who is the most popular? Obama? There's got to be at least like.. 100 million people in the US that like him.

the most popular is obv katy perry because she's the hottest, ldo

Just because the show slams American imagery in your face don't forgot that "Stephen Colbert" is a character played by Stephen Colbert. And I love his show, but def not close to most popular.

Sorry for the double post but incredible. For the first time in like two years I was thinking about this damn song today and then you post the video and I listened to it. I now hate my life.

He's popular but not that Popular lol

I think I disagree with this.

Ok, I guess I should specify. In terms of likability. It seems that Colbert has **** loads of fans from different political demographics (as opposed to Jon Stewart). Things he publicly backs or supports usually surge in popularity as a result of his voice. I'd be interested in hearing a list of people 2+2 feels has a large influence on the country. Oprah is really the only person I can think of who has significantly more influence on the American public. Mark Wahlberg was good in Boogie Nights.

For example. Tom Cruise is a huge celebrity, but if he endorses something, usually no one gives a ****. If Colbert has a guest on his show discussing a book, the books sales usually skyrocket.

Colbert is a nothing on overall American pop culture. You have to remember people watch things like baseball, football, movies and nascar.

A better comparison would be Colbert vs Daniel Tosh vs Joel McHale. The battle of the lesser tier cable comedy stars.

But he's not. You're talking about a guy on a late night variety show host cable channel that a lot of Americans don't even get, with about a decade of exposure (and Colbert isn't even the most popular variety show on that network). Compare to the shows on the major networks, Leno, Letterman for example. Conan's not doing so hot but then again he's not that far behind and has been around a lot longer including as the host of the Tonight Show.

You want to talk about American celebrities start with Oprah and work your way down. Lost of sports figures, major network TV people (at least 3 American Idol hosts), A-list movie stars. The Madonnas of the music world. Major news anchors. Game show and morning hosts--Regis Philbin, Pat Sajak, Alex Trebek are easy to forget about but they've all crushed for decades and still killing in syndication. Colbert's audience is a newer and younger and I imagine he'll eventually make his way up the list. While he's more of a household name to you and I, you can't forget about the massive number of people outside of our demographic.

Oh, you meant what high school kids mean by popular. I don't know, he seems a likeable dude but that's harder to answer than celebrity status. He makes people laugh for a living so it pretty much comes with the job.

Eww Gross..

It's a shame there are so many people now who won't remember Johnny Carson when he was on TV. I got to stay up late and see him now and again during his last few years (was in my teens). I definitely wouldn't have questioned his celebrity status or likeability.

Maybe it's just that there are a ton more channels now but that show seemed a much bigger deal compared to what's out there today. I don't even know people who watch Leno that aren't senior citizens.

oh ok

No way he's top 100 imo. Most children, teens, and poor people probably don't know who he is. I think, for instance, Selena Gomez and Tyler perry are more popular.

I usually put Colbert 92nd or 93rd.

This question is kind of magnificently ******ed.

Obviously you would have to start by defining "one of the most." Colbert is clearly more famous than the average person, and I think it's safe to say, more well-liked than the average celebrity, like some dip**** from The Real World Boise or whatever. In that sense, the answer is almost certainly yes.

From there it gets foggy. You're talking about something like Q-Ratings, which measures how well-known and well-liked celebrities are. I don't think Colbert is especially well-known, in the sense that the average person knows who he is. His market penetration basically amounts to a niche comedy show on Comedy Central and special appearances in front of people who already know and appreciate his schtick (i.e. hosting the DC correspondent's dinner and stuff like that). I would say among people who know who he is, he is probably quite popular, which would include a sizable amount of incredibly stupid republicans who persist in thinking he's one of theirs.

So I guess my answer to the OP would be yes, it's true, but not very or significantly true. Someone like Julia Roberts or Brad Pitt is a much better answer here.

Sounds like "she's so popular" at the beginning of the song. But not really, it's more like "fopular". That's not right either. Apparently they're saying the song title in French.

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Those seem like horrible answers to me!

Does that mean you don't think Brad Pitt is better known and better liked than Colbert, or are you just being an unfunny nit?