[PART ONE] One Social Media Tip For Each of Vulture's "Comedians You Should Know"
Simple suggestions for each of the 2025 selections.
Hello from Los Angeles! And congratulations to the annual crop of comedians selected for Vulture’s annual ‘Comedians You Should and Will Know’ list yesterday. While they all have a ton of new eyeballs on their profiles, I figured it would be helpful to offer each of them a social media tip they could immediately apply. Many agents, managers, comedians, and comedy nerds will be viewing your online presence over these next few days, and these small changes could be the difference between someone successfully getting a taste of your comedy, buying tickets to an upcoming show, or losing interest entirely.
Nataly Aukar
Her Instagram bio mentions tickets are available for upcoming shows in NYC:
(I would also spell out “tickets” instead of using the ticket emoji for clarity) but her punchup.live page suggests otherwise:
Consider removing NYC from your bio and replacing it with Minnesota, as there may be dozens of people in Minnesota reading the Vulture article who would be delighted to know you’ll be headlining six shows there in February.
Tessa Belle
It’s popular to tag other accounts in a credits-style format, but it isn’t immediately clear that Body Count is a recurring show you host at Union Hall:
I would spell this out a little bit more. Something along the lines of, “I host a sexy little comedy show in Brooklyn. Next show: Sept 27 @unionhallny”
Comedian CP
The YouTube social icon on your liinks.co page goes to a page that no longer exists:
And the link in your X/Twitter bio leads to a deactivated Tumblr page:
Rachel Coster
The LinkTree could use a refresh. It’s unclear what the top link leads to, the Substack appears to be inactive, and there’s no point in including Twitter and Instagram as their own links, when you could add them as social links at the top.
Esther Fallick
First of all, here’s some of the best lyricism you’ll hear all year:
The link in your Instagram bio indicates you have upcoming shows in November at the Public Theater in NYC, but there’s no mention of that in your copy.
I would put the two tagged accounts on one line, and add a sentence about these shows. There might be a ton of new people who’d love to come see you perform live after reading the write-up in Vulture, but have no idea you have shows nearby.
Jimmy Fowlie & Ceara O’Sullivan
Jimmy: Instagram bio is still promoting a show from May 2025
Ceara: Your LinkTree is still promoting several shows that already happened. I would just funnel to the upcoming Bell House show in your IG bio:
Adam Friedland
The link on your website when you click on “The Adam Friedland Show” (TAFS) leads to the Cum Town1 Archive Patreon, rather than the Adam Friedland Show Patreon.
Adam Gilbert
Including your social media accounts as both links and social icons in your LinkTree is duplicative. Since your posts across these platforms are largely undifferentiated, I would instead funnel each of these audiences towards your mailing list, rather than pinballing back and forth between social media pages:
Zainab Johnson
Some of these links in your Instagram bio are a bit lengthy, particularly the “Hijabs Off” Comedy Special and “I’m Reasonable Podcast on YouTube”.
I would also retitle each link with a call to action. (e.g., “Come see me perform live”, “Watch my comedy special on Amazon Prime”, “Listen to my podcast”, etc.)
Ray Lau
The YouTube channel attached as a social icon in your Beacons.ai link in all your bios leads to a channel that no longer exists:
I hope this was helpful and actionable. My purpose in doing this is not to single anyone out, but to illustrate there are ways for every single comedian to improve their social media presence, even if they’re about to blow up.
Vulture just offered each of these comedians what I like to call a “megaphone moment”, an amplification of awareness that directs a ton of incoming traffic towards your online presence. When you earn a moment like this, where thousands of people are suddenly browsing your website or watching your pinned Instagram Reels, it’s crucial to make it as easy as possible for them to join your Patreon, subscribe to your mailing list, or buy tickets to an upcoming show.
Back with a Part Two, later in the week.
(Adam’s former podcast)
This is great
Dear David,
Another great piece!
I always appreciate this: "I hope this was helpful and actionable. My purpose in doing this is not to single anyone out, but to illustrate there are ways for every single comedian to improve their social media presence, even if they’re about to blow up."
Very helpful!
Thanks for sharing!
Love
Myq