
<p>South African Comedian Trevor Noah Is The Fourth Highest Paid Comedian In The World.  Here&#8217;s how he did it.</p>



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<p>With earnings of a staggering $28 million Trevor Noah has become the
fourth highest paid comedian in the world.</p>



<p>According to Forbes the <em>Daily Show</em> host, “earned
the bulk of his income this year through stand-up, making him eligible for our
list”.</p>



<p>Forbes’ methodology is using all earnings estimated from June 1, 2018 to June 1, 2019. </p>



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<p>“Figures are pretax; fees for agents, managers and lawyers are not
deducted. Earnings estimates are based on data from Pollstar Pro as well as
interviews with industry insiders,” they said.</p>



<p>He is signed to host the <em>Daily Show </em>until 2022.</p>



<p>On the show, Noah usually sits down with the biggest headline-grabbers
in politics and entertainment.</p>



<p>Noah also covers the biggest news stories in politics, pop culture and
more.</p>



<p>Recently he trended after devising a viral conspiracy theory that
President Donald Trump is targeting first lady Melania Trump with his
immigration policies.</p>



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<p>The Daily Show with Trevor Noah currently has over 5,3 million
subscribers on YouTube alone and has had 1,9 billion views.</p>



<p>But apart from the show, the South African born comedian made more than
70 stops across the world and had his second Netflix special last fall.</p>



<p>His book <em>Born A Crime</em>, published in 2016, is still ranked as No.1 on the New York Times’ bestseller list for paperback nonfiction.</p>



<p>Africans across the globe celebrated Noah’s listing on social media with
some expressing how inspired they are by him.</p>



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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/Trevornoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Trevornoah</a> is officially the 4th highest paid Comedian in the world, and he’s African &#8230; Oh lord, if this doesn’t inspire me .. I don’t know what will.. do you know he can sponsor himself to do an East African comedy tour .. and even pay the organizers of the shows 😂😂😂</p>&mdash; Patrick Salvado 👑 (@idringp) <a href="https://twitter.com/idringp/status/1163733016382005249?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Izinja Madoda!!! Crazy shit!!! Inspiring!!! <a href="https://t.co/kPw44muRLp">https://t.co/kPw44muRLp</a></p>&mdash; Don Billiato (@casspernyovest) <a href="https://twitter.com/casspernyovest/status/1163521956156772352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 19, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-width="500" data-dnt="true"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This is really a big deal! We are proud of you <a href="https://twitter.com/Trevornoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Trevornoah</a></p>&mdash; yourpartycupsng (@yourpartycups) <a href="https://twitter.com/yourpartycups/status/1163716145863626753?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 20, 2019</a></blockquote><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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<p>On the Forbes list, Noah follows after Jim Gaffigan earning $30 million,
Jerry Seinfeld earning $41 million and Kevin Hart being the highest earner with
$59 million.</p>



<p>On the top ten list the only woman on the list is Amy Schumer at the
seventh spot with $21 million.</p>


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