Launched to the masses at the start of the year, Facebook Live has quickly transformed into a global live-streaming phenomenon. The social network’s strategy has been to pour millions of dollars into partnerships with media companies and celebs to create a rich variety of content that can rival web giants such as YouTube.
Unlike Google’s video platform, however, Facebook Live is all about real-time interactions. And nobody is pushing the comic boundaries of fan engagement on the platform quite like comedians. From Hollywood a-listers to Internet celebrities, Facebook Live is a hub of humorous activity. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that comics are fearlessly taking to the live-streaming feature. After all, their careers are built around live performances, onstage, in front of large crowds.
Whether or not Facebook is using financial incentives to encourage comedians to utilize its platform remains unclear (the company told us that it does not comment on its specific paid partners). Whatever the reason, it’s a great move for Facebook and comedians.
Thanks to Facebook’s constant updates, Live video offers an immersive viewing experience in its own right. All you have to do in order to start watching is like a Facebook page, and you’ll be notified every time it goes live. But not every comedian has a Facebook Live presence, which is why we’ve compiled this list of the most frequent (and funniest) live-streamers.
As Facebook continues to invest its resources into video content on its platform — which it believes could one day be purely visual — now is the ideal time to tune in.
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