An Internet meme scores Mike Rowe his first week at No. 1 on The Hollywood Reporter's Top TV Personalities chart, ruling the ranking dated Aug. 15.
The Top TV Personalities chart is a ranking of the most popular TV personalities on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube and Google Plus, with global data provided by social media analytics company MVPindex. The chart's methodology blends social engagement on the platforms along with weekly additions of followers/subscribers. TV personalities are defined here as performers primarily known for their appearances on their own TV series, including hosts of entertainment/news shows. The latest tracking week ended Aug. 7.
Rowe, currently the host of Someone's Gotta Do It on TBN, leads fellow TBN host Mike Huckabee on the chart, followed by James Corden, previous No. 1 Jake Tapper and Bill Maher in the top five.
See the full top 10 below, and for more charts on The Hollywood Reporter, check out the Top Actors and Top Comedians charts.
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10. Jonathan Van Ness
Image Credit: Tibrina Hobson/Getty Last week: –
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9. Jeremy Clarkson
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Clarkson returns to Top TV Personalities for the first time in 10 months, previously reaching the tally in October 2017. The former Top Gear star took his turn at the "In My Feelings" challenge, set to Drake's song of the same name, on Aug. 6, garnering a 611 percent boost in Twitter likes (213,000 overall).
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8. Chris Hayes
Image Credit: Jim Spellman/Getty Images Last week: 4
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7. Chelsea Handler
Image Credit: Tara Ziemba/Getty Images Last week: 8
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6. Lawrence O'Donnell
Image Credit: Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images Last week: 7
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5. Bill Maher
Image Credit: C Flanigan/Getty Images Last week: 9
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4. Jake Tapper
Image Credit: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images Last week: 1
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3. James Corden
Image Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images Last week: 5
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2. Mike Huckabee
Image Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images Last week: 2
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1. Mike Rowe
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The TV personality and narrator, who currently hosts TBN's Somebody's Gotta Do It, scores his first No. 1 ranking mainly due to a widely-shared meme showing a young girl with a plastic straw running away from a policeman, referencing multiple companies' ban on the objects. "I'm not looking to make trouble," he wrote, "but this is funny."
