TikTok comedian Khaby Lame’s simple, yet effective humor made him the #1 most followed user on the app in October 2022 and he has recently been named one of Time’s 100 Most Influential People (via Time). Creators like Khaby can garner millions of followers by making jokes, making TikTok a perfect platform to build a comedy career or simply make people laugh.
Short video apps like TikTok can be a goldmine for finding comedic content suitable for any sense of humor. In a sea of funny videos, users like Khaby stand out for consistently creating content full of wholesome humor, featuring everything from adorable animals to classic dad jokes.
Lukas Arnold
Lukas Arnold is an NYC-based comedian that performs stand up at various comedy venues, as well as shares his sense of humor in his hilarious TikTok videos. He often draws experience from his Ashkenazi/Sudanese/British family members and his usual upbringing, and he is also a gifted impressionist.
Lukas is widely known on TikTok for his “ethnicknames” series. The series involves Lukas asking his followers if they are from similarly mixed cultures and making puns in a silly, inoffensive way that makes for the perfect dad joke.
Ella Watches TV
Ella is a senior rescue cat adopted by Emily and her husband. While Ella initially seemed like a normal pet when they brought her home, it quickly turned out that the cat is a serious TV addict.
Ella Watches TV is one of the funniest cat TikToks on the app. Her owner Emily posts videos of the funny ways Ella wakes her up in the morning, impatiently waiting for her to put cartoons on. Emily also takes requests from her followers for kids’ shows and movies for Ella to watch and posts her review.
Khabane Lame
In 2022, Khabane “Kaby” Lame became the most followed person on TikTok, with an astounding 150 million followers on the app. What’s even more impressive is that this young Sengalese-Italian completed this achievement without saying a single word in his videos.
Khaby gently pokes fun at the popular “life hack” genre of video, which is often made up of clickbait videos that offer an overly-complicated solution to a simple problem. Khaby responds by showing a much simpler form of problem-solving, and giving the camera a cheeky smile to bookend the joke.
Zainah & Minnie
Zainah is a young Muslim woman, whose cat Minnie, a Scottish Fold, is one of the cutest cats on TikTok. Minnie is a playful, but often defiant, cat that likes to play-fight with her owner.
Zainah refers to Minnie in her videos as “Sister Minnie,” and many of her videos feature Zainah attempting to teach the mischievous cat about Islamic culture. Minnie frequently models clothes made for her by her owner, and fellow cat-loving fans submit videos of their own cats that Zainah offers to Minnie as potential husbands.
Drew Barrymore
Drew Barrymore is a Hollywood legend, hailing from the Barrymore acting dynasty and starring in major iconic franchises such as Scream, Charlie’s Angels, and countless others. Of all the celebrities on TikTok, Barrymore makes the funniest videos.
Drew often posts videos of herself backstage at her show, dancing with guests and playing pranks with fellow actor fans. The actress and TV host also posts a number of endearing videos where she shows her appreciation for animals and nature.
Camrudwaffle
Cameron Rudin, known on TikTok as camrudwaffle, is probably best known for his cowboy persona, where he plays a Southern gentleman that duets other popular videos on the app.
A lot of camrudwaffle’s videos have a false pretense that he is going be a stereotypical bigot, with the punchline that he is a wholesome cowboy that hypes up other users on TikTok. His videos have a comforting feel, as well as a sweet-natured humor.
Otakoyakisoba
Otakoyakisoba is one of the best-loved TikTok accounts, with over 15 million followers and 748 million likes on the app. The account is run by Olly Balgos, who frequently makes videos with his mom, known as Mama Lulu, as well as his siblings.
In many of Olly’s videos, Mama Lulu is the star of the show, as she has a quick, sharp wit that leads to some hilarious responses. They gained popularity from their “name that celebrity” series, where Mama Lulu has some bizarre, often ingenious guesses for who the celebrity is. Lulu frequently roasts her kids with hysterical observations that still come from a place of love.
Kendahl Landreth
Kendahl Landreth is a comedian and talented impressionist. As well as being able to mimic voices, Kendahl is particularly talented at very niche characters, such as reality TV show personalities.
Kendahl is best known for a more wholesome type of impression, as she frequently posts videos lovingly poking fun of her family members. She perfectly encapsulates the delightful quirks of her grandmother and mother and the ways they express love. She also does hilarious impressions of how her family attempt to support her after she came out as a lesbian.
La’Ron Hines
La’Ron Hines is a comedian and musician, who frequently collaborates with his godsister, Ja’Bria. La’Ron’s godparents run the preschool that Ja’Bria attends, where he frequently helps out and posts videos with the kids.
La’Ron runs a series where he asks the preschoolers general knowledge questions, leading to answers that are wacky, hysterical, but always adorable. La’Ron always encourages the kids and hypes them up, sweetly telling them, “Good job!’
Nurse.johnn
Nurse John is a real-life nurse that posts humorous sketches and songs about his experience working at a hopsital in Canada. Often he does impressions of other nurses, but more frequently, himself.
In the past, nurses have made headlines for posting TikToks that are cruel towards vulnerable patients or break patient confidentiality. Nurse John’s videos are sweet and make fun of himself rather than his patients, and does not use real stories from his job. Many of his videos show hilarious POVs of how he looks after patients and keeps them groomed and stylish.
