Editing Comedian (section)

==Highest-paid comedians==
[[File:Kevin Hart (15356751923).jpg|thumb|[[Kevin Hart]] performing at MSC Town Hall in 2014|upright]]
''[[Forbes]]'' publishes an annual list of the most financially successful comedians in the world, similarly to their [[Forbes Celebrity 100|Celebrity 100 list]]. Their data sources include [[Nielsen Media Research]], [[Pollstar]], [[Box Office Mojo]] and [[IMDb]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/pictures/gjdm45ekfm/the-worlds-highest-paid/#78817008281c | title=The World's Highest-Paid Comedians 2016|website=Forbes.com | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=18 January 2017 | author=Forbes}}</ref> The list was topped by [[Jerry Seinfeld]] from 2006 until 2015, who lost the title to [[Kevin Hart]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/maddieberg/2016/09/27/the-highest-paid-comedians-2016-kevin-hart-out-jokes-jerry-seinfeld-with-87-5-million-payday/#33790ddd1a62 | title=The Highest-Paid Comedians 2016: Kevin Hart Dethrones Jerry Seinfeld As Cash King Of Comedy With $87.5 Million Payday|website=Forbes.com | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=18 January 2017 | author=Berg, Madeline}}</ref> In that year, the eight highest paid comedians were from the United States, including [[Amy Schumer]], who became the first woman to be listed in the top ten.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/09/forbes-highest-paid-comedians-amy-schumer | title=Amy Schumer Is the First Woman to Land on Forbes' Highest-Paid Comedians List~|website=Forbes.com | date=27 September 2016 | access-date=18 January 2017 | author=Desta, Yohana}}</ref> The top ten of 2016 are as follows:{{efn|The ''Forbes'' 2016 list appears to exclude people often regarded as comedians who are better known for other professions, despite having earned more than some in the list's top ten, including actors [[Adam Sandler]] and [[Melissa McCarthy]], and [[late-night talk show]] hosts [[Stephen Colbert]] and [[Jimmy Fallon]].}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Rank
! Name
! Annual earnings ([[United States dollar|USD]])
! [[Citizenship|Nationality]]
! Age
! Notable works
|-
|1
|[[Kevin Hart]]
|$87.5 million
|rowspan="8"|United States
|38
|''[[Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain]]'', ''[[Ride Along (film)|Ride Along]]'', ''[[The Secret Life of Pets]]''
|-
|2
|[[Jerry Seinfeld]]
|$43.5 million
|63
|''[[Seinfeld]]'', ''[[The Marriage Ref (U.S. TV series)|The Marriage Ref]]'', ''[[I'm Telling You for the Last Time]]''
|-
|3
|[[Terry Fator]]
|$21 million
|52
|''[[America's Got Talent]]''
|-
|4
|[[Amy Schumer]]
|$17 million
|36
|''[[Trainwreck (film)|Trainwreck]]'', ''[[Inside Amy Schumer]]'', ''[[2015 MTV Movie Awards]]''
|-
|5
|[[Jeff Dunham]]
|$13.5 million
|55
|''[[Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity|Spark of Insanity]]'', ''[[Jeff Dunham: Arguing with Myself|Arguing with Myself]]'', ''[[Jeff Dunham's Very Special Christmas Special]]''
|-
|6
|[[Dave Chappelle]]
|$60 million
|44
|''[[Dave Chappelle's Block Party]]'', ''[[Half Baked]]'', ''[[Chappelle's Show]]''
|-
|7
|[[Jim Gaffigan]]
|$12.5 million
|51
|''[[Jim Gaffigan: Mr. Universe]]'', ''[[The Jim Gaffigan Show]]'', ''[[It's Kind of a Funny Story (film)|It's Kind of a Funny Story]]''
|-
|8
|[[Gabriel Iglesias]]
|$9.5 million
|41
|''[[Hot and Fluffy]]'', ''[[The Fluffy Movie]]'', ''[[Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution]]''
|-
|9
|[[Russell Peters]]
|$9 million
|Canada
|47
|''[[Red, White and Brown]]'', ''[[Outsourced (album)|Outsourced]]'', ''[[Breakaway (2011 film)|Breakaway]]''
|-
|10
|[[John Bishop]]
|$7 million
|United Kingdom
|51
|''[[John Bishop's Britain]]'', ''[[The John Bishop Show]]'', ''[[Panto!]]''
|}