Druski's "Saturday Night Live" hosting stint on Nov. 7 drew 5.6 million viewers, the most the show has seen in two years, according to Deadline and Variety.
The show outperformed the previous week's episode, hosted by "Obsession" star Inde Navarrette with musical guest Gracie Abrams, which drew 5.2 million viewers.
According to the publications, Druski's episode, which featured The Strokes as the musical guest, generated the largest audience since John Mulaney hosted the show with Chappell Roan on Nov. 2, 2024 — that episode brought in 6.8 million viewers.
Druski's episode marked the first time a digital creator hosted the late-night variety show, and the risk seems to have paid off. He is a sketch comedian who has amassed over 36 million followers
across TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube for his observational comedic skits, in which he appears as everything from a megachurch pastorto a white NASCAR fan.
Variety reports that the Druski episode also "scored the highest rating among the adults age 18-49 demographic since Mulaney’s in 2024." Additionally, "among viewers age 18-34 in particular, last week’s show achieved the best rating in more than four years," when Elon Musk hosted in 2021 with Miley Cyrus as the musical guest.
The clips from the sketches that Druski appeared in also found success on social media, amassing over 424 million views across YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and X. This is the most since Ariana Grande hosted cast member Bowen Yang's last episode in December 2025, when Cher was the musical guest.
Mulaney is back in the hosting seat this Saturday, Nov. 14, with Phoebe Bridgers.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Druski brought in the most viewers SNL has seen in two years
