--- description: The segment has over 85 million video views title: John Oliver's 'Donald Drumpf' Segment Broke HBO Viewing Records image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0824ddd50f25db3d/69888d2dcf40a8a1e0c429b4/john-oliver-donald-trump-records-hbo.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # John Oliver's 'Donald Drumpf' Segment Broke HBO Viewing Records  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2016 3:51 PM CUT  LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 324 -- Pictured: TV personality John Oliver during an interview on February 9, 2016 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) LATE NIGHT WITH SETH MEYERS -- Episode 324 -- Pictured: TV personality John Oliver during an interview on February 9, 2016 -- (Photo by: Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images  by [Julia Zorthian](/author/julia-zorthian/)  ## Julia Zorthian Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 31, 2016 3:51 PM CUT If it seems like everyone has seen [John Oliver’s segment about Donald Trump](http://time.com/4240734/john-oliver-donald-trump-last-week-tonight/ "undefined") on _Last Week Tonight,_ it turns out that’s not so far from the truth. A record number of people watched Oliver urge people to “make Donald Drumpf again.” “Drumpf” refers the the Trump family’s ancestral name. The clip has racked up 23.3 Youtube views and 62 million views on Facebook for a total of 85 million video views, [CNN reports](http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/30/media/john-oliver-donald-trump/index.html "undefined"). “This is a record for any piece of HBO content,” said an HBO spokesperson. The roughly 20-minute segment also accrued 6 million television views, which HBO determines using live and DVR viewership, among other measures. Oliver had tried to ignore Trump, he said during the clip, as he knew the Republican frontrunner loved the attention. But giving in to political reality paid off for Oliver. His second most popular segment is about FIFA, and barely touched the Drumpf record with 12.5 million views. \[[CNN](http://money.cnn.com/2016/03/30/media/john-oliver-donald-trump/index.html "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4277790/john-oliver-donald-drumpf-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4277790/john-oliver-donald-drumpf-records/"},"headline":"John Oliver's 'Donald Drumpf' Segment Broke HBO Viewing Records","datePublished":"2016-03-31T15:51:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T16:22:21.087Z","description":"The segment has over 85 million video views.","url":"https://time.com/4277790/john-oliver-donald-drumpf-records/","keywords":["Television","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0824ddd50f25db3d/69888d2dcf40a8a1e0c429b4/john-oliver-donald-trump-records-hbo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Julia Zorthian","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/julia-zorthian/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0824ddd50f25db3d/69888d2dcf40a8a1e0c429b4/john-oliver-donald-trump-records-hbo.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"john oliver donald trump records hbo","caption":"Late Night with Seth Meyers - Season 3","creditText":"NBC—NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4277790/john-oliver-donald-drumpf-records/","name":"John Oliver's 'Donald Drumpf' Segment Broke HBO Viewing Records"}}]}] ```