The JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE Channel Scores Its Best-Ever Week on YouTube

During the week of February 27, 2017 and following Jimmy Kimmel's stint as host of the 2017 Academy Awards®, "Jimmy Kimmel Live" scored its most-watched week ever on Youtube with 70 million total video views (70,326,118) in just one week.

Engagement on the "Kimmel" Youtube Channel was also strong during the week with 687,043 likes, 31,273 comments and 186,608 shares.

Led by the nearly 7 million views for the world premiere of the new trailer for "Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2," the week's other top videos on the "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Youtube Channel included:

Top 5 Most-Watched Videos (2/27-3/5/17) #1 NEW GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY Vol. 2 Trailer - WORLD PREMIERE 6,920,042 #2 Jimmy Kimmel Reveals What Really Happened at Craziest Oscars Ever 4,503,768 #3 Mean Tweets - Oscars Edition 4,429,835 #4 Jimmy Kimmel's Oscars Monologue 3,390,230 #5 Jimmy Kimmel's Tribute to Matt Damon at the Oscars 3,227,533

Source: Youtube Analytics, 2/27-3/5/17 or as dated.

Photo credit: ABC/ Randy Holmes

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