LOS ANGELES—In a rare moment of bipartisan achievement, late-night host Jimmy Kimmel became the world’s third most-searched person on Google in 2025, thanks largely to former President Donald Trump’s tireless campaign of midnight hate-watching and compulsive Googling.

“I just want to thank my number one fan, Donald from Mar-a-Lago, for making all of this possible,” Kimmel said on Monday’s show while unveiling a novelty “World’s Most Googled Punching Bag” coffee mug. “Without his dedication to Googling ‘Why is Jimmy Kimmel so mean to me?’, none of this would be possible.”

According to leaked browser data from a very unsecured Palm Beach Wi-Fi network, Trump accounted for nearly 62% of global Kimmel-related searches, with frequent queries such as “Kimmel ratings tanking?”, “Kimmel crumbles under pressure?”, and “Best ways to block Kimmel on all devices.” Sources at Google confirmed that the number of Kimmel searches spiked between 11:45 p.m. and 3:00 a.m., coinciding with when Fox News reruns go to commercial.

“We thought it was a bot until we saw the search: ‘Is Jimmy Kimmel taller than me?'” said Google data analyst Jeremy Tibbets. “Turns out it was just a very passionate user in a red golf hat.”

Sarah McSnoot, president of the Association of Celebrity Search Recipients, called the development “a watershed moment for celebrities everywhere who hope to be bullied into relevance.” Meanwhile, Trump took to Truth Social to clarify, “I only Googled Kimmel to check if he finally apologized for being wrong about hydroxychloroquine. He hasn’t. Sad!”

As Kimmel’s Google stardom grows, experts predict an uptick in late-night hosts publicly goading Trump, with Seth Meyers reportedly changing his show to “The Donald Trump Hour: Search Me.”