# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bassem-youssef
# Generated: 2026-09-05T23:29:22.222Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bassem-youssef"
name: "Bassem Youssef"
slug: "bassem-youssef"
description: "Bassem Raafat Mohamed Youssef is an Egyptian-American comedian, television host, actor and former cardiothoracic surgeon. Beginning his career with The B+ Show (2011), which was inspired by his experiences during the 2011 Egyptian revolution, he later rose to prominence as the host of El Bernameg (2011–2014), a satirical comedy show focused on Egyptian politics. In 2015, Youssef hosted the 43rd International Emmy Awards in New York City."
tagline: "Egyptian doctor and satirist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bassem_Youssef.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Egypt"
  isoCode: "EG"
category:
  name: "Doctors"
  slug: "doctors"
profileType:
  name: "Doctor"
  slug: "doctor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1974-03-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.232984293193717
  historical:           21.360428
  currentAttention:     5.604474059971442
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  29
  category: 9
totalFollowers: 339000
platforms:
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    url:       "https://www.bassemyoussef.xyz/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bassem/"
    handle:    "bassem"
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    handle:    "bassem"
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    handle:    "Byoussef"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
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    handle:    "bassemyousseftv"
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  - platform:  "IMDB"
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    handle:    "nm5117997"
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    handle:    "@bassemyoussefofficial"
    followers: 339000
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    title: "باسم يوسف"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump