# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ismo-leikola
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:00:28.522Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ismo-leikola"
name: "Ismo Leikola"
slug: "ismo-leikola"
description: "Ismo Mikael Leikola, sometimes known professionally as ISMO, is a Finnish comedian, musician, author, screenwriter, and YouTuber. Leikola made his United States debut in 2014, when he won the \"Funniest Person in the World\" competition organized by the comedy club Laugh Factory. In 2015, he made comedy series ISMO for Finnish television and moved to the United States. He gained more recognition after his appearance on the Conan talk show in 2018 and has since toured internationally. He has a YouTube channel with over 391,000 subscribers."
tagline: "Finnish comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ismo_Leikola_(2007)_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1979-01-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           68.22
  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.24198666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     90
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 501000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/ISMOcomedy"
    handle:    "ISMOcomedy"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/ismocomedy/"
    handle:    "ismocomedy"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/ISMOcomedy"
    handle:    "ISMOcomedy"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1473883/"
    handle:    "nm1473883"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.ismo.fun/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4j8NlovuYeIUnEJ0_q5yYg"
    handle:    "@ismocomedian"
    followers: 501000
sources:
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%85%D9%88_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "ازمو ليكولا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%9E%D7%95_%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%99%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "איסמו לייקולה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0%2C_%D0%98%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE"
    title: "Лейкола, Исмо"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismo_Leikola"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D1%81%D0%BC%D0%BE_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Ісмо Лейкола"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q137997"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2030377"
    title: "Ismo Leikola"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump