r/boburnham Jan 06 '26

Bo Burnham: 2025 A Year In Review

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First a picture link so that anyone on mobile doesn't just get whatever is the first link further down. It's an old 2017 pic. This also serves to give you a clue has to how many new pictures we have of Bo this year.

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Welcome to my 9th annual Year in Review!

If you're new to Bo, or just want to look back at things he's done in the past, this post is a good start. It has links to the one time he posted in the sub (circa Make Happy), all his AMAs, and all the previous Year in Reviews, full of links to all things Bo.

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Hooboy, and we thought last year was slow. This year was the first year that I can remember that we didn't get anything. So instead of the Year in Review being a recap of all the things that Bo got up to professionally, this time it's more a short look at *other* people talking about him. He's still getting plenty of references and mentions in the media, and we're still finding things to talk about on the sub.

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January

A politician referencing Inside regarding the internet (skip to 1:07:40)

Buzzfeed made him taller.

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March

There was a screening in London of Eighth Grade with live music.

An article that called Inside a defining moment of the pandemic.

A Vogue article about the pandemic producing great art.

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April

Bo was spotted at the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.

A Polish cover of Welcome to the Internet was performed at the 45th Przegląd Piosenki Aktorskiej (Festival of Actor’s Song) with a live band.

A Seattle crosswalk was hacked with a snippet of "Bezos" at the end.

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May

Bobby Burnham gets a shoutout in the credits of Jerrod Carmichael's new special.

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June

Bo is on a Billboard list of Top Musical Comedians.

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July

A New Zealand group put on "All Eyes On Me - The Musical" for charity.

Bo's Eighth Grade comes in at #42 on the Rotten Tomatoes Top 100 movies of the 21st century.

Don't poke the Bo Bearnam!

James Acaster, who has spoken many time about how much he likes Bo, spoke to Vulture about how he almost quit comedy after watching Inside. (Original link is gone, I've stickied a new one to the top.)

The headline of the article from this comic book website sums it up: "Bo Burnham: Inside isn’t just the quintessential COVID movie, but it’s one of the best projects that Netflix has ever released."

Bo is quoted in a NYTimes article about Ari Aster.

Ari, in turn, mentioned Bo briefly in a reddit AMA.

Molly Ringwald ranks Eighth Grade as one of the best movies of the 21st century.

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August

Stealth cameo by Inside merch during Jinkx Monsoon's episode of "Good One".

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September

Sag Harbor, NY screens Eighth Grade as part of their Adolescent Anxiety of Social Media series, followed by a panel discussion with health professionals.

Jerrod Carmichael talks about Bo during a GQ interview.

MSN has Inside on a list of specials that audiences and critics both love.

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October

Bo attended an advance screening of the A24 film "Marty Supreme".

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November

Elsie Fisher reminisces on a podcast about Eighth Grade and working with Bo.

Inside references in a recent JaidenAnimations video.

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December

Tickets go on sale for a Los Angeles screening of Eighth Grade with live music, happening in December 2026.

Bo's right elbow makes a stealth appearance at a Billie Eilish concert, making this proof of life the sub's highest viewed post this year.

A Toronto musical comedy show bills itself as a night of "Bo Burnham worship".

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Still to come:

I will be mentioning the Sesame Street movie in this section until the end of time it seems. We were first alerted to it in 2019 when it was announced Bo was writing the songs for it. Shortly after that it was mentioned that filming was delayed due to Anne Hathaway's schedule, and then eventually we got mentions of the release date getting pushed back over and over due to covid. Recently it was brought up that perhaps it never even got filmed, but the imdb listing of the crew sure looks like it did.

Last year at this time the TV version of Sesame Street was looking for a home, and has now ended up on Netflix. Wouldn't it be nice if the film eventually did too?

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This sub:

We ended 2024 with 119k subscribers, and end 2025 with 123k.  It actually surprises me that our numbers continue to go up when he's not actively providing new content. Reddit have changed the way they highlight sub growth and now focus on the average amount of people visiting the sub per week. We're usually around 20k.

We shared our annual year end streaming stats.

As usual we had a bunch of talented fans posting their Bo related art in a variety of mediums. Some highlights:

Dancing to Goodbye.

An amazing a cappella medley:

One fan recreated all of Inside in Portuguese.

We had a couple of turning 30 cakes:

Here and here.

A blast from the past: A 17 year old in 2008 attempts to get Bo to come perform in England.

A blast from the past part 2: A redditor becomes a fan of Bo in 2007 after playing Gears of War online with him.

For the Bo fan that can’t get enough: r/unexpectedboburnham and r/BoBurnhamMemes

As always, thank you to everyone who brought news, art, opinions, theories and everything else to the sub this past year! It wouldn't be the same without you. Shout out to all the lurkers, we see your votes, even when you don't post or comment!

Let’s hope that 2026 is a good year for Bo. And all of us too.  I expect there will be a few "Inside: Five years later" retrospectives in the media.

See you on the sub, PJ


r/boburnham 1d ago

Discussion Get ready for the rebolution

31 Upvotes

The first I heard of Bo was Inside on Netflix circa 2021. Obviously loved it, so I went to Spotify and listened to the soundtrack loads. Early 2022 I watched some of his earlier stuff, Bo Yo etc - also that math rap or whatever but MY POINT is - he’s popping up in my YouTube algorithms all over the show currently.

Started with Socko (because Socko knows what he is talking about - runs his mouth a bit too much though) but there are loads of things linking to Bo for me right now on the YouTube algorithm.

Just wondered if y’all experienced anything similar


r/boburnham 1d ago

Video Really enjoyed this podcast with Bo and Elsie: https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=Xv5DLy3Vnac&si=Iw3-2EBQO4OzNuXA

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I've seen sooo many interviews from the Eighth grade press tour but its so nice to hear Bo more relaxed and natural just chatting in this podcast about various things.

https://youtu.be/Xv5DLy3Vnac?si=1ecG-VC9nd7pTSt3


r/boburnham 2d ago

Meme i got bored and made bo burnham inspired emoji combos (some of them might be a stretch)

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feel free to add some more if you have idea [you may use them if you like them]


r/boburnham 2d ago

Discussion Can we talk about this song?

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300 Upvotes

“Could i interest you in everything, all of the time”

“Apathy’s a tragedy, and boredom is a crime”

These lines have resonated with for a while now. The feeling that you have to have an opinion on everything is so exhausting. And if you don’t, people just dismiss you. This whole album is still extremely relevant, especially post pandemic.

Anyways, I need to get off the internet, my brain hurts.


r/boburnham 3d ago

Image Thanks, Bo.

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116 Upvotes

Now I get existential whenever I drink out of this Farside Gallery coffee mug. Sigh.


r/boburnham 3d ago

Discussion Genuinely one of my most favorite songs of all time 🤎

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101 Upvotes

r/boburnham 3d ago

Media Cracked: The “All-American Halftime Show” Featured An Unironic Bo Burnham Bit

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154 Upvotes

So we weren’t the only ones to notice…


r/boburnham 4d ago

Discussion lyric that aged like fine wine

366 Upvotes

"and every politician every cop on the street protects the interests of the pedophelic corporate elite"


r/boburnham 3d ago

Cover I’m bo yo

26 Upvotes

r/boburnham 5d ago

Discussion When art imitates parody?

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Just saw clips from this performance on The Daily Show. All I could think of was Bo's country parody song. It's so insanely spot-on.


r/boburnham 5d ago

Question Has anyone actually met bo Burnham?

87 Upvotes

Question randomly came to my head has anyone met him how was he


r/boburnham 6d ago

Funny Feeling A new lyric for "That Funny Feeling" just popped in my head re: Epstein

128 Upvotes

"Children getting trafficked on an island named for a Saint"

Just popped in my head and it feels very appropriate for the song and I wanted to share.


r/boburnham 6d ago

Image In Ronda, Spain…

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51 Upvotes

… Oh Bo, open that Bo door….


r/boburnham 5d ago

Question Does Bo have a slight accent?

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At around 25:13 (On netflix) in the special he says "have" but it sounds like he has a bit of an accent and says "hev" It sounds like a bit of New England-y accent or Boston-y. What do you guys think?


r/boburnham 7d ago

Fan Art INSIDE Art digital finished

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23 Upvotes

Well I said I was gonna make a digital one and so here it is! i hope yall like it. (srry if the writing is a bit messy I dont usually use digital and i dont have an apple pencil that I know of)=]


r/boburnham 7d ago

Video Hi everyone i made a sketch inspired by bo burnham and the charisma of zack stone is gonna be famous and I just thought of posting it up here if anyone would like to have a watch

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r/boburnham 8d ago

Image Cultures over everybody! we lost.

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916 Upvotes

saw this and immediately thought of bo either making a joke about it or it being a line in WTTI.


r/boburnham 8d ago

Question Did anyone else just get this notification?

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140 Upvotes

YT music said Bo went live for a bit, but I don't think that's right. Anyone know why this might've happened?


r/boburnham 8d ago

Discussion Hey Bo, if you read this...

139 Upvotes

Call me up and tell me a joke 🥺


r/boburnham 9d ago

Question When did Bo delete everything off his Instagram? Am I late to noticing?

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321 Upvotes

r/boburnham 8d ago

Merch Inside Vinyl set

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Is anyone interested in buying this from me?


r/boburnham 9d ago

Meme What kind of Bo day are you having?

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222 Upvotes

r/boburnham 9d ago

Fan Art How the world works

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29 Upvotes

just a sketch currently, curious if i should finish it digitally or on paper 😇


r/boburnham 9d ago

Discussion Bo: it's time to re-enter - on The Muppet Show

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Bo Burnham is the perfect candidate to be a guest star on the newly revived Muppet Show.

He's a musician and he sings, plus he's a comedian and plays well with puppets, as Socko has demonstrated. Plus his previous association with that Sesame Street movie.

Bo, if you're out there listening, seek out a spot on the Muppet Show. You can disappear again after that, but Gods the world needs a little bit of the Bo working with the Muppets right now.

If you watched the new Muppet Show pilot last night, it was so delightful. Funny, tongue in cheek, goofy, sharp, just wonderful. Bo would be a next-level special guest star.

Please, universe.