2020 in stand-up comedy

This is a timeline documenting events and facts about English-speaking stand-up comedy in the year 2020.

January

 * January 3: Ilana Glazer's special The Planet Is Burning for Amazon Prime Video.
 * January 14: Leslie Jones's special Time Machine on Netflix
 * January 21: Fortune Feimster's special Sweet and Salty for Netflix.
 * January 26: Vir Das's special For India on Netflix.
 * January 28: Alex Fernándezs special The Best Comedian in the World on Netflix.
 * January 28: Maria Bamford's special Weakness Is the Brand on Comedy Dynamics.

February

 * February 4: Tom Papa's special You're Doing Great on Netflix.
 * February 11: Sam Morril's special I Got This on YouTube.
 * February 22: Whitmer Thomas's special The Golden One on HBO.
 * February 25: Pete Davidson's special Alive From New York on Netflix.

March

 * March 3: Taylor Tomlinson's special Quarter Life Crisis on Netflix.
 * March 10: Marc Maron's special End Times Fun on Netflix.
 * March 17: Bert Kreischer's special Hey Big Boy on Netflix.
 * March 24: Tom Segura's special Ball Hog on Netflix.

April

 * April 4: Louis C.K.'s special Sincerely on his website.
 * April 14: Chris D'Elia's special No Pain on Netflix.
 * April 14: Christopher Titus's special Born With A Defect on christophertitustv.

May

 * May 1: Tom Walker's mime show special Very Very on Amazon.
 * May 5: Jerry Seinfeld's special 23 Hours to Kill on Netflix.
 * May 8: Jimmy O. Yang's special Good Deal on Amazon.
 * May 12: Mark Normand's special Out to Lunch on YouTube.
 * May 19: Patton Oswalt's special I Love Everything on Netflix.
 * May 19: Doug Stanhope's special The Dying of a Last Breed on Vimeo.
 * May 26 Hannah Gadsby's special Douglas on Netflix.

June

 * June 12: Dave Chappelle's special 8:46 on YouTube.
 * June 23: Eric Andre's special Legalize Everything on Netflix.
 * June 30: George Lopez's special We'll Do It For Half on Netflix.

July

 * July 3: Hannibal Buress's special Miami Nights on YouTube.
 * July 7: Jim Jefferies's special Intolerant on Netflix.
 * July 17: Esther Povitsky's special Hot for My Name on Comedy Central.
 * July 21: Jack Whitehall's special I'm Only Joking on Netflix.
 * July 24: Jim Gaffigan's special The Pale Tourist on Amazon.
 * July 24: Frankie Boyle's special Excited For You To See And Hate This on BBC 2.

August

 * August 4: Sam Jay's special 3 in the Morning on Netflix.
 * August 6: Joe List's special I Hate Myself on YouTube.
 * August 20: Beth Stelling's special Girl Daddy on HBO Max.

September

 * September 1: Felipe Esparza's special Bad Decisions on Netflix.
 * September 12: Michael McIntyre's special Showman on Netflix.

October

 * October 6: Lewis Black's special Thanks for Risking Your Life.
 * October 23: Tim Heidecker's special An Evening With Tim Heidecker on YouTube.
 * October 23: Chelsea Handler's special Evolution on HBO Max.

November

 * November 17: Kevin Hart's special Zero F**ks Given on Netflix.

December

 * December 17: James Acaster's special Cold Lasagne Hate Myself 1999 is live-streamed on DICE.
 * December 22: London Hughes's special London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck on Netflix.