The company first started producing shows in locations around Los Angeles before expanding to other cities, such as San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.

[3] In March 2020, Don't Tell Comedy had to cancel shows and stop running live events due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[2] The typical Don't Tell Comedy show is held in a non-traditional venue with an average of five comedians, running for roughly 90 minutes.

Other comedians who have released sets with Don't Tell Comedy include Fumi Abe, Katherine Blanford, Matt Braunger, Andrea Jin, Jay Jurden, Kyle Kinane, Leslie Liao, Michael Longfellow, Opeyemi Olagbaju, Lea’h Sampson, and Gianmarco Soresi.

[22] The special Decider noted as a "solid debut"[23] landed in Netflix's Top 10 most popular shows category.