CAIRO — Mohamed Morsi did not enjoy being ridiculed on television as president. With the election of Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, the laughter has stopped.

Bassem Youssef, a comedian whose satire of the politically powerful became emblematic of freedom in post-revolutionary Egypt, said Monday that he was ending his popular weekly television show, citing unspecified political pressure and threats. “We consider the shutting down of the show a message in itself that is stronger, clearer and much louder than its continuation,” he said. “The message is delivered.”

“I am tired of struggling and worrying and fearing for my personal safety and the safety of my family,” he added. “When we are censored and harmed,” he said, people will show solidarity only through “hashtags and retweets.”

Mr. Youssef did not mention Mr. Sisi, the former general who removed Mr. Morsi last year and who won the presidency last week in an old-school Arab election (getting more than 95 percent of the vote). There is no public evidence that Mr. Sisi played a role in pushing Mr. Youssef off the air.