Comedy, Quantified
Every sitcom joke,
scored and ranked.
The science of what's funny — AI reads every transcript, rates every laugh on a five-axis rubric, and we publish the receipts.
No laugh tracks, no nostalgia — every show measured the same way, so the comparisons are fair. Browse the rankings, compare any two shows, or dig into a single episode's funniest moments.
21
Shows scored
2,662
Episodes analyzed
156,901
Jokes rated
As of July 2026 · How we score
The Index
Top shows on the leaderboard.
| Rank | Show | Format | Humor Index | IMDb | JPM | Craft | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fleabag | Single Camera | Elite95.8 | 8.4 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| 2 | Chappelle's Show | Sketch | Elite95.0 | 7.9 | 3.1 | 7.4 | 7.7 |
| 3 | Veep | Single Camera | Elite94.8 | 8.2 | 2.9 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| 4 | Seinfeld | Multi-Camera (Live) | Elite94.5 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
| 5 | Flight of the Conchords | Single Camera | Elite87.6 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 |
| 6 | Broad City | Single Camera | Elite86.9 | 8.1 | 3.5 | 7.2 | 7.1 |
| 7 | 30 Rock | Single Camera | Elite84.4 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Arrested Development | Single Camera | Elite82.0 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 9 | Curb Your Enthusiasm | Single Camera | Elite80.8 | 8.3 | 1.4 | 7.1 | 7.2 |
| 10 | Freaks and Geeks | Single Camera | Elite80.0 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| 11 | The Office | Single Camera | Elite79.4 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 12 | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | Single Camera | Elite79.2 | 8.3 | 1.8 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| 13 | The Simpsons | Animation | Elite79.0 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 6.9 | 6.6 |
| 14 | Community | Single Camera | Great77.9 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 15 | Parks and Recreation | Single Camera | Great77.8 | 8.1 | 2.3 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 16 | Futurama | Animation | Great77.6 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 |
| 17 | Taxi | Multi-Camera (Sweetened) | Great77.4 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 18 | Schitt's Creek | Single Camera | Great77.2 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 19 | The Larry Sanders Show | Single Camera | Great76.5 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 20 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Multi-Camera (Sweetened) | Great76.0 | 7.5 | 2.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 |
| 21 | Friends | Multi-Camera (Live) | Solid73.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
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The Catalog
Every show, fully analyzed.
21 shows scored end-to-end. Tap in for the full breakdown — every episode, every joke, every character.
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Fleabag
Single-camera BBC dramedy (2016, 2019) created by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as a sharp, grief-stricken, fourth-wall-breaking Londoner navigating sex, family and faith. No laugh track; acerbic, confessional, direct-address comedy. Scored as-is.
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Chappelle's Show
Sketch comedy series (Comedy Central, 2003-2006). Dave Chappelle's incendiary racial and pop-culture satire, anchored by his stand-up wraparounds before a live audience. Iconic recurring bits and one-off characters: Clayton Bigsby, Tyrone Biggums, the Rick James and Prince true-Hollywood-stories, Black Bush, the Racial Draft. Sketch format scored as-is; jokes attributed to the on-screen character. Includes the 3-episode 'Lost Episodes' (S3); the 'Greatest Misses' clip episode is excluded.
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Veep
Single-camera HBO political satire from Armando Iannucci. Selina Meyer's struggle through the Vice Presidency and beyond. Walk-and-talk patter, profanity-laced insult comedy, and cringe escalation. Dialogue-dense by design — every joke is on the page.
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Seinfeld
Multi-camera sitcom about 'nothing.' Dense observational and absurdist humor. Complex plot structures where multiple storylines converge. Known for neologisms and cultural catchphrases.
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Flight of the Conchords
Single-camera musical comedy. Two-man New Zealand folk-parody band (Bret McKenzie, Jemaine Clement) struggling in NYC. Distinctive form: each episode is built around 1-2 original songs that function as comedic set pieces. Dialogue is dry, observational, deadpan. Songs scored as jokes per the 2026-06-01 musical-comedy methodology rule.
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Broad City
Single-camera Comedy Central buddy comedy (2014-2019). Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer as two broke twentysomething women turning everyday NYC errands into absurd misadventures. No laugh track; raunchy, improv-inflected, friendship-driven. Scored as-is.
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30 Rock
Single-camera workplace comedy. Extremely high joke density — rapid-fire punchlines, cutaway gags, and wordplay. Absurdist and meta-referential. One of the highest JPM shows in television.
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Arrested Development
Single-camera comedy with narrator. Extremely dense callbacks, visual gags, and layered wordplay. Rewards rewatching. Known for foreshadowing and running gags that span seasons.
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
Single-camera HBO improv comedy. Larry David turns social minutiae into escalating disaster. No laugh track; cringe and callback structure.
Full breakdown →Fully Scored
Freaks and Geeks
Single-camera dramedy (NBC, 1999–2000). Paul Feig and Judd Apatow's one-season cult classic set at a 1980 Michigan high school — Lindsay Weir drifting into the burnout "freaks" while her brother Sam navigates the "geeks." Naturalistic, character-first comedy: awkward-teen cringe, deadpan, and grounded observation over joke volume. No laugh track.
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The Office
Single-camera mockumentary workplace comedy. Primarily cringe/discomfort humor with character-driven jokes. Tone ranges from subtle observational to broad physical comedy. Known for talking-head confessionals and Jim's camera looks.
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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Single-camera dark comedy about terrible people. Dark/subversive humor, cringe comedy, and escalating absurdity. Characters are intentionally awful, which is the joke.
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The Simpsons
Animated family sitcom — the full classic run (S1–S20). Dense satire, character comedy, and rapid cultural reference. Note: subtitle-based scoring captures dialogue but under-counts the show’s heavy visual/sight gags (chalkboard, couch gags, background signs).
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Community
Single-camera ensemble comedy set at a community college study group. Highly meta and genre-parodic — concept episodes (paintball wars, alternate timelines, claymation, bottle episodes) that subvert sitcom form. Reference-dense, character-driven, with escalating absurdity. Craft-forward rather than joke-volume-forward.
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Parks and Recreation
Single-camera mockumentary workplace comedy set in local government. Warm character-driven humor with absurdist elements. Talking-head confessionals similar to The Office but generally more optimistic.
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Futurama
Animated sci-fi sitcom from the Simpsons creators. Scored S1-S10 incl. Hulu revival.
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Taxi
Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form a special bond among themselves, becoming friends and s
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Schitt's Creek
Single-camera comedy about a wealthy family forced to live in a small town. Character comedy driven by fish-out-of-water situations. Warm humor that deepens as characters grow.
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The Larry Sanders Show
Single-camera HBO showbiz satire. Garry Shandling stars as Larry Sanders, the paranoid, insecure host of a late-night talk show; the series alternates between mock on-air segments and dry, observational behind-the-scenes interplay with Hank Kingsley (Jeffrey Tambor) and Artie (Rip Torn). No laugh track, no audience — the show that taught HBO comedy how to feel real. Proto-Office, proto-30 Rock, proto-Curb. Heavy on character craft, awkward-pause cringe, and industry-insider callbacks.
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The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Multi-camera NBC sitcom with a live audience and laugh track. Street-smart West Philadelphia teen Will (Will Smith) is sent to live with his wealthy aunt and uncle in Bel-Air. Fast, brash joke delivery, physical comedy, fourth-wall winks, and Carlton's earnestness as foil; tonal range from broad farce to landmark dramatic episodes. Note: famous mid-run recast of Aunt Viv (Janet Hubert S1-3, Daphne Maxwell Reid S4-6).
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Friends
Multi-camera sitcom about six friends in New York. Mix of relationship humor, physical comedy, and catchphrase-driven jokes. Broader comedy style aimed at wide audiences.
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Featured Insight
Better jokes don't always
mean a funnier show.
Seinfeld beats The Office on per-joke craft and on impact. But The Office edges ahead on our Humor Index — because the index rewards consistency and peak density. A show with fewer weak episodes beats one with higher highs but more clunkers. And the gap that matters is small: from The Office down, the chasing pack sits inside each other's 95% intervals.
The Office
79.3
Craft 6.88 · Impact 6.69
Seinfeld
77.0
Craft 7.15 · Impact 6.44
Craft Gap
+0.28
Seinfeld higher per joke
The Three Pillars
How a joke becomes a number.
Every score on this site is a weighted composite of three dimensions, each rated by AI on a per-joke basis.
Density
25%
Jokes per minute, plus the peak density of the episode’s best stretches. Rewards sustained pace and elite-tier runs.
Craft
40%
Setup quality, misdirection, subversion, character fit, timing. Five dimensions, equally weighted, scored 1–10.
Impact
35%
Quotability, rewatch value, cultural footprint, callback payoff. What turns a joke into a catchphrase.