Comedy Analytics
Every Sitcom Joke, Scored and Ranked
The science of what's funny.
As of May 2026: 1,411 episodes, 82,943 jokes, scored by AI. How we score.
Rankings
Top Shows
| Rank | Show | Format | Humor Index | IMDb | JPM | Craft | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 Rock | Single Camera | Elite84.4 | 7.9 | 2.9 | 7.3 | 7.0 |
| 2 | Arrested Development | Single Camera | Elite82.0 | 8.0 | 1.9 | 7.2 | 6.9 |
| 3 | The Simpsons | Animation | Elite79.9 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 4 | Veep | Single Camera | Elite79.9 | 8.2 | 2.0 | 7.1 | 6.8 |
| 5 | The Office | Single Camera | Elite79.1 | 8.1 | 2.4 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| 6 | Community | Single Camera | Great77.9 | 8.2 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 7 | Taxi | Multi-Camera (Sweetened) | Great77.4 | 7.5 | 2.1 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 8 | Schitt's Creek | Single Camera | Great77.2 | 8.0 | 2.3 | 7.0 | 6.7 |
| 9 | Seinfeld | Multi-Camera (Live) | Great77.0 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 7.0 | 6.9 |
| 10 | Friends | Multi-Camera (Live) | Solid73.5 | 8.3 | 3.1 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
Scores within about ±1.2 points are statistically tied — the cluster below the top two is closer than the order suggests. How we score →
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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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The Simpsons
Animated family sitcom — golden-era seasons (S1–S10). 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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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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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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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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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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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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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. Why? Because the Humor Index rewards consistency and peak density — reaching elite comedy without dropping below average. 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 within about two points — well inside each other's 95% intervals.
The Office
79.2
Craft 6.87 · Impact 6.67
Seinfeld
77.0
Craft 7.15 · Impact 6.44
Craft Gap
+0.28
Seinfeld higher per joke
How it works
JPM
Jokes Per Minute
Raw comedic density — how many distinct jokes land per minute of runtime. Weighted by episode length.
Craft
Craft Score
Five-dimension rubric: setup quality, misdirection, subversion, character fit, and timing. Scored 1–10.
Impact
Impact Score
Audience resonance — quotability, rewatch value, cultural staying power, and callback payoff.