Show Analysis
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia79.2
Created by Rob Mac
Starring Charlie Day, Glenn Howerton, Rob Mac, Kaitlin Olson, Danny DeVito
Humor Index
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6.9
8.3
8,786
Is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia funny? Yes — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia scores 79.2 out of 100 on the Humor Index, the #12 funniest of 21 sitcoms scored, based on an AI analysis of 8,786 jokes across 177 episodes. It averages 1.8 jokes per minute, with a craft score of 7.0 and an impact score of 6.9.
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Best Season
S15
367 jokes analyzed
Episode Mean
78.6
unweighted avg · 177 episodes
Score Range
92.8→65.6
best to worst
3
Episodes 90+
69
Episodes 80+
164
Episodes 70+
5.6
Consistency (σ)
lower = more consistent
Lowest Scoring Episodes
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Humor Index — every episode
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Season Averages
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Episode Heatmap
| Season | Episode | Title | Humor Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | The Gang Gets Racist | 82.5 |
| 1 | 2 | Charlie Wants an Abortion | 74.1 |
| 1 | 3 | Underage Drinking: A National Concern | 76.1 |
| 1 | 4 | Charlie Has Cancer | 86.1 |
| 1 | 5 | Gun Fever | 73.5 |
| 1 | 6 | The Gang Finds a Dead Guy | 71.8 |
| 1 | 7 | Charlie Got Molested | 80.6 |
| 2 | 1 | Charlie Gets Crippled | 73.4 |
| 2 | 2 | The Gang Goes Jihad | 76.4 |
| 2 | 3 | Dennis and Dee Go on Welfare | 75.1 |
| 2 | 4 | Mac Bangs Dennis' Mom | 69.1 |
| 2 | 5 | Hundred Dollar Baby | 80.0 |
| 2 | 6 | The Gang Gives Back | 76.5 |
| 2 | 7 | The Gang Exploits a Miracle | 86.4 |
| 2 | 8 | The Gang Runs for Office | 76.0 |
| 2 | 9 | Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass | 75.2 |
| 2 | 10 | Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad | 75.6 |
| 3 | 1 | The Gang Finds a Dumpster Baby | 85.9 |
| 3 | 2 | The Gang Gets Invincible | 71.2 |
| 3 | 3 | Dennis and Dee's Mom Is Dead | 83.1 |
| 3 | 4 | The Gang Gets Held Hostage | 76.1 |
| 3 | 5 | The Aluminum Monster vs. Fatty Magoo | 77.6 |
| 3 | 6 | The Gang Solves the North Korea Situation | 65.6 |
| 3 | 7 | The Gang Sells Out | 70.9 |
| 3 | 8 | Frank Sets Sweet Dee On Fire | 79.4 |
| 3 | 9 | Sweet Dee's Dating a Retarded Person | 77.9 |
| 3 | 10 | Mac Is a Serial Killer | 83.4 |
| 3 | 11 | Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender | 88.9 |
| 3 | 12 | The Gang Gets Whacked (1) | 76.0 |
| 3 | 13 | The Gang Gets Whacked (2) | 78.4 |
| 3 | 14 | Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City | 81.0 |
| 3 | 15 | The Gang Dances Their Asses Off | 68.4 |
| 4 | 1 | Mac and Dennis: Manhunters | 73.9 |
| 4 | 2 | The Gang Solves the Gas Crisis | 80.0 |
| 4 | 3 | America’s Next Top Paddy’s Billboard Model Contest | 81.1 |
| 4 | 4 | Mac’s Banging the Waitress | 69.8 |
| 4 | 5 | Mac and Charlie Die (1) | 81.9 |
| 4 | 6 | Mac and Charlie Die (2) | 68.0 |
| 4 | 7 | Who Pooped the Bed? | 83.4 |
| 4 | 8 | Paddy’s Pub: The Worst Bar in Philadelphia | 80.0 |
| 4 | 9 | Dennis Reynolds: An Erotic Life | 78.5 |
| 4 | 10 | Sweet Dee Has a Heart Attack | 79.4 |
| 4 | 11 | The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell | 66.6 |
| 4 | 12 | The Gang Gets Extreme: Home Makeover Edition | 79.1 |
| 4 | 13 | The Nightman Cometh | 85.0 |
| 5 | 1 | The Gang Exploits the Mortgage Crisis | 75.4 |
| 5 | 2 | The Gang Hits the Road | 73.5 |
| 5 | 3 | The Great Recession | 78.1 |
| 5 | 4 | The Gang Gives Frank an Intervention | 85.2 |
| 5 | 5 | The Waitress Is Getting Married | 84.0 |
| 5 | 6 | The World Series Defense | 81.6 |
| 5 | 7 | The Gang Wrestles for the Troops | 72.9 |
| 5 | 8 | Paddy's Pub: Home of the Original Kitten Mittens | 72.0 |
| 5 | 9 | Mac and Dennis Break Up | 80.4 |
| 5 | 10 | The D.E.N.N.I.S. System | 77.2 |
| 5 | 11 | Mac and Charlie Write a Movie | 72.6 |
| 5 | 12 | The Gang Reignites the Rivalry | 74.2 |
| 6 | 1 | Mac Fights Gay Marriage | 74.9 |
| 6 | 2 | Dennis Gets Divorced | 81.2 |
| 6 | 3 | The Gang Buys a Boat | 81.8 |
| 6 | 4 | Mac's Big Break | 78.1 |
| 6 | 5 | Mac and Charlie: White Trash | 75.0 |
| 6 | 6 | Mac's Mom Burns Her House Down | 71.1 |
| 6 | 7 | Who Got Dee Pregnant? | 69.6 |
| 6 | 8 | The Gang Gets a New Member | 72.0 |
| 6 | 9 | Dee Reynolds: Shaping America's Youth | 70.1 |
| 6 | 10 | Charlie Kelly: King of the Rats | 80.2 |
| 6 | 11 | The Gang Gets Stranded in the Woods | 79.4 |
| 6 | 12 | Dee Gives Birth | 79.8 |
| 6 | 13 | A Very Sunny Christmas | 80.9 |
| 7 | 1 | Frank's Pretty Woman | 79.6 |
| 7 | 2 | The Gang Goes to the Jersey Shore | 76.6 |
| 7 | 3 | Frank Reynolds' Little Beauties | 83.5 |
| 7 | 4 | Sweet Dee Gets Audited | 79.8 |
| 7 | 5 | Frank's Brother | 72.8 |
| 7 | 6 | The Storm of the Century | 74.5 |
| 7 | 7 | Chardee MacDennis: The Game of Games | 83.4 |
| 7 | 8 | The ANTI-Social Network | 78.4 |
| 7 | 9 | The Gang Gets Trapped | 79.8 |
| 7 | 10 | How Mac Got Fat | 74.0 |
| 7 | 11 | Thunder Gun Express | 85.8 |
| 7 | 12 | The High School Reunion (1) | 65.8 |
| 7 | 13 | The High School Reunion (2): The Gang's Revenge | 79.8 |
| 8 | 1 | Pop-Pop: The Final Solution | 79.4 |
| 8 | 2 | The Gang Recycles Their Trash | 81.6 |
| 8 | 3 | The Maureen Ponderosa Wedding Massacre | 78.4 |
| 8 | 4 | Charlie and Dee Find Love | 73.5 |
| 8 | 5 | The Gang Gets Analyzed | 91.1 |
| 8 | 6 | Charlie's Mom Has Cancer | 79.0 |
| 8 | 7 | Frank's Back in Business | 77.8 |
| 8 | 8 | Charlie Rules the World | 73.9 |
| 8 | 9 | The Gang Dines Out | 77.4 |
| 8 | 10 | Reynolds vs. Reynolds: The Cereal Defense | 77.8 |
| 9 | 1 | The Gang Broke Dee | 84.8 |
| 9 | 2 | Gun Fever Too: Still Hot | 87.2 |
| 9 | 3 | The Gang Tries Desperately to Win an Award | 71.8 |
| 9 | 4 | Mac and Dennis Buy a Timeshare | 84.6 |
| 9 | 5 | Mac Day | 88.9 |
| 9 | 6 | The Gang Saves the Day | 72.8 |
| 9 | 7 | The Gang Gets Quarantined | 83.6 |
| 9 | 8 | Flowers for Charlie | 79.1 |
| 9 | 9 | The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 6 | 72.1 |
| 9 | 10 | The Gang Squashes Their Beefs | 82.1 |
| 10 | 1 | The Gang Beats Boggs | 74.6 |
| 10 | 2 | The Gang Group Dates | 85.8 |
| 10 | 3 | Psycho Pete Returns | 87.2 |
| 10 | 4 | Charlie Work | 75.2 |
| 10 | 5 | The Gang Spies Like U.S. | 67.1 |
| 10 | 6 | The Gang Misses the Boat | 69.6 |
| 10 | 7 | Mac Kills His Dad | 76.6 |
| 10 | 8 | The Gang Goes on Family Fight | 85.4 |
| 10 | 9 | Frank Retires | 81.1 |
| 10 | 10 | Ass Kickers United: Mac and Charlie Join a Cult | 77.0 |
| 11 | 1 | Chardee MacDennis 2: Electric Boogaloo | 84.9 |
| 11 | 2 | Frank Falls Out the Window | 75.0 |
| 11 | 3 | The Gang Hits the Slopes | 76.9 |
| 11 | 4 | Dee Made a Smut Film | 86.5 |
| 11 | 5 | Mac & Dennis Move to the Suburbs | 78.6 |
| 11 | 6 | Being Frank | 67.1 |
| 11 | 7 | McPoyle vs. Ponderosa: The Trial of the Century | 85.6 |
| 11 | 8 | Charlie Catches a Leprechaun | 72.1 |
| 11 | 9 | The Gang Goes to Hell (1) | 92.8 |
| 11 | 10 | The Gang Goes to Hell (2) | 75.1 |
| 12 | 1 | The Gang Turns Black | 76.0 |
| 12 | 2 | The Gang Goes to a Water Park | 78.5 |
| 12 | 3 | Old Lady House: A Situation Comedy | 78.9 |
| 12 | 4 | Wolf Cola: A Public Relations Nightmare | 79.8 |
| 12 | 5 | Making Dennis Reynolds a Murderer | 78.4 |
| 12 | 6 | Hero or Hate Crime? | 86.4 |
| 12 | 7 | PTSDee | 71.4 |
| 12 | 8 | The Gang Tends Bar | 79.6 |
| 12 | 9 | A Cricket's Tale | 83.0 |
| 12 | 10 | Dennis' Double Life | 79.9 |
| 13 | 1 | The Gang Makes Paddy's Great Again | 84.0 |
| 13 | 2 | The Gang Escapes | 82.2 |
| 13 | 3 | The Gang Beats Boggs: Ladies Reboot | 80.4 |
| 13 | 4 | Time's Up for the Gang | 86.0 |
| 13 | 5 | The Gang Gets New Wheels | 73.8 |
| 13 | 6 | The Gang Solves the Bathroom Problem | 81.6 |
| 13 | 7 | The Gang Does a Clip Show | 81.0 |
| 13 | 8 | Charlie's Home Alone | 76.2 |
| 13 | 9 | The Gang Wins the Big Game | 69.9 |
| 13 | 10 | Mac Finds His Pride | 81.5 |
| 14 | 1 | The Gang Gets Romantic | 85.5 |
| 14 | 2 | Thunder Gun 4: Maximum Cool | 85.5 |
| 14 | 3 | Dee Day | 83.6 |
| 14 | 4 | The Gang Chokes | 81.5 |
| 14 | 5 | The Gang Texts | 76.6 |
| 14 | 6 | The Janitor Always Mops Twice | 67.4 |
| 14 | 7 | The Gang Solves Global Warming | 75.5 |
| 14 | 8 | Paddy's Has a Jumper | 74.8 |
| 14 | 9 | A Woman's Right to Chop | 89.2 |
| 14 | 10 | Waiting for Big Mo | 80.6 |
| 15 | 1 | 2020: A Year in Review | 79.2 |
| 15 | 2 | The Gang Makes Lethal Weapon 7 | 88.6 |
| 15 | 3 | The Gang Buys a Roller Rink | 79.2 |
| 15 | 4 | The Gang Replaces Dee with a Monkey | 88.9 |
| 15 | 5 | The Gang Goes to Ireland | 79.8 |
| 15 | 6 | The Gang's Still in Ireland | 78.0 |
| 15 | 7 | Dee Sinks in a Bog | 80.8 |
| 15 | 8 | The Gang Carries a Corpse Up a Mountain | 87.0 |
| 16 | 1 | The Gang Inflates | 72.0 |
| 16 | 2 | Frank Shoots Every Member of the Gang | 79.4 |
| 16 | 3 | The Gang Gets Cursed | 91.5 |
| 16 | 4 | Frank vs. Russia | 72.9 |
| 16 | 5 | Celebrity Booze: The Ultimate Cash Grab | 75.0 |
| 16 | 6 | Risk E. Rat's Pizza and Amusement Center | 75.5 |
| 16 | 7 | The Gang Goes Bowling | 82.2 |
| 16 | 8 | Dennis Takes a Mental Health Day | 79.9 |
| 17 | 1 | The Gang F***s Up Abbott Elementary | 85.8 |
| 17 | 2 | Frank Is in a Coma | 76.4 |
| 17 | 3 | Mac and Dennis Become EMTs | 77.6 |
| 17 | 4 | Thought Leadership: A Corporate Conversation | 78.8 |
| 17 | 5 | The Gang Goes to a Dog Track | 80.6 |
| 17 | 6 | Overage Drinking: A National Concern | 84.1 |
| 17 | 7 | The Gang Gets Ready for Prime Time | 81.4 |
| 17 | 8 | The Golden Bachelor Live | 85.8 |
The Funniest It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Episodes
Of the 177 It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia episodes we scored, these rate highest on the Humor Index — our blend of joke density, craft, and impact. Tap any episode for the full joke-by-joke breakdown.
The Gang Goes to Hell (1)
S11E09 · 66 jokes
The Gang Gets Cursed
S16E03 · 41 jokes
The Gang Gets Analyzed
S8E05 · 72 jokes
A Woman's Right to Chop
S14E09 · 43 jokes
Dennis Looks Like a Registered Sex Offender
S3E11 · 36 jokes
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Is It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Worth Watching?
By the data: It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia earns a Humor Index of 79.2 out of 100, placing it #12 of 21 fully-scored shows here. Across 177 analyzed episodes it averages 1.8 jokes per minute, a craft score of 7.0, and an impact score of 6.9. Those numbers reflect one AI analyst’s judgment applied consistently — and the top shows cluster closely enough that small gaps aren’t meaningful rankings. Scroll up for the season-by-season trend and the characters carrying the comedy.
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