LONDON, UK – LOL! Haha! LMAO! Jaja! These are just some of the words used to represent laughter and joy. New research from OnlineGambling.ca took 38 of the most popular words that represent laughter to reveal which video games communities have the funniest fans.
Playing World of Warcraft Is The Key To Happiness
In the past year, the 10 most popular games sub-reddits have posted over two million comments. Fans of World of Warcraft will be happy to hear that they rank first for being the most humorous. The 2.1 million gamers in the community make on average 40 LOLs per 100 comments! Coming in second and third place are League of Legends and Sims players who have make 34 and 26 LOLs per 100 comments.
| Game | No. of Fans | No. of Comments | No. of LOLs | LOLs per 100 Comments |
| World of Warcraft | 2,111,000 | 147500 | 58979 | 40 |
| League of Legends | 5,098,000 | 359300 | 121960 | 34 |
| The Sims | 403,000 | 50600 | 12988 | 26 |
| Fornite | 511,000 | 68200 | 15041 | 22 |
| Doom | 374,000 | 99500 | 2147 | 22 |
| FIFA | 503,000 | 329600 | 60770 | 18 |
| Red Dead Redemption | 815,000 | 107000 | 19332 | 18 |
| Overwatch | 3,530,000 | 127800 | 22845 | 18 |
| Minecraft | 4,953,000 | 738900 | 127542 | 17 |
| Call Of Duty | 504,000 | 90400 | 6420 | 7 |
Coming bottom is the very serious Call of Duty fans, who only make 7 LOLs per 100 comments.
Console Gamers Are 3x Funnier Than PC Gamers
It’s official! Console gamers are funnier than their PC counterparts. In fact console gamers who amount to a massive 5.3 million fans make 31 LOLs per 100 comments, 3x the rate of PC gamers.
| Console vs PC Gamers | No. of Fans | No. of Comments | No. of LOLs | LOLs per 100 Comments |
| Console* | 5,377,000 | 245,900 | 77,106 | 31 |
| PC | 2,540,000 | 72600 | 7839 | 11 |
* Console gamers combined the metrics of the 3 communities below.
Xbox Gamers Laugh More Than PlayStation and Nintendo Fans
Separating out the consoles communities, the data reveals that Xbox gamers are the funniest. The make 34 LOLs per 100 comments, versus PlayStation fans who make 30 LOLs and Nintendo gamers who only make 22 LOLs.
| Console | No. of Fans | No. of Comments | No. of LOLs | LOLs per 100 Comments |
| Xbox | 2,818,000 | 132200 | 45407 | 34 |
| PlayStation | 490,000 | 86900 | 25742 | 30 |
| Nintendo | 2,069,000 | 26800 | 5957 | 22 |
Methodology
OnlineGambling.ca used IGN’s top video games to create a shortlist of top gaming communities, selecting the top sub-reddit communities on number of fans and engagement. The biggest and most active sub-reddit was chosen for each franchise.
The study then looked at the most commonly used “laughter” words on Reddit using Puddings Cool Laughing On Line research and calculated how many these words were used on each subreddit in the last 12 months.
The analysis does not include emojis.
