More than a million people helped decide this is the funniest joke ever: BGR

• A new video from AsapSCIENCE discusses the science of comedic humor, including what is statistically the best joke ever.
• Researchers have found the optimal amount of time between a tragedy and when people can generally joke about it.
• The structure and length of the joke also play a role in how funny people think it is.

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Humor is, of course, a subjective thing. There will always be jokes that you think are funny, but others are not, and vice versa. Our comedic sensibilities are a combination of a lot of things, including life experiences that can make us more sensitive to certain topics and less sensitive to others. With all that in mind, can there really be a “funniest joke”?

Based on the results of a survey of more than 1.5 million people, the answer is apparently yes. YouTube channel AsapSCIENCE recently delved into the science of comedy, scouring the data, and offering it in an easily digestible way.

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The survey the participants took asked them a lot of questions about their sense of humor. It also had them rate jokes and ask them how much they liked each joke or how humorous they found it. Based on these responses, according to the data, we have the “funniest joke in the world”.

Some of the more interesting bits of information that emerged from the survey include ideal joke length. Based on the data, the most effective jokes are approximately 103 letters long. That’s pretty short, but maybe that’s why they work so well? Additionally, jokes are funniest for any individual at approximately 6:03 PM local time. It’s not exactly clear why this is, but it may have something to do with the general feeling of relaxation at the end of the workday and the transition into the evening.

As for the funniest joke in the world … well, go ahead and watch the video above and you’ll show it off like a comedian could. Reading the joke probably won’t have the same impact, so it’s best to hear it out loud.

Now I’m not a comedian, but I know what I find funny. The joke that is considered the funniest is not one bad joke in any way. It has a clear punch line and an easy-to-understand premise. It’s fine … but the funniest joke ever? Um, I’ll go ahead and say no. Maybe I should listen to it again at 6:03 PM?

As I said, humor is subjective, anyway. No one is going to like every joke, and there is no joke that everyone will universally adore. Find out what makes you laugh and stick with it as this is one case where science lags far behind concrete.