Cincinnati is America’s least funny city, report says

Cincinnatians just aren’t funny people, according to a new “humor index” from comedy streaming app Laugh.ly. The study takes several factors into account when analyzing humor in the United States, including cities with a high number of comedy clubs and improv schools, a high listening volume of standup comedy and minimal interest in documentary films. The humor index leverages data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Facebook, local business data, Google search volume and Laugh.ly listening in the top 50 U.S. metro areas. San Jose reigns as the funniest city in America, the study says, followed by Jacksonville, Charlotte, Memphis and Milwaukee. Cincinnati sits at the bottom of the list, claiming the title of America’s least funny city. Also among the least funny cities are Pittsburgh, Miami, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.

Cincinnatians just aren’t funny people, according to a new “humor index” from comedy streaming app Laugh.ly.

The study takes several factors into account when analyzing humor in the United States, including cities with a high number of comedy clubs and improv schools, a high listening volume of standup comedy and minimal interest in documentary films.


The humor index leverages data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Facebook, local business data, Google search volume and Laugh.ly listening in the top 50 U.S. metro areas.

San Jose reigns as the funniest city in America, the study says, followed by Jacksonville, Charlotte, Memphis and Milwaukee.

Cincinnati sits at the bottom of the list, claiming the title of America’s least funny city. Also among the least funny cities are Pittsburgh, Miami, Phoenix and Washington, D.C.