An L.A. Times article tells us, “Americans need a laugh right now.” And, they say, according to comScore’s Media Matrix, humor sites on the web showed the biggest gains of all the categories and subject matter they tracked. “The category grew 21 percent in August to 33.7 million visitors, representing a high for the category in the past year.” Humor is spreading with internet speed!
The most popular of these sites was Break.com, with nearly 5.6 million visitors which features video clips of accidental falls. Perhaps this is because it can easily cross all language barriers.
The second most popular was the site for the cable channel Comedy Central with 4.4 million visitors. But even if you don’t get the channel, there are plenty of laughs to be had, with videos, jokes and games and info about their spotlights on stand-up comedians many shows.
National Lampoon Humor Network was next with 4.3 million–up 7 percent. Followed by Wimp.com, which is a collection clips that are suitable for all ages in a simple list format. Wimp.com saw significant growth during the month with a 58-percent increase.
Who knows what percentage of people are getting their comedy from YouTube, but they do have their own channel dedicated to it, and they seem to have some of the most popular videos on the site.
They don’t seem to list sites beyond those, but a search done on Alexa.com showed Comedy Central as number one, followed by Comedy.com. We were surprised that we didn’t see Funny or Die.com, which has been mentioned on many social networking sites. It gives you a chance to vote for the funniest videos.
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