artist: Charles Barsotti

Who's leading at being funny?

There's an old saying that you can't improve what you don't measure—maybe humor is no exception.

Leaderboards offer a fun, data-driven way to see how caption writers and cartoonists stack up across contests, revealing patterns, streaks, surprises, and the occasional underdog surge. They turn what might otherwise be scattered results into something you can explore, compare, and revisit. Use the built-in tools, pagination, column sorting, and the search box, to dig into the rankings and discover your own insights about the data.