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65%

65% -- share saying comments are funnier than creators or brands for social platform users (2026)

2026  · OK Cool

According to research from OK Cool, 65% of people say comments are funnier than the creators or brands themselves.

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65%
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social platform users
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OK Cool Primary Tier C
https://weknowvideo.com.au/2026/03/stop-chasing-reach-start-joining-the-conversation/ ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2026 Channel: Deep Crawl
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Stop Chasing Reach. Start Joining The Conversation. - We Know Video
The comments section. That’s where it’s all happening right now. While most brands are still obsessing over feeds and reach, culture has already moved somewhere else; to the replies, the stitches, the quote posts, the off-the-cuff moments that can’t be scheduled in a calendar. That’s where audiences…
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social platform users: 65% share saying comments are funnier than creators or brands. Source: OK Cool (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/comments-funnier-than-creators
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/comments-funnier-than-creators" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>65%</strong> -- share saying comments are funnier than creators or brands for social platform users<br><small>Source: OK Cool (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/comments-funnier-than-creators" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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