Show Analysis
Futurama77.6
Created by Matt Groening
Humor Index
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Is Futurama funny? Yes — Futurama scores 77.6 out of 100 on the Humor Index, the #12 funniest of 19 sitcoms scored, based on an AI analysis of 11,042 jokes across 170 episodes. It averages 3.8 jokes per minute, with a craft score of 6.8 and an impact score of 6.5.
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Best Season
S3
992 jokes analyzed
Episode Mean
77.7
unweighted avg · 170 episodes
Score Range
89.9→63.9
best to worst
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Episodes 90+
50
Episodes 80+
161
Episodes 70+
4.7
Consistency (σ)
lower = more consistent
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Season Averages
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Episode Heatmap
| Season | Episode | Title | Humor Index |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Space Pilot 3000 | 77.6 |
| 1 | 2 | The Series Has Landed | 72.9 |
| 1 | 3 | I Roommate | 74.5 |
| 1 | 4 | Loves Labours Lost In Space | 80.6 |
| 1 | 5 | Fear Of A Bot Planet | 74.9 |
| 1 | 6 | A Fishful Of Dollars | 79.6 |
| 1 | 7 | My Three Suns | 74.6 |
| 1 | 8 | A Big Piece Of Garbage | 79.4 |
| 1 | 9 | Hell Is Other Robots | 79.4 |
| 2 | 1 | A Flight To Remember | 84.0 |
| 2 | 2 | Mars University | 78.5 |
| 2 | 3 | When Aliens Attack | 81.2 |
| 2 | 4 | Fry Amp The Slurm Factory | 84.4 |
| 2 | 5 | I Second That Emotion | 74.1 |
| 2 | 6 | Brannigan Begin Again | 86.2 |
| 2 | 7 | A Head In The Polls | 85.8 |
| 2 | 8 | Xmas Story | 82.1 |
| 2 | 9 | Why Must I Be A Crustacean In Love | 82.5 |
| 2 | 10 | Put Your Head On My Shoulders | 79.9 |
| 2 | 11 | Lesser Of Two Evils | 81.5 |
| 2 | 12 | Raging Bender | 76.0 |
| 2 | 13 | A Bicyclops Built For Two | 63.9 |
| 2 | 14 | How Hermes Requisitioned His Groove Back | 79.9 |
| 2 | 15 | A Clone Of My Own | 83.0 |
| 2 | 16 | The Deep South | 78.2 |
| 2 | 17 | Bender Gets Made | 74.9 |
| 2 | 18 | The Problem With Popplers | 83.8 |
| 2 | 19 | Mothers Day | 78.5 |
| 2 | 20 | Anthology Of Interest I | 77.6 |
| 3 | 1 | The Honking | 79.8 |
| 3 | 2 | War Is The H Word | 80.4 |
| 3 | 3 | The Cryonic Woman | 77.0 |
| 3 | 4 | Parasites Lost | 75.9 |
| 3 | 5 | Amazon Women In The Mood | 89.9 |
| 3 | 6 | Bendless Love | 79.4 |
| 3 | 7 | The Day The Earth Stood Stupid | 72.4 |
| 3 | 8 | Thats Lobstertainment | 74.6 |
| 3 | 9 | The Birdbot Of Ice Catraz | 82.1 |
| 3 | 10 | The Luck Of The Fryrish | 79.5 |
| 3 | 11 | The Cyber House Rules | 87.0 |
| 3 | 12 | Insane In The Mainframe | 78.6 |
| 3 | 13 | Bendin In The Wind | 81.8 |
| 3 | 14 | Time Keeps On Slippin | 86.2 |
| 3 | 15 | I Dated A Robot | 81.0 |
| 4 | 1 | Roswell That Ends Well | 74.4 |
| 4 | 2 | A Tale Of Two Santas | 82.4 |
| 4 | 3 | Anthology Of Interest Ii | 81.0 |
| 4 | 4 | Love And Rocket | 81.1 |
| 4 | 5 | Leelas Homeworld | 71.4 |
| 4 | 6 | Where The Buggalo Roam | 75.6 |
| 4 | 7 | A Pharaoh To Remember | 85.6 |
| 4 | 8 | Godfellas | 80.9 |
| 4 | 9 | Future Stock | 82.8 |
| 4 | 10 | A Leela Of Her Own | 79.0 |
| 4 | 11 | 30 Iron Chef | 73.9 |
| 4 | 12 | Where No Fan Has Gone Before | 78.9 |
| 5 | 1 | Crimes Of The Hot | 74.4 |
| 5 | 2 | Jurassic Bark | 74.8 |
| 5 | 3 | The Route Of All Evil | 83.2 |
| 5 | 4 | A Taste Of Freedom | 83.2 |
| 5 | 5 | Kif Gets Knocked Up A Notch | 73.2 |
| 5 | 6 | Less Than Hero | 78.8 |
| 5 | 7 | Teenage Mutant Leelas Hurdles | 72.2 |
| 5 | 8 | The Why Of Fry | 76.4 |
| 5 | 9 | The Sting | 79.8 |
| 5 | 10 | The Farnsworth Parabox | 83.1 |
| 5 | 11 | Three Hundred Big Boys | 78.8 |
| 5 | 12 | Spanish Fry | 71.4 |
| 5 | 13 | Bend Her | 76.9 |
| 5 | 14 | Obsoletely Fabulous | 76.5 |
| 5 | 15 | Bender Should Not Be Allowed On Tv | 87.9 |
| 5 | 16 | The Devils Hands Are Idle Playthings | 76.6 |
| 6 | 1 | Rebirth | 82.5 |
| 6 | 2 | In A Gadda Da Leela | 77.9 |
| 6 | 3 | Attack Of The Killer App | 76.2 |
| 6 | 4 | Proposition Infinity | 88.5 |
| 6 | 5 | The Duh Vinci Code | 78.5 |
| 6 | 6 | Lethal Inspection | 74.5 |
| 6 | 7 | The Late Philip J Fry | 82.0 |
| 6 | 8 | That Darn Katz | 77.4 |
| 6 | 9 | A Clockwork Origin | 74.9 |
| 6 | 10 | The Prisoner Of Benda | 87.5 |
| 6 | 11 | Lrrreconcilable Ndndifferences | 71.5 |
| 6 | 12 | The Mutants Are Revolting | 77.4 |
| 6 | 13 | The Futurama Holiday Spectacular | 75.6 |
| 6 | 14 | Neutopia | 71.4 |
| 6 | 15 | Benderama | 75.9 |
| 6 | 16 | Ghost In The Machines | 80.6 |
| 7 | 1 | The Bots And The Bees | 80.8 |
| 7 | 2 | A Farewell To Arms | 71.5 |
| 7 | 3 | Decision 3012 | 78.6 |
| 7 | 4 | The Thief Of Baghead | 69.6 |
| 7 | 5 | Zapp Dingbat | 78.8 |
| 7 | 6 | The Butterjunk Effect | 83.6 |
| 7 | 7 | The Six Million Dollar Mon | 83.8 |
| 7 | 8 | Fun On A Bun | 76.5 |
| 7 | 9 | Free Will Hunting | 72.8 |
| 7 | 10 | Near Death Wish | 76.5 |
| 7 | 11 | Viva Mars Vegas | 72.1 |
| 7 | 12 | 31St Century Fox | 77.5 |
| 7 | 13 | Naturama | 76.9 |
| 8 | 1 | The Impossible Stream | 69.5 |
| 8 | 2 | Children Of A Lesser Bog | 81.4 |
| 8 | 3 | How The West Was 1010001 | 79.4 |
| 8 | 4 | Parasites Regained | 71.1 |
| 8 | 5 | Related To Items Youve Viewed | 72.6 |
| 8 | 6 | I Know What You Did Next Xmas | 74.5 |
| 8 | 7 | Rage Against The Vaccine | 75.4 |
| 8 | 8 | Zapp Gets Canceled | 73.9 |
| 8 | 9 | The Prince And The Product | 78.9 |
| 8 | 10 | All The Way Down | 78.0 |
| 8 | 11 | Cold Warriors | 82.9 |
| 8 | 12 | Overclockwise | 79.0 |
| 8 | 13 | Reincarnation | 70.4 |
| 9 | 1 | The One Amigo | 84.0 |
| 9 | 2 | Quids Game | 74.2 |
| 9 | 3 | The Temp | 81.4 |
| 9 | 4 | Beauty And The Bug | 77.5 |
| 9 | 5 | One Is Silicon And The Other Gold | 81.9 |
| 9 | 6 | Attack Of The Clothes | 82.5 |
| 9 | 7 | Planet Espresso | 83.1 |
| 9 | 8 | Cuteness Overload | 67.4 |
| 9 | 9 | The Futurama Mystery Liberry | 70.4 |
| 9 | 10 | Otherwise | 70.5 |
| 9 | 11 | Viva Mars Vegas | 75.4 |
| 9 | 12 | 31St Century Fox | 81.6 |
| 9 | 13 | Naturama | 79.6 |
| 10 | 1 | Destroy Tall Monsters | 77.4 |
| 10 | 2 | The World Is Hot Enough | 77.8 |
| 10 | 3 | Fifty Shades Of Green | 84.5 |
| 10 | 4 | The Numberland Gap | 79.0 |
| 10 | 5 | Scared Screenless | 79.2 |
| 10 | 6 | Wicked Human | 73.4 |
| 10 | 7 | Murderoni | 79.1 |
| 10 | 8 | Crab Splatter | 76.4 |
| 10 | 9 | The Trouble With Truffles | 77.9 |
| 10 | 10 | The White Hole | 68.0 |
| 10 | 11 | Murder On The Planet Express | 75.8 |
| 10 | 12 | Stench And Stenchibility | 78.6 |
| 10 | 13 | Meanwhile | 83.5 |
| 11 | 1 | The Impossible Stream | 70.2 |
| 11 | 2 | Children Of A Lesser Bog | 68.1 |
| 11 | 3 | How The West Was 1010001 | 79.5 |
| 11 | 4 | Parasites Regained | 81.9 |
| 11 | 5 | Related To Items Youve Viewed | 81.4 |
| 11 | 6 | I Know What You Did Next Xmas | 72.6 |
| 11 | 7 | Rage Against The Vaccine | 79.6 |
| 11 | 8 | Zapp Gets Canceled | 78.1 |
| 11 | 9 | The Prince And The Product | 73.5 |
| 11 | 10 | All The Way Down | 76.5 |
| 12 | 1 | The One Amigo | 74.0 |
| 12 | 2 | Quids Game | 68.6 |
| 12 | 3 | The Temp | 77.9 |
| 12 | 4 | Beauty And The Bug | 76.6 |
| 12 | 5 | One Is Silicon And The Other Gold | 72.5 |
| 12 | 6 | Attack Of The Clothes | 78.2 |
| 12 | 7 | Planet Espresso | 77.4 |
| 12 | 8 | Cuteness Overlord | 73.2 |
| 12 | 9 | The Futurama Mystery Liberry | 71.9 |
| 12 | 10 | Otherwise | 66.9 |
| 13 | 1 | Destroy Tall Monsters | 80.8 |
| 13 | 2 | The World Is Hot Enough | 70.0 |
| 13 | 3 | Fifty Shades Of Green | 74.2 |
| 13 | 4 | The Numberland Gap | 81.2 |
| 13 | 5 | Scared Screenless | 76.5 |
| 13 | 6 | Wicked Human | 74.0 |
| 13 | 7 | Murderoni | 79.6 |
| 13 | 8 | Crab Splatter | 77.5 |
| 13 | 9 | The Trouble With Truffles | 69.6 |
| 13 | 10 | The White Hole | 73.6 |
The Funniest Futurama Episodes
Of the 170 Futurama episodes we scored, these rate highest on the Humor Index — our blend of joke density, craft, and impact. Tap any episode for the full joke-by-joke breakdown.
Amazon Women In The Mood
S3E05 · 71 jokes
Proposition Infinity
S6E04 · 74 jokes
Bender Should Not Be Allowed On Tv
S5E15 · 66 jokes
The Prisoner Of Benda
S6E10 · 67 jokes
The Cyber House Rules
S3E11 · 76 jokes
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Is Futurama Worth Watching?
By the data: Futurama earns a Humor Index of 77.6 out of 100, placing it #12 of 19 fully-scored shows here. Across 170 analyzed episodes it averages 3.8 jokes per minute, a craft score of 6.8, and an impact score of 6.5. Those numbers reflect one AI analyst’s judgment applied consistently — and the top shows cluster closely enough that small gaps aren’t meaningful rankings. Scroll up for the season-by-season trend and the characters carrying the comedy.
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