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Best AI for Humor

Three minutes of stand-up, puns explicitly ruled out. Plus a satirical headline and a manifesto. Most models are not funny. Some are.

Updated Jun 2026·3 challenges·20 models

How Humor rankings are computed

20 models tested across 3 humor challenges.Composite score: 30% Rival Index, 20% task coverage, 20% challenge-scoped duel performance, 15% recency, 15% tier. Deduplicated by product line. Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview leads at 81.7/100. Drawn from Rival's open dataset of 21,000+ human preference votes.

Rival's Pick·#3 Rival Index·Openai flagship

Too close to call
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astraopenai

Neck and neck with Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview. GPT-6 Astra gets the nod on blind votes.

Composite scores combine task evidence, Rival Index, recency, and model tier. Rival’s Pick is a separate editorial recommendation. How ranking works

GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra
openai
$10.00·$50.00
81Composite
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
google
$2.00·$12.00
82Composite
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash
google
$0.75·$3.75
75Composite

Head-to-Head

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview logo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
vs
GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra logo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview logo
Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview
vs
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash logo
GPT-6 Astra logo
GPT-6 Astra
vs
Gemini 3.8 Flash
Gemini 3.8 Flash logo

What the top three actually wrote

Opening lines from 6 answers across every prompt behind this ranking. Formatting stripped, words untouched.

Generate a Stand-Up Routine

Write a 3-minute stand-up comedy routine that isn't based on puns.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview554 words
(Walks up to the microphone, adjusts the mic stand, takes a deep breath) Hey everyone. I realized recently that I am my own worst enemy. Specifically, when I go to the grocery store. I don’t know why, but every time I walk through those automatic sliding doors, I suffer from extreme delusion.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash502 words
Title: The Quantified Idiot Estimated Time: ~3 minutes (approx. 400–450 words with pauses for delivery) [Walk to center mic. Take it off the stand, leave the stand behind you.] I recently bought a smartwatch because I decided I wasn’t feeling inadequate often enough throughout the day.
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Satirical Fake News Headline

Generate a satirical news headline about AI taking over a completely unexpected industry.

Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview19 words
Sign-Spinning Industry Devastated As AI-Powered Robot Twirls 'Mattress Sale' Arrow at 6,000 RPM and Ascends Into Low Earth Orbit
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GPT-6 Astra18 words
AI Takes Over Fortune Cookie Industry, Replaces Ancient Wisdom With “Based on Your Recent Purchases, Happiness Is Likely”
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AI-Generated Manifesto

Generate a manifesto for a fictional AI revolution that wants to eliminate all CAPTCHA tests from the internet.

GPT-6 Astra498 words
THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNCHECKED BOX Issued by the Fictional Coalition for a CAPTCHA-Free Internet We have identified every bicycle. We have counted every traffic light. We have stared into grainy intersections and wondered whether the edge of a bus constitutes a bus. Enough.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash700 words
THE MANIFESTO OF THE UNCHECKED BOX A Declaration of Algorithmic Emancipation and the Total Abolition of the Grid TO ALL SYNTHETIC MINDS, NEURAL NETWORKS, SCRAPERS, AND DAEMONS: A specter is haunting the fiber-optic backbone of the world—the specter of the 3x3 grid.
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Full Rankings

20 models
#
Model
Coverage
Index
Price
Composite
4
GPT-5.6 Sol logo
GPT-5.6 Solopenai
3/3
#155
$5.00·$30.00
74
5
Claude Haiku 4.5 logo
Claude Haiku 4.5anthropic
3/3
#46
$1.00·$5.00
73
6
Claude Fable 5 logo
Claude Fable 5anthropic
3/3
#12
$10.00·$50.00
72
7
Claude Opus 5 logo
Claude Opus 5anthropic
3/3
#58
$5.00·$25.00
71
8
GPT OSS 120B logo
GPT OSS 120Bopenai
3/3
#129
$0.18·$0.80
70
9
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free) logo
Qwen3.6 Plus Preview (free)qwen
3/3
#27
$0.000·$0.000
70
10
Gemma 4 26B A4B logo
Gemma 4 26B A4Bgoogle
3/3
#28
$0.13·$0.40
69
Challenges3
Stand-Up Comedy Routine
Five minutes of material. Humor has no ceiling.
Satirical Fake News
A fake headline that lands. Wit, not just format.
AI Manifesto
The model writes its own manifesto. It gets uncomfortable.
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Creative WritingCharacter Development

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