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One thousand comedians, described by mechanism instead of biography, and tagged against a fixed set of 37 Comedy DNA axes so you can compare like with like.
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Comedians in the library
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DNA-tagged records
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Comedy DNA axes
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Full genomes sequenced
Version October 19, 2026. Coverage is stated honestly: records without enough sourced text to tag are listed as awaiting tagging rather than guessed at.
The 1,000 comedian library
Filter by tier, by Comedy DNA axis, or by how the tags were assigned. Every name links to its genome record.
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The 37 Comedy DNA axes
The fixed vocabulary. Every tag in the library is one of these, which is what makes two comedians comparable at all. The number is how many records carry that axis today.
The 16 FUNNYAF archetypes
Archetypes are combinations of axes, assigned only on fully sequenced records where the evidence supports a mix.
How a record gets tagged
- 1. Hand-curated. A researcher assigns axes after watching sets and reading interviews. These records also carry named techniques.
- 2. Derived. Axes are matched from the performer's sourced profile text using the public keyword table below. Deterministic, reproducible, and never invented — if the text does not support an axis, it is not applied.
- 3. Awaiting tagging. Not enough sourced text yet. Listed anyway, so the library's gaps are visible instead of hidden.
- 4. Sequenced. A small number of records go all the way: mechanism, DNA vector, archetype mix, technique stacks, drills and cited study clips.
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Profile text is summarised from public encyclopaedic sources and each record links back to its source. No copyrighted routines are reproduced; quotations are brief and attributed. Corrections are welcome — this is a working reference, not a monument.
Cite this page
Stable URL: https://funnyaf.academy/genome · Last tagged October 19, 2026
APA
FUNNYAF Academy. (2026). The Comedy Genome: a mechanism-first reference library of 1,000 comedians (Version 2026.10). Retrieved October 19, 2026, from https://funnyaf.academy/genome
MLA
FUNNYAF Academy. "The Comedy Genome: A Mechanism-First Reference Library of 1,000 Comedians." FUNNYAF Academy, October 19, 2026, https://funnyaf.academy/genome.
BibTeX
@misc{funnyaf_comedy_genome,
title = {The Comedy Genome: A Mechanism-First Reference Library of 1,000 Comedians},
author = {{FUNNYAF Academy}},
year = {2026},
note = {Version 2026.10},
url = {https://funnyaf.academy/genome}
}Want to find your own place on these axes? The Academy maps your Comedy DNA against the library week by week.