How Our Rating System Works

It’s simple. You vote to decide if videos are funny or should die a fiery death. Just watch a video, then click on the “Funny” icon or the “Die” icon to cast your vote. Videos are rated on a scale of 0 to 5 and categorized according to their rating.

Here is what each category means:

Chosen Ones: Exclusive to Funny Or Die, this video shall live forever, like Thor or The Fonz. It's the shit and you can't vote on it, so don't even think about it.

Immortals: This video has reached 100,000 views and a rating of 4 or higher. Like Bea Arthur, this video will live forever, and can no longer be voted on.

Walking Tall: This video has a rating between 3 and 4 and is on the road to Immortal status. It is in great shape, runs five miles a day and doesn't eat carbs. It's the comedy short equivalent of Lorenzo Llamas in his prime.

Kinda Cute: Here's a video that's got a rating between 2 and 3, it’s standing on the fence and its fate is in your hands. It’s worth a chuckle or perhaps a chortle… sort of like an episode of Family Ties.

Uh-Oh: This video is not doing so good; it’s rating is between 1 and 2. It's in poor health, eating too much bacon and smoking a pack of Kools a day. It’s holding on to life white-knuckled and The Crypt is beckoning.

The Crypt: This video has at least 1,000 views and a rating of 1 or less, which means it has flat lined. You’ve killed it. It was watering the garden like Brando at the end of The Godfather and fell over while the hose kept spraying.

When a video reaches Immortal status it shall make people laugh forever (even ten thousand years from now when mankind becomes floating orbs of energy. If they can laugh, those future orbs will be laughing at your video). But videos that get too many “Die” votes go to The Crypt where they languish in comedy hell. If you don’t want to mess around with lame videos of twelve year olds rapping at a family barbecue then vote “Die” whenever you see a bad one, and keep checking the status of the video to see how it’s doing.

But here's the thing: Sometimes the most unique comedy isn't necessarily the most accessible (e.g. Andy Kaufman, The Young Ones, Office Space). So, if you want, you can go in to The Crypt and vote “Funny” to resurrect a video.

Any way you slice it, Funny Or Die’s voting system gives you the power to change the face of comedy. So what are you waiting for? Get to voting, already!