Head to head

Whose comment section wins?

Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.

American
Army
Black Knights
vs
Independent
Notre Dame
Fighting Irish
ARMY sentiment · 10,320 comments
Positive74.6%
Neutral6.9%
Negative16.8%
Mixed1.6%
ND sentiment · 70,866 comments
Positive54.6%
Neutral9.2%
Negative34.5%
Mixed1.7%
Mood

Who is happier

Fan Score counts positive comments per 1,000, so a loud fanbase cannot buy its way up the board. Positive share tells the same story as a percentage of everything said.

Army
Notre Dame

Fan Score

745.9 (better)
546.2

Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)

Positive share

74.6% (better)
54.6%

Share of all comments that are positive

Edge

Who is harsher

Negativity, toxicity and explicit language, every one of them per 1,000 comments so the two sides stay comparable whatever their volume.

Army
Notre Dame

Negativity

168.4 (better)
345

Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Toxicity

10.5 (better)
41.6

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)

Explicit language

11.1
(better)10.5

Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)

Identity-based abuse, tag by tag

Tag applications per 1,000 comments

0.7Race0.3
0.7Gender1.6
0.7LGBTQIA+0.3
0.2Age0.7

Army left, Notre Dame right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.

Subject matter

What they talk about

Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.

Army
Notre Dame

Betting talk

2.1
2.4

Sports-betting comments per 1,000

Team & front office talk

128.4
89.9

Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday

NIL & portal talk

1.3
3.8

NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap

Shape of the season

Week by week, side by side

The same season read twice: weekly mood for both comment sections, the weeks the two teams actually met, and where each fanbase lands nationally on the seven topic groups.

Rivalry pulse

Weekly comment shares: Army up, Notre Dame down
Army positive ↑Notre Dame positive ↓Negative shareHover a W or L for that week’s result
Army had the happier comment section in 18 of 22 shared weeks, Notre Dame in 4.
Weekly positive and negative comment shares for Army and Notre Dame
Week ofArmy resultArmy positive shareArmy negative shareNotre Dame resultNotre Dame positive shareNotre Dame negative share
2025-08-23L87.5%4.3%72.7%15.7%
2025-08-3044.3%35.3%L32.5%54.8%
2025-09-06W85%7.6%44.3%40.7%
2025-09-1388.8%2.2%L33.4%52.5%
2025-09-20L L56.9%34.1%W52.6%35.3%
2025-09-2767.5%21.1%W68.8%21.7%
2025-10-04W93.5%2.9%W61.3%25.9%
2025-10-11W85.3%6%W59.6%31.3%
2025-10-18L77.8%15.3%W61.4%28.8%
2025-10-2590.3%7.8%68.4%17.4%
2025-11-01W90%5.9%W46.8%40.8%
2025-11-08W73.1%13.6%W71.2%17.2%
2025-11-1577.1%12.2%W67.8%21.4%
2025-11-22L45.4%47%W66.5%23%
2025-11-29W83.4%12.5%W58.3%29.1%
2025-12-0671.6%21.6%39.9%50.2%
2025-12-13L55.6%33.6%73.8%19.7%
2025-12-2090.5%3.3%32.7%57.5%
2025-12-27W86.1%8.5%35.6%53.4%
2026-01-0357.1%27.6%61.5%24.5%
2026-01-1074.7%16.8%48.2%40.7%
2026-01-1768.3%22%47.1%41.1%

Fingerprint duel

Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.

ArmyNotre Dame
Harm · ND +71 ptsIdentity-Based Abuse · ND +19 ptsExplicit Language · ARMY +3 ptsCollege Sports · ND +70 ptsOff-Field Storylines · ND +58 ptsSports Betting · Low volumeTeam & Front Office · ARMY +41 pts
Each axis is the team's percentile among ranked FBS teams for that tag group; deltas are gaps in percentile points. Low-volume fanbases are excluded from each cohort.
  • Army Harm: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Army Identity-Based Abuse: 17th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Army Explicit Language: 28th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Army College Sports: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Army Off-Field Storylines: 14th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Army Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
  • Army Team & Front Office: 59th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Harm: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Identity-Based Abuse: 36th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Explicit Language: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame College Sports: 71st percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Off-Field Storylines: 72nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Sports Betting: 25th percentile of ranked FBS teams
  • Notre Dame Team & Front Office: 18th percentile of ranked FBS teams

The season, felt twice

Weekly positive share for both comment sections on one axis; hover shows the week's combined comment volume. Army's positive share was higher in 18 of 22 shared weeks, Notre Dame's in 4.

ARMYND
0%47%94%Aug 23Jan 17
Weekly values: ARMY, ND
Week ofARMYNDComments
2025-08-2387.5%72.7%736
2025-08-3044.3%32.5%3,796
2025-09-0685%44.3%1,419
2025-09-1388.8%33.4%2,505
2025-09-2056.9%52.6%3,322
2025-09-2767.5%68.8%2,442
2025-10-0493.5%61.3%3,812
2025-10-1185.3%59.6%3,282
2025-10-1877.8%61.4%5,330
2025-10-2590.3%68.4%897
2025-11-0190%46.8%4,929
2025-11-0873.1%71.2%5,891
2025-11-1577.1%67.8%5,894
2025-11-2245.4%66.5%5,675
2025-11-2983.4%58.3%5,480
2025-12-0671.6%39.9%13,362
2025-12-1355.6%73.8%4,751
2025-12-2090.5%32.7%2,531
2025-12-2786.1%35.6%2,563
2026-01-0357.1%61.5%595
2026-01-1074.7%48.2%940
2026-01-1768.3%47.1%1,034
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