Whose comment section wins?
Pick any two fanbases and compare what their comment sections say, stat for stat.
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.
Fan Score
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive comments per 1,000 (higher wins)
Positive share
Share of all comments that are positive
Share of all comments that are positive
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.
Negativity
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Negative comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Toxicity
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit language
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Explicit-language comments per 1,000 (lower wins)
Identity-based abuse, tag by tag
Tag applications per 1,000 comments
Illinois left, Ohio State right. Tag applications per 1,000 comments, on the same scale across every row. Reported as rates only: this block never picks a winner.
What they talk about
Three topic groups where neither direction is better, just louder. These rows describe a comment section instead of scoring it.
Betting talk
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Sports-betting comments per 1,000
Team & front office talk
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
Team and front-office comments per 1,000: coaching, the athletic department, and gameday
NIL & portal talk
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
NIL and Transfer Portal tag applications per 1,000, which may overlap
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
| Week of | Illinois result | Illinois positive share | Illinois negative share | Ohio State result | Ohio State positive share | Ohio State negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | W | 66.7% | 16.2% | – | 63.5% | 24.7% |
| 2025-08-30 | – | 60.7% | 18% | W | 58.6% | 31.5% |
| 2025-09-06 | W | 64.8% | 23% | W | 43.4% | 41.7% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 50.9% | 33% | W | 45.1% | 40.1% |
| 2025-09-20 | L | 17.7% | 68.6% | – | 72.7% | 15.7% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 59.6% | 28.2% | W | 62.7% | 28.2% |
| 2025-10-04 | W | 63.1% | 22% | W | 67% | 22.6% |
| 2025-10-11 | L | 34% | 50.7% | W | 67.5% | 23.8% |
| 2025-10-18 | – | 41.3% | 43.2% | W | 62.5% | 28% |
| 2025-10-25 | L | 25.2% | 63.3% | – | 60.9% | 25.7% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 64.9% | 23.3% | W | 61.9% | 28.3% |
| 2025-11-08 | – | 64.7% | 14.5% | W | 51.3% | 37.9% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 59.7% | 26.7% | W | 71.9% | 19.5% |
| 2025-11-22 | L | 27.9% | 64.3% | W | 67.2% | 25.5% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 65.8% | 18.1% | W | 68.8% | 23.2% |
| 2025-12-06 | – | 62.8% | 14.3% | L | 53% | 38.1% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 83.8% | 7.8% | – | 78.2% | 15.4% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 82.1% | 7.3% | – | 68.2% | 21.4% |
| 2025-12-27 | W | 80% | 12.2% | L | 38.6% | 52.6% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 63.9% | 20.1% | – | 46.4% | 38.2% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 43.6% | 30.3% | – | 59.5% | 22.1% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 35.8% | 31.2% | – | 54.9% | 23% |
“That’s a weird blue color - not illini color. Why?”
“Orange you glad we're gonna take down Ohio????”
“BUCKEYE FCKN NATION ✊🏾💙🏁🙌🏾”
“Total respect smash Illinois”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Illinois Harm: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois Identity-Based Abuse: 37th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois Explicit Language: 62nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois College Sports: 56th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois Off-Field Storylines: 80th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois Sports Betting: 76th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Illinois Team & Front Office: 24th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Harm: 92nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Identity-Based Abuse: 94th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Explicit Language: 96th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State College Sports: 12th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Off-Field Storylines: 52nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Sports Betting: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Ohio State Team & Front Office: 34th 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. Illinois's positive share was higher in 11 of 22 shared weeks, Ohio State's in 11.
| Week of | ILL | OSU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 66.7% | 63.5% | 1,749 |
| 2025-08-30 | 60.7% | 58.6% | 8,142 |
| 2025-09-06 | 64.8% | 43.4% | 6,087 |
| 2025-09-13 | 50.9% | 45.1% | 3,845 |
| 2025-09-20 | 17.7% | 72.7% | 3,097 |
| 2025-09-27 | 59.6% | 62.7% | 5,678 |
| 2025-10-04 | 63.1% | 67% | 4,663 |
| 2025-10-11 | 34% | 67.5% | 3,689 |
| 2025-10-18 | 41.3% | 62.5% | 5,413 |
| 2025-10-25 | 25.2% | 60.9% | 3,019 |
| 2025-11-01 | 64.9% | 61.9% | 7,007 |
| 2025-11-08 | 64.7% | 51.3% | 7,396 |
| 2025-11-15 | 59.7% | 71.9% | 5,081 |
| 2025-11-22 | 27.9% | 67.2% | 6,897 |
| 2025-11-29 | 65.8% | 68.8% | 17,272 |
| 2025-12-06 | 62.8% | 53% | 10,719 |
| 2025-12-13 | 83.8% | 78.2% | 3,915 |
| 2025-12-20 | 82.1% | 68.2% | 1,176 |
| 2025-12-27 | 80% | 38.6% | 15,705 |
| 2026-01-03 | 63.9% | 46.4% | 1,571 |
| 2026-01-10 | 43.6% | 59.5% | 1,381 |
| 2026-01-17 | 35.8% | 54.9% | 417 |