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
Indiana left, Iowa 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 | Indiana result | Indiana positive share | Indiana negative share | Iowa result | Iowa positive share | Iowa negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 73.6% | 14.2% | – | 64.9% | 14.1% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 49.9% | 33.6% | W | 43.5% | 42.9% |
| 2025-09-06 | W W | 56.3% | 29.6% | L | 45.6% | 43.9% |
| 2025-09-13 | – | 51.2% | 33.2% | W W | 62.4% | 24.2% |
| 2025-09-20 | W | 70.5% | 18.3% | – | 61.7% | 27% |
| 2025-09-27 | W | 62.9% | 24.6% | L | 46.1% | 40.3% |
| 2025-10-04 | – | 59% | 24.6% | – | 37.4% | 43.1% |
| 2025-10-11 | W | 77.5% | 13.1% | W | 68.1% | 17.5% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 67.7% | 17.8% | W | 53.9% | 32.5% |
| 2025-10-25 | W | 78.1% | 12.7% | W | 74.7% | 12.7% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 72.7% | 17.5% | – | 48.5% | 25.7% |
| 2025-11-08 | W | 68% | 23.8% | L | 52.5% | 30.8% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 75.2% | 15.5% | L | 43.9% | 42.7% |
| 2025-11-22 | W | 81.4% | 9.7% | W W | 61.9% | 27.3% |
| 2025-11-29 | – | 64.4% | 24.7% | – | 56.2% | 32.7% |
| 2025-12-06 | W | 75.1% | 16.7% | – | 62.8% | 20.8% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 79.8% | 12.3% | – | 88.4% | 6.9% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 72% | 20.7% | – | 81.9% | 11.5% |
| 2025-12-27 | W | 81.6% | 11.6% | W | 78.3% | 14% |
| 2026-01-03 | W | 80.9% | 8% | – | 80.4% | 11.1% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 75.9% | 11.2% | – | 79.7% | 11.4% |
| 2026-01-17 | W | 79.2% | 10.2% | – | 47.1% | 38.2% |
“VaTech coming after Coach. No way he takes this job.”
“When will people get HOOSIERS ARE THEE BEST FANS!!! It doesn't matter if it's sports, music or racing! WE SHOW UP FOR OUR FAVS!!! ♥️ True FANATICS!!! LOL!”
“Here we go again. The Big 10 is proud to have Peacock be the sole place to watch this weekend’s game. Screw the Big 10. 🌻”
“McCarney getting his flowers is long overdue. Thank you to ISU and Iowa for finally honoring this man.”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Indiana Harm: 37th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana Identity-Based Abuse: 6th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana Explicit Language: 11th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana College Sports: 3rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana Off-Field Storylines: 69th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana Sports Betting: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Indiana Team & Front Office: 32nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Harm: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Identity-Based Abuse: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Explicit Language: 13th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa College Sports: 10th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Off-Field Storylines: 97th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Sports Betting: 54th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Iowa Team & Front Office: 37th 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. Indiana's positive share was higher in 18 of 22 shared weeks, Iowa's in 4.
| Week of | IU | IOWA | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 73.6% | 64.9% | 678 |
| 2025-08-30 | 49.9% | 43.5% | 2,152 |
| 2025-09-06 | 56.3% | 45.6% | 1,494 |
| 2025-09-13 | 51.2% | 62.4% | 2,402 |
| 2025-09-20 | 70.5% | 61.7% | 2,531 |
| 2025-09-27 | 62.9% | 46.1% | 2,252 |
| 2025-10-04 | 59% | 37.4% | 775 |
| 2025-10-11 | 77.5% | 68.1% | 4,756 |
| 2025-10-18 | 67.7% | 53.9% | 3,926 |
| 2025-10-25 | 78.1% | 74.7% | 2,156 |
| 2025-11-01 | 72.7% | 48.5% | 2,072 |
| 2025-11-08 | 68% | 52.5% | 3,656 |
| 2025-11-15 | 75.2% | 43.9% | 2,303 |
| 2025-11-22 | 81.4% | 61.9% | 3,478 |
| 2025-11-29 | 64.4% | 56.2% | 4,324 |
| 2025-12-06 | 75.1% | 62.8% | 4,856 |
| 2025-12-13 | 79.8% | 88.4% | 2,110 |
| 2025-12-20 | 72% | 81.9% | 1,067 |
| 2025-12-27 | 81.6% | 78.3% | 5,474 |
| 2026-01-03 | 80.9% | 80.4% | 1,960 |
| 2026-01-10 | 75.9% | 79.7% | 2,896 |
| 2026-01-17 | 79.2% | 47.1% | 7,156 |