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
Virginia left, Washington 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 | Virginia result | Virginia positive share | Virginia negative share | Washington State result | Washington State positive share | Washington State negative share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | – | 70.6% | 10.6% | – | 77.5% | 10.9% |
| 2025-08-30 | W | 78.4% | 11.8% | W | 48.1% | 35% |
| 2025-09-06 | L | 52.3% | 37.8% | W | 74.9% | 15.7% |
| 2025-09-13 | W | 74.8% | 11.7% | L | 37.2% | 49.7% |
| 2025-09-20 | W W | 85.9% | 6.1% | L | 46.3% | 42.7% |
| 2025-09-27 | – | 75.2% | 15.1% | W | 78.3% | 16.6% |
| 2025-10-04 | W | 86.7% | 7% | – | 70% | 18.8% |
| 2025-10-11 | – | 81.5% | 7.9% | L | 81% | 15.1% |
| 2025-10-18 | W | 79.9% | 11.2% | L | 59.5% | 33.7% |
| 2025-10-25 | W | 72.5% | 16.7% | W | 81.6% | 10.7% |
| 2025-11-01 | W | 81.6% | 9.7% | L | 54.3% | 42% |
| 2025-11-08 | L | 66.2% | 25% | – | 56.5% | 21.7% |
| 2025-11-15 | W | 85.8% | 8.3% | W | 61.8% | 28.3% |
| 2025-11-22 | – | 75.3% | 16.2% | L | 34% | 48.5% |
| 2025-11-29 | W | 74.2% | 17% | W | 81.8% | 10.9% |
| 2025-12-06 | L | 48.1% | 42.5% | – | 45.8% | 39.2% |
| 2025-12-13 | – | 57.9% | 24.9% | – | 71.3% | 17.8% |
| 2025-12-20 | – | 86.3% | 7.7% | W | 87.6% | 7.3% |
| 2025-12-27 | W | 87.4% | 8.1% | – | 69.3% | 18.2% |
| 2026-01-03 | – | 90.9% | 3.8% | – | 83.9% | 8.4% |
| 2026-01-10 | – | 70.8% | 13.1% | – | 57% | 32.9% |
| 2026-01-17 | – | 81.8% | 6.3% | – | 79.2% | 8.3% |
“We by far have the best mascot at Football games. No one can tell me otherwise. There is nothing better than seeing you come out of that tunnel! Let the game begin!”
“Well deserved. Considering what he was dealt with and where we are now! Yes!”
“Kudos to the graphics team- this picture is STUNNING but... GO HOOS 🔶⚔️️🔷️ #TNRseason #CatHunting #PsPsPsPssss”
“UVA gonna Dominate! East vs West , Charlottesville gonna be Rocking !”
Fingerprint duel
Each fanbase's national percentile on the seven comment-topic groups, overlaid.
- Virginia Harm: 12th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Virginia Identity-Based Abuse: 1st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Virginia Explicit Language: 2nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Virginia College Sports: 39th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Virginia Off-Field Storylines: 30th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Virginia Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Virginia Team & Front Office: 27th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State Harm: 65th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State Identity-Based Abuse: 33rd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State Explicit Language: 61st percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State College Sports: 92nd percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State Off-Field Storylines: 29th percentile of ranked FBS teams
- Washington State Sports Betting: low volume, not ranked
- Washington State Team & Front Office: 78th 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. Virginia's positive share was higher in 15 of 22 shared weeks, Washington State's in 7.
| Week of | UVA | WSU | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-23 | 70.6% | 77.5% | 214 |
| 2025-08-30 | 78.4% | 48.1% | 699 |
| 2025-09-06 | 52.3% | 74.9% | 508 |
| 2025-09-13 | 74.8% | 37.2% | 733 |
| 2025-09-20 | 85.9% | 46.3% | 1,047 |
| 2025-09-27 | 75.2% | 78.3% | 1,246 |
| 2025-10-04 | 86.7% | 70% | 833 |
| 2025-10-11 | 81.5% | 81% | 680 |
| 2025-10-18 | 79.9% | 59.5% | 834 |
| 2025-10-25 | 72.5% | 81.6% | 702 |
| 2025-11-01 | 81.6% | 54.3% | 984 |
| 2025-11-08 | 66.2% | 56.5% | 479 |
| 2025-11-15 | 85.8% | 61.8% | 1,037 |
| 2025-11-22 | 75.3% | 34% | 1,274 |
| 2025-11-29 | 74.2% | 81.8% | 3,222 |
| 2025-12-06 | 48.1% | 45.8% | 1,884 |
| 2025-12-13 | 57.9% | 71.3% | 1,146 |
| 2025-12-20 | 86.3% | 87.6% | 656 |
| 2025-12-27 | 87.4% | 69.3% | 1,385 |
| 2026-01-03 | 90.9% | 83.9% | 627 |
| 2026-01-10 | 70.8% | 57% | 315 |
| 2026-01-17 | 81.8% | 79.2% | 207 |