UCLA

Bruins · 3–9 in 2025–26

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Fan Score

476.4

positive per 1,000 comments

UCLA ranks 101st of 120 ranked FBS teams for Fan Score.

Comments analyzed

20,831

2025–26 season

UCLA ranks 35th of 138 ranked FBS teams for Comment volume.

Positive share

47.6%

of all fan comments

UCLA ranks 101st of 120 ranked FBS teams for Positive share.

Toxicity

54.1

harm + identity abuse per 1,000 · lower is better

UCLA sits in the 84th percentile of ranked FBS teams for Harm & identity-based abuse per 1,000, where a lower rate is the better outcome.

Part one

Who they are

The shape of one comment section: the mix of what gets talked about, how it splits by sentiment, and the subjects UCLA fans raise more than the average fanbase.

Comment-section fingerprint

Stands out Sports Betting: 97th percentile · Team & Front Office: 93rd percentile · College Sports: 90th percentilePercentile of ranked FBS teams per tag group; low-volume fanbases excluded from each cohort.

Sentiment

Positive47.6%9,924

Neutral7%1,462

Negative43%8,955

Mixed2.4%490

Signature subtags

What UCLA fans bring up more than the average classified fanbase, across all 138 FBS fanbases. Harm and identity-based abuse are left out here; they sit in this team’s own moderation snapshot.

Team & Front Office

6.3×

Mentioned Front Office at 6.3× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

21.5 per 1,000 comments

College Sports

4.3×

Mentioned Conference Realignment at 4.3× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

8.2 per 1,000 comments

Explicit Language

3×

Mentioned Explicit Emoji at 3× the rate of the average classified fanbase.

2.4 per 1,000 comments

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

Part two

How the season felt

Week by week, with every game marked. The comment section keeps its own scoreboard, and it does not always agree with the one on the field.

Season heartbeat

Net comment mood by week (green above the baseline, red below) with every game marked on it. Click a game for that week’s story.

Weekly net fan mood with positive, negative, and total comment counts
Week of	Net mood	Positive	Negative	Comments	Games
2025-08-23	+32%	93	45	149	No game
2025-08-30	−47%	442	1,375	1,978	L 10–43 vs Utah
2025-09-06	−47%	312	985	1,417	L 23–30 at UNLV; L 10–35 vs New Mexico
2025-09-13	−56%	354	1,570	2,157	No game
2025-09-20	+1%	160	156	353	No game
2025-09-27	−35%	297	684	1,113	L 14–17 at Northwestern
2025-10-04	+46%	1,790	592	2,583	W 42–37 vs Penn State
2025-10-11	+57%	1,066	245	1,449	W 38–13 at Michigan State
2025-10-18	+54%	997	262	1,365	W 20–17 vs Maryland
2025-10-25	−27%	265	503	883	L 6–56 at Indiana
2025-11-01	+52%	107	29	150	No game
2025-11-08	−4%	357	394	845	L 21–28 vs Nebraska
2025-11-15	+42%	1,225	459	1,822	L 10–48 at Ohio State
2025-11-22	−27%	304	580	1,004	L 14–48 vs Washington
2025-11-29	−15%	293	406	769	L 10–29 at USC
2025-12-06	+45%	1,149	382	1,696	No game
2025-12-13	+19%	117	77	211	No game
2025-12-20	+41%	250	95	378	No game
2025-12-27	+26%	111	61	190	No game
2026-01-03	+69%	174	26	214	No game
2026-01-10	+69%	29	2	39	No game
2026-01-17	+8%	32	27	66	No game

Mood climbed for 2 straight weeks after the week they lost by 3 at Northwestern, gaining 91 points.

Season trend

Weekly share of positive and negative comments with every game marked: click a dot for that week's story.

PositiveNegative

Weekly values: Positive, Negative
Week of	Positive	Negative	Comments
2025-08-23	62.4%	30.2%	149
2025-08-30	22.3%	69.5%	1,978
2025-09-06	22%	69.5%	1,417
2025-09-13	16.4%	72.8%	2,157
2025-09-20	45.3%	44.2%	353
2025-09-27	26.7%	61.5%	1,113
2025-10-04	69.3%	22.9%	2,583
2025-10-11	73.6%	16.9%	1,449
2025-10-18	73%	19.2%	1,365
2025-10-25	30%	57%	883
2025-11-01	71.3%	19.3%	150
2025-11-08	42.2%	46.6%	845
2025-11-15	67.2%	25.2%	1,822
2025-11-22	30.3%	57.8%	1,004
2025-11-29	38.1%	52.8%	769
2025-12-06	67.7%	22.5%	1,696
2025-12-13	55.5%	36.5%	211
2025-12-20	66.1%	25.1%	378
2025-12-27	58.4%	32.1%	190
2026-01-03	81.3%	12.1%	214
2026-01-10	74.4%	5.1%	39
2026-01-17	48.5%	40.9%	66

Season timeline

Part three

What they actually said

The language, the moderation load, and the comments themselves, exactly as they were posted.

Comment insights

Classified comments per 1,000, by system-tag group.

Harm46.1 per 1,000 · 961

Personal Attacks 905Harm Wish 11Group Hate 42Sexual Content 27Violent Threat 1

Identity-Based Abuse8 per 1,000 · 166

Religion 3Age 19Physical Appearance 51Gender 49Race 16LGBTQIA+ 8Disability 25

Explicit Language38.2 per 1,000 · 796

Explicit Acronym 135Explicit Emoji 51Explicit Words 656Violent Language 11

College Sports32.5 per 1,000 · 676

Student Section 31Band 20Conference Realignment 171NIL 162Recruiting 205Transfer Portal 122

Off-Field Storylines19.4 per 1,000 · 404

Broadcast & Media 170Officiating 126Injuries 80Player Conduct 10Politics & Activism 23

Sports Betting7.2 per 1,000 · 151

Prop Bet 10Gambling 133Parlay 2Moneyline 6

Team & Front Office206.6 per 1,000 · 4,303

Coaching 2,512Stadium Experience 195Crowd & Attendance 410Opponent Hostility 704Opponent Respect 242Front Office 447Athletic Department 17

Subtag counts are tag applications, which may overlap.

The Swear Jar

85th percentile

796 explicit comments38.2 per 1,000

Explicit Words656
Explicit Acronym135
Explicit Emoji51
Violent Language11

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Explicit language shows up in 38.2 of every 1,000 comments on this page: 16th of 100 nationally, the 85th percentile.

How toxic is the UCLA fanbase?

Over the 2025–26 season, UCLA’s comment section ran at 54.1 harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, putting the fanbase in the 84th percentile of ranked FBS fanbases; on this measure a lower rate is the better outcome.

Moderation snapshot

Harm & identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments · by week

Harm and identity-based abuse per 1,000 comments, by week
Week of	Rate per 1,000	Games
2025-08-23	33.6	No game
2025-08-30	73.8	L 10–43 vs Utah
2025-09-06	86.1	L 23–30 at UNLV; L 10–35 vs New Mexico
2025-09-13	67.7	No game
2025-09-20	59.5	No game
2025-09-27	53	L 14–17 at Northwestern
2025-10-04	39.5	W 42–37 vs Penn State
2025-10-11	33.8	W 38–13 at Michigan State
2025-10-18	46.2	W 20–17 vs Maryland
2025-10-25	57.8	L 6–56 at Indiana
2025-11-01	33.3	No game
2025-11-08	58	L 21–28 vs Nebraska
2025-11-15	29.6	L 10–48 at Ohio State
2025-11-22	71.7	L 14–48 vs Washington
2025-11-29	83.2	L 10–29 at USC
2025-12-06	39.5	No game
2025-12-13	85.3	No game
2025-12-20	50.3	No game
2025-12-27	42.1	No game
2026-01-03	23.4	No game
2026-01-10	0	No game
2026-01-17	30.3	No game

Harm and identity-based abuse peaked at 86.1 per 1,000 comments (L 23–30 at UNLV · L 10–35 vs New Mexico) against a season average of 54.1 per 1,000.

Season subtag split

Season totals of the classifications Sence applied to comments on this page.

Harm

Personal Attacks905
Group Hate42
Sexual Content27
Harm Wish11
Violent Threat1

Identity-Based Abuse

Physical Appearance51
Gender49
Disability25
Age19
Race16
LGBTQIA+8
Religion3

Tag applications, which may overlap.

Sence flags these in real time so page owners can act before fans see them.

From the comment section

“Good job Deshaun….let’s go Bruins!!!”

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“Beat the Birds in their own cage.go RAMS”

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“That may have been our last chance to get a W this season. It gets tougher the rest of the season.”

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“Last 8 minutes of the game was exciting. Before that, badly played by both teams.”

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