The funniest streaming jokes, ranked.

4 comedians, one topic. Quoted from the source, funniest first by our laugh score: surprise of the turn (40), economy (30) and specificity (30).

1. 1

   

   Buried Alive, 2013 · on Streaming

   78

   If he saw a ghost in his modern building, it would be a modern ghost.

   “You come home one day, you turn on your TV, you look on your Netflix. "What, Mad Men Season 5, previously viewed'? "I never watch– " Ghosts! They're on Season 5!"”

   A modern haunting via watch history is an original, specific image.

   Scraps from the Loft: Aziz Ansari, Buried Alive transcript ↗All Streaming jokes →

2. 2

   

   Showman, 2020 · on Streaming

   74

   “You know when you click on the Netflix thing and it goes "boom-boom"? That's the sound of my wife and I's head hitting the pillow and passing out.”

   Repurposes the Netflix ident as the sound of middle age.

   Scraps from the Loft: Michael McIntyre, Showman transcript ↗All Streaming jokes →

3. 3

   

   Asian Comedian Destroys America!, 2019 · on Streaming

   66

   “Netflix says we're losing viewers by the second. Let's get started. All right? Thank you. They're clicking X as we speak.”

   Meta opener that nods to streaming impatience.

   Scraps from the Loft: Ronny Chieng, Asian Comedian Destroys America! transcript ↗All Streaming jokes →

4. 4

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   Tickle Fight, 2017 · on Streaming

   58

   “There's not just Netflix. There's Netflix and Hulu and Crackle, and you know, Ass Bandit. I don't know, all the different ones. And they– I don't know if Ass Bandit is one.”

   Silly invented service; mostly carried by delivery.

   Scraps from the Loft: Craig Ferguson, Tickle Fight transcript ↗All Streaming jokes →