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Best jokes of 2026

All 37 jokes rated strength 3 (the top of the 1–3 scale) in 2026 videos, in upload order: the setup (paraphrase), then the punchline as said, the kind of joke and who tells it.

Kinds this year: Absurd 21, Self-deprecation 6, Wordplay 4, Satire 4, Callback 2.

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2026-01

2026-02

  • Hank tells Demi Adejuyigbe what happened in 2027. → “There was a war with the fish and we won, which means that we got to take the oceans, but they took the land.” — Absurd, Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (2026-02-13, 01:22:43)
  • As Old Trashwater, Hank explains his son's name. → “And that's how my son got his name, Old Fallen Wall.” — Absurd, Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (2026-02-13, 04:29:19)
  • As Casey Kasem in 2027, Hank explains the loss of New York City in the fish war. → “You can't make a fish war omelet without breaking a couple of gigantic metropolitan areas.” — Absurd, Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 part 2! (2026-02-13, 05:32:09)
  • Hank opens the 2026 livestream by announcing it is the 2027 Project for Awesome. → “I don't know if you know this, John, but we skipped a year.” — Absurd, John and Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (2026-02-13, 00:16:04)
  • In the 2027 bit, a global council now approves one new technology each year. → “we're not making AI more capable, but you can have an Epstein-Barr virus vaccine.” — Satire, John and Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 Kickoff! (2026-02-13, 00:37:35)
  • Omar Bugiel said he wanted to play for AFC Wimbledon until his legs ran out, and a teammate answered → “buddy your legs have run out” — Absurd, John — Project for Awesome 2026 part 3! (2026-02-14, 00:40:35)
  • Hank tells Destin Sandlin that in his 2027 every problem is solved, at a price → “We have had to swap, and the fish got the land, and we got the ocean.” — Callback, Hank — Project for Awesome 2026 part 4! (2026-02-14, 02:06:21)

2026-03

  • A freshman writes that Looking for Alaska made them feel neither like throwing up nor like pooping → “It made me feel a third feeling.” — Absurd, John — The Best Fan Mail I Ever Received (2026-03-03, 00:00:58)
  • John says some of Hank's old tweets might be disqualifying → “but it turns out that no tweets are disqualifying.” — Satire, John — Is Hank Green Running for Congress? (2026-03-10, 00:01:38)
  • One reason Hank shouldn't run: he already has a very important job → “you already have a very important job, which is being my brother.” — Self-deprecation, John — Is Hank Green Running for Congress? (2026-03-10, 00:02:07)
  • John says one could write a whole book chapter on the relationship between leprosy and tuberculosis. → “and in fact, one did, but then later deleted it.” — Self-deprecation, John — How Panda Express Is Tuberculosis (2026-03-24, 00:02:31)

2026-05

  • John renames the speaker he misremembered for 20 years with his death year → “Bart died in 1989 Giamatti” — Absurd, John — Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (2026-05-12, 00:02:26)
  • John was less nervous at Rice because graduates misremember their speaker anyway → “half these people are going to remember their commencement speaker as noted internet celebrity Hank Green anyway” — Self-deprecation, John — Lies, Damn Lies, and Bart Giamatti (2026-05-12, 00:02:44)
  • Hank works out the cow commute: cows walk two to three miles per hour. → “which is going to turn your commute into a very long and uncomfortable relationship with the back of a cow.” — Absurd, Hank — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute (2026-05-29, 00:03:57)
  • Comparing cow and car emissions. → “at least you don't have to, like, pick them up off the ground.” — Absurd, Hank — Chemo Cow Body Odor YouTube Helen Hunt Commute (2026-05-29, 00:03:57)

2026-06

2026-09

  • What do you call someone who sells ineffective soap? → “A filthy liar.” — Wordplay, Hank — This is a Terrible Idea… (2026-09-04, 00:01:56)
  • Today I learned Albert Einstein was a real person. → “I always thought he was a theoretical physicist.” — Wordplay, Hank — This is a Terrible Idea… (2026-09-04, 00:04:01)
  • An infinite number of mathematicians order one beer, half a beer, a quarter of a beer. → “I know your limit, and pours two beers.” — Wordplay, Hank — This is a Terrible Idea… (2026-09-04, 00:05:58)
  • Hank bites a bar of soap so viewers will click, and asks Katherine if they will. → “I wouldn't. I don't want to encourage that kind of behavior from you.” — Absurd, Hank — This is a Terrible Idea… (2026-09-04, 00:07:22)
  • A clip from Craig's last appearance replays the dilemma of a butt for a face or a face for a butt → “Butt face and face face.” — Absurd, Hank — Our Last YouTube View… (2026-09-11, 00:00:30)
  • Craig recalls his first-year VidCon stage act → “The first year was I had to find you for some reason and then you threw me out a window.” — Absurd, Hank — Our Last YouTube View… (2026-09-11, 00:02:30)
  • Hank kept researching because he refused to let John lose the record to a Confederate → “i didn't want you to get beaten by a confederate banker so i kept looking” — Absurd, Hank — Who Has Signed Their Name the Most Times? (2026-09-25, 00:05:50)
  • Showing the Mola pizza shirt → “I'm a fish, Hank. I'm a fish with a mustache.” — Absurd, John — Death. Taxes. Pizzamas. (2026-09-28, 00:02:14)

2026-10

  • Hank protests singling out one worm lizard among 200 equally ugly species → “There's no gorgeous worm lizards. That's messed up! You didn't have to do that!” — Absurd, Hank — The 5 Meanest Things We've Named a Species (2026-10-07, 00:06:20)
  • Asked how he is, the exhausted John answers honestly. → “This is not the worst I've ever felt, but it's the worst I've ever felt healthy.” — Self-deprecation, John — My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body (2026-10-13, 00:00:00)
  • Learning that nothing closes his lungs off from the outside air, John is horrified. → “Oh, my God, my lungs are on the outside of my body.” — Absurd, John — My Lungs Are on the Outside of the Body (2026-10-13, 00:04:43)