The Jackal are confirmed for 2021 as the masters of laughter on the web and social networks, the new space of comedy definitively consecrated by Amazon's LOL program.
While the Neapolitan collective has recorded staggering numbers in terms of engagement and sharing, Frank Matano, Katia Follesa, Valerio Lundini, and Angelo Pintus, the comedian who made people laugh the most in 2020, are no less so. Leonardo Pieraccioni, CasaSurace, Aldo, Giovanni e Giacomo, and Arteteca also make the top 10 of the first 100 days of the year.
The revelation is the Pantellas: Jacopo Malnati and Daniel Marangiolo from Varese, who have also amassed more than 5 million views on YouTube with a video in collaboration with CasaSurace: Nonna Nord vs Nonna Sud. The data emerges from the new report by the National Observatory on Comedy, produced by Theuth, a spin-off of the University of Salerno created by linguist Annibale Elia, professor emeritus of the university, with a group of young researchers, for the Massimo Troisi Prize of San Giorgio a Cremano.
The University experts have analysed the presence on social networks and on the web of over 40 artists and improve your mobile signal paying particular attention to interaction metrics.
"We had the pleasure of hosting The Jackal at the 2017 edition of the Massimo Troisi Award," said Mayor Giorgio Zinno, "a year in which they held the important role of jury presidents of the "Best Web Film" competition section of the event. This continues the city of San Giorgio a Cremano's commitment to cultural promotion." The Jackal They all stand out with a clip filmed to the soundtrack of the Sanremo hit "Musica leggerissima." The top ten videos that made Italians laugh the hardest are shared equally by Frank Matano and Casa Surace. "It's interesting to note that among the topics automatically detected by the linguistic algorithms of the Theuth company, in addition to Entertainment (50,7%) and Society (28,91%), Culture (13,98%) also makes an appearance, which also includes expressions related to theater. Sanremo is well represented, and among the comic characters, Nino Frassica," says Professor Annibale Elia.
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