Facebook research shows ‘haha’ is more popular than ‘lol’

[froggyboy604]

Facebook has revealed data with a surprising result about how users express laughter these days: "haha" and similar variations are used more than the iconic "lol." The social network analyzed user comments and posts and found that "haha" accounted for 51.4% of laughter expressions. The laughing emoji was next, with 33.8%, followed by "hehe" at 13.1%. Finally, at the very bottom, was "lol" with only 1.9%. Such a steep fall for an expression that still feels like we see everywhere.

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I like using LOL, and ROFL.

Haha sounds like something a bully at my school will say when they see someone they bully.

Hehe also sounds too girly for me to say.

 

[Demon_Skeith]

I find it easier to use lol unless I'm really expressing laughter.

 

[froggyboy604]

I find it easier to use lol unless I'm really expressing laughter.

Same, I find typing lol faster. A emoticon or emoji is fast as well.

 

[lb]

Yeah, I've noticed, not only on facebook, but also on Skype and forums, more and more people seem to type laughter as ahaha or haha or something similar instead of using lol. We actually talked about this aspect in a skype group a few months ago.