Mood
😂 Funny
Reliable laughs, no setup required.
249 sites · page 6 of 6
Instructions for very nearly anything, illustrated in that unmistakable cartoon style. The artwork alone justifies the visit.
Wikipedia's own catalogue of the pettiest disputes in its history, including years of war over a hyphen.
- 10 min
The editors' own curated list of the encyclopedia's strangest entries, and the best rabbit hole entrance there is.
- <1 min
A dilemma, a tempting benefit, a horrible catch, and the percentage of everybody else who pressed it regardless.
Victorian engravings cut apart and given modern dialogue, producing jokes no other format could quite deliver.
Stick figures on romance, sarcasm, maths and language, with a second joke in the alt text of every single strip.
Piles combining diacritics onto every character until your text bleeds into the lines above and below it.
- <1 min
You can do anything at Zombo.com. The welcome message has been loading since 1999 and it has never once explained itself.
- <1 min
- Sound on
Feeds your own video call bad audio — echo, crying baby, wind — until everyone agrees the connection is the problem.
- 2 min
- Sound on
- Desktop
How we picked these
Every entry in Detour is hand-sorted rather than scraped: filed under one category, given one to three moods, and placed in a time band for how quickly it pays off. The practical facts — cost, sign-up, sound, device and whether it is safe at a desk — are recorded per site and shown on every card, so you can rule things out before you click.
Funny websites: questions
How many sites are in funny websites?
249 sites, each hand-sorted by category, mood and how long it takes to pay off. 7 of them are AltF originals that run right here.
Which of these sites are free with no sign-up?
240 of the 249 are free and need no account. 1 is paid or freemium, and the card says so.
Do these sites work on a phone, and are they safe for work?
197 of 249 work on a phone; the rest are desktop only. 244 are safe for work and 219 work with the sound off.