Marylanders the No. 1 cussers on X, with Americans swearing the most online among English speakers

Americans are the leaders in online English profanity, and within the U.S., Marylanders use the most swear words on X, according to a pair of studies.

According to WordTips, a website that helps users find the answers for word puzzle games, 41.6 of 1,000 posts on X from Americans feature profanity.

On the state level, Maryland had 66.3 posts with curses per 1,000 on X, followed by Louisiana at 61.7 and Georgia at 57.4.

The state swear rates are driven in part by profane major cities. Baltimore led the nation with 78.2 profane posts per 1,000, followed by Baton Rouge, Louisiana, at 72.9 and Atlanta at 66.7, according to WordTips.

Baltimore and Baton Rouge led their respective states, while South Fulton, Georgia, was found to swear more than Atlanta at 71.1 posts on X per 1,000.

Americans also swear a lot outside of X. Researchers from a pair of Australian universities found that Americans swear the most on blogs and on the wider internet in a study published last month in the journal Lingua. Out of 385,130 instances of English-language online vulgarity, the U.S. had 54,847 of them via blogs and 80,088 on the wider internet.

“Some Aussies might well be disappointed to learn we’re not topping the charts when it comes to swearing,” study co-author and Monash University professor Kate Burridge said in a school release.