This document outlines the scope and key features of the 'Humour Practices and European Attitudes Toward Democracy' dataset, including the procedure followed for its production. The database collects and classifies relevant studies on humour practices, attitudes toward democracy, and modes of civic engagement in the six countries of the DELIAH consortium: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Slovakia, and Spain. The dataset pursues two goals: 1) it contributes to a subsequent meta-analysis of humour studies, democratic participation, and civic engagement in online and offline spaces across Europe, which will be carried out by the DELIAH consortium, and 2) it serves as a collective resource for additional DELIAH project tasks, including the design of focus groups and surveys. More broadly, the dataset has also been designed to appeal to scholars outside of the DELIAH consortium who work at the intersection of humour and democracy.