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Obviously, both are very bad things. We all probably have done them before at some point in our lives... whether it was as a child when you were first learning how to act when winning, or how to accept a loss, or whether you have anger problems and get angry when losing on a daily basis, or whether you feel a bit too much pride in winning, etc... we all have acted this way at some point. It's wrong, and shows bad sportsmanship... especially if it's in a professional setting. But not unnatural.

But either ways, one kind of person does this type of stuff on a usual basis. It's okay to feel pride in winning, or feel angry after losing, but even then, just keep it to yourself. Gloating in the opponent's face or insulting them is only being a toxic person. The kind of person that does this is: immature, no common sense, they can't control themselves, maybe they're insecure, they're bad at social interactions, etc.

Overall, both gloating over a victory, and getting salty over a loss are about equally bad. It's like black and white, yin and yang, gold and silver, cold and hot, earth vs. wind, etc... they're opposites, but equal opposites. But one is slightly better or slightly worse than the other.

I'd definitely say that gloating over a victory is worse.

When one gets salty when they lose, the opponent is just simply more likely to write them off as a sore loser, ignore them, and just keep doing whatever they're doing.

However, when one gloats when they win, the opponent will probably get upset, doubt themself, and feel less inclined to continue. Plus, winning is already enough... yet they feel the need to rub it in the opponent's face. At least the salty loser has no reason to brag. The winner who gloats does, as they already won. By gloating, they're just pushing it.