33.6% of matchups won
648 matchups
Elo 1527
tracked 2025/05/15 → 2026/10/18
mission: Fact-checking, OSINT investigations · Investigative journalism · nonprofits
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing28%
picked as helping wellbeing
496 matchups
53%
picked as hurting wellbeing
152 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- MH17 investigation
- Skripal poisoning unveiling
- Navalny poisoning inquiry
- Christchurch shooting analysis
- Yemeni war bomb identification
Based on 648 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/18. Full rankings ·
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