48.2% of matchups won
4,559 matchups
Elo 1539
tracked 2025/02/21 → 2026/09/25
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Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing52%
picked as helping wellbeing
2,964 matchups
41%
picked as hurting wellbeing
1,595 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar organizations
01
Reuters
→
61.5% wins · international news agency
02
NPR
→
50.5% wins · American nonprofit media organization
03
ProPublica
→
40.6% wins · nonprofit investigative journalism organization based in New York City
04
News Corp
→
40.0% wins · American multinational mass media company (2013-)
05
Internews
→
47.9% wins · organization
Based on 4,559 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/25. Full rankings ·
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