Public wellbeing report · People

Which people do people say help?

People around the world compare people two at a time and pick the one better for wellbeing. This is what they say, ranked by how often each one wins.

420,054
head-to-head matchups
4,259 people evaluated 1,411 with enough data to rank latest data 2026/10/28

Rated best for wellbeing

share of head-to-head matchups won
01 Herbert Wertheim → 81.7% wins · 4,186 matchups · American businessman 02 Dwight D. Eisenhower → 80.2% wins · 2,366 matchups · president of the United States from 1953 to 1961 03 David Lammy → 78.3% wins · 794 matchups · British politician (born 1972)

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Matchups collected over time

since 2025/05/14

Data collected since 2025/05/14; this chart's daily history starts 2026/07/31.

Ranked by win rate over head-to-head survey matchups ("which most helps/hurts wellbeing?"); Elo is a secondary rating. Ranked people have at least 30 matchups and 100 respondents. Full rankings ·

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