21.6% of matchups won
310 matchups
Elo 1247
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/04/26
mission: Maintain regime control and power · Politics and military · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing25%
picked as helping wellbeing
195 matchups
17%
picked as hurting wellbeing
115 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 people
01
Kim Jong-un
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16.8% wins · General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and 3rd Supreme...
02
Kim Il-sung
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18.9% wins · Founder of North Korea and General Secretary of the Workers' Party...
03
Joseph Stalin
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15.3% wins · leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
04
Ali Khamenei
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05
Xi Jinping
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52.8% wins · General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and paramount...
Known for
- Nuclear weapons program
- Economic reforms
- Military-first policies
- Cult of personality
- Leadership succession
Based on 310 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/04/26. Full rankings ·
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