43.4% of matchups won
267 matchups
Elo 1496
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/10/20
mission: Promote Objectivism philosophy · Literature and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing41%
picked as helping wellbeing
241 matchups
65%
picked as hurting wellbeing
26 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
- Created Objectivism
- Wrote Atlas Shrugged
- Wrote The Fountainhead
- Influenced libertarianism
- Published extensive essays
Based on 267 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/20. Full rankings ·
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