23.4% of matchups won
235 matchups
Elo 1354
tracked 2025/06/01 → 2026/07/13
mission: Promote cultural critique · Cultural and political advocacy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing20%
picked as helping wellbeing
168 matchups
33%
picked as hurting wellbeing
67 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Susan Sontag
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61.8% wins · American writer and filmmaker, professor, and activist (1933–2004)
02
Bill Ayers
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71.4% wins · professor and activist
03
Walter Benjamin
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39.8% wins · German cultural critic, philosopher and social critic (1892–1940)
04
Edward Sapir
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39.3% wins · American linguist and anthropologist (1884-1939)
05
Angela Davis
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56.6% wins · American political activist, scholar, and author
Known for
- Authored 'Orientalism'
- Co-founded West-Eastern Divan
- Advocated for Palestinian rights
- Established post-colonial studies
- Influenced literary criticism
Based on 235 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/13. Full rankings ·
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