20.9% of matchups won
249 matchups
Elo 1332
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/09/06
mission: Oppose technology and industrialization · Domestic terrorism · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing17%
picked as helping wellbeing
176 matchups
30%
picked as hurting wellbeing
73 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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Known for
- Killed three people
- Injured 23 individuals
- Wrote 'Industrial Society and Its Future'
- Conducted longest FBI investigation
- Recognized as Unabomber
Based on 249 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/06. Full rankings ·
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