73.6% of matchups won
515 matchups
Elo 1606
tracked 2025/05/20 → 2026/10/28
mission: Promote liberty and education · Politics and Science · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing77%
picked as helping wellbeing
439 matchups
57%
picked as hurting wellbeing
76 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
Samuel Adams
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41.5% wins · American statesman, political philosopher, governor of...
02
Thomas Jefferson
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64.9% wins · president of the United States from 1801 to 1809
03
Thomas Paine
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43.9% wins · American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
04
William Penn
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56.1% wins · English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and...
05
Francis Bacon
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60.0% wins · English philosopher and statesman (1561–1626)
Known for
- Signed Declaration of Independence
- Established first public library
- Invented lightning rod
- Secured French alliance
- Contributed to U.S. Constitution
Based on 515 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/28. Full rankings ·
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