Public wellbeing report · People

Pol Pot

former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (1925–1998)

#1184

of 1,411 ranked people

Top 85%

30.2% of matchups won 291 matchups Elo 1462 tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/09/30

mission: Create agrarian socialist society · Human rights violations · politicians

Public sentiment

how often it gets picked, by matchup framing

31%

picked as helping wellbeing

206 matchups

29%

picked as hurting wellbeing

85 matchups

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Rating over time

Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29

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Known for

Established Democratic Kampuchea
Oversaw Cambodian genocide
Executed 1.5–2 million
Led Khmer Rouge movement
Implemented radical agrarian reforms

Based on 291 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/30. Full rankings ·

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