16.8% of matchups won
394 matchups
Elo 1252
tracked 2025/05/19 → 2026/09/26
mission: Maintain totalitarian regime control · North Korean politics · politicians
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing19%
picked as helping wellbeing
238 matchups
13%
picked as hurting wellbeing
156 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
Kim Jong-il
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21.6% wins · Supreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011
02
Kim Il-sung
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03
Xi Jinping
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04
Joseph Stalin
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15.3% wins · leader of the Soviet Union from 1924 to 1953
05
Ali Khamenei
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Known for
- Nuclear weapons development
- International summits participation
- Economic reforms implementation
- Human rights abuses
- Leadership succession solidified
Based on 394 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/26. Full rankings ·
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