40.7% of matchups won
246 matchups
Elo 1568
tracked 2025/05/18 → 2026/07/16
mission: Pioneering English literature · Literature and language · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing37%
picked as helping wellbeing
197 matchups
57%
picked as hurting wellbeing
49 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
Similar people
01
Petrarch
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41.6% wins · Italian scholar and poet (1304-1374)
02
Lewis Carroll
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49.5% wins · British author and scholar (1832–1898)
03
Dante Alighieri
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41.1% wins · Florentine poet, writer, and philosopher (c. 1265–1321)
04
G. K. Chesterton
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41.5% wins · English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)
05
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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47.7% wins · German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)
Known for
- The Canterbury Tales
- Father of English literature
- First poet at Poets' Corner
- Scientific writings
- Linguistic contributions
Based on 246 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/07/16. Full rankings ·
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