55.0% of matchups won
1,991 matchups
Elo 1645
tracked 2025/05/27 → 2026/10/24
mission: Promote peace and understanding · Literature and Philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing54%
picked as helping wellbeing
1,385 matchups
57%
picked as hurting wellbeing
606 matchups
People are split on it.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
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02
Voltaire
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Leon Trotsky
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Ayn Rand
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Thomas More
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64.7% wins · English statesman, lawyer and philosopher (1478–1535)
Known for
- War and Peace
- Anna Karenina
- Christian anarchism
- Advocate for Georgism
- Influence on Gandhi
Based on 1,991 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/24. Full rankings ·
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