44.3% of matchups won
368 matchups
Elo 1631
tracked 2025/05/31 → 2026/04/02
mission: Explore rationality and democracy · Philosophy and sociology · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing42%
picked as helping wellbeing
346 matchups
86%
picked as hurting wellbeing
22 matchups
On balance people see it as hurting.
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day averageRelated
Similar people
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Max Weber
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50.7% wins · German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
02
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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48.9% wins · German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
03
Immanuel Kant
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51.8% wins · German philosopher (1724–1804)
04
Karl Popper
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46.9% wins · Austrian-British philosopher of science and social and política e...
05
Karl Marx
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70.5% wins · German-born philosopher (1818–1883)
Known for
- Theory of Communicative Action
- Structural Transformation of Public Sphere
- Discourses on Modernity
- Philosophical Discourse of Modernity
- Post-secular society concept
Based on 368 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/04/02. Full rankings ·
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