70.5% of matchups won
501 matchups
Elo 1534
tracked 2025/05/17 → 2026/10/13
mission: Advance social and economic equality · Socialism and economics · politicians · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing76%
picked as helping wellbeing
424 matchups
38%
picked as hurting wellbeing
77 matchups
On balance people see it as helping.
Who rates it higher
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Rating over time
Elo, 7-day average · history as of 2025-08-29Related
Similar people
01
Friedrich Engels
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29.9% wins · German philosopher, sociologist and economist (1820–1895)
02
Max Weber
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50.7% wins · German sociologist, philosopher, and political economist (1864–1920)
03
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
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48.9% wins · German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)
04
Rosa Luxemburg
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46.4% wins · Polish-German Marxist revolutionary (1871–1919)
05
Adam Smith
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53.0% wins · Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723–1790)
Known for
- Wrote The Communist Manifesto
- Authored Das Kapital
- Developed historical materialism
- Influenced socialist movements globally
- Established Marxism as a theory
Based on 501 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/10/13. Full rankings ·
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