65.4% of matchups won
381 matchups
Elo 1613
tracked 2025/05/25 → 2026/09/11
mission: Explore human condition profoundly · Literature and philosophy · philosophers
Public sentiment
how often it gets picked, by matchup framing66%
picked as helping wellbeing
312 matchups
61%
picked as hurting wellbeing
69 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
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Leo Tolstoy
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55.0% wins · Russian author (1828–1910)
02
Ayn Rand
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43.4% wins · Russian-born American writer and public philosopher (1905–1982)
03
Jean-Paul Sartre
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60.4% wins · French existentialist philosopher (1905–1980)
04
Aldous Huxley
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55.6% wins · English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)
05
Marquis de Sade
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48.8% wins · French nobleman, revolutionary politician, philosopher and writer...
Known for
- Crime and Punishment
- The Brothers Karamazov
- Notes from Underground
- Existentialist literature originator
- Impact on psychology
Based on 381 head-to-head matchups from Mic Check's global survey; ratings use Elo (1500 = neutral start). Latest data 2026/09/11. Full rankings ·
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