About Rip Rank
Ranking the Departed — with receipts.
Rip Rank is a social ranking platform for deceased public figures — the people we call luminaries. Think of it as a Letterboxd for legacies: browse who still matters, read what the living have to say, leave a review of your own, and watch the rankings move in real time.
How the rankings work
Every luminary’s score is a transparent blend: roughly 30% comes from the Rip Rank community — your reviews and ratings — and 70% from external signals of ongoing cultural attention — Wikipedia pageview trends, Reddit discussion volume, and YouTube engagement. Trending scores add a boost for recent momentum, including recent passings. No editors put thumbs on the scale; the formula is the same for everyone from Cleopatra to last week’s obituaries.
Where the data comes from
Biographical facts, dates, and images come from Wikipedia and Wikidata (with image licensing preserved). Attention signals come from public Wikipedia pageview statistics, public Reddit activity, and YouTube engagement. New deaths are ingested daily from Wikipedia’s records. If you spot an error, every luminary page has a flag option — corrections are reviewed by moderators.
Respect for the departed
Ranking the dead is inherently irreverent; being cruel about them isn’t the point. Reviews celebrating, critiquing, or honestly reckoning with a public figure’s legacy are welcome. Harassment of the living, hate speech, and content gloating over private individuals’ deaths are not — see our Community Policy. Moderators review flagged content, and repeat offenders lose their shovels.
Who runs this
Rip Rank is an independent project, built and run by a small team. It isn’t affiliated with Wikipedia, Reddit, or any estate of the people ranked here.
Contact
Questions, corrections, takedown requests, or press: contact@riprank.com. See also our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.