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Who is most recognizable?

Mario 113 34.14%
 
Mickey Mouse 218 65.86%
 
Total:331

I would guess Mario, cause there hasn't been any relevant MM thing in decades. Completely reduced to merchandise.
Would be interesting to see the results of an actual big poll!



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Everyone I know, including children and parents know mickey, many don't know mario, sure, the once around my age do, but I've talked to many children from family members around 12-15 that just know the things on their smartphone and tablet, and never even played on a console or handheld :(

So I have to vote mickey, altough for me, since I was born in 1985 and we bought a NES when I was 1 year old and around 4-5 years I started playing it myself and really grew up with Mario, the italian plummer would be way more significant for me as a person ^_^




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I'd say Mickey easily. Mickey Mouse is present in a lot of baby clothes, toys, blankets, etc so most children will know who he is very early on.



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But:

So mushrooms make Mario less powerful in the fight against Mickey!



SpokenTruth said:
Lawlight said:

Yeah, I doubt a lot of people in Madagascar or India know Mario. You can bet they know Batman and Superman though.

You can't look at it that way.  Madagascar is just 22 million people.  That's the size of a small province in China.

If we were counting popularity by individual countries, Mickey would easily win given the numerous countries like Madagascar.

 

Though I agree overall that Mickey has the edge due to age and consitent relevance the whole time.

India has a population of 1.3B. Use that one as an example.



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Mario as time goes by.



Lawlight said:

Yeah, I doubt a lot of people in Madagascar or India know Mario.

Why? My girlfriend is currently on holidays on a remote indonesian island, and the motorcycle safety helmet she got from her guide had a huge Mario face on it. Super funny photo :)



Anecdotal evidence, but as far as I know, Mario's recognition rate is higher than Mickey Mouse in Asia. Especially on target audience.



Mickelson iconographic is unbeaten but Mario is more relevant so probably more known by younger generations. I havent seen any Mickley Mouse related in years



I'd say Mickey is more recognizable overall, but Mario is very relevant today, and is probably more recognizable in our current society.



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