I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s a limited viewpoint, just as mine is.
If you restrict the audience to Americans, we can use this YouGov survey: https://today.yougov.com/ratings/international/fame/all-time... The most famous millennial is currently either Beyonce (#6, a borderline millennial) or Taylor Swift (#14). Zuckerberg is well behind them at #99.
Had Messi not joined the US league and Apple bought the right I would not be surprised if half of the Americans dont know him. There also plenty of people around the world who simply dont watch Football, at least actively.
That's what matters for worldwide popularity total.
I just asked two people not in tech >60 who Zuckerberg is and they both knew him. But, I mean, they still read the newspaper, so I guess they're out of touch, as well.
I'd bet on some singer or actor / actress being the most well known globally.
There's always a possibility that it's some Chinese / Indian person that is completely unknown outside their own country, but because of that country's size still ends up "the most well-known"
I'm willing to bet it's Mia Khalifa
Conflating the two would imply that, for example, Phil Knight is one of the best known people in the world because of the ubiquity of his company, Nike. That’s obviously not the case.
Based on this email, Zuckerberg seems to have an exaggerated sense of just how well-known he personally is.
Zuck's name recognition isn't yet at the Bill Gates or Taylor Swift level, but he's already beyond what even top athletes of the current generation can hope for.
Sure, but I don't see how that equates to more people knowing about Zuck. Lots of Meta users neither know nor care who he is. Outside of business and tech I almost never see his name or face pop up.
Lebron on the other hand is all over the place. I have zero interest in the NBA but could easily pick him out of a lineup.
I don't know how you can say this with a straight face. Yours is an absurdly niche viewpoint! I swear, sometimes this forum is like Marie Antoinette.
No, it's not. Did you really think baseball was the most popular sport in America? I was talking about where I live (Taiwan).
Also, it's a safe bet that more than 1.5 billion people just between India and China have heard of Zuck given how often he's been front page media in both countries.
From another of your comments, it sounds like you're middle class. Or, at least, a working class American which is quite privileged from a global standpoint.
Either way, you're hardly a representative sample of one (1).
Nice to encounter a fellow PKD fan, of course. ;)