Elon Musk’s Companies Just Hit Rock Bottom in New Reputation Rankings

Today, in metrics that Elon Musk's enterprises are fully eating dirt: A new Axios Harris Poll of the US's 100 most visible companies showing Tesla and SpaceX, collapsing in reputation. The poll seeks to divine positive consumer sentiment and trust among large companies — and Musk's are crashing, due in no small part to widespread disapproval of Musk's role in the Trump administration, a sentiment that continues to grow across all political affiliations. This isn't a shocking development, but even so, the numbers paint an astonishingly swift fall from grace. In the 2021 poll, Tesla was eighth place in reputation ranking, putting it ahead of brands like Costco, Apple, and Toyota. But along the way, the automaker has since tripped on the staircase up, and come crashing backwards. Last year, Tesla fell all the way down to 63rd place — and now, in 2025, it's plunged to rock-bottom-95th, where it's keeping company with the likes of Meta, Wells Fargo, and UnitedHealth Group. Toyota, it's w ... Read full article.