The Middle Earth Popularity Cup

[the phantom]

Yes if you count all the time we was a mere malicious presence

I do count that time, because his will and his servants were still a force in Middle Earth through that time. That's more than you can say for pretty much everyone else.

And yes, he did for a time bow to Numenor, but it was all a plot to bring about its downfall. Which he pulled off, thank you very much.