Fair enough. Maybe it's your opinion that you don't want him to be one of the smartest people, and that's fair. However, what I'm saying is that, by his actual feats and stories, it is a fact that he is. Does that make sense?
This is kinda unfair to Peter IMO. He has always wanted to do science above anything else, and Spider-Man is like the curse that blocks him from following his dreams. However, realize that we are talking abour raw intelligence in this question - not knowledge. Sure, Reed and Pym may have more knowledge than Peter, since they have more experience and spend more time on science. However, Peter has the same level of raw intellectual potential, which in his case has just gone mostly unused. That's canon.
I completely disagree. The reason he made his spandex into just a nanite super weave with an AI interface instead of something more advanced is because he still hadn't tapped his full potential. Anyways, once again, you say he "shouldn't" excel but provide no reasoning for that.
Okay, we know that both the Youtube video and the Intelligencia list are incorrect since they don't agree with each other. Besides, Peter is smarter than any of the Intelligenia so he could have just fooled them.
This is what I'm saying. Peter doesn't have the resources or time to spend on science, but his raw intellectual power exceeds or equals anyone in the top 10. That's a canon fact.
Yeah, that's nothing compared to
Peter's intelligence feats. And Peter is at more of a disadvantage since he has spent most of his life not being able to afford rent except for like maybe 80 or so issues. Ock has always had more resources than he could ever need due to his criminal activities.