--- description: From President Obama to Emma Watson and Mark Zuckerberg to Angela Merkel, who do you think were the 100 most influential people this year? title: Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2016 TIME 100? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3bb773686451470/69888bc4e20a87a610a900b8/time-100-poll-2-facebook-grid.jpg?branch=production ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2016 TIME 100? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:58 PM CUTPublished: Mar 23, 2016 4:29 PM CUT  Getty Images (4); AP (1); Corbis (1) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 3:58 PM CUTPublished: Mar 23, 2016 4:29 PM CUT The TIME 100—our annual list of the most influential people in the world—is comprised of world leaders, great minds in science and technology, outstanding figures in the arts and other icons of the moment. While TIME editors determine the ultimate honorees, we want to know who you think deserves recognition. Ready to cast your vote? Vote above, or head over to [Time.com’s TIME 100 voting hub](http://time.com/4264934/2016-time-100-poll-results/ "undefined"), where Pinnion’s technology is recording, visualizing and analyzing results as they are received. Voting closes at 11:59 p.m. EST on April 13, and the winner of our reader poll will be announced April 14\. This year’s official TIME 100 list will be announced April 21. Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2016 TIME 100? ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4264746/2016-time-100-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4264746/2016-time-100-poll/"},"headline":"Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2016 TIME 100?","datePublished":"2016-03-23T16:29:06.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T15:58:39.000Z","description":"Who do you think were the 100 most influential people this year?","url":"https://time.com/4264746/2016-time-100-poll/","keywords":["TIME 100","TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3bb773686451470/69888bc4e20a87a610a900b8/time-100-poll-2-facebook-grid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc3bb773686451470/69888bc4e20a87a610a900b8/time-100-poll-2-facebook-grid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"TIME-100-poll-2-Facebook-Grid","caption":"TIME 100 POLL Facebook Images 2","creditText":"Getty Images (4); AP (1); Corbis (1)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-100/","name":"TIME 100"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4264746/2016-time-100-poll/","name":"Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2016 TIME 100?"}}]}] ```