--- description: Find out who readers want to see named TIME's Person of the Year for 2018, based on the the results of this year's reader's poll. title: Find Out Who Readers Think Should Be Named TIME's Person of the Year for 2018 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte88c5846830b464a/69893f5097cdffb5436b6be4/time-person-of-the-year-poll-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Person of the Year 2018](/tag/person-of-the-year-2018/) ## Person of the Year 2018 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # See the Results of the TIME Person of the Year Reader's Poll (19 Nov 2018) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2018 11:03 PM CUT  Getty Images (9) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Nov 19, 2018 11:03 PM CUT TIME readers voted on who they want to see as the 2018 Person of the Year — the person or [group of people](http://time.com/5049635/person-of-the-year-cover-groups-history/ "undefined") selected annually for [having the greatest influence](http://time.com/5047813/person-of-the-year-history/ "undefined") on the events of the past 12 months. While TIME’s editors will ultimately decide who is named the 2018 Person of the Year, the poll provides valuable insight and gives readers a chance to weigh in with their pick. See the results below. The 2018 TIME Person of the Year will be revealed in December. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/"},"headline":"See the Results of the TIME Person of the Year Reader's Poll (19 Nov 2018)","datePublished":"2018-11-19T23:03:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:12:11.207Z","description":"Find out who readers want to see named TIME's Person of the Year for 2018, based on the the results of this year's reader's poll.","url":"https://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/","keywords":["Person of the Year 2018","Person of the Year topic","onetime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blte88c5846830b464a/69893f5097cdffb5436b6be4/time-person-of-the-year-poll-2018.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/blte88c5846830b464a/69893f5097cdffb5436b6be4/time-person-of-the-year-poll-2018.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"time-person-of-the-year-poll-2018","caption":"","creditText":"Getty Images (9)","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/person-of-the-year-2018/","name":"Person of the Year 2018"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/","name":"See the Results of the TIME Person of the Year Reader's Poll (19 Nov 2018)"}}]}] ```