--- title: Here Is the Latest News on TIME Person of the Year 2018 Poll description: As the final days of the 2018 Person of the Year reader's poll approach, BTS is poised to edge out their competition. canonical: https://time.com/5465743/time-person-of-the-year-2018-poll-news/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-11-29T15:41:24.000Z article:modified_time: 2024-01-17T15:10:03.000Z og:title: Here's Who Is Leading the TIME Person of the Year 2018 Poll og:description: Yes, there's still time to vote before the TIME Person of the Year is named og:url: https://time.com/5465743/time-person-of-the-year-2018-poll-news/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4768858fb29b213/6989401c7cdbace133d5e893/person-of-the-year-2018-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 594 og:image:height: 334 og:image:alt: Person-of-the-Year-2018-Poll og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Here's Who Is Leading the TIME Person of the Year 2018 Poll twitter:description: Yes, there's still time to vote before the TIME Person of the Year is named twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf4768858fb29b213/6989401c7cdbace133d5e893/person-of-the-year-2018-poll.jpg?branch=production&width=594&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # BTS Holds Onto the Lead in Final Days of TIME Person of the Year Poll > Sponsored content. 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Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Updated: Jan 17, 2024 3:10 PM UTCPublished: Nov 29, 2018 3:41 PM UTC **Voting on TIME’s Person of the Year reader’s poll has closed.** See the results [here](http://time.com/5472018/person-of-the-year-poll-winner/). With one week of voting remaining for the [2018 Person of the Year readers’ poll](http://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/), [BTS](http://time.com/collection-post/5418827/bts-members/) is holding the top spot. The seven-member K-Pop band — which includes members RM, Jin, Suga, J-Hope, Jimin, V and Jung Kook — retains the lead in [the poll](http://time.com/5454447/person-of-the-year-2018-poll/) with 9% of all “yes” votes as of Nov. 28\. The second place vote getter is the the Thai cave divers with 7%, according to the latest results as measured by poll host Apester. The current top five contenders also include [South Korean President Moon Jae-in](http://time.com/5424359/north-korea-economy-moon-jae-in/) (5%), planet Earth (5%) and Mohammed Bin Salman (6%), the crown prince of Saudi Arabia who is currently under scrutiny for his [alleged involvement in the gruesome killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi](http://time.com/5457942/us-intelligence-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-prince/). [Christine Blasey Ford](http://time.com/5464747/christine-blasey-ford-pledges-funds-trauma-survivors/), the psychology professor who testified against then-Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh in September, former First Lady [Michelle Obama](http://time.com/5421731/michelle-obama-white-house/) and the [undocumented children](http://time.com/5317117/what-happens-children-separated-family-border/) have all earned 4% of the “yes” votes as well. [See the Results of the TIME Person of the Year Reader’s Poll](http://time.com/5454449/person-of-the-year-2018-poll-results/) While TIME’s editors will ultimately decide who is named the 2018 Person of the Year — the person or [group of people](http://time.com/5049635/person-of-the-year-cover-groups-history/) who, for better or worse, had the greatest influence on the events of the year — the poll provides insight into how TIME’s readers judge who had the greatest influence in 2018. 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