--- description: This year's candidates range from athlete Serena Williams to Venezuela's Juan Guaidó. Here's how to vote in the 2019 TIME 100 reader poll. title: Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2019 TIME 100? image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cd35378830f88b9/698947c1e76ad266076346cf/time-100-poll-2019.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 * [TIME 100](/tag/time-100/) ## TIME 100 Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2019 TIME 100? by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:33 AM CUTPublished: Mar 27, 2019 11:30 AM CUT  Getty Images (10) by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Updated: Dec 13, 2023 12:33 AM CUTPublished: Mar 27, 2019 11:30 AM CUT Every year, the editors of TIME recognize the [100 most influential people](http://time.com/collection/most-influential-people-2018/ "undefined") in the world. The [annual list](http://time.com/topic/time-100/ "undefined") gathers the artists, leaders, scientists, activists and entrepreneurs who have changed the world over the last year—for better or worse. More than a decade after the [first TIME 100](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/completelist/0,29569,1975813,00.html "undefined"), creators continue to produce historic innovations while artists and athletes top their record-breaking achievements. Contenders for this year’s TIME 100 reader poll include athletes like [Serena Williams](http://time.com/5389564/serena-williams-us-open-immortality-final-osaka/ "undefined") and politicians like [Venezuela](http://time.com/5548648/venezuela-protest-power-outage/ "undefined")‘s opposition leader [Juan Guaidó](http://time.com/5518443/juan-guaido-interview-venezuela/ "undefined"). Some of the [youngest influencers](http://time.com/5463721/most-influential-teens-2018/ "undefined") include [Greta Thunberg](http://time.com/5530374/europe-climate-change/ "undefined"), the climate activist from Sweden, and the [K-pop group BTS](http://time.com/5521769/famous-bts-armys/ "undefined"). TIME’s editors choose the final list, but we want to know what our readers think. Voting, in partnership with [Apester](https://apester.com/ "undefined"), began on March 27 and closed on April 16\. The TIME 100 list will be announced on April 17. [See the winners](http://time.com/5556876/time-100-2019-reader-poll-results/ "undefined") of the 2019 TIME 100 poll [here](http://time.com/5570948/bts-time-100-2019-reader-poll-winner/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5548727/time-100-2019-reader-poll/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5548727/time-100-2019-reader-poll/"},"headline":"Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2019 TIME 100?","datePublished":"2019-03-27T11:30:09.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T00:33:21.000Z","description":"TIME wants to know: Who do you think is the most influential?","url":"https://time.com/5548727/time-100-2019-reader-poll/","keywords":["TIME 100","2019 TIME 100"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1cd35378830f88b9/698947c1e76ad266076346cf/time-100-poll-2019.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/blt1cd35378830f88b9/698947c1e76ad266076346cf/time-100-poll-2019.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Time 100 2019 Reader Poll","caption":"Serena Williams, Xi Jinping, Emilia Clarke, Cardi B, Meghan Markle, Donald Trump, Lebron James, Donald Glover, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jeff Bezos","creditText":"Getty Images (10)","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/5548727/time-100-2019-reader-poll/","name":"Vote Now: Who Should Be on the 2019 TIME 100?"}}]}] ```