Monday, Apr. 04, 2011

The 2011 TIME 100 Poll Results

See how your picks for the most influential people in the world rated among TIME readers. Though official voting for inclusion on the TIME 100 list has now closed (with Rain as the 2011 readers' choice), users can continue to vote for their favorites until the final list, selected by our editors, is revealed on Thursday, April 21st

Rank
Name
Influential
Not Influential
Total Votes

1
Rain
492,635
36,983
529,618

2
Jay Chou
274,980
40,683
315,663

3
Susan Boyle
240,759
8,377
249,136

4
Mahinda Rajapaksa
194,483
44,431
238,914

5
Cheng Yen
105,248
7,108
112,356

6
Beyonce
73,604
9,739
83,343

7
Chris Colfer
54,527
9,633
64,160

8
Christopher Hitchens
41,371
3,418
44,789

9
Bradley Manning
38,182
1,760
39,942

10
Glenn Beck
59,500
23,104
82,604

11
Tawakul Karman
42,713
7,784
50,497

12
Lady Gaga
38,597
8,807
47,404

13
Julian Assange
28,680
2,913
31,593

14
Ron Paul
21,860
2,600
24,460

15
Aamir Khan
20,988
1,943
22,931

16
Fukushima Power Plant Workers
24,789
5,781
30,570

17
Mohamed Bouazizi
18,587
1,186
19,773

18
Han Han
18,187
2,093
20,280

19
Wisconsin's 'Fab 14' State Senators
21,472
6,016
27,488

20
Rihanna
18,838
5,212
24,050

21
Dan Savage and Terry Miller
16,021
2,918
18,939

22
Mohamed Elbaradei
11,806
1,529
13,335

23
Alan Mulally
11,239
1,287
12,526

24
Sarah Palin
12,882
4,150
17,032

25
Gabrielle Giffords
11,577
3,777
15,354

26
Wael Ghonim
10,437
2,821
13,258

27
Mara Brock Akil
8,746
1,349
10,095

28
Hu Jintao
8,424
1,175
9,599

29
Mark Zuckerberg
10,064
2,875
12,939

30
Ray Kurzweil
6,972
1,281
8,253

31
Al-Jazeera
7,264
2,164
9,428

32
Michelle Obama
11,374
6,354
17,728

33
Michelle Rhee
6,571
1,969
8,540

34
Betty White
6,063
1,991
8,054

35
Andy Cohen
5,312
1,329
6,641

36
Marc LaForce
4,400
947
5,347

37
Steve Jobs
4,141
703
4,844

38
Aung San Suu Kyi
3,605
251
3,856

39
Craig J. Venter and Daniel Gibson
4,209
879
5,088

40
Chilean Miners
4,999
1,703
6,702

41
Stephen Hawking
3,649
484
4,133

42
Warren Buffett
3,662
528
4,190

43
Cory Booker
4,195
1,204
5,399

44
Hillary Clinton
4,695
1,735
6,430

45
Michele Bachmann
7,884
5,006
12,890

46
Barack Obama
6,627
3,790
10,417

47
Elizabeth Warren
6,768
4,248
11,016

48
Katy Perry
4,908
2,674
7,582

49
Ryan Schreiber
3,071
873
3,944

50
Christian Bale
4,303
2,181
6,484

51
Lee Unkrich
2,944
846
3,790

52
Johnny Depp
3,065
1,025
4,090

53
Mark Bittman
3,271
1,282
4,553

54
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
5,562
3,702
9,264

55
Conan O'Brien
2,755
926
3,681

56
Florence and the Machine
3,092
1,353
4,445

57
Geoffrey Canada
2,102
397
2,499

58
Paul Ryan
2,768
1,096
3,864

59
Carrie Fisher
2,600
1,014
3,614

60
Marco Rubio
2,382
864
3,246

61
George Clooney
2,517
1,031
3,548

62
Mitt Romney
3,431
2,013
5,444

63
Rafael Nadal
2,328
922
3,250

64
Anna Bligh
2,114
759
2,873

65
Salvatore Giunta
1,615
266
1,881

66
Colin Firth
1,954
613
2,567

67
Chris Christie
2,482
1,166
3,648

68
Andy Carvin
1,971
742
2,713

69
David Petraeus
1,859
658
2,517

70
Jeff Bridges
2,252
1,052
3,304

71
Clinton Cragg
1,644
454
2,098

72
Vladimir Putin
1,641
475
2,116

73
Scott Brown
2,507
1,357
3,864

74
Kamala Harris
1,824
684
2,508

75
Robert Gates
1,496
361
1,857

76
Marisol Valles Garcia
1,356
249
1,605

77
Lionel Messi
2,136
1,068
3,204

78
Dick Costolo
1,846
786
2,632

79
Roger Ebert
1,567
512
2,079

80
Benjamin Netanyahu
1,690
656
2,346

81
Charles Ferguson
1,375
362
1,737

82
Cecile Richards
6,272
5,263
11,535

83
Trey Parker and Matt Stone
1,575
629
2,204

84
Oprah
2,389
1,451
3,840

85
Sandra Bullock
2,281
1,381
3,662

86
Derrick Rossi
1,791
896
2,687

87
Matt Damon
1,944
1,060
3,004

88
Jamie Oliver
1,412
609
2,021

89
David Drummond
1,555
766
2,321

90
Yukio Edano
1,101
336
1,437

91
Siddhartha Mukherjee
1,181
417
1,598

92
James Franco
1,683
944
2,627

93
Li Chengpeng
1,625
888
2,513

94
Mumford & Sons
1,820
1,097
2,917

95
Rene Redzepi
1,865
1,145
3,010

96
Natalie Portman
3,053
2,346
5,399

97
V.S. Ramachandran
1,369
676
2,045

98
Christopher Nolan
1,217
568
1,785

99
Ricky Gervais
1,386
749
2,135

100
Christine Loh and Joanne Ooi
1,231
617
1,848

101
Roy Choi
1,441
837
2,278

102
Sonia Gandhi
1,244
673
1,917

103
Levon Helm
1,118
561
1,679

104
Reed Hastings
875
318
1,193

105
John Boehner
2,790
2,266
5,056

106
Daniel Hernandez
1,131
659
1,790

107
Dmitri Medvedev
1,189
722
1,911

108
Prince William and Kate Middleton
2,840
2,387
5,227

109
David Karp
1,130
712
1,842

110
Davis Guggenheim
743
359
1,102

111
Sam Kass
971
611
1,582

112
Nikki Haley
1,000
641
1,641

113
Roger Ailes
1,635
1,340
2,975

114
Rob Bell
1,860
1,636
3,496

115
Ahmad Shuja Pasha
783
563
1,346

116
Seiko Noda
550
349
899

117
Terry Gou
547
386
933

118
Lisa Jackson
742
597
1,339

119
David Brooks
1,061
932
1,993

120
Amy Poehler
1,209
1,081
2,290

121
Malcolm Gladwell
490
366
856

122
Margaret Hamburg
528
408
936

123
Sofia Vergara
760
652
1,412

124
Neil Young
1,050
974
2,024

125
Naoto Kan
565
507
1,072

126
Lara Logan
1,010
963
1,973

127
Jack White
943
899
1,842

128
Charles and David Koch
1,112
1,073
2,185

129
Mukesh Ambani
468
465
933

130
David Cameron
939
950
1,889

131
Alex Kipman
397
408
805

132
Cristoph Schonborn
701
722
1,423

133
Tavi Gevinson
592
625
1,217

134
The Gregory Brothers
521
564
1,085

135
Hassan Nasrallah
683
728
1,411

136
Lisa Stone
444
509
953

137
Jon Huntsman Jr.
596
668
1,264

138
Aaron Sorkin
542
616
1,158

139
Mark Wahlberg
532
647
1,179

140
Isabel Wilkerson
450
565
1,015

141
Joe Biden
2,517
2,635
5,152

142
Andrew Mason
772
891
1,663

143
Michael Tilson Thomas
290
417
707

144
Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt
1,188
1,334
2,522

145
Nathan Myhrvold
671
822
1,493

146
Jon Hamm
419
575
994

147
Jonathan Franzen
331
496
827

148
Alex Ferguson
507
676
1,183

149
Javier Bardem
411
587
998

150
Peter Vesterbacka
272
459
731

151
Billy Gardell and Melissa McCarthy
320
539
859

152
Jennifer Lopez
2,239
2,469
4,708

153
Louis C.K.
646
894
1,540

154
Roger Goodell
318
574
892

155
Clay Shirky
198
473
671

156
Cee Lo Green
609
909
1,518

157
Kathleen Sebelius
707
1,012
1,719

158
Nick Denton
303
623
926

159
Sarah Burton
565
893
1,458

160
Hamid Karzai
429
757
1,186

161
Tilda Swinton
311
668
979

162
Hung Huang
327
706
1,033

163
Tea Obreht
227
620
847

164
Jennifer Egan
187
585
772

165
Mia Wasikowska
221
621
842

166
Justin Bieber
5,447
5,853
11,300

167
Arianna Huffington
1,878
2,285
4,163

168
Than Shwe
158
566
724

169
Frank Darabont
288
716
1,004

170
Marine Le Pen
696
1,152
1,848

171
Brian Roberts
434
925
1,359

172
Michael Fassbender
225
717
942

173
Feisal Abdul Rauf
921
1,466
2,387

174
Jamie Dimon
2,244
2,793
5,037

175
Muqtada al-Sadr
1,039
1,603
2,642

176
Jay-Z
1,103
1,702
2,805

177
Sepp Blatter
564
1,229
1,793

178
Aaron Rodgers
740
1,464
2,204

179
Bob Dudley
490
1,361
1,851

180
Jenna Lyons
253
1,150
1,403

181
Bruno Mars
911
1,842
2,753

182
Michael Vick
414
1,375
1,789

183
Grant Achatz
875
1,870
2,745

184
Annette Bening
708
1,765
2,473

185
Russell Brand
936
2,021
2,957

186
Aziz Ansari
1,010
2,130
3,140

187
Silvio Berlusconi
463
1,600
2,063

188
Newt Gingrich
2,133
3,555
5,688

189
Dilma Rousseff
1,072
2,514
3,586

190
Liu Xiaobo
3,608
5,143
8,751

191
Willow Smith
436
2,048
2,484

192
Lady Antebellum
884
2,626
3,510

193
Ai Weiwei
9,260
11,104
20,364

194
Scott Walker
10,396
12,306
22,702

195
Rooney Mara
180
2,232
2,412

196
Gwyneth Paltrow
1,429
3,580
5,009

197
Zach Galifianakis
4,913
7,988
12,901

198
Chelsea Handler
2,672
7,709
10,381

199
Charlie Sheen
4,331
10,420
14,751

200
Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi
777
6,944
7,721

201
Kim Kardashian
877
7,134
8,011

202
Amy Chua
3,404
11,533
14,937

203
Kanye West
7,630
37,539
45,169