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This market will resolve to “Yes” if the listed person, group, entity, or thing is TIME Person of the Year for 2026. Otherwise, this market will resolve to “No”.

A listed option will be considered TIME Person of the Year if they/it are explicitly named as Person of the Year. 

Additionally, the following rules apply:

If multiple people are explicitly named person of the year, both people will be considered TIME Person of the Year.

If the TIME Person of the Year is a concept, group or thing, a person may still be considered Person of the Year if they are also explicitly named person of the year, or if they are directly associated with the concept, group or thing named as person of the Year and are pictured on any official TIME cover announcing the Person of the Year. For example, in 2025 when TIME Person of the Year was “Architects of AI” the option for Sam Altman would have resolved to “Yes” as he was associated with the concept and is pictured on the Cover. However, if Sam Altman were Person of the Year, and ChatGPT was shown on the cover, this would not qualify for ChatGPT because ChatGPT is not a person.

If the TIME Person of the Year is a specific concept, group, entity, or thing (e.g. artificial intelligence), listed concepts or entities will be considered Person of the Year only if they are synonymous with the announced TIME Person of the Year. For example, if ChatGPT were Person of the Year, options for AI or LLMs would resolve to “No” because, while they are conceptually linked, they are not synonymous.

If TIME uses language that does not refer to a specific, commonly-recognized, concept, group, entity, or thing (e.g. 2011’s “The Protester” or 2017’s “The Silence Breakers”), the TIME Person of the Year feature article will be used to determine the meaning of the language defining TIME Person of the Year. In such cases, listed concepts, groups, or things will be considered TIME Person of the Year if they can be reasonably understood as equivalent to the meaning of the language used to define TIME Person of the Year. For example, the option for “The Me Too Movement” would have resolved to “Yes” in 2017. 

If for any reason the TIME's Person of the Year is not announced by June 30, 2027, 11:59 PM ET, this market will resolve to "No".

The resolution source for this market will be the TIME magazine cover or covers announcing the 2026 TIME Person of the Year; however, the TIME Person of the Year Feature article may also be used.

Zohran Mamdani

James Talarico

Abdul El-Sayed

Mark Carney

Pope Leo XIV

Benjamin Netanyahu

Donald Trump

Lula da Silva

Dario Amodei

Bad Bunny

Marco Rubio

Victor Glover

Artificial Intelligence

Reid Wiseman

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Christina Koch

Mojtaba Khamenei

ChatGPT

Jeremy Hansen

Péter Magyar

Elon Musk

Bernie Sanders

Sam Altman

Shehbaz Sharif

Jerome Powell

Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf

Taylor Swift

Alysa Liu

Ali Khamenei

Ali G

TIME Person of the Year 2026

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TIME Person of the Year 2026

Zohran Mamdani$114.1KVol.23%Yes22.5No77.5

James Talarico$30.2KVol.19%Yes18.8No81.3

Abdul El-Sayed$13.9KVol.16%Yes16No84

Mark Carney$20.9KVol.12%Yes12No88

Pope Leo XIV$49.5KVol.7%Yes7No93

Benjamin Netanyahu$51.7KVol.7%Yes7No93

Donald Trump$35.8KVol.6%Yes6.1No93.9

Lula da Silva$5.5KVol.6%Yes5.5No94.5

Dario Amodei$4.2KVol.5%Yes5.3No94.7

Bad Bunny$2.8KVol.4%Yes4No96

Marco Rubio$28.9KVol.4%Yes3.9No96.2

Victor Glover$270.9Vol.4%Yes3.8No96.3

Artificial Intelligence$11.2KVol.4%Yes3.7No96.3

Reid Wiseman$269.7Vol.4%Yes3.5No96.5

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez$6.8KVol.3%Yes3.5No96.5

Christina Koch$2KVol.3%Yes3.1No96.9

Mojtaba Khamenei$1.5KVol.3%Yes3No97

ChatGPT$181Vol.3%Yes2.8No97.2

Jeremy Hansen$831.5Vol.3%Yes2.6No97.4

Péter Magyar$1.3KVol.3%Yes2.5No97.5

Elon Musk$4.8KVol.3%Yes2.5No97.5

Bernie Sanders$4.1KVol.2%Yes2.4No97.6

Sam Altman$341.1Vol.2%Yes2.2No97.8

Shehbaz Sharif$186.5Vol.2%Yes1.7No98.3

Jerome Powell$800.4Vol.2%Yes1.7No98.3

Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf$11.3KVol.1%Yes1.4No98.6

Taylor Swift$220.5Vol.1%Yes1.4No98.7

Alysa Liu$4.5KVol.1%Yes1.4No98.7

Ali Khamenei$169.6Vol.<1%Yes0.9No99.1

Ali G$25.1KVol.<1%Yes0.65No99.4

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