Race to Be Time's 2025 Person of the Year Heats Up

Time magazine is preparing to announce its 2025 Person of the Year, with candidates including AI, tech CEOs like Jensen Huang and Sam Altman, and Pope Leo XIV. Other contenders are Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Zohran Mamdani. The tradition of selecting a headline-shaping figure began in 1927.

Time magazine is gearing up to announce its 2025 Person of the Year this Thursday. In the running, according to prediction markets, are formidable contenders such as artificial intelligence, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, and OpenAI's Sam Altman.

Notably, Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope elected following Pope Francis's death, is also in contention. Other prominent figures considered include President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and New York Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.

Trump previously clinched the title in 2024 after reclaiming the White House, succeeding 2023's honoree, Taylor Swift. This tradition stems from 1927, when Time's editors first selected the person they believed most influenced the year's headlines.