This year’s rising stars are being revealed!
TIME magazine has unveiled their TIME100 Next list of the Most Influential Rising Stars of 2025, from actors to musicians, politicians and more.
Featured this year include musician Gracie Abrams, actor Tramell Tillman, performer Tate McRae and actor/comedian Megan Stalter.
Keep reading to find out more…
The annual list is comprised of those who “have reached the pinnacle of their fields,” and recognizes those “still on the rise.”
“Everyone on the TIME100 Next leapt into action—often in challenging circumstances—and in doing so, accomplished the extraordinary,” Cate Matthews, who helped lead the selection of the list, shared. “They demonstrate the power we all have to make a difference.”
Keep reading below to see the full list of TIME100 Next’s World’s Most Influential Rising Stars…
ARTISTS
Jonathan Bailey
Tramell Tillman
Teyana Taylor
Monica Barbaro
Miles Caton
Helen J Shen
Becky G
Megan Stalter
Manny Jacinto
Gracie Abrams
Ocean Vuong
Lainey Wilson
Kara Young
Jack Quaid
Damson Idris
Ali Hazelwood
Toyin Ojih Odutola
Lina Ghotmeh
PHENOMS
Tate McRae
Lola Tung
David Corenswet
Taylor Fritz
Nico Parker
Meghann Fahy
Paige Bueckers
Kaitlyn Dever
Jeeno Thitikul
Kartik Kumra
Phoebe Gates and Sophia Kianni
Fuerza Regida
Yashasvi Jaiswal
Allison Ellsworth
Cristóbal Valenzuela
Shreya Murthy
Wang Ning
INNOVATORS
Rema
Sanaz Toossi
Ben Lamm
GloRilla
Lamine Yamal
Maggie Kang
Brandon Sorbom and Bob Mumgaard
Ashleigh Shanti
Susan Clark
Sabin Nsanzimana
Tracy Malechek-Ezekiel and Arjav Ezekiel
Susan Bullman
Andrew Miller
Tadáskía
Laney Crowell
Fatoumata Ba
Lalit Keshre
Ray Allensworth
Thibaud Hug de Larauze
LEADERS
April Koh
Kristrun Frostadottir
Dara Eskridge
Ruben Gallego
Karoline Leavitt
Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke
Erika Kirk
Vico Sotto
Irfaan Ali
Bari Weiss
Emma Theofelus
Natthaphong Ruengpanyawut
Issa Amro
Sara Ziff
Brandon Scott
Byron Donalds
Katey Rusch and Casey Smith
Gabriel Galípolo
Neil Vora
Alex Bruesewitz
Zack Polanski
Ryosuke Takashima
Jomana R. Alrashid
Shayne Coplan
ADVOCATES
Amanda Jones
Emi Mahmoud
David Fajgenbaum
Nomzamo Mbatha
Elliston Berry
Efrén Olivares
Layla Zaidane
Shantanu Agarwal
Nina Gualinga
Marshall Hatch Jr.
Viktoria Radvanyi
Hannah Fried
Bertha Zúniga Cáceres
Daniel Swain
Charles Hua
Catalina Martínez Coral
Rose Njeri Tunguru
Alex Sheldon
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