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In this issue

The Year in . . .
A look back at the changes 2025 brought in health, climate, politics, governance—and inside the red border of the TIME cover

CEO of the Year
YouTube’s Neal Mohan
By Belinda Luscombe

Athlete of the Year
WNBA star A’ja Wilson
By Sean Gregory

Entertainer of the Year
Actor Leonardo DiCaprio
By Stephanie Zacharek

Breakthrough of the Year
KPop Demon Hunters
By Eliza Berman

Best of Culture
The top 10 movies,
television shows, books,
and albums of 2025

Unraveling progress

IN AN ERA OF FAST-PACED scientific advancements, it’s easy to take medical gains for granted.

2 mins

The fractured agenda

BY THE TIME NEGOTIATORS FROM AROUND THE WORLD gathered in the Amazonian city of Belém in November to discuss the future of climate action, the world had already experienced an alarming year: near-record global temperatures, unprecedented heat waves across continents, and extreme flooding that scientists say would have been virtually impossible without human-driven warming.

$The fractured agenda1$

2 mins

TRUMP

LAST YEAR'S PERSON OF THE YEAR SPENT 2025 TESTING THE LIMITS OF HIS OFFICE

5 mins

PERSON OF THE YEAR

SINCE 1801, AMERICAN LEADERS HAVE GATHERED in Washington, D.C., to attend the Inauguration of a new President.

4 mins

HOW THE U.S. CAN LEAD

Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world.

2 mins

AI'S NEXT FRONTIER IS HERE

In 1950, when computing was little more than automated arithmetic and simple logic, Alan Turing asked a question that reverberates today: Can machines think? It took remarkable imagination to see what he saw—intelligence might someday be built rather than born.

1 mins

WITH GREAT POWER COMES GREAT RESPONSIBILITY

In 2025, we saw major advancements in AI systems’ capabilities with the release of reasoning models as well as massive investments in the development of agentic models.

2 mins

WE MAY SURVIVE

Artificial intelligence is the most impactful technological development of our time— more than computers or the internet and, perhaps, comparable to the Industrial Revolution, but happening on a much faster timescale.

2 mins

NEAL MOHAN

THE YOUTUBE CEO HAS LED THE PLATFORM INTO A NEW ERA OF TV AND VIDEO DOMINATION

10+ mins

A'JA WILSON

HER FOURTH MVP AWARD. HER THIRD WNBA TITLE. IT WAS A VERY GOOD YEAR.

10+ mins

How Innovation Became the Serum Institute's Defining Legacy

Every day, millions of children around the world are protected by vaccines made in Pune, India – all by a company most people have never heard of.

2 mins

LEONARDO DICAPRIO

MOVIE BY MOVIE, THE ACTOR HAS CRAFTED A HOLLYWOOD CAREER THAT'S BUILT TO LAST— EVEN IN AN INDUSTRY DEFINED BY CHANGE

10+ mins

KPOP DEMON Hunters

WHAT STARTED AS A PASSION PROJECT BECAME A GLOBAL PHENOMENON

10+ mins

BEST OF CULTURE 2023

The art that entertained, moved, and inspired us this year

3 mins

State of the art

AS TIME’S CREATIVE DIRECTOR, I’VE been privileged to work with some of the world’s best artists and photographers in creating thousands of images for our cover.

1 mins

Read all Stories from Time

Time Magazine Description:

Publisher: TIME-USA,-LLC

Category: News

Language: English

Frequency: Fortnightly

TIME is one of the most recognizable news brands in the world, with a signature voice and trusted content. Offering incisive reporting, lively writing, and world-renowned photography, TIME has been credited with bringing journalism at its best into the fabric of American life. Every issue delivers a deeper understanding of the world we live in.

TIME covers a wide range of topics, including:

*Current affairs: TIME provides in-depth analysis of the most important stories of the day, from politics and business to science and technology.

*World news: TIME reports on the latest news from around the globe, with a focus on the countries and regions that are shaping the world.

*Feature stories: TIME features long-form stories that explore important issues in depth, from climate change to poverty to inequality.

*Person of the Year: TIME's annual Person of the Year issue recognizes the individual or group of individuals who have had the biggest impact on the news headlines over the past 12 months.

*Arts and culture: TIME covers the latest in music, movies, books, and art.

TIME is a must-read for anyone who wants to be informed about the world around them. Subscribe today and start getting the deeper understanding you need to make sense of it all.