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TIME100 Next 2025: Celebrating the Emerging Leaders Redefining Tomorrow
TIME Magazine’s TIME100 Next 2025 list highlights 100 rising stars reshaping leadership across various fields. With covers featuring Tate McRae, Jonathan Bailey, and April Koh, the list showcases diverse talents driving significant global change, underscoring a new era of influence.
Last Updated on October 15, 2025 by Daily News Staff
TIME Magazine has unveiled its highly anticipated 2025 TIME100 Next list, spotlighting 100 rising stars who are reshaping industries, challenging conventions, and defining what leadership looks like for the next generation. From groundbreaking entertainers to innovative tech pioneers, this year’s honorees represent a diverse tapestry of talent and vision that’s driving meaningful change across the globe.
Three Faces of the Future
The 2025 TIME100 Next issue features three striking worldwide covers, each showcasing a different dimension of emerging leadership. Singer-songwriter Tate McRae, actor Jonathan Bailey, and Spring Health co-founder and CEO April Koh each represent the breadth of influence this year’s list encompasses—spanning entertainment, business innovation, and mental health advocacy.
TIME100 Next 2025: Celebrating the Emerging Leaders Redefining Tomorrow
“The TIME100 Next spotlights changemakers from around the globe who are shaping the next generation of leadership and redefining what progress, influence, and impact mean in today’s world,” said TIME Chief Executive Officer Jessica Sibley.
A New Generation of Influence
TIME Editor-in-Chief Sam Jacobs emphasized that influence doesn’t wait for seniority. “While we’ve made it our mission to cover people who have reached the pinnacle of their fields, the TIME100 Next is an opportunity to recognize those still on the rise,” Jacobs writes. “We’ve known that true influence knows no age and that it can arrive early in a career.”
This philosophy shines through in the list’s youngest honoree, 16-year-old Elliston Berry, proving that transformative leadership can emerge at any age.
Women Leading the Charge
Over 50 women grace this year’s list, including basketball phenom Paige Bueckers, advocate Sara Ziff, and community organizer Amanda Jones. Their presence underscores a powerful shift toward gender parity in leadership across every sector—from sports and science to activism and the arts.
Star-Studded Tributes
The list features heartfelt tributes from established icons celebrating the next wave of talent. Ariana Grande writes about Jonathan Bailey, Selena Gomez honors Becky G, and Dakota Johnson celebrates Tate McRae. Other contributors include Pedro Pascal, Michael Keaton, Cate Blanchett, Miranda Lambert, and Diana Taurasi—each recognizing the unique spark in their respective honorees.
Entertainment’s Rising Stars
The entertainment category reads like a who’s who of tomorrow’s A-list: Jonathan Bailey, Tate McRae, Gracie Abrams, Damson Idris, GloRilla, Kaitlyn Dever, Lainey Wilson, and David Corenswet are just a handful of the performers redefining music, film, and television for a new era.
Beyond the Spotlight
The list extends far beyond entertainment, recognizing:
- Athletes like soccer sensation Lamine Yamal and tennis player Taylor Fritz
- Political leaders including Karoline Leavitt and Iceland’s Kristrun Frostadottir
- Tech innovators such as Cristóbal Valenzuela and Phoebe Gates
- Health and science pioneers like April Koh and Dr. David Fajgenbaum
- Justice advocates including Emi Mahmoud and Efrén Olivares
- Sustainability champions like Bob Mumgaard and Charles Hua
An Evening to Remember
On October 30th, TIME will host its fifth annual TIME100 Next event in New York City, bringing together this extraordinary group of changemakers. The evening will feature a special performance by Tate McRae, remarks from Jonathan Bailey and Nomzamo Mbatha, and the presentation of the TIME Earth Award to Ayana Elizabeth Johnson.
The event is presented by Rolex and premier partner Toyota, with support from General Catalyst, Project Management Institute, Meta, and The SPARK Collective.
The Future Is Now
What makes the TIME100 Next list so compelling isn’t just the individual achievements of its honorees—it’s the collective vision they represent. These are leaders who refuse to wait their turn, who see problems as opportunities, and who understand that the future doesn’t belong to those who simply inherit it, but to those bold enough to build it.
From Tate McRae’s chart-topping anthems to April Koh’s mental health revolution, from Jonathan Bailey’s captivating performances to the countless innovators working behind the scenes, the 2025 TIME100 Next class reminds us that tomorrow’s leaders are already here—and they’re just getting started.
To explore the full 2025 TIME100 Next list, tributes, videos, and photos, visit TIME’s website.
What emerging leader on this year’s list inspires you most? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
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April Koh: Revolutionizing Mental Health with Spring Health
Editor’s Letter: Sam Jacobs on the 2025 TIME100 Next Class
Paige Bueckers: Basketball’s Next Superstar
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Viewpoint Hosted by Dennis Quaid Brings Attention to a Little-Understood Condition Affecting Families Nationwide
A new Viewpoint hosted by Dennis Quaid segment with APFED raises awareness of eosinophilic esophagitis, its subtle symptoms, and its impact on families.
For more information, readers can visit viewpointproject.com and apfed.org.
For many families, health conditions do not always begin with a dramatic diagnosis. Sometimes they show up in small, everyday habits that seem easy to explain away. Cutting food into tiny bites. Drinking extra water with every meal. Quietly avoiding certain foods altogether. A new educational segment from Viewpoint hosted by Dennis Quaid is shining a light on those subtle warning signs through a collaboration with the American Partnership for Eosinophilic Disorders, helping more people recognize the realities of living with eosinophilic esophagitis, or EoE.
Viewpoint hosted by Dennis Quaid
The segment, distributed to Public Television stations across the country, focuses on making this chronic inflammatory condition easier for the public to understand. For viewers, that matters because EoE is often misunderstood or overlooked, even as it affects daily routines, family meals, and quality of life. By connecting medical information to real-life experiences, the program gives audiences a more human picture of what people with the condition may be facing.
When everyday habits tell a bigger story
Eosinophilic esophagitis occurs when eosinophils, a type of white blood cell, build up in the esophagus, causing inflammation that can lead to tissue damage and narrowing. But what stands out most in this story is not just the science. It is the way people often adapt without realizing it. Behaviors like chewing excessively, avoiding certain textures, or relying on liquids to help swallow can become so routine that they no longer feel unusual.
That is one reason the segment carries real community value. It encourages people to look more closely at symptoms that may have been normalized for years and to seek evaluation from specialists such as gastroenterologists or allergists. It also raises awareness among parents, caregivers, and primary care providers who may be the first to notice that something is not quite right.
More than awareness
The program also explores the emotional and social side of the condition, especially for people navigating dietary restrictions and the uncertainty of delayed diagnosis. In that sense, this is not only a story about medicine. It is also a story about advocacy, support, and the importance of helping people feel seen.
APFED Executive Director Mary Jo Strobel noted that many people with EoE do not realize they have adapted their lives around a medical condition. That message gives the segment its strongest human element: awareness can change lives, not only by leading to diagnosis, but by helping families better understand experiences that may have felt isolating or confusing.
Originally distributed in January 2025, the documentary will continue to be made available to stations through March 2027, extending its reach to more households nationwide.
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Jay Mohr’s long-running podcast is expanding to FAST television through an exclusive LG Channels launch in the U.S. and Canada.
Cineverse has announced the launch of Mohr Stories, a new free ad-supported streaming television channel built around comedian Jay Mohr’s long-running podcast. Unveiled during LG Electronics and LG Ad Solutions’ 2026 IAB NewFronts presentation, the channel will be available exclusively through LG Channels on LG TVs in the United States and Canada.
The new channel will feature weekly episodes alongside more than 100 hours of library content, giving the show a larger footprint in the growing FAST market. Hosted by Mohr, the series includes conversations with guests from comedy, film, sports, music, and television, including Ron Funches, Jay Leno, Joe Mantegna, Patton Oswalt, Kevin Pollak, Andy Richter, George Wallace, Flavor Flav, Michael Eric Dyson, Seth Rollins, Gene Simmons, Billy Gibbons, Byron Scott, and Jeanie Buss.
The launch is notable not only because of the talent involved, but because it reflects a broader shift in how podcast brands are being distributed. What once lived primarily as an audio product is now being packaged as a 24/7 streaming destination, built for connected TV audiences and ad-supported discovery.
Cineverse said Mohr Stories will continue to be available as a podcast through the WITZ Podcast Network, a partnership between Cineverse and The Stand Group. The company also pointed to strong audience momentum after the show expanded into video, saying consumption hours on Spotify rose 50% month over month and downloads increased 34% quarter over quarter.
That growth aligns with wider audience behavior. In the U.S., more than 150 million people listen to podcasts every month, and an increasing share of those consumers are also watching podcast content on video platforms. As those habits continue to evolve, media companies are looking for ways to extend proven shows beyond their original format.
For LG Channels, the addition of Mohr Stories strengthens a FAST lineup built around free, accessible programming across a wide range of genres. For Cineverse, it underscores a strategy centered on expanding the reach and value of entertainment properties across multiple platforms.
The result is more than a new celebrity-led channel. It is another example of how streaming, podcasting, and digital video are converging into a more flexible content ecosystem—one where recognizable brands can move fluidly from audio feeds to connected television.
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Cineverse Partners With VA Media to Expand YouTube Monetization Strategy
Cineverse has announced a strategic partnership with VA Media to accelerate growth and digital monetization across its expanding portfolio of fandom-focused YouTube channels.
The agreement will bring a YouTube-first strategy to Cineverse’s channel network, including longform and shortform content planning, channel optimization, financial modeling, and broader monetization support. The partnership will begin with Dog Whisperer with Cesar Millan, which Cineverse identified as its top revenue-generating YouTube channel.
Cineverse said its owned or operated YouTube channels currently account for more than 10 million subscribers and over 200 million video views. The company’s digital portfolio spans genres including horror, anime, romance, indie film, Asian cinema, and other fandom-driven categories.
VA Media, which specializes in YouTube strategy and social video monetization, will work with Cineverse to improve discoverability, strengthen channel performance, and unlock new revenue opportunities across YouTube and adjacent platforms.
The partnership reflects the growing role of YouTube as a core distribution and monetization channel for premium entertainment content.
For more information, visit Cineverse.
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