U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, a candidate for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, topped the list with 3.3 percent. Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi took third spot with 2.2 percent, followed by U.S. President Barack Obama with 2 percent.

Others who made the top 10 included singer Taylor Swift, U.S. first lady Michelle Obama, Pope Francis and actor Leonardo DiCaprio.

TIME's annual list of the world's 100 most influential people, chosen by the magazine's editors, will be released on Thursday. The readers' poll is not the only factor taken into consideration when the editors compile the list.