Shah Rukh Khan receives more votes than Lionel Messi, Prince Harry, Meghan Markle, and other celebrities in TIME magazine’s annual readers’ poll.
In the 2024 TIME 100 poll, Shah Rukh Khan received 4% of the 1.2 million reader votes. The reader poll’s uncontested winner is now Shahrukh Khan. He was included in the yearly list of the most influential persons.
Actor Shah Rukh Khan was chosen as the winner of the 2024 TIME100 poll by readers who voted for the individuals or groups they thought should be featured on the publication’s annual list of the most influential people.
Popular figures like athlete Serena Williams, actor Michelle Yeoh, footballer Lionel Messi, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle were included on the list. Shah Rukh garnered 4% of the 1.2 million votes cast, the report claims.
The Iranian women who are demanding their rights came in second. They received 3% of the vote. Additionally, the women took first place in the magazine’s reader poll for 2022 Person of the Year. Since the death of Mahsa Amini, 22, on September 16, Iran has experienced protests. The morality police in Iran imprisoned Amini in September on the grounds that she had not properly worn the hijab, an Islamic covering that is required to cover her hair. She lost consciousness at a police station and passed away three days later.
The healthcare professionals who have been on the front lines of the epidemic since 2020 came in third with 2% of the vote.
With a combined 1.9% of the vote, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took fourth place. Harry attracted worldwide attention after releasing his book, Spare, earlier this year and detailing his experiences as a member of the British royal family. Meghan is the podcast host of Archetypes. Football player Lionel Messi took the fifth spot on the list with 1.8% of the votes.
TIME will release its yearly list of the top 100 figures in the world in 2024 later this month. Only three Indians—Gautam Adani, Karuna Nundy, and Khurram Parvez—made the list in 2022.
One of the best actors in Indian cinema is Shah Rukh Khan. He is appropriately referred to as the Badshah of Bollywood. With his wide range of films over the course of an almost three-decade career, SRK has delighted audiences. Shah Rukh has so far had a great year, notably in 2024.
This year, Shah Rukh Khan might have earned his place on the list. His most recent film, Pathaan, has earned over Rs 1000 crore worldwide and has become a huge hit. Before making a comeback with Pathaan, Shah Rukh took a more than four-year break from playing leading characters in films.
Over the past several years, SRK has put a lot of effort into his profession as a producer of films and cameo sequences in movies. His most recent endeavour was Darlings, a 2022 film that he co-produced with Alia Bhatt, who plays the lead. He is a co-owner of the IPL cricket team Kolkata Knight Riders as well as an actor and producer.
The 2024 release of Jawan, which also features Nayanthara and Vijay Sethupathi, is scheduled for June. Shah Rukh and Taapsee Pannu are both in the upcoming December film Dunki. Aside from these two movies, Shah Rukh Khan will make a major cameo appearance in Tiger 3 with Salman Khan. He will also appear in the Siddharth Anand-helmed YRF film Tiger vs. Pathaan.
