List of covers of Time magazine (2020s)

This is a list of covers of Time magazine between 2020 and 2029. Time was first published in 1923. As Time became established as one of the United States' leading news magazines, an appearance on the cover of Time became an indicator of notability, fame or notoriety. Such features were accompanied by articles.

European, Middle Eastern, African, Asian and South Pacific versions of the magazine were published in addition to the United States edition. This article distinguishes versions when the covers are different.

For other decades, see Lists of covers of Time magazine.

2020

Date	Persons or topics	Caption
January 20	Nancy Pelosi[1]	Her Gamble
January 27	Jared Kushner[2]	The Family Business
February 3	The Earth	Youthquake[3]
February 10	Joe Biden	What Makes Joe Run[4]
February 17	Illustration of Xi Jinping[5]	China's Test
March 2	Martin Luther King Jr.	His Legacy[6]
March 16	Various covers of influential women throughout history	100 Women of the Year[7]
March 30	Coronavirus disease 2019[8]	New Coronavirus 2019
April 6	José Andrés[9]	Apart. Not Alone
April 20	An Anesthesiologist	Special Report: Heroes of the front lines[10]
April 27	Street art in Paris on April 11	Finding Hope[11]
May 11	A NOPE! sign	The Long road back[12]
May 18	US unemployment graph from 1933 to 2020	The Great Reckoning[13]
May 25	Illustration of Donald Trump	There's a right way to reopen America. This isn't it.[14]
June 1	Photograph by Hannah Beier	Generation Pandemic[15]
June 15	Painting by Titus Kaphar	...Trayvon Martin, Yvette Smith, Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Lacquan McDonald, Tanisha Anderson, Akai Gurley, Tamir Rice, Jerame Reid, Natasha McKenna, Eric Harris, Walter Scott, Freddie Gray, William Chapman, Sandra Bland, Darrius Stewart, Samuel Dubose, Janet Wilson, Calin Roquemore, Alton Sterling, Philando Castile, Joseph Mann, Terence Crutcher, Chad Robertson, Jordan Edwards, Aaron Bailey, Stephon Clark, Danny Ray Thomas, Antwon Rose, Botham Jean, Atatiana Jefferson, Michael Dean, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd...[16] (Names around the red border)
June 22	George Floyd Protests	The Overdue Awakening[17]
July 6	Painting by Charly Palmer	America Must Change[18]
July 20	A graph of climate change over the last 2 centuries	One Last Chance[19]
August 3	John Lewis[20]	1940-2020
August 17	Illustration of Donald Trump and coronavirus disease 2019 floating in a body of water in front of the White House	The Plague Election[21]
August 31	Image of a black and red Flag of the United States being sewn	The New American Revolution[22]
September 21	A list of dates from February 29 through September 8 and the US coronavirus disease 2019 death toll with "200,000" highlighted[23]	An American Failure
October 5	Various covers, including Megan Thee Stallion, Anthony Fauci, Dwyane Wade and Gabrielle Union, The Weeknd, and more	Time 100[24]
October 19	An image of coronavirus disease 2019 viral cells exiting the White House[25]	(no caption)
November 2	An illustration by Shepard Fairey of a woman wearing a face-covering with an image of a ballot box	For the first time in history, Time replaced its logo with the word "VOTE"[26]
November 16	An image of a distressed face mask designed to look like an American flag	American Reality[27]
November 23	A photograph of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris taken on November 7 at their victory speech	A Time to Heal[28]
November 30	A photo-illustration by Sean Freeman and Eve Steben of a snowy and icy window	The Covid Winter[29] Vaccines are coming. So are the hardest months.
December 14	A photograph by Sharif Hamza of Gitanjali Rao	Kid of the Year[30]
December 21	Joe Biden and Kamala Harris[31]	Person of the Year

2021

Date	Persons or topics	Caption
January 18	U.S. Capitol under attack[32]	Democracy under attack
February 1	Illustration of Joe Biden in the Oval Office[33]	Day One
February 15	Amanda Gorman	The Black Renaissance[34]
March 1	Six different covers, including Brit Bennett, Telfar Clemens, Dua Lipa, Sanna Marin, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Marcus Rashford.[35]	The Next 100
March 15		Women and the Pandemic[36]
March 29		We Are Not Silent
April 12	Twyla Joseph	The Lost Year
April 26		Climate Is Everything
May 10	George Floyd	Justice Not Yet For All
May 24	"God Bless The Child" (painting by Jordan Casteel)	Visions of Equity
June 7		Will Return: The Great Reopening
June 21		We'll Never Be The Same
July 5		The History Wars
July 19	Naomi Osaka	It's O.K. To Not Be O.K.
August 2	Various "Help Wanted" signs	Rethinking Work
August 23	Jared Isaacman, Sian Proctor, Hayley Arceneaux, Christopher Sembroski	Three Days That Could Change Humanity Inside Inspiration4 / The First All-Civilian Trip Into Orbit
September 13	16 bus drivers in New Mexico who delivered lunches to students during the pandemic	The People Who Saved A School Year
September 27	Seven different covers	The World's Most Influential People
October 11	Jane Goodall	The Enduring Hope of Jane Goodall
October 25	Two different covers. Timothée Chalamet and Mark Zuckerberg
November 8		Last call.
November 22	Shannon Brewer	The Last Abortion Clinic
December 27	Elon Musk	Person of the Year for 2021

2022

Date	Persons or topics	Caption
January 17	Shonda Rhimes	TV's Greatest
January 31	Illustration of Joe Biden in the Oval Office	Year One
January 31	Alexei Navalny	The Man Putin Fears
January 31	Chloe Kim	Solid Gold
February 14		How COVID Ends
February 14		The Crisis that could change Europe forever
February 28	Daniel Motaung	Inside Facebook's African Sweatshop
February 28	Orion Jean	Kid of the Year
March 14	4 different covers, including Kerry Washington, Kacey Musgraves, Zahra Joya, Amal Clooney	Women of the Year
March 14	Illustration of the Flag of Ukraine	Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the Heroes of Ukraine
March 28	Vitalik Buterin	The Prince of Crypto has Concerns
March 28		The Resilience of Ukraine and The Agony of Ukraine
April 11	3 different covers, including Mindy Kaling, BTS, Andy Jassy	100 Most Influential Companies
April 25	Shohei Ohtani	It's Sho-time
April 25		Earth, Inc.
May 5	Elon Musk holding the logo of Twitter	What everyone gets wrong about Elon Musk
May 5	Olaf Scholz	Germany's Moment
May 5	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	How Zelensky Leads
Spring	Olaf Scholz, Ursula von der Leyen	Together Again
May 23	Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva	Lula's Second Act
May 23	Olga Rudenko	Witnessing a War
May 23		The Cold Truth
June 8	5 different covers, including Mary J. Blige, Zendaya, Tim Cook, Mía Mottley, Simu Liu	Time 100
June 28	Ursula von der Leyen	Europe's Power Broker
June 28		When are we going to do something?
July 4		The Oceans Issue
July 25		Where the Abortion Fight Goes Next
July 25	Shinzo Abe	Shinzo Abe
July 25	Olena Zelenska	Her Private War
August 8	Brittney Griner	Brittney Griner and her fight for freedom
August 8		Into the Metaverse
August 22	Hasina Najibi and Raihana Rahimi	Stories of Hope, Fear & Resilience
August 22		Katrina Babies
August 22		How to do more good
September 12	Gabriel Boric	The New Guard
September 12	Cast of The Rings of Power	TV's Biggest Bet
September 12	Serena Williams	The Greatest
September 26	Elizabeth II	The Queen
September 26		Climate's New Era
October 16	SZA, Keke Palmer, Sydney Sweeney, Farwiza Farhan	Time 100 Next
October 16	Valerii Zaluzhnyi	The General
October 16		The Defenders
October 24	Abraham Lincoln	How our greatest president saved democracy and we can too
October 24	Bukayo Saka	Next Generation Leaders
November 7		The Planet We Made
November 21		Democracy
November 21	2022 FIFA World Cup	The Dangerous Game
December 5	Steven Spielberg	Spielberg.
December 26	Volodymyr Zelenskyy	Person of the Year

2023

Date	Persons or topics	Caption
January 16		The Secrets of Happiness Experts
January 30		Zip It!
February 13		Division & Destiny
February 27	ChatGPT	The AI Arms Race is Changing Everything
March 13		Our 100th Year
March 27	The Giza pyramid complex	The World's Greatest Places
April 10	Bad Bunny	El Mundo De Bad Bunny
April 24		Unprecedented
May 22	Charles III	Finally, King
June 12	Ron DeSantis	What Ron DeSantis Means for America
July 3	Kim Kardashian	The 100 Most Influential Companies
July 24	Hari Nef, Alexandra Shipp, Margot Robbie, Issa Rae, Kate McKinnon	Barbie's World
August 14	John Fetterman	Out of the Darkness
September 4	Donald Trump	Does this Ride Ever End?
September 25	Jalen Hurts	Time 100 Next
October 9	Elon Musk	Elon Musk's Fight for the Future of AI
October 23	Deion Sanders	The Believer
November 6	Jonathan Polin, Rachel Goldberg-Polin	The Hostage Nightmare
November 20		The Horror of Gaza
December 4	Sultan Al Jaber	Man in the Middle
December 6	Taylor Swift	Person of the Year

2024

Date	Persons or topics	Caption
January 22	Antony Blinken	The Envoy
February 12	Issa Rae	Working To Close the Racial Wealth Gap
February 26	MrBeast	How He Became the Most Watched Person In the World
March 11	Greta Gerwig	Women of the Year
March 25	Evan Gershkovich	The Fight to Free Evan Gershkovich
April 8	Jane Fonda	Jane Fonda's Next Act
April 29	Patrick Mahomes	The World's Most Influential People
May 13	Coco Gauff	Why the Tennis Star is Playing for Herself Now
May 27	Donald Trump	If He Wins
June 10	Selena Gomez	The 100 Most Influential Companies
June 24		Donald Trump Convicted in Historic New York Hush-Money Trial
July 15	Melinda French Gates	Melinda French Gates Is Going It Alone
August 5	Kamala Harris	Why Joe Biden Dropped Out
August 26	Kamala Harris
September 16	Nayib Bukele	The Strongman
September 30	Donald Trump	In Trouble
October 14	JD Vance	The New Right
October 28	Nicola Coughlan

References

1. Ball, Molly (January 9, 2020). "'We've Upped the Ante.' Why Nancy Pelosi Is Going All in Against Trump". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
2. Bennett, Brian (January 16, 2020). "Inside Jared Kushner's Unusual White House Role". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
3. Alter, Charlotte (January 23, 2020). "How Millennial Leaders Will Change America". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
4. Ball, Molly (January 30, 2020). "'You've Got to Have Purpose.' Joe Biden's 2020 Campaign Is the Latest Test in a Lifetime of Loss". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
5. Campbell, Charlie (February 6, 2020). "The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Derail Xi Jinping's Dreams of a Chinese Century". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
6. Felsenthal, Edward (February 20, 2020). "Inside the Making of Time's Equality Issue". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
7. Gibbs, Nancy (March 5, 2020). "Why Time Decided to Revisit a Century of Women and Influence". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
8. "What to Know and What to Do About the Global Pandemic". Time. March 19, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
9. Gregory, Sean (March 26, 2020). "'Without Empathy, Nothing Works.' Chef José Andrés Wants to Feed the World Through the Pandemic". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
10. Felsenthal, Edward (April 9, 2020). "Front Line Workers Tell Their Own Stories in the New Issue of Time". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
11. Felsenthal, Edward (April 16, 2020). "Why Time Devoted Its Time 100 Issue to Finding Hope". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
12. Park, Alice (April 30, 2020). "Here's How Scientists and Public-Health Experts Recommend the U.S. Gets Back to 'Normal'". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
13. Semuels, Alana (May 7, 2020). "No Income. Major Medical Bills. What Life Is Like for Millions of Americans Facing Financial Ruin Because of the Pandemic". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
14. Edwards, Haley Sweetland (May 14, 2020). "There Are Sensible Ways to Reopen a Country. Then There's America's Approach". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
15. Alter, Charlotte (May 21, 2020). "How COVID-19 Will Shape the Class of 2020 For the Rest of Their Lives". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
16. Altman, Alex (June 4, 2020). "Why The Killing of George Floyd Sparked an American Uprising". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
17. Worland, Justin (June 11, 2020). "America's Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
18. Felsenthal, Edward (June 25, 2020). "America's Critical Moment". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
19. Pine, D.W. (July 8, 2020). "The Story Behind Time's 'One Last Chance' Cover". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
20. Waxman, Olivia (July 21, 2020). "'It's a Picture of Someone Who Knows Who He Is.' The Story Behind Time's Commemorative John Lewis Cover". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
21. Ball, Molly (August 6, 2020). "How COVID-19 Changed Everything About the 2020 Election". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
22. Williams, Pharrell; Harriot, Michael (August 20, 2020). "Pharrell Williams: America's Past and Present Are Racist. We Deserve a Black Future". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
23. Fitzpatrick, Alex; Wolfson, Elijah (September 10, 2020). "COVID-19 Has Killed Nearly 200,000 Americans. How Many More Lives Will Be Lost Before the U.S. Gets It Right?". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
24. Felsenthal, Edward (September 22, 2020). "How We Chose the 2020 Time100". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
25. Ball, Molly (October 8, 2020). "Donald Trump's COVID-19 Diagnosis Is Forcing Him to Face His Personal—and Political—Vulnerability". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
26. Felsenthal, Edward (October 22, 2020). "Time Replaced Its Logo on the Cover For the First Time in Its Nearly 100-Year History. Here's Why We Did It". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
27. Ball, Molly (November 4, 2020). "Even If Joe Biden Wins, He Will Govern in Donald Trump's America". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
28. Ball, Molly (November 12, 2020). "As Donald Trump Refuses to Concede, America Is Caught Between Crisis and Confusion". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
29. Ducharme, Jamie (November 19, 2020). "The U.S. COVID-19 Outbreak Is Worse Than It's Ever Been. Why Aren't We Acting Like It?". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
30. "Meet Time's First-Ever Kid of the Year". Time. December 3, 2020. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
31. Carlisle, Madeleine (December 10, 2020). "Joe Biden on Vaccines, Pardons and Uniting America: The 2020 Time Person of the Year Interview". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
32. Ball, Molly (January 7, 2021). "How Trump's Effort to Steal the Election Tore Apart the GOP—and the Country". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
33. Alter, Charlotte (January 21, 2021). "How President Biden Handles a Divided America Will Define His Legacy". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
34. Ball, Molly (February 4, 2021). "The Secret History of the Shadow Campaign That Saved the 2020 Election". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
35. Felsenthal, Edward (February 17, 2021). "How We Chose the 2021 Time100 Next". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2021.
36. "These Mothers Wanted to Care for Their Kids and Keep Their Jobs. Now They're Suing After Being Fired". Time. March 4, 2021. Retrieved March 17, 2021.

External links

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