Time.com unveiled last April 1 the list of 200 names included in their poll for its Time 100 issue, which lists the most influential people in the world based on votes.

Our very own champion boxer, Manny Pacquiao, made it to the 200 list among the most popular names in global entertainment, technology, and politics—from Barrack Obama, the 48-year-old President of the United States of America, multi-media mogul Oprah Winfrey, Apple CEO and visionary Steve Jobs, and many others.

As of April 2, President Obama was at number 11, while Manny Pacquiao, who is currently busy trying to win a seat in the country's legislature after failing twice before, placed at number 16.

While the Time 100 list has been criticized as not really being about “influence” but more about being trendy—with newsbusters.org’s Tim Graham even describing it as “Time’s idea of who is interesting and exciting [that] meshed with who they like”—it nevertheless remains a popular installment for the publication.

The list purportedly started at a symposium at Washington DC’s Kennedy Center in 1998, when a debate began among panel participants that included CBS news anchor Dan Rather, former New York governor Mario Cuomo, then-political science professor (later U.S. Secretary of State under George W. Bush) Condoleezza Rice, and Time magazine managing editor Walter Isaacson. When Time magazine first published their list of 100 most influential people of the 20th century in 1999, it became so popular that in 2004, the magazine decided to make it an annual list.

The top 10-ranking names in the list this year are mainly entertainment celebrities. Leading the tally so far is comedian/writer/producer Conan O’Brien (occupation listed as “unemployed talk show host”) with an average rating of 94 out of 100 courtesy of over 46,400 voters.

O’Brien took over “The Tonight Show” last year after the supposed retirement of previous host Jay Leno. In TV’s most famous recent tussle, O’Brien gave up the reins on the crown jewel of late-night talk show after a controversial move by his network to reinstate Leno in late-night. O’Brien’s strong showing proves one thing: he does have a huge following among the younger viewers, most of whom are very active online. They are perhaps the same followers—mostly college kids and young adults—that bought tickets to his 30-city comedy tour billed “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.”

The other names in the top 10, so far, are: Koren superstar Rain (#4), pop diva Lady Gaga (#5), TV celebrity and a hit award show host Neil Patrick Harris (#6), teen idol Robert Pattinson (#7), comedienne/TV host and now author Chelsea Handler (#8), and controversial “American Idol” alum Adam Lambert (#9).

Non-showbiz celebrities on the top 10 are: Olympic gold medal figure skater Kim Yu-Na (#2), Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White (#3), and gaming webcomics “Penny Arcade” creators Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik (#10).