U.S. News & World Report

===Who Runs America?===
The first ''U.S. News & World Report''{{'}}s rankings was its "Who Runs America?" surveys. They were published in the spring annually from 1974 to 1986. The magazine cover for each release featured persons selected by the ''USN & WR'' as being the ten most powerful persons in the United States. Each edition of the series listed the [[president of the United States]] as the most powerful person, but the #2 position included people like [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Henry Kissinger]] (1974),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-22-1974|title=U.S. News & World Report April 22, 1974 – Product Details |website=backissues.com |access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220122934/http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-22-1974|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Chair of the Federal Reserve|Federal Reserve Chairmen]] [[Paul Volcker]] and [[Arthur Burns]] (each listed multiple years), and [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]] [[Edward Kennedy]] (1979).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-16-1979|title=U.S. News & World Report April 16, 1979 – Product Details |website=backissues.com |access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220121143/http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-16-1979|url-status=dead}}</ref> Most of the top ten each year were government officials; occasionally others were included like TV anchormen [[Walter Cronkite]] and [[Dan Rather]], [[Chase Manhattan Bank]] Chairman [[David Rockefeller]], [[AFL–CIO]] leader [[George Meany]], and consumer advocate [[Ralph Nader]]. The only woman to make the top ten list was First Lady [[Rosalynn Carter]] in 1980.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-14-1980|website=backissues.com |title=U.S. News & World Report April 14, 1980 – Product Details|access-date=December 6, 2016|archive-date=December 20, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220122253/http://backissues.com/issue/US-News-and-World-Report-April-14-1980|url-status=dead }}</ref>

In addition to these overall top ten persons, the publication also included top persons in each of several fields, including education, business, finance, journalism, and other areas. The survey was discontinued after its 1986 edition.