This is a list of people (real or fictional) appearing on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine in the 2010s. This list is for the biweekly and later, monthly issues of the magazine, including variant covers, and does not include special issues. Issue numbers that include a slash (XXX/YYY) are combined double issues.
2010
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1096January 21, 2010NoneGlobal warming cover story1097February 4, 2010John Mayer1098February 18, 2010Lil Wayne1099March 4, 2010Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton1100March 18, 2010Shaun White1101April 1, 2010Jimi Hendrix1102April 15, 2010Glee cast (Dianna Agron, Jane Lynch, Lea Michele, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison)1103April 29, 2010The Black Eyed Peas (apl.de.ap, Fergie, Taboo, will.i.am)1104May 13, 2010Robert Downey Jr.1105May 27, 2010Mick JaggerKeith Richards1106June 10, 2010Russell Brand1107June 24, 2010Jay-Z1108/1109July 8–22, 2010Lady Gaga1110August 5, 2010Leonardo DiCaprio1111August 19, 2010Katy Perry1112September 2, 2010True Blood cast (Stephen Moyer, Anna Paquin, Alexander Skarsgård)1113September 16, 2010Mad Men cast (Jon Hamm, Christina Hendricks, January Jones, Elisabeth Moss)1114September 30, 2010Roger Waters1115October 14, 2010Barack ObamaThe Hot List 20101116October 28, 2010Keith Richards1117November 11, 2010Conan O'Brien1118November 25, 2010Eminem1119December 9, 2010NoneCover story on artists' playlists1120/1121December 23, 2010 – January 6, 2011John Lennon
2011
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1122January 20, 2011Jimmy Fallon1123February 3, 2011Lil Wayne1124February 17, 2011Elton John1125March 3, 2011Justin Bieber1126March 17, 2011Snooki1127March 31, 2011Howard Stern1128April 14, 2011Rihanna1129April 28, 2011Adele1130May 12, 2011Steven Tyler1131May 26, 2011Bob Dylan1132June 9, 2011Lady Gaga1133June 23, 2011Zach Galifianakis1134/1135July 7–21, 2011Katy Perry (front cover), Dave Grohl (back cover)1136August 4, 2011Larry David1137August 18, 2011The Sheepdogs (Sam Corbett, Ewan Currie, Ryan Gullen, Leot Hanson)Group was the winner of a Rolling Stone contest in which readers voted among several unsigned acts to appear on the cover1138September 1, 2011Red Hot Chili Peppers (Flea, Anthony Kiedis, Josh Klinghoffer, Chad Smith)1139September 15, 2011George Harrison1140September 29, 2011Jon Stewart1141October 13, 2011Pink FloydCover did not show the band members, only a take-off of the cover for their album The Dark Side of the Moon1142October 27, 2011Steve Jobs1143November 10, 2011Eddie MurphyThe Hot List 20111144November 24, 2011George Clooney1145December 8, 2011Eric Clapton"100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" cover storyJimi HendrixJimmy PageEddie Van Halen1146/1147December 22, 2011 – January 5, 2012People from covers of issues 1123, 1127, 1129–1136, 1139, 1140, 11432011 year-end issue
2012
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2013
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1174January 17, 2013Jimmy Kimmel1175January 31, 201330 Rock cast (Alec Baldwin, Tina Fey, Tracy Morgan)1176February 14, 2013Rihanna1177February 28, 2013Lena Dunham1178March 14, 2013Billie Joe Armstrong1179March 28, 2013Mumford & Sons (Ted Dwane, Ben Lovett, Winston Marshall, Marcus Mumford)1180April 11, 2013Jon Hamm1181April 25, 2013Louis C.K.1182May 9, 2013Bruno Mars1183May 23, 2013The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Ron Wood)1184June 6, 2013Daft Punk (Thomas Bangalter, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo)1185June 20, 2013This Is the End cast (James Franco, Jonah Hill, Danny McBride, Seth Rogen)1186/1187July 4–18, 2013Johnny Depp1188August 1, 2013Dzhokhar Tsarnaev1189August 15, 2013Bruce SpringsteenCover includes unidentified concertgoers1190August 29, 2013Macklemore1191September 12, 2013Bob Dylan1192September 26, 2013Michael J. Fox1193October 10, 2013Miley CyrusThe Hot List 20131194October 24, 2013Andrew Lincoln1195November 7, 2013Paul McCartney1196November 21, 2013Lou Reed (front cover), Naya Rivera (back cover)1197December 5, 2013Eminem1198/1199December 19, 2013 – January 2, 2014Will Ferrell
2014
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1200January 16, 2014The Beatles (George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr)1201January 30, 2014Lorde1202February 13, 2014Pope Francis1203February 27, 2014Philip Seymour HoffmanDrake was originally planned to be on the cover, but was replaced by Hoffman after the latter's sudden death.1204March 13, 2014Justin Bieber1205March 27, 2014Skrillex1206April 10, 2014KISS (Peter Criss, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Paul Stanley)1207April 24, 2014Julia Louis-Dreyfus1208May 8, 2014Kit Harington1209May 22, 2014Neil Patrick Harris1210June 5, 2014Jack White1211June 19, 2014Eric ChurchCountry music issueMiranda Lambert1212/1213July 3–17, 2014Melissa McCarthy1214July 31, 2014Lana Del Rey1215August 14, 2014Katy Perry1216August 28, 2014Willie Nelson1217September 11, 2014Robin Williams1218September 25, 2014Taylor Swift1219October 9, 2014John Oliver1220October 23, 2014Barack Obama1221November 6, 2014U2 (Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr.)1222November 20, 2014Bob Dylan1223December 4, 2014Dave Grohl The Hot List 20141224/1225December 18, 2014 – January 1, 2015Seth Rogen
2015 Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1226January 15, 2015Nicki Minaj1227January 29, 2015Stevie Nicks1228February 12, 2015Sam Smith1229February 26, 2015John Belushi1230March 12, 2015Madonna1231March 26, 2015Kendrick LamarLamar appears with stylist Dianne Garcia1232April 9, 2015Ringo Starr1233April 23, 2015Kurt Cobain1234May 7, 2015The Hulk1235May 21, 2015David Letterman1236June 4, 2015The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia, Mickey Hart, Bill Kreutzmann, Phil Lesh, Bob Weir)1237June 18, 2015Orange Is the New Black cast (Laura Prepon, Taylor Schilling)1238July 2, 2015Rush (Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Neil Peart)1239/1240July 16–30, 2015Kim Kardashian1241August 13, 2015Kevin Hart1242August 27, 2015Dr. Dre, Ice Cube1243September 10, 2015Dez BryantNFL issueAndrew LuckRussell Wilson1244September 24, 2015Donald Trump1245October 8, 2015Barack Obama1246October 22, 2015Keith Richards1247November 5, 2015The Weeknd1248November 19, 2015Adele1249December 3, 2015Bernie Sanders The Hot List 20151250/1251December 17–31, 2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast (BB-8, John Boyega, Chewbacca, Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley)
2016
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1252January 14, 20165 Seconds of Summer (Michael Clifford, Luke Hemmings, Calum Hood, Ashton Irwin)1253January 28, 2016Leonardo DiCaprio1254February 11, 2016David Bowie1255February 25, 2016Chris Martin (Coldplay)1256March 10, 2016Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Donald Trump1257March 24, 2016Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders1258April 7, 2016James Franco1259April 21, 2016Ramones (Dee Dee Ramone, Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone, Tommy Ramone)1260May 5, 2016Merle Haggard1261May 19, 2016Prince1262June 2, 2016Oscar IsaacIsaac appears with his dog, Moby1263June 16, 2016Lin-Manuel Miranda1264July 1, 2016Muhammad Ali1265/1266July 14–28, 2016Future1267August 11, 2016Jared Leto1268August 25, 2016Paul McCartney1269September 8, 2016James Corden1270September 22, 2016Green Day (Billie Joe Armstrong, Tré Cool, Mike Dirnt)1271October 6, 2016Uzo Aduba, Alan Alda, Jason Alexander, Gillian Anderson, Jennifer Aniston, Dan Aykroyd, Alec Baldwin, Lucille Ball, Beavis and Butt-head, John Belushi, Kyle Broflovski, Steve Carell, Johnny Carson, Eric Cartman, Kyle Chandler, Dave Chappelle, Chevy Chase, Emilia Clarke, John Cleese, Stephen Colbert, Courteney Cox, Bryan Cranston, Claire Danes, Larry David, Danny DeVito, Peter Dinklage, David Duchovny, Lena Dunham, Idris Elba, Peter Falk, Tina Fey, Dennis Franz, James Gandolfini, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ricky Gervais, Ilana Glazer, Larry Hagman, Jon Hamm, Kit Harington, Sherman Hemsley, Christina Hendricks, Abbi Jacobson, Keegan-Michael Key, Jack Klugman, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, David Letterman, Andrew Lincoln, Louis C.K., Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kyle MacLachlan, Stan Marsh, Danny McBride, Kenny McCormick, Mary Tyler Moore, Elisabeth Moss, Leonard Nimoy, Carroll O'Connor, Sarah Jessica Parker, Jordan Peele, Matthew Perry, Tony Randall, Norman Reedus, Isabel Sanford, Santa's Little Helper, David Schwimmer, Jerry Seinfeld, Rod Serling, Garry Shandling, William Shatner, Bart Simpson, Homer Simpson, Lisa Simpson, Maggie Simpson, Marge Simpson, John Slattery, Snowball II, Kevin Spacey, Jon Stewart, Kiefer Sutherland, Jeffrey Tambor, Jimmie Walker, Dominic West, Michael K. Williams, Henry Winkler"The 100 Greatest TV Shows of All Time" cover story; cover includes unidentified walker from The Walking Dead1272October 20, 2016Bruce Springsteen1273November 3, 2016Kevin Durant1274November 17, 2016Bruno MarsThe Hot List 20161275December 1, 2016The Rolling Stones (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)1276/1277December 15–29, 2016Barack Obama
2017
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1278/1279January 12–26, 2017Emma Stone1280February 9, 2017Paris Jackson1281/1282February 23 – March 9, 2017John Oliver1283March 23, 2017Ed Sheeran1284April 6, 2017Donald Trump1285April 20, 2017Chuck Berry1286May 4, 2017Harry Styles1287May 18, 2017Chris Rock1288June 1, 2017Lorde1289June 15, 2017Thom Yorke1290June 29, 2017Rachel Maddow1291/1292July 13–27, 2017Emilia Clarke1293August 10, 2017Justin Trudeau1294August 24, 2017Kendrick Lamar1295September 7, 2017Gal Gadot1296September 21, 2017Dave Grohl1297October 5, 2017Donald Trump1298October 19, 2017Kesha1299November 2, 2017Tom Petty1300November 16, 2017Cardi B The Hot List 20171301November 30, 2017Elon Musk1302/1303December 14–28, 2017Star Wars: The Last Jedi cast (Adam Driver, Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley)
2018
Issue numberCover datePeople on coverNotes1304/1305January 11–25, 2018Bono1306/1307February 8–22, 2018Migos (Offset, Quavo, Takeoff)1308March 8, 2018Chadwick Boseman1309/1310March 22 – April 5, 2018Jack White1311/1312April 19 – May 3, 2018Dwayne Johnson1313/1314May 17–30, 2018Janelle Monáe1315/1316June 14–28, 2018Camila Cabello1317July 2018Cardi B, Offset1318August 2018Eric Church1319September 2018Stephen Colbert1320October 2018Aretha Franklin1321November 2018Zoë KravitzThe Hot List 20181322December 2018Shawn Mendes
2019