Rotten Tomatoes is currently running a poll letting fans pick their favorite new addition to the Star Wars universe. The results are a little surprising. You might think BB-8, the adorable and highly merchandisable droid would win this one hands down. Or maybe you’d put your money on Kylo Ren, the fantasy goth prince who launched a fantastic fake Twitter account and a thousand pieces of fan art. Or maybe Poe Dameron or Finn, two halves of everyone’s favorite Force Awakens duo. But, sorry, lads, it’s the lonely girl from Jakku who zoomed off with everyone’s heart.

That is, of course, as it should be. Rey is the lead performer in the movie and perfect blend of Luke Skywalker, Princess Leia, and Han Solo. In other words, she can wield a lightsaber, fly the Millennium Falcon, and loudly declare her independence as she does so. What’s not to love? Especially given the frankly misogynist Internet pushback on Rey being too great, it’s been tough to remember that the toxic online echo chamber doesn’t speak for the world as a whole. This is a great reminder: Rey isn’t just winning this poll, she is, at the time of publishing this post, winning it in a landslide.

This Rotten Tomatoes poll also doesn’t speak for the world as a whole, we realize. Only 71,499 of the millions and millions of people who have seen Star Wars: The Force Awakens have voted so far. But some box-office analysts are crediting Rey for the films enormous box-office success. As The Hollywood Reporter puts it:

While males continue to show up in force, increased interest among women and girls is another key reason why Force Awakens — featuring a strong female heroine in Daisy Ridley’s character, Rey — will soon overtake the $760 million earned by 2009’s Avatar domestically to become the top-grossing film of all time in the U.S. and Canada.

Audiences for The Force Awakens have included more women in its second week, and, clearly, something important has awakened in the Star Wars fandom.

Something that’s maybe more important than we yet know.

But I think we do know whom to thank.