THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

Campaign

Brand Awareness Campaign Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign Regional Campaign Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Brand Voice Branded Content Branded Series Contest or Promotion Copywriting Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation Use of Viral Content User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Audio & Music Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI Graphic Art Images Website/App

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality Insurance Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Influencer & Celebrity Partnership

Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Other Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership X Partnership YouTube Partnership

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence TikTok Presence X Presence YouTube Presence

Platforms & Technology

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Facebook Immersive Instagram Interactive Content LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast Branded Podcast Business Podcast NEW! Health & Wellness Podcast Lifestyle & Entertainment Podcast News & Politics Podcast Other Podcast Genres Podcast Mini Series Sports Podcast Technology and Education Podcast True Crime & Documentary Podcast

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Integration with Traditional Media Internal Communications LGBTQ Community Engagement Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response SEO & SEM Social Commerce Storytelling

Video

Comedy Video Documentary Feature Film NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video Product Feature Video Short Form Video Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series

8th Annual Influencer Nominees

Arts & Entertainment

Actor

Ansel Elgort Dwayne Johnson Jared Leto Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lin-Manuel Miranda Matt McGorry Michael B Jordan Nathan Fillion Ryan Reynolds Taye Diggs Tom Hanks Zac Efron

Celebrity

Arnold Schwarzenegger Caitlyn Jenner Chrissy Teigen Jimmy Fallon Kim Kardashian Miss Piggy RiFF RAFF RuPaul Ryan Seacrest Snoop Dogg Tavi Gevinson Weird Al

Dance

Amymarie Gaertner Brian Puspos Chloe Lukasiak Dominic Sandoval Keone and Mari Maddie Ziegler Mary Helen Bowers Matt Steffanina Misty Copeland Roberto Bolle Sione Maraschino Tricia Miranda

Singer

CHER Demi Lovato Ellie Goulding FKA twigs Josh Groban Kacey Musgraves Rihanna Sara Bareilles Selena Gomez Taylor Swift Tori Kelly Troye Sivan

Actress

Amandla Stenberg Cara Delevingne Elizabeth Banks Gabourey Sidibe Kerry Washington Maisie Williams Olivia Wilde Priyanka Chopra Reese Witherspoon Taraji P. Henson Uzo Aduba Zendaya

Comedian

Aidy Bryant Amy Schumer Aparna Nancherla Avery Monsen Aziz Ansari Cameron Esposito Chelsea Peretti John Oliver Josh Gondelman Kevin Hart Nick Offerman Nicole Byer

Musician

Adele Alicia Keys Best Coast Diplo Drake Kanye West Little Mix Nicki Minaj Pearl Jam Pharrell Williams Ryan Adams St. Vincent

TV Show

@midnight Broad City Empire Game of Thrones How To Get Away with Murder Lip Sync Battle Pretty Little Liars Property Brothers Saturday Night Live Teen Wolf The Bachelor & The Bachelorette The Late Late Show with James Corden

Team Internet

Vine Artist

Alex Draws DannyBGo! Evan Hilton Gerald Andal Kayla Christine Lawrence Becker Meagan Cignoli molehill Noah Kalina Reno Shaw yelldesign Zach King

Vine Musician

80Fitz Allie Sings Amanda Joy Music Leslie Wai Marcus Perez Marks Records Michele Olivieri Rachel Bobbitt Ruth B Trench Us The Duo Will Gittens

YouTube Comedian

Emma Blackery Hartbeat Jus Reign Kingsley Mamrie Hart Megan Batoon Mike Falzone Miranda Sings Roman Atwood Ryan Higa Taryn Southern The Gabbie Show

YouTube Guru

Amanda Steele Andrea's Choice Deepica Mutyala Desi Perkins Eva Gutowski Gigi Gorgeous Kandee Johnson Manny Mua Patrick Starr Rachel Levin Sprinkle of Glitter Tanya Burr

Snapchatter of the Year

Cakes1toDough1 Branden Harvey Danny Berk David Infante DJ Khaled Harris Markowitz Kylie Jenner Real Dr. Miami Salliasnap Sara Hopkins TristanTales YesJulz

YouTuber of the Year

Anna Akana Casey Neistat Connor Franta devinsupertramp FouseyTube GloZell Green Ingrid Nilsen Joey Graceffa Lilly Singh PewDiePie Tyler Oakley Zoella

Vine Comedian

Aaron Doh Ben Cahn Christine Sydelko Gabriel Gundacker J. Cyrus Jamie Costa Justin J. Russo Matt Post MeechOnMars Mielmonster Mikaela Long pastatute

Web Series

Braless with Laci Green Cyanide & Happiness Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey Good Mythical Morning Honest Trailers Just Between Us Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures SnapperHero The Hotwives of Las Vegas The Katering Show Whine About It You Do You

YouTube Ensemble

Barely Productions Dan & Phil Dude Perfect eleventhgorgeous JacksGap Prank vs Prank SHAYTARDS SUP3RFRUIT Fine Brothers Entertainment The Gregory Brothers The Piano Guys The Slow Mo Guys

YouTube Musician

Alessia Cara Ally Hills Andrew Huang Boyce Avenue Chester See Flula Josh Levi Julia Nunes Kurt Hugo Schneider Lil Dicky Lindsey Stirling Todrick Hall

Viner of the Year

Aaron Chewning allicattt Brandon Calvillo Chris Melberger Chrish Cole LaBrant Darius Benson Elisabeth Jakovenko JAY VERSACE King Bach Manon Mathews Sunny Mabrey

Creative & Design

Art

Adam J. Kurtz Amyventures Baron Von Fancy Dabs & Myla Elle Luna Halno Matija Erceg Sasha Unisex Seb Lester Spencer Hibert The Art Assignment The Art of Plating

DIY

A Beautiful Mess Almost Makes Perfect CrazyRussianHacker I Like To Make Stuff I Spy DIY Joselyn Hughes Mr. Kate Oh Happy Day P.S.- I made this… Steve Ramsey Studio DIY ThreadBanger

Instagrammer of the Year

Amanda Seyfried Baddie Winkle Girl With No Job JR Looking For Heroes Pari Ehsan Passion Passport Robert Jahns Sophie Gamand The Dogist Usain Bolt Yung Jake

Blogger

A Cup of Jo Song of Style Anthony Urbano gabifresh Green Wedding Shoes One Dapper Street Maxie McCoy Meg Biram Momma's Gone City Nicolette Mason Tommy Lei Urban Bush Babes

Fashion

Andrew Bevan Beckerman Twins Chiara Ferragni Christian Siriano Eva Chen Karlie Kloss Kendall Jenner Linda Rodin Rachel Antonoff Ronnie Fieg Sophia Amoruso Tommy Ton

News & Media

Animal

Beanz Hart BigCatDerek cat reviews Doug the Pug Everything Goat JiffPom Marnie Marutaro petstylistt Remix Tiny Hats on Cats Trump Your Cat

Food

Angela Liddon Clean Food Dirty City Daniel Krieger Donal Skehan girleatworld Hannah Hart How To Cake It The Infatuation Samantha Lee SORTEDfood Tiger Tomato Yotam Ottolenghi

Journalist

Ben Lowy Brian Stelter Callie Schweitzer Erin Griffith Glenn Greenwald Jenna Wortham Kara Swisher Katie Couric Kim Hjelmgaard Nicholas Kristof Ta-Nehisi Coates Yamiche Alcindor

Parody Account

Satiregram Emo Kylo Ren Bros Being Basic Guy In Your MFA Kanye Doing Things lmao jack Millennials of New York NYT Without Context Rick Grimes Socality Barbie Tina tldrwikipedia

Author

Andy Weir Elizabeth Gilbert Gary Shteyngart J.K. Rowling Joanne Harris Jon Winokur Paulo Coelho Ryan O'Connell Saeed Jones Sarah Dessen Simon Doonan Sloane Crosley

Healthy Living

Cassey Ho Dylan Werner Fit Men Cook Hannah Bronfman Jessamyn Stanley Kati Morton KymNonStop Laura Sykora Michele Promaulayko Teresa Cutter Will Arrufat

Parenting

Allison Neiman Aubrey McCoy Dude To Dad Eh Bee Family Heather B. Armstrong Honest Toddler Josh Darnit Joy Cho Michele Borba SACCONEJOLYs The Unmumsy Mum What’s Up MOMS

Sports

Abby Wambach Andy Murray Brodie Smith Christina Kim Dale Earnhardt Jr. Danica Patrick Lebron James Lindsey Vonn Ronda Rousey Serena Williams Shaq Stephen Curry

Tech & Innovation

Activism

Brandon Stanton Clint Smith Cornel West Emma Watson Gloria Steinem Janet Mock Jesse Williams Jim Obergefell Malala Yousafzai Mark Ruffalo Patricia Arquette Seth Berkley

Gaming

Jordan Maron Game Grumps jacksepticeye LDShadowLady Markiplier Missesmae Rooster Teeth's Let's Play Smosh Games stampylonghead The Game Theorists VanossGaming Yogscast

Science

AsapSCIENCE Chris Hadfield David Eagleman I Fucking Love Science In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt Joanne Manaster MinutePhysics Paul Andersen SciShow Scott Kelly Tested Vsauce

Periscoper of the Year

Africa Miranda Amanda Oleander Brian Fanzo Dan Snow Gary Vaynerchuk Geoff Golberg Katie Dunlop Matthew Santoro Mitch Oates Ryan A. Bell Season & Snare Tom Green

Education

Adam Grant Annie Murphy Paul Khan Academy Crash Course Epic Rap Battles of History It's Okay To Be Smart Lisa Guernsey Numberphile Reshma Saujani Smarter Every Day The Brain Scoop Vi Hart

Podcast

Another Round Black Girls Talking Nerdist Ear Biscuits Gilmore Guys Men in Blazers Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Planet Money Reply All Startup Radiolab WTF with Marc Maron

Weird

Amy Sedaris Baby's names Bill Wurtz Carrot Facts Cole Hersch How To Basic Megan Amram Samir Mezrahi Simply Sylvio Tig Notaro Valium Village wolf pupy

YouNower of the Year

Hailey Knox Frank Gioia Tina Woods Mr. Cashier Nick Bean Brittany J Smith RudanC Jelly and Day SnowMarite Emma McGann The Dapper Rapper Merrell Twins

Content

GIF of the Year

Chrissy Teigen's crying face Dancing Drake plays tennis David Bowie Donald Trump reaction Evolution of a desk Game of Thrones Come At Me Bro GIF summarizing the six Star Wars movies Girl can lift Golden retriever Meryl Streep Pizza Rat Shakespearean tragedy

Tumblr Blog of the Year

100 Things That Should Die 2 Kinds of People Congrats, you have an all male panel! Cinnaman Bun Every Single Word Photoshop Your Dreams Ska Or Improv Straight Outta Cooperstown The Atlas of Beauty The Daily Task The Last Message Received Will It Beard

Instagram Photo of the Year

#interactivegrams #lovewins Be proud of yourself, and love yourself Can you find me? Emojis in the Wild Happy May Day! i bleed each month kendalljenner❥ Peace for Paris Point of View Super Blood Moon - Timelapse. What Do You Mean

Vine of the Year

Baby says hi to Adele Drake plays tennis Duck Army I'm JOHN CENA It's a avocado....fanks Modern Day Aladdin Parker Kit Hill Prairie dog flawless Ryan Gosling eats a bowl of cereal Time What are you waiting for Why the fuck you lyin'