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
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Creative & Media

Animal

Aspen the Mountain Pup Coby the Cat Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund Geordi La Corgi Harlow and Sage Jill the Squirrel Lionel the Hedgehog Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary Aaron's Animals PuiPui the Bunny Pumpkin the Raccoon Unlikely Friends (Miss Zoe & Mr Bailey)

Author

Caroline Calloway Chuck Klosterman Elizabeth Gilbert Isaac Fitzgerald Jeffrey Toobin Jennifer Weiner Jenny Mollen Jessi Klein Mara Wilson Maureen Johnson Roxane Gay Stephen King

Food

Breakfast Criminals Brothers Green Dave Hagerman Lady and Pups Marcus Samuelsson Olga Noskova Rene Redzepi SweetAmbs Symmetry Breakfast Tasty The Domestic Geek Wright Kitchen

House & Home

Athena Calderone Chris Loves Julia Coco Kelley Design Milk Fredrik Eklund Grace Bonney Jolie Kerr Mr. Kate My Paradissi Drew & Jonathan Scott - Property Brothers The House that Lars Built The Jungalow

Journalist presented by Muck Rack

Al Roker Ari Shapiro Daniel Victor Danyel Smith Andrew Kaczynski Ezra Klein Jacqui Cheng Jorge Ramos Murtaza Hussain Michael Ausiello Lauren Duca Tre'vell Anderson

Meme/Parody Account

@chillwildlife @FibonacciSpiral @MyTherapistSays @paprbackparadise @buy_2_hams chefjacqueslamerde Every Outfit on SATC Girl With No Job Kirby Jenner Taste of Streep Versace Tamagotchi Your Shitty Family

Sports

Calvyn Justus Cam Newton Hunter Pence Ibtihaj Muhammad Indi Cowie Jamie Vardy Jessie Graff Michael Phelps Richard Jefferson Rickie Fowler Simone Biles Steele Johnson

Art

Gergely Dudás Geronimo Balloons Hari & Deepti Hayden Zezula Hevesh5 Jessica Hische Jessica Walsh Nuri Durr Parker Day Shawna X Timmy Ham Tuesday Bassen

Fashion

Arielle Charnas Bryan Yambao Claire Sulmers Danielle Bernstein Julie Sariñana Marcel Floruss Margaret Zhang Phil Cohen Shiona Turini Olivier Rousteing Elaine Welteroth Winnie Harlow

Health & Wellness

BeautyBlends Black Girl In Om Dana Falsetti Dr. Andrew Weil Hannah Bronfman Hello Glow McKel Hill/Nutrition Stripped My New Roots Patrick Beach Sophie Gray Tara Stiles The Body Coach TV

Instagrammer of the Year

Casey McPerry Celebs on Sandwiches Desirée De León Doug the Pug Gray Malin Mari Andrew Paulo del Valle Rafael Mantesso Ryan Burke Stephen McMennamy Studio Mucci Vickie Liu

Lifestyle

Adam Gallager Amber Fillerup Clark Amelia Liana Carly Heitlinger Christina Brown Cyndi Ramirez Fulton Isaac Hindin Miller Janelle Marie Lloyd Jeanne Grey Justin Livingston Kyle Krieger The Anna Edit

Parenting

Nev Schulman & Laura Perlongo Benny Harlem Dad or Alive Eh Bee Family Family Fun Pack Fatherly Harmony & Elliott Smith Ilana Wiles James Breakwell Lauren Jimeson Life of Dad That Happy Family

Team Internet

Breakout YouTuber

Adrian Bliss Alexa Losey Alexis G. Zall Brendan Jordan Bretman Rock Evelyn From the Internets James Charles Mikey Murphy Morgan Hanbery nerdyandquirky Ozzy Man Reviews Savannah Brown

Snapchatter of the Year

#EverestNoFilter Evan Garber Atlas Acopian Karen X. Cheng Dave Keystone Gregory Littley Lauren Giraldo Matt Fogarty Mike Platco OperAmericano Rasmus Kolbe Women In Tech

YouNower of the Year

Absofcourse Anthony Gargiula Brent Morgan Caitlin Bell Diegosaurs Evie Yannakidis Got Damn Zo itssnowhimself Joel and Monica Peppina Ruba Wilson Zach Clayton

YouTube Ensemble

Aspyn + Parker Boyce Avenue ft. Sarah Hyland Carly and Erin ClevverTV Desi Perkins & Lustrelux Dirty 30 h3h3Productions Just Between Us Jenna & Julien Matt Steffanina & D-Trix SourceFed What's Inside?

YouTube Musician

Andrew Huang Bry Dodie Clark Evynne Hollens gunnarolla Josh Levi Meghan Tonjes Rebecca Black Rob Scallon Tiffany Alvord Todrick Hall Trevor Moran

Muser of the Year

AlliCattt Ariana Renee Ashley Santangelo Baby Ariel Dani and Deven (Perkins Sisters) Gangsta Grandma Jacob Sartorius Lauren Godwin Lisa and Lena Loren Gray Mackenzie Davis Max and Harvey

Viner of the Year (Last One Ever)

Aaron Chewning ayitspnayo Casey Frey chloe lmao Clayton Farris Kenny Knox Manon Mathews Matt Post pastatute regaljoe Sarah Schauer Senan Byrne

YouTube Comedian

Akilah Hughes Andrew Lowe Ben J. Pierce Bree Essrig Chris Klemens Drew Monson Jessi Smiles Nathan Zed Nikki Limo Sarah Baska Thomas Sanders Timothy DeLaGhetto

YouTube Guru

Carli Bybel J.Kissa Makeup Jackie Aina Jaclyn Hill Jaleesa Moses Jeffree Star KathleenLights Linda Hallberg Made U Look by Lex Miss Fame Nikkie Tutorials Raye Boyce

YouTuber of the Year

Colleen Ballinger Gigi Gorgeous Jenn McAllister Jenna Marbles Jon Cozart KSI Lilly Singh Liza Koshy MKBHD Philip DeFranco Ryan Higa sWooZie

Arts & Entertainment

Actor

Aziz Ansari Channing Tatum Chris Hemsworth Cole Sprouse Colton Haynes Gaten Matarazzo Jesse Tyler Ferguson John Boyega Kumail Nanjiani Ryan Reynolds Sam Clafin Samuel L. Jackson

Celebrity

Chelsea Handler CHER Chrissy Teigen Joanne the Scammer Kate Hudson Kylie Jenner Lady Gaga Lin-Manuel Miranda Oprah Paris Hilton Shaquille O'Neal Spencer Pratt

Dance

1Million Dance Studio Ballerina Project Ballet Zaida Darian Volkova Lauren Froderman Maddie Ziegler Matt Steffanina Parris Goebel Taylor Hatala Tim Milgram tWitch WilldaBeast Adams

TV Show

Broad City Westworld Game of Thrones Girls Jane the Virgin Mr. Robot Narcos Orange Is the New Black Stranger Things Gilmore Girls Teen Wolf The Bachelor Nation

Actress

Allison Williams Brie Larson Cynthia Erivo Emily Osment Gabrielle Union Gina Rodriguez Kristen Bell Shay Mitchell Mandy Moore Issa Rae Skai Jackson Viola Davis

Comedy

Bob Saget Chelsea Peretti Demi Adejuyigbe Elijah Daniel & Christine Sydelko George Wallace Jonny Sun Leslie Jones Mike Birbiglia Sage Boggs Samantha Bee Sarah Silverman The Lonely Island

Music

Ariana Grande Britney Spears BTS Chance The Rapper Drake Ingrid Michaelson Mac Miller Missy Elliott Solange Tegan & Sara The 1975 Twenty One Pilots

Content of the Year

Emoji of the Year presented by Watchable

Bacon 🥓 Black Heart 🖤 Burrito 🌯 Eye Roll 🙄 Let's Take a Selfie 🤳 Middle Finger 🖕 Money Hungry 🤑 Nerd 🤓 The Hugger 🤗 The Thinker 🤔 Upside-Down Smiley 🙃 Water Gun 🔫

Instagram of the Year presented by Watchable

#Visible Me Beyonce and Blue Happy Place How to Stop Time Jaden & Willow at the Met Ball On the 4th of July, We Match Pottery Zen Same But Different Te Amo That Kim Photo Try Not to Fail You're the Spark

Vine of the Year

Carne A Suh Dude Every Early 2000's Movie Hemtube's Household Chores Insectophobia Off to See Uncle Kracker Still Spongebob AF The Laughing Fox Two Magnificent Rottweilers What Really Happened When You Find Your Soulmate When You're the Main Character Tho You Make My Dreams Come Tru

GIF of the Year presented by Watchable

Queen Bey Crying Jordan Kate McKinnon Having a Smoke Obama's Mic Drop Queenie Scolding William Going Nuts in His Head Spiralling Global Temperatures Travoltamon Go Well Yikes Mr. Peanut's Dab Kermit Vs. Kermit I Have Arrived

Tumblr Blog of the Year presented by Watchable

Bryan Daugherty Daily Overview Goat of the Day Google Dog View Headless Women of Hollywood Jelly Gummies Musicians You Should Know Old Dorito's Bags in Movies OMG Check Please Selfie Gods The Blackout Words N Quotes

Tech & Innovation

Activism

Ashley Graham Bill McKibben Dustin Lance Black Jazz Jennings Jesse WIlliams Johnetta Elzie Leonardo DiCaprio Mariame Kaba Peter Tatchell Shailene Woodley Valeisha Butterfield-Jones Zellie Imani

LGBTQ+ YouTube Channel

Ari Fitz Arielle Scarcella Ash Hardell Bria and Chrissy Davey Wavey Kat Blaque MarkE Miller RJ Aguiar & Will Shepherd Shannon Beveridge Skylar Kergil Stevie Boebi The Gay Women Channel

Podcast

2 Dope Queens Anna Faris is Unqualified Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Fresh Air with Terry Gross Guys We F*****d Invisibilia Lore Modern Love Reply All Revisionist History Stuff You Should Know TED Radio Hour

Twitch Streamer of the Year

Bob Ross Summit1G MANvsGAME Matt McKnight Swiftor OMGitsFirefoxx itmeJP Annemunition Lirik DexterityBonus Towelliee iijeriichoii

Web Series presented by Watchable

Camp Unplug Electra Woman & Dyna Girl Foursome Girl on Girl with Hannah Witton Freakish Jus & Wahlid at Coachella NSFW: A Vine Series Pants Off with Laci Green Scare PewDiePie Style Code Live The Skinny The Tyler Oakley Show

Gaming

Aphmau Extra Credits Funhaus IHasCupquake KYRSP33DY Markiplier MatPat NoahJ456 FGTeeV The Diamond Minecart The Syndicate Project YOGSCAST Hannah

Periscoper of the Year

Alex Pettitt Bec Boop Bree Olson Coral Reefer Darius Arya David Greco Go2Kitchens Ian McLaughlin Julia H. Majors Lizza Monet Morales mawnika SockCop

STEM

Adam Savage Bill Nye Dr. Sandra Lee (aka Dr. Pimple Popper) Elon Musk GizmoSlip Hope Jahren Life Noggin Mind Your Decisions Nerdwriter1 Simone Giertz Tim Peake Unbox Therapy

Vlogger of the Year

Ben Brown David Dobrik Erik Conover Louis Cole Jon Olsson Julien Solomita Monica Church Sam Sheffer Sara Dietschy Shaaanxo Vlogs Shaytards The Gabbie Vlogs

Weird

Astro Poets Bread Face Blog Casually Explained Exurb1a Hydraulic Press Channel Karl From Online The Food Surgeon Thinkpiece Bot Tom Bro Dude TownsKiller You Are Dog Now You Suck at Cooking