THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Campaign

Awareness Campaign Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign Diverse-Owned Businesses Campaign Fundraising Campaign Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Multicultural Campaign On a Shoestring Campaign Pro Bono Campaign Social Movement Campaign

Content & Design

Audio & Music Brand Voice NEW! Branded Content Branded Series Documentary Short Email & Newsletter NEW! Feature Film Gamification NEW! Images Interactive Content Long Form Video Medium Length Video NEW! Micro-site or Blog Podcast Research Reports Short Form Video Video Series

Cause

Animal Rights & Welfare Arts & Culture Conservation & Preservation Disability Awareness Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Emergency Relief Environment & Sustainability Fight Poverty Gender Equality Human Rights Immigration & Refugees Learning & Development LGBTQ+ Mental Health Multi-Cause Initiative Other Causes NEW! Public Health Public Safety Racial Equality Responsible Consumption & Production Responsible Technology NEW! Social Justice Youth & Family

Industry

Automotive Business to Business Consumer Brands Education Entertainment Fashion & Beauty Financial Services Food & Beverage Government & Politics Healthcare & Pharma Hospitality & Travel Lifestyle & Wellness News & Media Non-Profit Other Industry NEW! Retail & E-Commerce Sports Technology

Partnerships

Brand Partnership NEW! Corporate-Community Influencer, Creator & Celebrity Nonprofit Partnership Other Partnerships NEW!

Platforms & Technology

Extended Reality Gaming Generative AI Instagram LinkedIn Other Platforms TikTok YouTube

Special Project

Special Project

Strategy & Engagement

Call to Action Community Engagement Contest or Challenges Data & Insights Earned Media Event & Experiential Guerrilla Marketing Integration with Traditional Media NEW! Paid Media PSA Single Post Storytelling Use of Viral Content NEW! User Generated Content
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Arts & Entertainment

Actor

Ansel Elgort Constance Wu Gal Gadot Terry Crews Tiffany Haddish Tracee Ellis Ross

Comedy

Billy Eichner Eric Andre Hasan Minhaj Kristen Schaal Lena Waithe Margaret Cho

Music

Cardi B Dua Lipa Kesha Khalid Logic SZA

Celebrity

Andy Cohen Jimmy Kimmel Miley Cyrus Rihanna RuPaul Snoop Dogg

Dance

Backpack Kid Brown Girls Do Ballet Kyle Hanagami Les Twins Merrick Hanna Tessa Brooks

TV Show

13 Reasons Why Blackish Rick & Morty Riverdale The Good Place This is Us

Team Internet

Breakout YouTuber

Beau Brown Elle Mills Emma Chamberlain Karina Garcia Molly Burke Teala Dunn

Instagrammer

Betches Boop My Nose But Like Maybe Coco Pink Princess Pete Souza Topher Brophy

Muser

Annie LeBlanc Chuch the Cavalier Jayden Bartels Lucas and Marcus Lucki Starr Rebecca Zamolo

Twitch Streamer

Deadmau5 Jenna & Julien LoserFruit Pokimane ProfessorBroman Shroud

YouTube Comedian

Anwar Jibawi Brandon Rogers dangmattsmith Danny Gonzalez Rudy Mancuso Tana Mongeau

YouTube Musician

80 Fitz Brooklyn & Bailey Kurt Hugo Schneider Our Last Night The Filharmonic Vidya Vox

Creator of the Decade

Casey Neistat Jenna Marbles Lilly Singh Liza Koshy MKBHD Rhett & Link

Live Streamer

Ariel Viera Dick Vitale Emma McGann Scott Rogowsky Thomas Kuc Vin Diesel

Snapchatter

Andy Burgess Chrissy Teigen Georgio Copter Laura Perlongo Ross Smith Spencer Pratt

Vlogger of the Year

Alex Wassabi iJustine Jason Nash Scotty Sire Todd Smith Wil Dasovich

YouTube Ensemble

De'arra & Ken Dolan Twins Dude Perfect Niki and Gabi Sugar Pine 7 Vlog Squad

YouTuber of the Year

David Dobrik Gabbie Hanna Jack Douglass Juanpa Zurita Lele Pons Safiya Nygaard

Creative & Media

Animal

Albert (albertonwheels) Cincinnati Zoo Esther the Wonder Pig Manny The Selfie Cat NORBERT We Rate Dogs

Beauty

Jake Warden Nyma Tang Patricia Bright Raw Beauty Kristi Simply Nailogical Thomas Halbert

Food

Binging with Babish Daym Drops First We Feast Nusret (SaltBae) Gökçe Rachael Ray Rosanna Pansino

House & Home

Andy & Candis Meredith Château de Gudanes I Have This Thing With Floors Kelly Wearstler LaurDIY The Sorry Girls

LGBTQ+

Alok V Menon Aydian Dowling Lateef Thynative Miles McKenna Stephanie Frosch Trixie Mattel

Literature

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cleo Wade Jon Ronson Jonny Sun Kevin Kwan Rebecca Traister

Parenting/Family

Action Movie Kid Cute Girls Hairstyles Fathering Autism Laura Izumikawa MAZELEE Two Gay Papas

Web Series

Buddy System Escape the Night Hot Ones OMG We're Coming Over Speechless with Carly Fleischmann The Breakdown

Art

Alexa Meade Charlotte Love Chris Hong Dan Hogman Toyin Ojih Odutola Web Comic Name

Fashion

Accidental Icon Benjamin Kicks Lainy Hedaya Pia Arrobio Victoria Beckham What Fran Wore

Health & Wellness

Dr. Mike Elyse Fox Emily Skye Katie Willcox Sophia Gall Valerie Sagun

Journalist

Amina Khan April D. Ryan Ellen McGirt Jason Concepcion Michelle Ye Hee Lee Ronan Farrow

Lifestyle

Katie Sturino LaTonya Yvette Lauren Elizabeth Nabela Noor Paloma Elsesser Sai De Silva

Meme/Parody Account

Adam The Creator Bros Being Basic Comment Awards daddyissues_ FuckJerry Kim Kierkegaardashian

Sports

Brooke Ence JJ Watt Katie Ledecky Kevin Durant Laila Ali Serena Williams

Weird

Adam Ellis If you high James Fridman NOT A WOLF Poppy The Report of the Week

Tech & Innovation

Activism

America Ferrera Deray McKesson Erica Garner Kailash Satyarthi Tarana Burke Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez

Gaming

Airforceproud95 DashieGames Gaming Historian ItsFunneh PushingUpRoses runJDrun

Travel

Damon and Jo Exploring with Josh Fly with Stella Juan-Peter Schulze Kara and Nate She is Not Lost

Education

CrashCourse Leland Melvin Meet Arnold Primitive Technology The School of Life Tom Scott

Podcast

How Did This Get Made Lady Lovin Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations Pod Save America S Town VIEWS

Content of the Year

Emoji

Avocado 🥑 Bowie 👩‍🎤👨‍🎤 Facepalm 🤦‍♀️ Meh 😐 Rainbow 🌈 Unicorn 🦄

Instagram

Beyonce's Birth Announcement I can't believe I still... Ok we're ready Solar Eclipse by Dave Krugman Vegas Strong Who's that in the mirror

GIF

A Clap for the Ages Blinking White Man Get Out Salt Bae Winona Ryder's Face at the SAG YAS MERYL

Meme

Distracted Boyfriend Expanding brain Right in front of my salad Roll Safe The Floor is... Tiny Trump