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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Tech & Innovation

Activism

Colin Kaepernick Danny Glover Jameela Jamil Mari Copeny Marley Dias Nyle DiMarco

Gaming

deligracy GamingWithJen laurenzside Logdotzip Shesez Valkyrae

Podcast

Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard Awards Chatter Last Podcast on the Left My Favorite Murder Pod Save the People Tiny Meat Gang

Education

Five Foot One Teacher Mark Rober Physics Girl Sam O'Nella Academy Stan Prokopenko Tristan Paredes

Innovator of the Year

Ava Duvernay Bo Burnham Elon Musk Emily Weiss Karena Evans Lady Gaga

Travel

@brandonmjordan @cupoftj @lostleblanc @marisahampe @spiritedpursuit Sailing La Vagabonde

Creative & Media

Animal

Juniper & Fig Lucas the Spider Stella Max Pig Suki Cat Tunameltsmyheart Walter Good Boy

Beauty

Antonio Garza Ellarie Noel iluvsarahii Lewys Ball Maye Musk Sabina Hannan

Food

Alex French Guy Cooking Brad Leone Lauren Ko Maangchi Strictly Dumpling The Icing Artist

House & Home

Drew Scott @lonefoxhome Hermione Chantal Kim + Scott @yellowbrickhome Marie Kondo Sophie Hinchliffe Terrible Floor Plans

LGBTQ+ Account

Gus Kenworthy Jessie Paege Melanie Murphy Noah Finnce Shangela Stevie Boebi

Literature

Angie Thomas James S. Murray Jason Reynolds Jenny Han Michelle Obama Rupi Kaur

Parenting/Family

Beleaf in Fatherhood father_of_daughters Jamie and Nikki JesssFam Kids Eat in Color KKandbabyJ

Web Series

Good Mythical Morning Hiking with Kevin How It Should Have Ended Ladylike Liza on Demand This Might Get

Art

Sha'an d'Anthes Shantell Martin Subliming.jpg Tatsuya Tanaka thelatestkate Yeah It's Chill

Fashion

Carrie Dragshaw Halima Aden Jillian Mercado Officially Quigley Salem Mitchell Slick Woods

Health & Wellness

Demi Bagby Dr. Joshua Wolrich Jay Shetty Kati Morton Meg Boggs Recipes for Self Love

Journalist

Charlotte Wilder Emily Chang Gayle King Hannah Dreier Lisa Ling Ronan Farrow

Lifestyle

Caitlin Covington Kelsey Simone Molly Burke Remi Cruz Rohini Elyse Silver is the New Blonde

Meme/Parody Account

@itsanimatedtext @kalesalad @nihilist_arbys @seinfeld2000 @teenagestepdad @thesamepictureofchrispratt_

Sports

Adam Rippon Aly Raisman JuJu Smith-Schuster Naomi Osaka Shawn Johnson East Shib Sibs

Weird

Captain Disillusion Coffee Dad Crimes Against Shoemanity Grand Illusions SMG4 Tyler Adams Dawson @tyleradamsdawson

Arts & Entertainment

Actor

Danai Gurira Emmy Rossum Jason Momoa Mandy Moore Noah Centineo Tituss Burgess

Comedy

Ali Wong Cameron Esposito Hannah Gadsby Jaboukie Young-White John Mulaney Melissa Villaseñor

Music

BLACKPINK Harry Styles Janelle Monae Kacey Musgraves Mason Ramsey Post Malone

Celebrity

Joe Biden Jonah Hill Kathy Griffin Lil Miquela Reese Witherspoon Russell Brand

Dance

Chelsie Hill Dytto Jade Chynoweth Justin Peck Kaycee Rice The Kinjaz

TV Show

Atlanta Brooklyn Nine-Nine Dear White People Grown-ish Shameless The Sinner

Content of the Year

Emoji

✨ just a lil sparkle 🥰 kiss kiss kiss 🥳 time to party 👽greetings, earthlings 🧐seems sus 🤷🤷‍♂️ *shrug*

Instagram

#blackexcellence And forever starts now... Kylie + Stormi Moonlit fog waves No animals were harmed What about the pot?

GIF

Don't @ me I love you back Let's go baby Okurrrrr Sashay away Thank u, next

Meme

Change my mind Exit off ramp In my Feelings Challenge Is this a Pigeon? What The Fluff Challenge Yanny vs. Laurel

Team Internet

Breakout YouTuber of the Year

Denzel Dion Doctor Mike Haley Pham Madelaine Petsch Peter McKinnon Will Smith

Storyteller of the Year

Ariana Grande Eva Gutowski Hilary Duff Jonathan Van Ness Lili Reinhart Niecy Nash

Twitch Streamer of the Year

Cahlaflour ClassyKatie Ninja Sweet_ Anita TSM_Daequan ZeRo

YouTube Comedian

Gus Johnson Joana Ceddia Kalen Allen MacDoesIt Mikaela Long Rachel Ballinger

YouTube Musician

AJ Rafael Alex G Conan Gray Lennon Stella Max & Harvey VoicePlay

Instagrammer of the Year

@andrewknapp @gryffindior @itsjojosiwa @olympiaohanian @punk_history @rickeythompson

Tik Toker of the Year

Dominic Toliver Drea Knows Best Jesse La Flair Kailey Maurer Katja Glieson Nala the cat

Vlogger of the Year

Ellie Thumann Heath Hussar Josh Peck Mr. Beast Olivia Jade Ryland Adams

YouTube Ensemble

Cole&Sav Merrell Twins Sister Squad TFIL The Try Guys Yes Theory

YouTuber of the Year

David Dobrik Emma Chamberlain James Charles Michelle Khare Shane Dawson Zane Hijazi