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 NEW! Campaign by Diverse-Owned Businesses NEW! Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Launch Campaign NEW! Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Rebrand Campaign NEW! Regional Campaign NEW! Social Good Campaign

Content and Media

Blog & Micro-blog Branded Content Branded Series Clapback Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Email NEW! Emojis Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme & GIFs NEW! Micro-site NEW! Native Advertising Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content Voice

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images Sound NEW! UX/UI Visual Effects

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Gaming Government & Politics Hospitality 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

Emerging Platform Partnership Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality NEW! Immersive Interactive Content NEW! NFTs NEW!

Overall Presence

Facebook Presence Instagram Presence Instant Message Presence NEW! LinkedIn Presence Multi-Platform Presence Other Platform Presence NEW! TikTok Presence Twitter Presence YouTube Presence

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform NEW! TikTok Twitter YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership NEW! Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Earned Media NEW! Employee Engagement Event & Experiential NEW! Fundraising Gamification Globalization Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy NEW! Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Micro-Influencer Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance On a Shoestring NEW! Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Response Search NEW! Shopping Storytelling Takeovers

Podcast

Art & Culture Podcast NEW! Branded Podcast Comedy Podcast NEW! News & Politics Podcast NEW! Other Podcast Genres NEW! Podcast Mini Series Science & Technology Podcast NEW! Sports & Health Podcast NEW! True Crime & Documentary Podcast NEW!

Video

360 Video Animal Video NEW! Comedy Video Dance Video NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video NEW! Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Product Feature Video NEW! Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video NEW! Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series NEW!
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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

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