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 NEW! Data Visualization Email & Newsletter Filter/Lens Hashtag Meme, GIF, & Emojis Micro-Site Single Post or Activation User-Generated Content

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Generative AI NEW! Graphic Art Images Sound & Music UX/UI Visual Effects Website/App NEW!

Industry

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

Metaverse

Artificial Intelligence Extended Reality Immersive Interactive Content NFTs

Overall Presence

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

Podcast

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

Single Platform

Facebook Instagram LinkedIn Other Platform TikTok X (formerly Twitter) YouTube

Strategy & Engagement

Brand Partnership Call to Action Community Management Creative Use of Technology CTV/OTT NEW! Customer Experience Earned Media Employee Engagement Event & Experiential Gamification Humor Innovative Media Buying Strategy Insights & Trends Integration with Live Television 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 Dance Video Documentary NEW! Featurette or Behind The Scenes Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Music Video NEW! Product Feature Video Short Form Video Stories Unboxing Video Vertical Video Video Ad Video Series
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Arts & Entertainment

Actor

Dwayne Johnson Lin-Manuel Miranda Michael B Jordan Ryan Reynolds Tom Hanks Zac Efron

Celebrity

Chrissy Teigen Jimmy Fallon Miss Piggy RuPaul Snoop Dogg Weird Al

Dance

Amymarie Gaertner Chloe Lukasiak Dominic Sandoval Maddie Ziegler Misty Copeland Roberto Bolle

Singer

Demi Lovato Ellie Goulding Rihanna Selena Gomez Taylor Swift Troye Sivan

Actress

Cara Delevingne Elizabeth Banks Kerry Washington Taraji P. Henson Uzo Aduba Zendaya

Comedian

Aidy Bryant Amy Schumer Aziz Ansari Kevin Hart Nick Offerman Nicole Byer

Musician

Adele Drake Kanye West Little Mix Nicki Minaj Pearl Jam

TV Show

Broad City Empire Game of Thrones Saturday Night Live Teen Wolf The Late Late Show with James Corden

Team Internet

Vine Artist

Alex Draws Gerald Andal Kayla Christine Meagan Cignoli Reno Shaw Zach King

Vine Musician

80Fitz Marcus Perez Rachel Bobbitt Ruth B Trench Us The Duo

YouTube Comedian

Jus Reign Mamrie Hart Mike Falzone Miranda Sings Roman Atwood Ryan Higa

YouTube Guru

Andrea's Choice Desi Perkins Kandee Johnson Patrick Starr Rachel Levin Sprinkle of Glitter

Snapchatter of the Year

Cakes1toDough1 DJ Khaled Harris Markowitz Kylie Jenner Real Dr. Miami Sara Hopkins

YouTuber of the Year

Casey Neistat Ingrid Nilsen Lilly Singh PewDiePie Tyler Oakley Zoella

Vine Comedian

Aaron Doh Gabriel Gundacker J. Cyrus Jamie Costa MeechOnMars Mikaela Long

Web Series

Braless with Laci Green Decoded with Franchesca Ramsey Good Mythical Morning Honest Trailers Oscar's Hotel for Fantastical Creatures You Do You

YouTube Ensemble

Dan & Phil Dude Perfect JacksGap Prank vs Prank SUP3RFRUIT The Slow Mo Guys

YouTube Musician

Alessia Cara Ally Hills Flula Lil Dicky Lindsey Stirling Todrick Hall

Viner of the Year

Aaron Chewning allicattt Brandon Calvillo JAY VERSACE King Bach Manon Mathews

Creative & Design

Art

Elle Luna Halno Matija Erceg Sasha Unisex Spencer Hibert The Art of Plating

DIY

A Beautiful Mess Almost Makes Perfect Joselyn Hughes Mr. Kate P.S.- I made this… ThreadBanger

Instagrammer of the Year

Baddie Winkle JR Passion Passport Robert Jahns Sophie Gamand The Dogist

Blogger

gabifresh Green Wedding Shoes Momma's Gone City Nicolette Mason Song of Style Urban Bush Babes

Fashion

Chiara Ferragni Christian Siriano Eva Chen Karlie Kloss Kendall Jenner Linda Rodin

News & Media

Animal

BigCatDerek Doug the Pug JiffPom Marnie Marutaro Trump Your Cat

Food

Clean Food Dirty City Hannah Hart How To Cake It Samantha Lee The Infatuation Tiger Tomato

Journalist

Glenn Greenwald Jenna Wortham Kara Swisher Katie Couric Nicholas Kristof Ta-Nehisi Coates

Parody Account

Bros Being Basic Emo Kylo Ren Kanye Doing Things Millennials of New York Rick Grimes Tina

Author

Andy Weir Elizabeth Gilbert J.K. Rowling Saeed Jones Sarah Dessen Sloane Crosley

Healthy Living

Cassey Ho Fit Men Cook Jessamyn Stanley Kati Morton Laura Sykora Teresa Cutter

Parenting

Dude To Dad Eh Bee Family Honest Toddler SACCONEJOLYs The Unmumsy Mum What’s Up MOMS

Sports

Abby Wambach Lebron James Ronda Rousey Serena Williams Shaq Stephen Curry

Tech & Innovation

Activism

Brandon Stanton Emma Watson Janet Mock Jesse Williams Malala Yousafzai Mark Ruffalo

Gaming

Game Grumps jacksepticeye Markiplier Rooster Teeth's Let's Play The Game Theorists VanossGaming

Science

AsapSCIENCE I Fucking Love Science In a Nutshell – Kurzgesagt SciShow Scott Kelly Vsauce

Periscoper of the Year

Africa Miranda Dan Snow Katie Dunlop Matthew Santoro Mitch Oates Season & Snare

Education

Adam Grant Crash Course Epic Rap Battles of History Khan Academy Reshma Saujani Smarter Every Day

Podcast

Another Round Black Girls Talking Ear Biscuits Nerdist Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Radiolab

Weird

Amy Sedaris Bill Wurtz Carrot Facts How To Basic Megan Amram wolf pupy

YouNower of the Year

Emma McGann Hailey Knox Jelly and Day Merrell Twins RudanC SnowMarite

Content

GIF of the Year

Dancing Drake plays tennis David Bowie Donald Trump reaction GIF summarizing the six Star Wars movies Pizza Rat Shakespearean tragedy

Tumblr Blog of the Year

2 Kinds of People Cinnaman Bun Photoshop Your Dreams The Atlas of Beauty The Last Message Received Will It Beard

Instagram Photo of the Year

#lovewins Be proud of yourself, and love yourself Can you find me? i bleed each month kendalljenner❥ Peace for Paris

Vine of the Year

Baby says hi to Adele Drake plays tennis Duck Army It's a avocado....fanks Modern Day Aladdin Why the fuck you lyin'