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Influencers

Honoring the most notable and viral Influencers from 2018. See below for official categories.

Brands & Organizations

The Shorty Awards honor the talented agencies, brands, and industry leaders behind the best and most innovative work on social media channels, campaigns, websites and applications.

Shorty Awards Winners & Nominees

Bethany Mota ∞

Meme/Parody Account

The hilarious Viceland mocku-series What Would Diplo Do? brings its hilarity to Twitter with the @_diplo_ account. Rumored to be controlled by the show’s faux-Diplo himself, James Van Der Beek, this parody account lets its 40K+ followers know what goes on in the head of a (fak...

@AaronCarpenter

I'm 15 & I make YouTube videos. I think they are funny and so does my mom P.O. Box 6836 Shreveport, LA 71136 [email protected]

Instagrammer of the Year

Like a furry Where’s Waldo?, Andrew Knapp has the cybersphere looking for his border collie in all adorable corners of the world. Andrew’s Insta-feed pairs the man with his best friend as they trek their way across the world via VW van. The playful photography game to pick out...

Instagrammer of the Year

@beijing_silvermine

French artist and collector Thomas Sauvin created an iconic imagery compendium capturing China post Cultural Revolution and providing the world with this rare look into Chinese life. His Silvermine Project that began with the discovery of “anonymous color negatives destined fo...

@brandonmjordan

Initially launching YouTube channel “Jiggin’ With Jordan” as a class project, avid fisherman and treasure hunter Brandon Jordan has netted social media stardom. From college cheerleader to globetrekking deep sea diver, Brandon’s above and below water pursuits have earned him 1...

Meme/Parody Account

What happens when you take one ham, add another ham, and sell the pair for $20? Twitter insanity. The Ham Man behind @buy_2_hams takes salesmanship to the next level by positioning his hams as many ways as possible. Cross-branding initiatives—check. Placement in popular intern...

Meme/Parody Account

One of the “16 Funniest Instagram Accounts” according to Vogue, @chillwildlife features “v chill animals” in their funniest and most human moments. Japanese-Canadian artist Jeff Hamada plies 130K+ Instagram followers with insanely cute pics and clips like a cat-on-cat massage,...

TJ Lee “make[s] videos and eat a lot,” feasting her way across the globe. From sushi donuts and $24K gold chicken wings in NY TJ is virtually serving up sensations to “adventurers with a big appetite.” Her food-inspired travel vlogs brought the Taiwanese-American digital nomad...

@fashionsecrets93

Look no further than LA stylist Keely Murphy for your personal Amazon shopper. Keely is bringing a wardrobe of trend-curated fashion to online shoppers via Amazon inventory. From urban bling to goth fetish, Keely’s product-linked Instagram with 20K+ followers and FashionSecret...

Meme/Parody Account

@FibonacciSpiral

Have you ever looked at Deadpool’s ass and said, “That looks perfect to me, but is that mathematically possible?” Well, @FibonacciSpiral is here to tell you, unequivocally, “Yes!” You might remember the Fibonacci spiral shape, (symbolizing the “golden ratio”) from high school ...

Instagrammer of the Year

Gary Janetti, “writer and person” who provides the devilish voice behind the sassy Prince George” Instagram sensation. Dedicating his Instagram page to a parody mashup that combines royal headlines with snarky commentary by Prince George, the hilariously biting series of the t...

Instagrammer of the Year

The witches and wizards from Harry Potter stepped up their look via this imaginative account, providing fans of the popular series a reimagined take on fantasy’s favorite characters couture. Created by Rachel Bernstein, the page has taken on a viral life of its own, quickly am...

@hopscotchtheglobe

Travel and lifestyle influencers Kristen Sarah and Siya Zarrabi are fostering their YouTube channel as a means to educate and inspire fellow travelers. Their unique coupling of global explorations met with tiny house/RV minimalist living offers progressive lifestyle alternativ...

@im_nicolemarie

Outdoor adventurist and Merrell brand ambassador Nicole Brown is helping to empower women through hiking and recreation. Diagnosed at young age with lupus and a rare progressive anemia, Nicole vowed to live her life outside of the illness. Nicole’s liberating travels inspired ...

Instagrammer of the Year

Instagram is going bananas for Stephan Brusche’s art. His work was declared by Time as “the visual movement we’ve all been waiting for,” building an entire career around his newfound “banana art emporium.” From a random lightbulb moment in 2011 about “how pleasant a banana pee...

Meme/Parody Account

@itsanimatedtext

Out of a desirous rebellion in art school to create “something really, really ugly,” graphic designer and social media producer Cat Frazier turned to the GeoCities graphic styles of her youth for inspiration, creating blazingly tacky 3D text GIFs. Employing tacky imagery with ...

Instagrammer of the Year

15 year old bubbly sensation JoJo Siwa is infusing Instagram in a world of cotton candy color. The Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice award-winning child star known for her two season Dance Moms stint and pop singles "Boomerang" and "Kid in a Candy Store.” JoJo’s singing, acting and dan...

Traversing 20 countries in 18 months, photographer and blogger James Relf-Dyer has been capturing the continents and became a social media star on the way. Documenting his travels via his blog and social channels, the London-based visual storyteller blends iconic dreamscape ph...

Meme/Parody Account

Samir Mezrahi is making the cyber-world better one tweet at a time. The man behind the meme-sharing sensation @kalesalad is helping content creators to reclaim their credit, calling upon Twitter’s search feature, URL trails and tips from followers to track down the creator. Sa...

Christian LeBlanc wants you to help him “get lost.” Trading corporate life for wanderlust, the daily travel vlogger behind Lost LeBlanc has jet set his way into his dream job. Exploring some of the most beautiful places on earth, Christian showcases and story-tells through vis...

“I got 99 bikinis but I can’t choose one.” Adventurer Marisa Hampe is a “girl of the sea,” and a Berlin-based blogger that has captivated the internet with fluid and fairytale-inspired visual storytelling from Java to Jamaica. Launching her channel in 2015, the visual communic...

Meme/Parody Account

@menotgivingafuck

On days when you’re simply over it, this Instagram viral sensation has your back. In a hilarious and too true blend of daily troubles and feels wrapped into one gram, the “classy, sassy and a bit smart assy” feed is uplifting its rapidly growing with 430K+ followers. In its tr...

@midnight is “a late night game show thing" hosted by TV’s favorite geek Chris Hardwick. Part scripted, part improv, this late-night, Internet-based panel game show on Comedy Central was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Interactive Program. Each episode starts with ...

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About the Shorty Awards

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media.

Millions of people participate in The Shortys to recognize individuals and organizations producing great content on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, and the rest of the social web.

The Final Entry Deadline is February 21st, 2019