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11th Annual Shorty Awards Categories

See below for official categories. The early entry deadline is November 29th, 2018.

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]

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,...

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 ...

@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 ...

Meme/Parody Account

@MyTherapistSays

Started in 2015 by two twentysomething friends who couldn’t resist posting hilarious screengrabs, @MyTherapistSays has become a constant stream of Instagram memes, with a following that surpassed 1.6 million in 2016. Often recontextualizing still images from films, TV, and the...

YouTube Ensemble

Many people have been wondering what to do about the rise of Team 10, and Elijah Daniel has the answer. Meet the @pack, whom Elijah introduced to the world in a Dave & Buster’s in fall 2017. Members of the team include Tana Mongeau, Trevor Moran, Brennen Taylor, and many more ...

Meme/Parody Account

@paprbackparadise

It’s a simple premise, really—Photoshop comedic titles onto everyday paperback books, based on the ridiculous cover illustrations. And yet it took Paperback Paradise (“The world’s #1 used book store”) until 2016 to start posting their hysterical takes on old Hardy Boys adventu...

Snapchatter of the Year

#EverestNoFilter

Ever wonder what it’s like to hang out on the top of Mount Everest? Well, now you can find out with #EverestNoFilter as Adrian Ballinger and Cory Richards snapped their way up the north side of Everest without supplemental oxygen, something only 3% of climbers have accomplishe...

Instagram Photo of the Year

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Instagram Photo of the Year

@SuicideStops is run by a high school student named Tiff who resides in NYC. SuicideStops was not founded by Tiff, but by a girl named June in January 2013. Tiff has helped out with the account since 2013 and was given SuicideStops in 2014 and it has grown tremendously from th...

Instagram of the Year presented by Watchable

@Daniel_JessieJ makes GIFs of Jessie J on Tumblr, he is known for his GIFs and edits, on Tumblr, and on Twitter he is known for his randomness and weird personality, he is one of those people that everyone gets along with and everyone loves. He uses social networks to post hi...

YouTube Guru presented by FYI

✧ MICHELLE PHΛN ✧

❤️R.I.S.E. & STAND❤️

R.I.S.E. & STAND is a non-profit organization on a mission! Together we will change the world for the better! Take the pledge with us to rise and stand against hate crimes like bullying & domestic abuse. Children, Teens & Adults all over are becoming victims daily of various h...

Tumblr Blog of the Year

100 Things That Should Die

It’s not hard to find 13 reasons why this show dominated pop culture in the spring of 2017. With @selenagomez as an executive producer, Th1rteen R3asons Why led to many important discussions about mental health, bullying, sexual assault, and more. The show is narrated by tapes...

1Million Dance Studio

1Million Dance Studio is a Seoul, Korea-based dance troupe teaching their moves to over 4M subscribers on their YouTube channel. They believe that “dance is not only for extraordinary people, nor for professionals,” which is why this studio is focused on teaching dance, rather...

WNYC Studios presents 2 Dope Queens featuring—you guessed it—two dope comedy queens. BFFs Phoebe Robinson and Jessica Williams (who earlier this year left The Daily Show) crack jokes about current events and perform some hilarious black (girl) magic. They’ve discussed DJ Khale...

Tumblr Blog of the Year

2 Kinds of People

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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, Snapchat, Instagram, Twitch, TikTok, and the rest of the social web.

The Shorty Social Good Awards will be held November 15, 2018 in New York City