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12th Annual Shorty Awards Categories

The regular deadline is on February 6th, 2020!

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 ∞

@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...

@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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

@nihilist_arbys

Say that all at once you discovered there was no God, no Santa Claus and no hope for civilization at the exact moment you bite into a juicy Arby’s sandwich. That, in a nutshell, characterizes the viral phenom and brilliantly clever Twitter feed where futility meets fast food a...

Instagrammer of the Year

@olympiaohanian

Just one year old, Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian’s baby Olympia is already taking social media by storm. Already born with the handle, her adorable and witty Instagram feed is narrated from baby’s POV, admittedly with a little help from her parents. Brimming with new obse...

Instagrammer of the Year

For centuries, art has served as a very serious reflection of the state of the world, with each important event brought to life with the stroke of a paintbrush. Or, you know, a few thousand strokes. With all due respect to the masters, Punk History has a different M.O. This In...

Instagrammer of the Year

@rickeythompson

The self-proclaimed “chocolate god” with contagious smile, Rickey Thompson is dominating social once again. Breaking onto the scene via Vine in 2013, the once shy entertainer’s hilarious moves and maniacal musings quickly amassed a formidable following and career that now incl...

Meme/Parody Account

What would it be like if Seinfeld were still on tv? It’s this question that was at Jason Richards' heart when he created the vastly popular multi-platform parody. Reimagining Seinfeld through today’s pop culture, the account is filled with bizarre mash-ups from a Seinfeld-head...

@spiritedpursuit

Noticing Africa’s “lack of accurate representation” in the travel and tourism communities, Cameroonian-American travel star Lee Litumbe is leading the charge for more Africans to tell Africa’s story. Quitting her corporate job to reconnect with her birthplace, Lee is quickly i...

Meme/Parody Account

@teenagestepdad

With dusty neon and retro-stylized imagery looking like it was lifted from an 80s metal lunchbox, this hysterical meme sensation is an embodiment of our mash-up media world. Fueled by vintage Camel cig stylings, crude commentary, bizarre retro gems including a Beau Bridges Ham...

Meme/Parody Account

@thesamepictureofchrispratt_

“It’s a meme page, it’s a page that brightens people’s days, it’s everything and nothing, the door between now and then. It is... Chris Pratt Daily,” this page is a viral sensation consisting of one ingredient: one single picture of Chris Pratt. The same slightly-blurry image ...

#blackexcellence

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

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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.

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