THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

The Shorty Awards honor the best of social media and digital. View this season's finalists!

From the 12th Annual Shorty Awards Instagrammer of the Year

People can spend hours scrolling down their Instagram feeds, getting lost in the endlessly entertaining amount of content on the platform. And while there are millions of fantastic creators on IG, these 12 went pushed the bar to new heights, using the gram in new and extraordinary ways. Some accounts make us laugh, some make us cry, and some make us wonder what exactly it is we’re looking at. But these innovative and creative accounts stand out from this past year as being the best.

If you’re a brand looking for recognition for your use of Instagram, enter the Best on Instagram Shorty Award.

Nominees

finalist
Adam Waheed
Adam Waheed is quickly establishing himself as one of the funniest people on the Internet, thanks t…
Daniel Rueda + Anna Devis
This couple is proving the age-old saying, that two is better than one. Anna Devís and Daniel Rueda…
Ellen Sheidlin
Described by Beautiful Bizarre as "Nabokov’s most twisted fantasy made true," Ellen Sheidlin is inf…
Florence Given
In Florence Given’s world, there’s no time like the present to #DumpHim. The British illustrator tu…
Gab Bois
Gab Bois has catapulted her career by consuming media and posting her thoughts about it in the form…
Kevin Parry
Toronto-based animator and video wizard Kevin Parry has mesmerized audiences across the globe with …
finalist
Laetitia KY
Ivory Coast artist and model Laetitia Ky epitomizes her hair power. The Instagram celebrity is best…
Nicole McLaughlin
Shoe sculptress Nicole McLaughlin is a master of upcycled fashion. An after-hours hand-gluing hobby…
finalist
Poorly Drawn Lines
Poorly Drawn Lines, the hilarious comic-strip brainchild of Reza Farazmand, is making their fans ev…
finalist
Strange Planet
Making first contact on Instagram early 2019, illustrator Nathan Pyle’s little blue aliens have bee…
winner
Wolfgang
Accountant by trade, animal hero by calling, Steve Greig is proving that love only gets better with…
finalist
World Record Egg
"Some days I’m beaten. Some days I’m fried. Some days I’m just happy I got up and tried." In a surp…