THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Special Project

Special Project

From the 12th Annual Shorty Awards YouTuber of the Year

YouTube is the OG platform for creators to be themselves. It’s where you can become a star overnight, from your own bedroom with nothing more than your phone. These twelve vloggers, comedians, storytellers, documentarians and gurus enjoyed massive years on the platform, growing their audiences to new heights through being authentic and entertaining.

If you’re a brand looking for recognition for your use of social media in this space, enter the Best use of YouTube Shorty Award.

Nominees

Andymation
Andy Bailey has the internet flipping for his flipbooks. The stop-motion animator turned YouTuber h…
finalist
ContraPoints
ContraPoints is one of the most unique channels out there, created and powered by Natalie Wynn, an …
finalist
Eugenia Cooney
Social media can allow creators to foster and develop supportive communities, but it can also be a …
Jarvis Johnson
YouTuber Jarvis Johnson is revealing the worst of the interwebs through well researched and easy-to…
finalist
Jeffree Star
Few people dominated the YouTube scene like Jeffree Star in 2019, who hit it big both on the platfo…
Kayla Nicole
YouTuber and international meme queen, Kayla Nicole Jones continually finds herself on the top of s…
winner
MrBeast
Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast is the feel good creator using his platform to bring about real world …
NikkieTutorials
NikkieTutorials has long been a force on YouTube, using her platform to make the world a more beaut…
Psych IRL
Psych IRL is "using psychology to analyze contemporary themes, pop culture, and the internet." Ther…
Roxxsaurus
The "UK Youtuber with 3M Dinosaurs," Roxi aka Roxxsaurus has fostered a jurassic following in the o…
finalist
Vereena Sayed
Relatively new to the content creation scene with her first YouTube upload in 2018, teen makeup mav…
finalist
Wengie
Wengie is one of YouTube's most influential content and music stars - with a social reach of over 2…