THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

Of the year

Large Agency of the Year Large Brand of the Year Large Non-profit of the Year Mid-sized Agency of the Year Mid-sized Brand of the Year Mid-sized Non-profit of the Year Small Agency of the Year Small Brand of the Year Small Non-profit of the Year

Campaign

Global Campaign Integrated Campaign Local Campaign Mobile Campaign Multi-Platform Campaign Social Good Campaign

Single Platform

Clubhouse NEW! Discord NEW! Emerging Platform Facebook Facebook Messenger Instagram LinkedIn Pinterest Reddit Snapchat TikTok Triller NEW! Tumblr NEW! Twitch NEW! Twitter WeChat Weibo WhatsApp YouTube

Overall Presence

Clubhouse Presence NEW! Discord Presence NEW! Emerging Platform Presence NEW! Facebook Messenger Presence NEW! Facebook Presence Instagram Presence LinkedIn Presence NEW! Multi-Platform Presence NEW! Pinterest Presence NEW! Reddit Presence NEW! Snapchat Presence TikTok Presence Triller Presence NEW! Tumblr Presence NEW! Twitch Presence NEW! Twitter Presence WeChat Presence NEW! Weibo Presence NEW! WhatsApp Presence NEW! YouTube Presence

Influencer & Celebrity Brand Partnership

Emerging Platform Partnership NEW! Facebook Partnership Instagram Partnership Multi-Platform Partnership Snapchat Partnership TikTok Partnership Twitter Patnership YouTube Partnership

Design

Animation Art Direction Brand Identity Brand Redesign Graphic Art Images UX/UI Visual Effects NEW!

Video

360 Video Augmented Reality Comedy Video Instructional Video Live Event Coverage Live Video Long Form Video Medium-Length Video Short Form Video Stories NEW! Vertical Video NEW! Video Ad Virtual Reality

Industry

Auto Beauty Business to Business Consumer Brand Education Entertainment Family and Parenting Financial Services Fitness, Health, & Wellness Food & Beverage Games Government & Politics Hospitality Live Events News & Media Non-Profit Pets & Animals Pharma & Healthcare Real Estate Restaurants Retail & E-Commerce Social Activism Sports Technology Television Travel & Tourism Wine, Beer & Spirits

Content and Media

Audio Clips NEW! Blogs NEW! Branded Content Branded Podcast Branded Series Clapback NEW! Contest or Promotion Data Visualization Emojis Filter/Lens GIFs Hashtag Meme Native Advertising Newsletters NEW! Podcast Podcast Mini Series Polls & Surveys Single Post or Activation NEW! Stickers NEW! User-Generated Content Voice NEW!

Strategy & Engagement

Artificial Intelligence Call to Action Chatbots Community Management Creative Use of Technology Customer Service Employee Engagement NEW! Fundraising NEW! Gamification Geo-Targeting NEW! Globalization NEW! Humor Insights & Trends NEW! Integration with Live Television Large Media Buying Strategy LGBTQ Community Engagement Localization Media Buying Strategy on a Shoe-String Micro-Influencer Strategy Mid-Range Media Buying Strategy Multicultural Community Engagement Music & Dance Organic Promotion Paid & Amplification NEW! Physical and Digital Convergence Public Service Announcement Real Time Media Buy Real Time Response Shopping NEW! Storytelling Takeovers NEW!

Virtual

Digital Pivot Immersive Online Event/Activation Remote Production

Use of YouTube

This category honors the most effective and creative use of YouTube in a marketing campaign. Describe how your brand, agency or organization best used the platform's native tools to enhance a message, build community and meet objectives.

See previous winners and honorees here.

Winner

YouTube
winner
audience honor
Add An Ad 3.0
  BACKGROUND HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, was launching their 3rd annual s…

Finalists

YouTube
finalist
Advancing Equity and Justice Globally
As part of the Global Lighthouse Partnership, Google and Global Citizen invited PMG to join 10 of t…
YouTube
finalist
Candyman x Velocity - "Growing Up Black: Chicago"
To drive awareness among fans for the theatrical release of Candyman, Universal Pictures partnered …
YouTube
finalist
Netflix Home of True Crime
The True Crime genre has exploded in popularity, spilling across and filling every media format – f…

Nominees

YouTube
winner
audience honor
Add An Ad 3.0
  BACKGROUND HDFC Bank, India’s largest private sector bank, was launching their 3rd annual s…
YouTube
finalist
Advancing Equity and Justice Globally
As part of the Global Lighthouse Partnership, Google and Global Citizen invited PMG to join 10 of t…
YouTube
Ancient Recipes with Sohla
The History Channel wanted to develop its first hosted digital original aimed at accomplishing a fe…
YouTube
Ancient Workouts with Omar
The overall goal was to continue creating series that appealed to a younger & more diverse audience…
YouTube
finalist
Candyman x Velocity - "Growing Up Black: Chicago"
To drive awareness among fans for the theatrical release of Candyman, Universal Pictures partnered …
YouTube
Disney+ YouTube Channel
Disney+ is the streaming home of Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, National Geographic, and more. C…
YouTube
MTV's Wild N Out YouTube
For the past few years Wild ‘N Out has been a driving force when it comes to MTV Entertainment Grou…
YouTube
finalist
Netflix Home of True Crime
The True Crime genre has exploded in popularity, spilling across and filling every media format – f…
YouTube
The Try Guys EXTREME Pokémon GO Fest Challenge
As the first-ever exclusive Pokémon GO Fest sponsor, Google Play partnered with Niantic, The Pokémo…