THE 14TH ANNUAL SHORTY AWARDS

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

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Special Project

From the 8th Annual Shorty Awards Best YouTube Comedian

Whether they vlog, tell jokes while playing an instrument, or make funny videos of animals running in slo-mo, these humorists are your favorite. These comedians are connecting with their fans and using YouTube as their main platform for premiering material. Their YouTube page is an integral part of their schtick and YouTubers love them back.

Brand entries using social media in this space can be found in the Best on YouTube Shorty Award.

Nominees

Emma Blackery
Sketch wiz and musician Emma Blackery rose to fame by reading the entirety of 50 Shades of Grey alo…
Hartbeat
Head of the comedy YouTube vlog channels Hartbeat and the newer Queird, lesbian icon Hart is bringi…
finalist
Jus Reign
Jasmeet Singh contrasts deadpan delivery with an un-PC approach to race and pop culture. His vines—…
Kingsley
A Midwesterner turned LA pop-culture pundit, King Russel, aka Kingsley, addresses his audience head…
finalist
Mamrie Hart
Mamrie Hart’s pun and drink filled YouTube channel functions as a who’s who of YouTube comedy, feat…
Megan Batoon
Drawing in almost half a million subscribers to watch her proceed through daily life, Megan Batoon …
finalist
Mike Falzone
Mike Falzone entered the YouTube comedy scene in 2006, before other comedians had really used the m…
finalist
Miranda Sings
Miranda Sings, from comedian Colleen Ballinger Evans, is the obnoxious and somehow endearing parody…
winner
Roman Atwood
Beware the wrath of Roman Atwood. Since creating his prank channel on YouTube in 2009, nearly all o…
finalist
Ryan Higa
Master of over 16 million subscribers (leading to almost 2.5 billion views since 2006), Ryan Higa a…
Taryn Southern
Taryn Southern is to YouTube vlog stars what Stephen Colbert is to Republicans—biting satire at the…
The Gabbie Show
Unabashed Angeleno fangirl Gabbie Hanna regularly produces bare-boned vlogs for her massive audienc…