# 10th Shorty Awards

The 10th Annual Shorty Awards powered by DirecTV Now, honoring the best in social media, took place on April 15, 2018, at the PlayStation Theater, New York City. The ceremony was hosted by actress, singer, songwriter, Keke Palmer.

## Influencer winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on January 16, 2018, with public voting closing on February 22, 2018. Finalists were announced on March 20, 2018. Winners were announced at the ceremony on April 15, 2018. Winners are listed first and in boldface.

### Arts & Entertainment

| Best Actor Ansel Elgort Constance Wu Gal Gadot Terry Crews Tiffany Haddish Tracee Ellis Ross | Best Celebrity Rihanna Andy Cohen Jimmy Kimmel Miley Cyrus RuPaul Snoop Dogg |
| Best Comedian Kristen Schaal Billy Eichner Eric Andre Hasan Minhaj Lena Waithe Margaret Cho | Best in Dance Backpack Kid Brown Girls Do Ballet Kyle Hanagami Les Twins Merrick Hanna Tessa Brooks |
| Best in Music Cardi B Dua Lipa Kesha Khalid Logic SZA | Best TV Show Rick & Morty 13 Reasons Why Blackish Riverdale The Good Place This is Us |

### Content of the Year

| Emoji of the Year Unicorn 🦄 Avocado 🥑 Bowie 👩‍🎤👨‍🎤 Facepalm 🤦‍♀️ Meh 😐 Rainbow 🌈 | GIF of the Year A Clap for the Ages Blinking White Man Get Out Salt Bae Winona Ryder's Face at the SAG YAS MERYL |
| Instagram of the Year Solar Eclipse by Dave Krugman Beyonce's Birth Announcement I can't believe I still... Ok we're ready Vegas Strong Who's that in the mirror | Meme of the Year Distracted Boyfriend Expanding brain Right in front of my salad Roll Safe The Floor is... Tiny Trump |

### Creative & Media

| Best Animal We Rate Dogs Albert (albertonwheels) Cincinnati Zoo Esther the Wonder Pig Manny The Selfie Cat NORBERT | Best in Art Web Comic Name Alexa Meade Charlotte Love Chris Hong Dan Hogman Toyin Ojih Odutola |
| Best in Beauty Nyma Tang Jake Warden Patricia Bright Raw Beauty Kristi Simply Nailogical Sydney Szramowski / sydn4sty Thomas Halbert | Best in Fashion Accidental Icon Benjamin Kicks Lainy Hedaya Pia Arrobio Victoria Beckham What Fran Wore |
| Best in Food Rosanna Pansino Binging with Babish Daym Drops First We Feast Nusret (SaltBae) Gökçe Rachael Ray | Best in Health & Wellness Sophia Gall Dr. Mike Elyse Fox Emily Skye Katie Willcox Valerie Sagun |
| Best in House & Home LaurDIY The Sorry Girls Andy & Candis Meredith Château de Gudanes I Have This Thing With Floors Kelly Wearstler | Instagrammer of the Year Doug the Pug Celebs on Sandwiches Desirée De León Paulo del Valle Stephen McMennamy Vickie Liu |
| Best Journalist April D. Ryan Amina Khan Ellen McGirt Jason Concepcion Michelle Ye Hee Lee Ronan Farrow | Best in Lifestyle Katie Sturino LaTonya Yvette Lauren Elizabeth Nabela Noor Paloma Elsesser Sai De Silva |
| Best LGBTQ+ Account Miles McKenna Alok V Menon Aydian Dowling Lateef Thynative Stephanie Frosch Trixie Mattel | Best in Literature Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Cleo Wade Jon Ronson Jonny Sun Kevin Kwan Rebecca Traister |
| Best in Meme/Parody Account FuckJerry Adam The Creator Bros Being Basic Comment Awards daddyissues_ Kim Kierkegaardashian | Best in Parenting/Family Fathering Autism Action Movie Kid Cute Girls Hairstyles Laura Izumikawa MAZELEE Two Gay Papas |
| Best in Sports Serena Williams Brooke Ence JJ Watt Katie Ledecky Kevin Durant Laila Ali | Best Web Series Hot Ones Buddy System Escape the Night OMG We're Coming Over Speechless with Carly Fleischmann The Breakdown Real Bros of Simi Valley |
| Best in Weird Poppy Adam Ellis If you high James Fridman NOT A WOLF The Report of the Week | |

### Team Internet

| Breakout YouTuber of the Year Elle Mills Beau Brown Emma Chamberlain Karina Garcia Molly Burke Teala Dunn | Creator of the Decade MKBHD Casey Neistat Jenna Marbles Lilly Singh Liza Koshy Rhett & Link |
| Instagrammer of the Year Topher Brophy Betches Boop My Nose But Like Maybe Coco Pink Princess Pete Souza | Live Streamer of the Year Scott Rogowsky Ariel Viera Dick Vitale Emma McGann Thomas Kuc Vin Diesel |
| Muser of the Year Annie LeBlanc Chuch the Cavalier Jayden Bartels Lucas and Marcus Lucki Starr Rebecca Zamolo | Snapchatter of the Year Spencer Pratt Andy Burgess Chrissy Teigen Georgio Copter Laura Perlongo Ross Smith |
| Twitch Streamer of the Year Pokimane Deadmau5 Jenna & Julien Loserfruit ProfessorBroman Shroud | Vlogger of the Year Wil Dasovich Alex Wassabi iJustine Jason Nash Scotty Sire Todd Smith |
| Best YouTube Comedian dangmattsmith Anwar Jibawi Brandon Rogers Danny Gonzalez Rudy Mancuso Tana Mongeau | Best YouTube Ensemble Vlog Squad De'arra & Ken Dolan Twins Dude Perfect Niki and Gabi Sugar Pine 7 |
| Best YouTube Musician Kurt Hugo Schneider 80 Fitz Brooklyn & Bailey Our Last Night The Filharmonic Vidya Vox | YouTuber of the Year Jack Douglass David Dobrik Gabbie Hanna Juanpa Zurita Lele Pons Safiya Nygaard |

### Tech & Innovation

| Best in Activism Erica Garner America Ferrera Deray McKesson Kailash Satyarthi Tarana Burke Xiuhtezcatl Roske-Martinez | Best in Education CrashCourse Leland Melvin Meet Arnold Primitive Technology The School of Life Tom Scott |
| Best in Gaming DashieGames Airforceproud95 Gaming Historian ItsFunneh PushingUpRoses runJDrun | Best Podcast VIEWS Leland Melvin Lady Lovin Oprah's SuperSoul Conversations Pod Save America S Town |
| Best in Travel Kara and Nate Damon and Jo Exploring with Josh Fly with Stella Juan-Peter Schulze She is Not Lost | |