# 8th Streamy Awards

The 8th Annual Streamy Awards was the eighth installment of the Streamy Awards honoring the best in American streaming television series and their creators. The ceremony was broadcast live on YouTube on October 22, 2018, from The Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. They were hosted by The Try Guys.
On October 9, 2018, the 1st annual Streamys Brand Awards were held during the IAB Digital Content NewFronts West at NeueHouse Hollywood and hosted by Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz. The awards honored notable achievements in digital marketing. On October 18, 2018, the 2nd annual Purpose Awards @ The Streamys were held, hosted by Jay Shetty. The awards recognized digital creators, brands, and nonprofits who have used their influence for a greater good.

## Performers

The 8th Annual Streamy Awards featured the following musical performances:
Performers at the 8th Streamy Awards :
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
| Montell Jordan | "This Is How We Do It" |

## Winners and nominees

The nominees were announced on September 25, 2018. 24 of the awards were announced on October 20 at the Streamy Premiere Awards in Santa Monica, hosted by BlameItOnKway and Montana Tucker. The remaining awards were announced at the main ceremony at the Beverly Hilton on October 22. Among the awards presented at the ceremony was the first ever Milk-Bone Dog of the Year Honor, which was voted for by fans and presented by Gus Kenworthy. Winners of the categories were selected by the Streamys Blue Ribbon Panel except for the Audience Choice and Dog of the Year awards which were put to a public vote.
Winners are listed first, in bold.
OVERALL :
| Audience Choice Award for Show of the Year | Audience Choice Award for Creator of the Year |
| The Try Guys Blippi Escape the Night F2 Finding Football Good Mythical Morning The Philip DeFranco Show REACT Rooster Teeth Yappie The Young Turks | Shane Dawson Andrei Terbea Casey Neistat David Dobrik Dolan Twins Emma Chamberlain Gabbie Hanna Liza Koshy Ninja Safiya Nygaard |
| International | Breakout Creator |
| Pautips Alex French Guy Cooking Calle y Poché Fozi Mozi Sebastian Villalobos | Emma Chamberlain Bretman Rock Dobre Brothers Elle Mills Ninja |
| Action or Sci-Fi | Animated |
| Two Sentence Horror Stories ATROPA Day 5 Lifeline The Look-See | storybooth Andrei Terbea Bravest Warriors Jaiden Animations TheOdd1sOut |
| Comedy | Documentary |
| Brandon Rogers Hannah Stocking Jenna Marbles Jack Douglass Lilly Singh | The Truth About Tanacon 60 Second Docs Extraordinary People MEL Films The Mortified Guide |
| First Person | Immersive |
| David Dobrik Alex Wassabi Casey Neistat Emma Chamberlain Gabbie Hanna | Find Me – BlackBoxTV Comic Book Portal – CyreneQ Life Support – Taryn Southern Tiny Tank – SoKrispyMedia Welcome to Everlock – Escape the Night |
| Podcast | Dog of the Year |
| Not Too Deep with Grace Helbig Couples Therapy with Candice & Casey Ear Biscuits with Rhett & Link H3 Podcast VIEWS with David Dobrik and Jason Nash | Todd the Hero Dog Louboutina the Hugging Dog Pierre Don't Care |
| SOCIAL VIDEO ||
| Live Streamer | Storyteller |
| Ninja Critical Role Myth Nickmercs Pokimane | Gabbie Hanna Amanda Cerny Jeffree Star Shay Mitchell Tana Mongeau |
| SERIES ||
| Comedy Series | Drama Series |
| Liza on Demand Anime Crimes Division Escape the Night Grown Rhett and Link's Buddy System | Giants Caught Chicken Girls Simi Valley Youth & Consequences |
| Indie Series | Non-fiction Series |
| the T Brujos Lovers Divided Twenty The Webseries Yappie | Hot Ones I Have A Secret MK ULTRA Red Table Talk Roman Atwood's Day Dreams |
| SUBJECT AWARDS ||
| Beauty | Dance |
| James Charles Huda Kattan Jeffree Star PatrickStarrr Safiya Nygaard | Matt Steffanina 1MILLION Dance Studio Dytto Kaycee Rice Kyle Hanagami |
| Fashion | Food |
| Niki and Gabi Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet IAMKARENO Koleen Diaz TheNotoriousKIA | Worth It Binging with Babish Cooking with Marshmello Gourmet Makes The Icing Artist |
| Gaming | Health and Wellness |
| Ninja FaZe Clan Markiplier PrestonPlayz Typical Gamer | Jay Shetty Buff Dudes Doctor Mike How to ADHD Kati Morton |
| Kids and Family | Lifestyle |
| Guava Juice Blippi Collins Key ChuChu TV Ryan ToysReview | Merrell Twins Brooklyn and Bailey Eva Gutowski Jess and Gabriel Mr. Kate |
| News | Pop Culture |
| The Philip DeFranco Show AM to DM by BuzzFeed News The Breakdown NowThis News The Young Turks | Vogue's 73 Questions Do They Know It? Game Theory Sneaker Shopping Super Carlin Brothers |
| Science or Education | Sports |
| Marques Brownlee AsapSCIENCE The King of Random Mark Rober Nas Daily | Cold As Balls Donut Media F2 Finding Football Kevin Durant WWE Mixed Match Challenge |
| PERFORMANCE ||
| Acting in a Comedy | Acting in a Drama |
| Liza Koshy – Liza on Demand Arden Rose – Mr. Student Body President Melvin Gregg – God's Son Nate Contreras – Cheap Thrills with Tabasko Sweet SungWon Cho – Anime Crimes Division | Anna Akana – Youth & Consequences Annie LeBlanc – Chicken Girls DeStorm Power – Caught James Bland – Giants Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape |
| Collaboration | Ensemble Cast |
| Kandee Johnson and Kim Kardashian – Princess Jasmine Transformation David Dobrik and Jennifer Lopez – FEAR BOX Challenge Lilly Singh and Will Smith – How To Speak Internet 101 Miranda Sings and Sofie Dossi – Becoming A Contortionist! Shane Dawson and Molly Burke – Switching Lives With A Blind Person | David's Vlog Caught Escape the Night Ladylike The Try Guys |
| MUSIC ||
| Breakthrough Artist | Cover Song |
| Marshmello Big Shaq Greta Van Fleet Jaden Smith Two Feet | Walk off the Earth – "Girls Like You" (Maroon 5) Greta Van Fleet – "Rolling In The Deep" (Adele) James Bay – "Delicate" (Taylor Swift) Leroy Sanchez – "Havana" (Camila Cabello) Morgan Saint – "Thru Your Phone" (Cardi B) |
| CRAFT AWARDS ||
| Directing | Writing |
| Jesse Ridgway – My Virtual Escape David Dobrik – David's Vlog Hazel Hayes – PrankMe Jack Ferry – Mr. Student Body President Wesley "Wuz Good" Armstrong – Couples Night | DeStorm Power – Caught Deja Harrell – Seeds Ezra Ani – Pillow Talk Melvin Gregg – God's Son Ry Doon, Luke Flipp, and Marion Webb – The Lab Ratz |
| Cinematography | Editing |
| Joe Sabia – Vogue's 73 Questions Adam Tash – The Super Slow Show Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat Eric Foster, Kyle LaBrache, and Maris Lidaka – Paper Tigers Greg Cotten – ATROPA | Shane Dawson and Andrew Siwicki – The Truth About Tanacon Lee Black, Ronnie Edwards, Alexander Sedgewick, Daniel Seibert, and Thomas Torbergsen – Game Theory Casey Neistat – Casey Neistat Emma Chamberlain – Emma Chamberlain TJ Nordaker and Kevin Williamsen – Honest Trailers |
| Costume Design | Visual and Special Effects |
| Olivia Hines – Escape the Night Brandon Rogers – Magic Funhouse! Jennifer Newman – Miss 2059 Samantha Burkhart – Lindsey Stirling Ron Leaman – Automata | Tobias Richter and Ryan Wieber – ATROPA Jody Steel – Body Art with Jody Steel Sam Wickert – SoKrispyMedia Tony E. Valenzuela – Find Me Zach King – Zach King |

### Brand Awards

The first annual Streamys Brand Awards were presented at a separate event hosted by Alisha Marie and Remi Cruz at NeueHouse Hollywood on October 9, 2018, during the IAB Digital Content NewFronts West. Winners are listed first, in bold.
BRAND AWARDS :
| Branded Content: Series | Branded Content: Video |
| Kevin Hart: Lyft Legend – Lyft Entertainment, Hartbeat Productions, Free Period Productions, Pygmy Wolf Productions in association with Lionsgate Guilty Party – AT&T Hello Lab, Fullscreen Snoop Dogg's Hot Box Office – Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Viacom Velocity | Upside Down Cooking Challenge: Giant Burrito – Glad, Portal A. Google The Dodo x Samsung Galaxy S9 Slow-Mo – Samsung, Group Nine Media Sponsoring "Olympians" – Planet Fitness, Hill Holliday, Trilia Media |
| Honorable Mentions: Club Mickey Mouse – HP, Disney Digital Network Couchland – Amazon Fire TV, Mekanism + Epic Signal NowThis x Samsung Gear 360 – Samsung, Group Nine Media Science and Star Wars – IBM, Disney, Lucasfilm We Got You: Philly – Visit Philadelphia | Honorable Mentions: Dance Cleaning Challenge – Pine Sol, Studio Superba Ellen Scares the Kit Kats Out of Her Audience – Kit Kat, The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Universal McCann Worldwide Inc, The Hershey Company Simone Giertz x Westworld – HBO, Portal A, Google "Stick Around" – GIPHY We Travel To Kenya To Learn About The First Woman In History – 23andMe, BuzzFeed |
| Emerging Platform | Influencer Campaign |
| Sissy That Bot, RuPaul's Drag Race – VH1, Facebook Messenger, The Bot Platform, Viacom Alaska Airlines GIPHY Brand Channel – Alaska Airlines, GIPHY, Mekanism + Epic Signal Hey Google, Play... – Disney Digital Network, Google Home | New Year, New Me | Rudy Mancuso & Stephen Curry – Brita, Portal A, Google NYE with Planet Fitness and Doug the Pug – Planet Fitness, Hill Holliday, Trilia Media Seize the Awkward – Ad Council, American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, The JED Foundation |
| Honorable Mentions: Dockers Presents: The Interview Live! – Dockers, Facebook Live, Mekanism + Epic Signal, Levi Strauss & Co. #FreeMurdoc, Gorillaz – Warner Bros Records, Amazon Alexa, Parlophone Records, Eleven Manangement, Imperson IGN Far Cry 5: Choose Your Own Adventure – Ubisoft Far Cry 5, Snapchat, Instagram, IGN Branded Entertainment Team Screens Up – Nickelodeon | Honorable Mentions: EA Play Creators Cup – EA, Branded Entertainment Network DIRECTV NOW Super Saturday Night with Jennifer Lopez #JLoNOW – DIRECTV NOW, Fullscreen, AT&T Hello Lab The Walking Dead: No Man’s Land with Lele Pons, Anwar Jibawi, & Rudy Mancuso – The Walking Dead, Mediakix, Shots Studios |

### Purpose Awards

The second annual Purpose Awards were presented at a separate event hosted by Jay Shetty on October 18, 2018. The awards were followed by a Creator Summit which featured panels in which creators discussed mental health and suicide prevention. Purpose Award honorees are listed in bold.
| Creator Award | Mike Rowe Molly Burke Shalom Blac |
| Company or Brand Award | The Dodo GoFundMe Walgreens, Red Nose Day |
| Nonprofit or NGO Award | Peacemaker Corps Association – Peace in the Streets Special Books by Special Kids Thirst Project |
| Campaign Award | Extra Life, Team Rooster Teeth – Children's Miracle Network Hospitals MTV – Parkland Response YouTube – Creators for Change |
| Uniter Award | One Million Acts of Good – Ellen DeGeneres – Cheerios |
| Legacy Award | Tyler Oakley |

## Reception

Kathryn Lindsay of Refinery29 praised the diversity of nominees for the awards. PinkNews, Pride.com, and Gay Star News highlighted YouTuber Anna Akana's acceptance speech in which she came out as a queer woman. The event had an increased livestream viewership of 73% compared with the previous year.