9th Shorty Awards

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9th Annual Shorty Awards
DateApril 23, 2017 (2017-04-23)
Location The Times Center, New York City
Hosted by Tony Hale
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The 9th Annual Shorty Awards , honoring the best in social media, took place on April 23, 2017, at The Times Center, New York City. The ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian Tony Hale. There was a musical performance by Lizzo.

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Influencer winners and nominees

Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017, with public voting closing on February 16, 2017. [1] Finalists were announced on March 2, 2017. [2] Winners are listed first and in boldface.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Celebrity
Best Comedian
Best in Dance
Best in Music
Best TV Show

Content

Emoji of the Year
  • Middle Finger 🖕
    • Black Heart 🖤
    • Eye Roll 🙄
    • The Hugger 🤗
    • The Thinker 🤔
    • Upside-Down Smiley 🙃
GIF of the Year
  • Mr. Peanut's Dab
    • Crying Jordan
    • I Have Arrived
    • Kermit Vs. Kermit
    • Obama's Mic Drop
    • Well Yikes
Instagram of the Year
  • Same But Different
    • #Visible Me
    • Beyoncé and Blue
    • Happy Place
    • That Kim Photo
    • You're the Spark
Tumblr Blog of the Year
  • The Blackout
    • Bryan Daugherty
    • Google Dog View
    • OMG Check Please
    • Old Dorito's Bags in Movies
    • Words N Quotes
Vine of the Year
  • The Laughing Fox
    • Hemtube's Household Chores
    • Still SpongeBob AF
    • When You Find Your Soulmate
    • When You're the Main Character Tho
    • You Make My Dreams Come Tru

Creative & Media

Animal
Art
  • Timmy Ham
    • Geronimo Balloons
    • Hari & Deepti
    • Jessica Walsh
    • Shawna X
    • Tuesday Bassen
Author
Fashion
Food
  • Tasty
    • Brothers Green
    • Olga Noskova
    • SweetAmbs
    • The Domestic Geek
    • Wright Kitchen
Health & Wellness
  • Dana Falsetti
    • Black Girl In Om
    • Hannah Bronfman
    • Hello Glow
    • Patrick Beach
    • The Body Coach TV
House & Home
  • Mr. Kate
    • Design Milk
    • Drew & Jonathan Scott – Property Brothers
    • Fredrik Eklund
    • The House that Lars Built
    • The Jungalow
Instagrammer of the Year
  • Doug the Pug
    • Celebs on Sandwiches
    • Desirée De León
    • Paulo del Valle
    • Stephen McMennamy
    • Vickie Liu
Journalist
Lifestyle
  • Kyle Krieger
    • Amber Fillerup Clark
    • Amelia Liana
    • Christina Brown
    • Jeanne Grey
    • The Anna Edit
Meme/Parody Account
  • Girl With No Job
    • @FibonacciSpiral
    • Kirby Jenner
    • Taste of Streep
    • Versace Tamagotchi
    • Your Shitty Family
Parenting
  • Nev Schulman & Laura Perlongo
    • Harlem
    • Eh Bee Family
    • James Breakwell
    • Life of Dad
    • That Happy Family
Sports

Team Internet

Breakout Youtuber
  • James Charles
    • Alexis G. Zall
    • Bretman Rock
    • Evelyn From the Internets
    • Mikey Murphy
    • Ozzy Man Reviews
Muser of the Year
Snapchatter of the Year
  • Atlas Acopian
Viner of the Year
  • Aaron Chewning
    • Kenny Knox
    • Manon Mathews
    • Matt Post
    • Sarah Schauer
    • chloe lmao
Younower of the Year
  • Absofcourse
    • Diegosaurs
    • Evie Yannakidis
    • Joel and Monica
    • Zach Clayton
    • itssnowhimself
Youtube Comedian
  • Andrew Lowe
Youtube Ensemble
  • Jenna and Julien
    • Desi Perkins & Lustrelux
    • Dirty 30
    • Carly & Erin
    • Just Between Us
    • Matt Steffanina & D-Trix
Youtube Guru
  • Carli Bybel
Youtube Musician
Youtuber of the Year

Tech & Innovation

Activism
Gaming
LGBTQ+ Youtube Channel
Periscoper of the Year
  • Darius Arya
    • Bec Boop
    • Go2Kitchens
    • Ian McLaughlin
    • SockCop
    • mawnika
Podcast
STEM
Twitch Streamer of the Year
  • Annemunition
Vlogger of the Year
  • David Dobrik*
    • Erik Conover
    • Julien Solomita
    • Louis Cole
    • Shaytards
    • The Gabbie Vlogs
Web Series
Weird

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References

  1. "9th Annual Shorty Award Influencer Nominees".
  2. Spangler, Todd. "Shorty Awards 2017: Finalists" Variety, accessed March 2, 2017