12th Shorty Awards

The 12th Shorty Awards were held on May 3, 2020 via an online live stream event. The event was originally scheduled to be held at 1515 Broadway Theater in New York City,^[1] however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event was held virtually.^[2] The digital show was hosted by American actor and comedian J. B. Smoove, and Fetty Wap provided a musical performance. The show was streamed on Periscope and YouTube with presenters including Lindsey Vonn, Bobby Berk and Jaime Camil.^[3]

12th Shorty Awards
Awarded for	Honoring the best of social media
Date	May 3, 2020 (2020-05-03)
Location	Online only
Hosted by	J. B. Smoove
Television/radio coverage
Network	Periscope YouTube
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Influencer finalists and winners

The full nominations were announced on January 21, 2020 before voting and academy rankings determined the finalists.^[1] The finalists were announced on March 10, 2020.^[2] Winners were announced at the ceremony on May 3, 2020.^[4]

Winners are listed first and in boldface.

Arts & Entertainment

Best Actor Rebel Wilson Angela Bassett Brie Larson Billy Porter Hunter Schafer Naomi Scott Sophie Turner	Best Celebrity Zendaya Adam Sandler Beyoncé Demi Lovato Jennifer Aniston Jonathan Van Ness
Best in Comedy Trevor Noah Aidy Bryant Lamorne Morris Randall Park Trevor Wallace Wanda Sykes	Best in Dance Benny the Bull Ghetto Spiderman Harper Watters Izzy and Easton Kings United Sherrie Silver
Best in Music Twice Billie Eilish Celine Dion Lil Nas X Lizzo Missy Elliott	Best in Sports Megan Rapinoe Alex Rodriguez Allyson Felix Coco Gauff Simone Manuel Zion Williamson

Content of the Year

Emoji of the Year Boooooring Australian Flag Just a little bit Sloth Otter chillin' Assisted Walking	GIF of the Year And I Oop Dog Yes Idris Elba on Hot Ones Lady Gaga Eye Roll Marsai Martin at the BET Awards Tesla's Bulletproof Window
Instagram of the Year Lizzo post AMAs John Mayer's bottle cap kick Now we're Friends on Instagram too! Ramen can fix anything Will Smith getting to 50M followers World Record Egg Post	Meme of the Year Woman Yells at Cat Grogu Sipping Tea Gonna tell my kids... Gummy Adele Mr. Sandman Challenge OK Boomer

Creative & Media

Best Animal MAYA THE SAMOYED Puddin Reagandoodle Tito the Raccoon Venus the Two Face Cat Waffles the Cat	Best in Art Dave Pollot Adam Hillman Mike Bennett Art Pablo Rochat Positively Present strawberrypuffcake
Best in Beauty Nikita Dragun Ariel Tejada Cohl's World Jessica Vu Kheris Rogers Letícia F Gomes	Best in Fashion Aquaria Adut Akech Carmen Carrera Edgar Artis Menswear Dog Tabria Majors
Best in Food Juns Kitchen Amirah Kassem Erik Lamkin Naturally.Jo Sam the Cooking Guy Y.Na	Best in Health & Wellness Wheels2Walking Chloe Ting Diary of a Fit Mommy Massy Arias Megan Jayne Crabbe The Sad Ghost Club
Best in House & Home Our Faux Farmhouse Bobby Berk Farah Merhi Joanna Gaines Ryan Serhant Studio Mcgee	Best Journalist Mona Chalabi Caitlin Dickerson Hannah Morales Mina Kimes Stephen A. Smith Yamiche Alcindor
Best LGBTQ+ Account Rose and Rosie Dom and Nick Edison Fan Jammidodger Rain Dove Ty Turner	Best in Lifestyle Les Do Makeup Chachi Gonzales Cherry Wallis Color Me Courtney Jose Zuniga Raven Navera
Best in Meme/Parody Account Thoughts of Dog Comments By Celebs DILFs of Disneyland PigeonsDoingThings sonny5ideup Subway Creatures	Best in Parenting/Family The Bramfam Team 2 Moms The Bucket List Family The McClure Family The Rush Fam Through Our Eyes
Best in Weird Jack Stauber Buttered Side Down Caitlin Doughty Jan Erichsen Pro Bird Rights The Nekci Menij Show

Team Internet

Breakout YouTuber Supercar Blondie Jennelle Eliana Jordyn Woods Niko Omilana Noah Schnapp Talia Mar	Instagrammer of the Year Wolfgang Adam Waheed Laetitia Ky Poorly Drawn Lines Strange Planet World Record Egg
TikToker of the Year Avani Gregg Brittany Broski Emmy Howie Mandel Just Sul theewilliam45	Twitch Streamer of the Year MrFreshAsian AnneMunition dakotaz LilyPichu Loeya Maria Lopez
Best YouTube Comedian Morgan Adams CalebCity Eddy Burback Kiera Bridget Sarah Schauer Scott Cramer Emily Fan	Best YouTube Ensemble Kian and JC Dope or Nope Montoya Twinz Sam and Colby Squirmy and Grubs YouTwoTV
Best YouTube Musician Pomplamoose BlackGryph0n Catie Turner LLusion Sam Tsui SethEverman	YouTuber of the Year MrBeast ContraPoints Eugenia Cooney Jeffree Star Vereena Sayed Wengie

Tech & Innovation

Best in Activism Greta Thunberg Amanda Nguyen Bindi & Robert Irwin Oluwaseun Ayodeji Osowobi Paul Nicklen and Cristina Mittermeier Shaymaa Ismaa'eel	Best in Gaming NoisyButters Azzyland bugha Gloom LazarBeam VanossGaming
Best Podcaster Emma Chamberlain Conan O'Brien Gabe Dunn Jack Wagner and Brandon Wardell Jenna Fischer and Angela Kinsey MKBHD Nikole Hannah-Jones	Best in Travel Haley Dasovich Carrie DeJong Eva Zu Beck Fearless & Far Maryjane VagaBrothers

Phenom Award

The Phenom Award is given to those that used social media to make a significant impact benefiting the community. The following received the 2020 Phenom Award:^[4][5]

• Jameela Jamil
• P. K. Subban
• Eugene Lee Yang