{{short description|Awards show for short-form social web media content}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox award |name = 9th Annual Shorty Awards |image = |caption = |date = {{Start date|2017|04|23}} |location= [[The New York Times Building|The Times Center]], [[New York City]] |hosts = [[Tony Hale]] |runtime = |network = |main = [[Shorty Awards]] |previous = [[8th Shorty Awards|8th]] |next = [[10th Shorty Awards|10th]] }} The '''9th Annual [[Shorty Awards]]''', honoring the best in [[social media]], took place on April 23, 2017, at [[The New York Times Building|The Times Center]], [[New York City]]. The ceremony was hosted by actor and comedian [[Tony Hale]]. There was a musical performance by [[Lizzo]].
==Influencer winners and nominees== Nominations were announced on January 17, 2017, with public voting closing on February 16, 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://shortyawards.com/9th/influencer/nominees|title=9th Annual Shorty Award Influencer Nominees}}</ref> Finalists were announced on March 2, 2017.<ref>Spangler, Todd. [https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/shorty-awards-2017-finalists-1202000652/ "Shorty Awards 2017: Finalists"] Variety, accessed March 2, 2017</ref> Winners are listed first and in '''boldface'''.
===Arts & Entertainment=== {| class=wikitable |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best Actor}} *'''[[Gaten Matarazzo]]''' **[[Aziz Ansari]] **[[Channing Tatum]] **[[Cole Sprouse]] **[[Jesse Tyler Ferguson]] **[[Ryan Reynolds]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best Actress}} *'''[[Shay Mitchell]]''' **[[Brie Larson]] **[[Gina Rodriguez]] **[[Kristen Bell]] **[[Skai Jackson]] **[[Viola Davis]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best Celebrity}} *'''[[Chrissy Teigen]]''' **[[Cher]] **[[Kylie Jenner]] **[[Lady Gaga]] **[[Lin-Manuel Miranda]] **[[Oprah]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best Comedian}} *'''[[Elijah Daniel]] & Christine Sydelko''' **[[Chelsea Peretti]] **[[Leslie Jones (comedian)|Leslie Jones]] **[[Samantha Bee]] **[[Sarah Silverman]] **[[The Lonely Island]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best in Dance}} *'''1Million Dance Studio''' **[[Maddie Ziegler]] **Matt Steffanina **Taylor Hatala **[[Stephen "tWitch" Boss|tWitch]] **[[Willdabeast Adams]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best in Music}} *'''[[BTS (band)|BTS]]''' **[[Ariana Grande]] **[[Chance the Rapper]] **[[Ingrid Michaelson]] **[[Solange Knowles|Solange]] **[[Tegan and Sara]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Best TV Show}} *'''''[[Orange Is the New Black]]''''' **''[[Game of Thrones]]'' **''[[Gilmore Girls]]'' **''[[Mr. Robot]]'' **''[[Stranger Things]]'' **''[[Teen Wolf (2011 TV series)|Teen Wolf]]'' |}
===Content=== {| class=wikitable |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Emoji of the Year}} *'''Middle Finger 🖕''' **Black Heart 🖤 **Eye Roll 🙄 **The Hugger 🤗 **The Thinker 🤔 **Upside-Down Smiley 🙃 | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|GIF of the Year}} *'''Mr. Peanut's Dab''' **[[Crying Jordan]] **I Have Arrived **[[Kermit the Frog#Kermit in Internet culture|Kermit vs. Kermit]] **Obama's Mic Drop **Well Yikes |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Instagram of the Year}} *'''Same But Different''' **VisibleMe **[[Beyoncé]] and [[Blue Ivy Carter|Blue]] **Happy Place **That Kim Photo **You're the Spark | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Tumblr Blog of the Year}} *'''The Blackout''' **Bryan Daugherty **Google Dog View **OMG Check Please **Old Doritos Bags in Movies **Words N Quotes |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|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=== {| class=wikitable |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Animal}} *'''[[Crusoe the Dachshund|Crusoe the Celebrity Dachshund]]''' **Aaron's Animals **Geordi La Corgi **Harlow and Sage **Lionel the Hedgehog **Jiffpom **[[Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Art}} *'''Timmy Ham''' **Geronimo Balloons **Hari & Deepti **Jessica Walsh **Shawna X **Tuesday Bassen |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Author}} *'''[[Mara Wilson]]''' **[[Chuck Klosterman]] **[[Jennifer Weiner]] **[[Maureen Johnson]] **[[Roxane Gay]] **[[Stephen King]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Fashion}} *'''[[Winnie Harlow]]''' **Bryan Yambao **[[Danielle Bernstein]] **Julie Sariñana **[[Margaret Zhang]] **[[Olivier Rousteing]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Food}} *'''''[[BuzzFeed#Tasty|Tasty]]''''' **[[Brothers Green]] **Olga Noskova **SweetAmbs **The Domestic Geek **Wright Kitchen | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Health & Wellness}} *'''Dana Falsetti''' **Black Girl In Om **Hannah Bronfman **Hello Glow **Patrick Beach **The Body Coach TV |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|House & Home}} *'''Mr. Kate''' **Design Milk **[[Drew Scott|Drew]] & [[Jonathan Scott (television personality)|Jonathan Scott]] – [[Property Brothers]] **Fredrik Eklund **The House That Lars Built **The Jungalow | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Instagrammer of the Year}} *'''Doug the Pug''' **Celebs on Sandwiches **Desirée De León **Paulo del Valle **Stephen McMennamy **Vickie Liu |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Journalist}} *'''[[Lauren Duca]]''' **[[Al Roker]] **[[Andrew Kaczynski]] **Jacqui Cheng **[[Jorge Ramos (news anchor)|Jorge Ramos]] **Tre'well Anderson | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Lifestyle}} *'''Kyle Krieger''' **Amber Fillerup Clark **Amelia Liana **Christina Brown **Jeanne Grey **The Anna Edit |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Meme/Parody Account}} *'''Girl With No Job''' **@FibonacciSpiral **[[Kirby Jenner]] **Taste of Streep **Versace Tamagotchi **Your Shitty Family | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Parenting}} *'''[[Nev Schulman]] & Laura Perlongo''' ** Harlem **[[The Bee Family|Eh Bee Family]] **[[James Breakwell]] **Life of Dad **That Happy Family |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Sports}} *'''[[Simone Biles]]''' **[[Cam Newton]] **[[Ibtihaj Muhammad]] **[[Indi Cowie]] **[[Michael Phelps]] **[[Richard Jefferson]] |}
===Team Internet=== {| class=wikitable |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Breakout YouTuber}} *'''[[James Charles]]''' **Alexis G. Zall **[[Bretman Rock]] **Evelyn from the Internets **Mikey Murphy **Ozzy Man Reviews | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Muser of the Year}} *'''[[Jacob Sartorius]]''' **Dani and Deven (Perkins Sisters) **[[Baby Ariel]] **[[Lisa and Lena]] **[[Loren Gray]] **Max and Harvey |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Snapchatter of the Year}} *'''Atlas Acopian''' **[[Lauren Giraldo]] **Mike Platco **OperAmericano **Rasmus Kolbe **Women In Tech | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Viner of the Year}} *'''Aaron Chewning''' **Kenny Knox **[[Manon Mathews]] **Matt Post **Sarah Schauer **chloe lmao |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouNower of the Year}} *'''Absofcourse''' **Diegosaurs **Evie Yannakidis **Joel and Monica **[[Zach Clayton]] **itssnowhimself | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouTube Comedian}} *'''Andrew Lowe''' **Drew Monson **[[Jessi Smiles]] **Nathan Zed **Sarah Baska **[[Thomas Sanders (entertainer)|Thomas Sanders]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouTube Ensemble}} *'''[[Jenna Marbles|Jenna]] and Julien''' **Desi Perkins & Lustrelux **Dirty 30 **Carly & Erin **Just Between Us **Matt Steffanina & D-Trix | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouTube Guru}} *'''Carli Bybel''' **[[Jackie Aina]] **[[Jaclyn Hill]] **[[Jeffree Star]] **KathleenLights |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouTube Musician}} *'''[[Dodie Clark]]''' **[[Andrew Huang (musician)|Andrew Huang]] **Meghan Tonjes **[[Tiffany Alvord]] **[[Todrick Hall]] **[[Trevor Moran]] | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|YouTuber of the Year}} *'''[[Colleen Ballinger]]''' **[[Gigi Gorgeous]] **[[Jenna Marbles]] **[[Lilly Singh]] **[[Liza Koshy]] **[[MKBHD]] |}
===Tech & Innovation=== {| class=wikitable |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Activism}} *'''[[Ashley Graham (model)|Ashley Graham]]''' **[[Jazz Jennings]] **[[Jesse Williams (actor)|Jesse Williams]] **[[Leonardo DiCaprio]] **[[Shailene Woodley]] **Zellie Imani | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Gaming}} *'''[[Rooster Teeth#Funhaus|Funhaus]]''' **[[IHasCupquake]] **KYRSP33DY **[[Markiplier]] **[[MatPat]] **[[Yogscast]] Hannah |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|LGBTQ+ Youtube Channel}} *'''[[Shannon Beveridge]]''' **[[BriaAndChrissy|Bria and Chrissy]] **[[Kat Blaque]] **MarkE Miller **[[Ari Fitz]] **Stevie Boebi | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Periscoper of the Year}} *'''Darius Arya''' **Bec Boop **Go2Kitchens **Ian McLaughlin **SockCop **Mawnika |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Podcast}} *'''''[[Anna Faris is Unqualified]]''''' **''Dan Carlin's Hardcore History'' **''Guys We F****d'' **''Lore'' **''[[Stuff You Should Know]]'' **''[[TED Radio Hour]]'' | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|STEM}} *'''[[Bill Nye]]''' **[[Adam Savage]] **[[Sandra Lee (dermatologist)|Dr. Sandra Lee]] **[[Simone Giertz]] **The [[Tim Peake]] **[[Unbox Therapy]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Twitch Streamer of the Year}} *'''Annemunition''' **[[Bob Ross]] **DexterityBonus **[[OMGitsfirefoxx]] **Summit1G **iijeriichoii | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Vlogger of the Year}} *'''[[David Dobrik]]'''* **Erik Conover **Julien Solomita **[[Louis Cole (YouTuber)|Louis Cole]] **[[Shay Carl|Shaytards]] **[[Gabbie Hanna|The Gabbie Vlogs]] |- | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Web Series}} *''[[Camp Unplug]]'' *''[[Foursome (web series)|Foursome]]'' **''Freakish'' **''Girl on Girl with [[Hannah Witton]]'' **''Style Code Live'' **''The Tyler Oakley Show'' | valign="top" width="400px"| {{Award category|#00afab|Weird}} *'''[[Hydraulic Press Channel]]''' **Casually Explained **Bread Face Channel **The Food Surgeon **You Are Dog Now **[[You Suck at Cooking]] |}
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==External links== * [http://shortyawards.com Official Shorty Awards website]
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