The Webby Awards

With the popularity of social media constantly rising, means that there are creators out there that should be recognised for their achievements in social media. There are countless amounts of people who have been made famous through social media, but few who have been able to continue on and end up having a job consisting only within social media. The majority of these people and creators, have been highlighted through the likes of the Webby awards and the YouTube awards.

Some of this years winners include:

Special Achievement: Jerome Jarre
Webby Breakout of the Year: Tinder
Special Achievement: ALS Ice Bucket Challenge
Website: Last Days

The categories are vast, ranging from websites to individual art, actresses and actors, to applications and even trends that rise in popularity on social media.
This following clip, narrated by Stephen Fry, is a montage celebrating 25 years of the internet at the Webby Awards, 2013.
Warning: Explicit language is used.

www.webbyawards.com