Believe it or not, this year marks the 20th anniversary of the Oscars of the Internet—the Webby Awards, and the nominees were announced Tuesday.
According to a press release, 2016's show has been hit with new categories for innovations in virtual reality. Plus judges like "Jimmy Kimmel, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, Instagram’s Eva Chen, Questlove, Internet inventor Vint Cerf and Crisis Text Line Founder Nancy Lublin" will select the winners, to be announced on April 26.
The Webbys committee received close to 13,000 entries from more than 70 countries this year, and less than 8 percent of those entrants were chosen as nominees.The winners will be presented at a ceremony in New York City Monday, May 16, and the show will be available to watch at webbyawards.com the next day.
Here are some 2016 nominee highlights:
Animals (Social)
Catstacam
Doug the Pug
Goats of Anarchy
Jimmy the Bull
National Geographic Social Media
Best Overall Social Presence (Social)
CNN’s Social Media
Game of Thrones
Mashable
NASA Social Media
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Best Podcast (Mobile Sites & Apps)
Reply All
Stuff You Should Know
99% Invisible
The New Yorker’s podcasts
Re/code Decode with Kara Swisher
Best Use of Mobile Camera (Mobile Sites & Apps)
Giphy Cam
musical.ly
Splice
Heads Up!
Layout
Best Web Personality/Host (Online Film & Video)
Tyler Oakley
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
The Slow Mo Guys
Kid President
Carmelo Anthony
Celebrity/Fan (Websites)
U2.com
One Direction: Made in the A.M.
Team Coco
ellentv.com
Kendal Jenner
Comedy: Individual Short or Episode (Online Film & Video)
"Anaconda – The Education Version" (with Nicki Minaj)
"Go to College" music video (with First Lady Michelle Obama)
Dennis Quaid’s On-Set Freak Out: The Full Video
"Fight Club for Kids" (with Chuck Palahniuk)
"Trumptastic Voyage" (The Simpsons)
Comedy: Longform or Series (Online Film & Video)
If Google Was a Guy
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Billy on the Street with First Lady Michelle Obama
"Celebrities Read Mean Tweets No. 9" (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Epic Rap Battles of History
Culture & Lifestyle (Social)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Instagram
MoMA Instagram
Refinery29 Facebook
Tastemade Snapchat Discover
The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Instagram
Entertainment (Mobile Sites & Apps)
Star Wars app
Marvel Unlimited
Saturday Night Live app
The A-Z of YouTube: Celebrating 10 Years
Phallania
Events (Social)
Coders vs. Cancer
#RugbyBattle
Instaconcert
The 69th Annual Tony Awards: An Integrated Digital Experience
The 16th Annual Latin GRAMMY Awards – Social Media Celebration
Fashion & Beauty (Social)
#MINDFCUK
Madewell Social Media
Kiehl’s Act Any Age
Lilly Pulitzer for Target
W magazine
Games (Mobile Sites & Apps)
You Must Build a Boat
Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes
Vainglory
Her Story
Two Dots
Humor (Websites)
Cracked.com
Funny or Die
John Oliver – Leap Second
ClickHole
The Onion
Media Streaming (Websites)
92Y On Demand
TED
HBO Now
PBS.org
Pluto TV
Music (Websites)
News (Websites)
CNN.com
The Guardian
Quartz
The Intercept
NYTimes.com
Public Service & Activism (Social)
Hurts Me Too
I Am A Witness
Kids Read Mean Tweets
#nofilter campaign
MTV’s Look Different campaign
Sports (Social)
Wall of Jordan
NHL #MyPlayoffsMoment
#SendBadLuck
Wimbledon 2015: Sharing the Moments that Matter
Gamedayplus
Virtual Reality: Gaming, Interactive or Real-Time (Online Film & Video)
Cardboard Crash VR for Google Cardboard
Insidious Chapter 3: Into the Further
House on Hallow Hill
William Hill: Get in the Race
The Neymar Jr. Effect
Weird (Websites)
Adventure Cats
Emoji Party
Run Wars
2 Kinds of People
National Corndog Day