Streamy Awards


The YouTube Streamy Awards, also known as the Streamy Awards or Streamys, are presented annually by Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter to recognize and honor excellence in online video, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented takes place in Los Angeles, California. They were the first envelope-opening live-streamed award show.

History

The Streamy Awards were created by Executive Producers Drew Baldwin, Brady Brim-DeForest and Marc Hustvedt of Tubefilter and Joshua Cohen and Jamison Tilsner of Tilzy.tv.
The winners of awards in over 30 categories, including the Audience Choice and Visionary Award, were announced for the first time on March 28, 2009 at the 1st Annual Streamy Awards. Winners of the 1st Annual Streamy Awards included individual recipients, and web series. Each year, certain awards are presented before the main ceremony at the Streamys Craft Awards.
The 2nd Annual Streamy Awards were hosted by actor/comedian Paul Scheer and streamed live online from the Orpheum Theatre on April 11, 2010. The production experienced technical problems as well as interruptions due to people streaking the stage and interrupting the presenters. This show incorporated an online live internet streaming broadcast. Due to poor reception and execution of the show, the International Academy of Web Television halted its partnership with Tubefilter and co-production of the award ceremony and formed their own Web TV awards presentation.
In 2011, Tubefilter entered a partnership with established entertainment industry awards show producer Dick Clark Productions to co-produce the 3rd Streamy Awards which would be held in 2013.
The 5th Streamy Awards were broadcast live on VH1 on September 17, 2015.
The 6th Streamy Awards were hosted by King Bach and was broadcast live on YouTube on October 4, 2016 from The Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The 7th Streamy Awards were hosted by Jon Cozart and was broadcast live on Twitter on September 26, 2017 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The 8th Streamy Awards were hosted by The Try Guys and was broadcast live on YouTube on October 22, 2018 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel.
The 9th Streamy Awards was broadcast live on YouTube on December 13, 2019 from the Beverly Hilton Hotel. It was the first Streamy Award ceremony to run without a host.

Award categories

Current awards

;Programming
;Directing
;Writing
;Acting
;Hosting
;Technical and Craft
;Other
Awards that have been retired. Year denotes last year granted.
Special awards granted by the IAWTV are voted on by special committees, rather than by the membership as a whole.
The Streamy Awards feature performances intermittently throughout the show such as songs or skits. These acts are performed by internet personalities and musicians of note and change every year. At the 2013 Streamys, it was announced that Vanilla Ice and Shontelle would perform. YouTube stars Chester See, DeStorm Power, and Peter Shukoff and Lloyd Ahlquist of Epic Rap Battles of History also performed. The 4th Annual Streamy Awards in 2014 featured performances by Pentatonix, Scott Bradlee, Jhené Aiko, among others.