The Creators of the Year Readers' Choice Poll Winners: See Who Got Your Vote!
Tens of thousands of you voted for your favorite influencers in categories from home to food to nostalgia. Who took home top honors?
Tens of thousands of you voted for your favorite influencers in categories from home to food to nostalgia. Who took home top honors?
If there's one thing pretty much all of us share, it's a slight addiction to our phones. And driving that addiction? The infinitely consumable content created by some of our favorite influencers, in spaces from home improvement to food, children's entertainment to ... hot wing tolerance?
Tens of thousands of you cast your vote in every category, putting the spotlight on the people making you laugh, share and save tips in 60-second increments. See who took top honors in PEOPLE's Creators of the Year Poll.
Hottest YouTube Talk Show Host: Sean Evans
And we mean "hottest" literally. What other interviewer can claim to have brought half of Hollywood to tears with their talk show? Sean Evans, the host of Hot Ones, gets A-listers to open up while they're super defeated from the increasingly sizzling chicken wings they're forced to consume. He won in a category that included Amelia Dimoldenberg of Chicken Shop Date, Josh “Bru” Brubaker of Bru on the Radio and Alex Cooper of Call Her Daddy.
Best on BeautyTok: Golloria
Just how impactful is Golloria's beauty content? She inspired not one, but two beauty brands to change up their formulations to be more inclusive with her honest, fair product reviews. Others in the category included Isabelle Clancy, Jackie Asamoah and Erica Taylor.
Most Snackable Food Content: Keith Lee
Keith Lee became known as a Gordon Ramsay for Gen Z, a man who could make or break a restaurant's fortunes just by walking in the front door. Josh Godfrey and Heather Edwards, Meredith Hayden and Cassie Yeung also were in a hot competition for their equally delicious food videos.
Most Snackable Food Creator: Donut Daddy
Thse food accounts are sizzling, and not just for their culinary creations. Donut Daddy got your votes for tastiest, opposite Cedrik Lorenzen, Gianluca Conte and
Manny HP.
Sweetest (or Saltiest) Senior Citizen: Grandma Droniak
Some seniors on social media are fonts of inspiration and wisdom (like Barbara "Babs" Costello and Sharon Barber a.k.a. Grandma Great). Others are determined to make you smile, like Edwin Rayner (Grandad Sings) and some, like the winner in this category, Lillian Droniak, are determined to make you flat-out cackle.
Favorite Original Songwriter: Jax
It's hardly a (Victoria's) Secret that Jax has had a monster year, and she can add a win in this category (over Mikey Angelo, Aaliyah's Interlude and Alex Warren) to her long list of accomplishments.
Home Improvement Inspo: Becky Bidlen
Becky Bidlen's gripping play-by-play of transforming a century-old hoarder house into her family's forever home had her hammering home a win in a category that included Kyshawn Lane (Weekly Home Check), Marco Zamora (Want Zamora) and Drew Michael Scott (Lone Fox Home).
Top-Notch Nostalgia Content: Erin Miller
At this point, it would be harder to find a millennial woman who had not forwarded one of these nostalgia accounts to her friends. Erin Miller (@overthemoonfaraway) was crowned queen of the mall content, in a very tight race that included Kate Steinberg, Chrissy Allen (@csapunch) and Rob Anderson (@heartthrobert).
Best Podcast: The Toast
Sisters Claudia and Jackie Oshry have your addicted to your AirPods with their gossipy The Toast podcast, but had close competition from Alix Earle (Hot Mess with Alix Earle), Brittany Broski (The Broski Report) and Jake Shane (Therapuss with Jake Shane).
Queen of CleanTok: Operation Niki
Rochelle Nicole, a.ka. Operation Niki, is convincing you to get your space in order, one TikTok at a time. You'll be inspired to clean things you didn't even know were cleanable. (Who knew a trash can could be so sparkling?) Her competition included Monica Brady, Sophie Liard and Vanesa Amaro.
Best Celebrity Podcasters: Tay and Taylor Lautner
The Squeeze had tons of juice in this category thanks to its husband-and-wife podcast duo, Taylor and Tay Lautner. Other A-list names in their category included Dax Shepard (Armchair Expert), Kate and Oliver Hudson (Sibling Revelry) and Will Arnett, Jason Bateman and Sean Hayes (SmartLess).
Best Kids' Content: Ms. Rachel
Can you say "Victory"? Very good! Ms. Rachel is unmissable (you aren't hallucinating, that's a Ms. Rachel plushie) and the subject of every toddler's obsession. But don't sleep on fellow kids' content creators (who we promise are also tolerable for parents) Jordan Matter (@realjordanmatter), Kaji Family (@kajifamily) and Rebecca Zamolo (@rebeccazamolo).
Best A-Lister Turned Influencer
From playing superheroes to pretend cooking shows, is there anything Jennifer Garner can't do? The actress turned out to have a knack for creating incredibly fun Instagrams, putting her in a pantheon of stars who are just as fun to watch on the super-small screen, that includes Reese Witherspoon, Chrissy Teigen and Gwyneth Paltrow.