Animated web series Bee and Puppycat (pictured) and YouTube non-fiction hits Kids React and Kid President are among the nominees for the fifth annual Streamy Awards, which salute the best in YouTube, online video and the creators behind it all.
Among the Streamy categories encompassing kid-friendly content are Animated, Non-Fiction, Science or Education and Kids & Family. Within the latter category, channel Shaytards, which follows the everyday life of a family of seven, are among the nominees. And the science-themed It’s Okay To Be Smart is among the five nominees in the Science or Education category.
Meanwhile, a new Breakout Creator category recognizes 19-year-old American YouTube personality Jenn McAllister, who runs jennxpenn, jennxpenngames and jenn and has more than two million subscribers.
The awards will air for the first time in the US on live TV via VH1, along with its digital platforms, on September 17. (Last year’s Streamy Awards garnered more than seven million views on YouTube.) Also a first for the event is the addition of a Social Video category to include content on Instagram, Snapchat and Vine.
And speaking of Snapchat, scripted series SnapperHero, which launched in January, received the most nominations with six total (including Best Actress for Anna Akana), while Epic Rap Battles of History and Video Game High School were tied for second with four nominations each. The nominees for fan-voted awards Entertainer of the Year and Show of the Year, meanwhile, will be announced on September 3, and people can vote for their favorite finalists leading up to and during the live show on September 17.
This year’s nominees include:
AWARDS FOR CHANNELS, SERIES, OR SHOWS
ANIMATED
• Bee and Puppycat (pictured)
• Blank on Blank
• Cyanide & Happiness
• RWBY
• sWooZie
BREAKOUT CREATOR (NEW CATEGORY)
• Lauren Elizabeth
• Rachel Levin
• Jenn McAllister
• Arden Rose
• Matthew Santoro
NON-FICTION
• Good Mythical Morning
• HeyUSA
• Improv Everywhere
• Kids React
• Shaytards
SUBJECT AWARDS
ACTION OR SCI-FI
• Action Movie Kid
• Corridor Digital
• SnapperHero
• Super Power Beat Down
• Video Game High School
FASHION
• Maddi Bragg
• Brooklyn And Bailey
• Lauren Elizabeth
• Maiah Ocando
• Amanda Steele
GAMING
• The Game Theorists
• Markiplier
• PewDiePie
• Smosh Games
• Stampylonghead
KIDS AND FAMILY
• Eh Bee Family
• Kid President
• Kids React
• Shaytards
• What’s Up Moms
LIFESTYLE (NEW CATEGORY)
• Joey Graceffa
• iJustine
• Rachel Levin
• Alisha Marie
• Bethany Mota
NEWS AND CULTURE
• BuzzFeed Video
• MTV Braless
• The Philip DeFranco Show
• SourceFed
• The Young Turks
SCIENCE OR EDUCATION
• Crash Course
• DNews
• It’s Okay To Be Smart
• SciShow
• Vsauce
PERFORMANCE AWARDS
ACTOR
• Bart Baker, Bart Baker
• James Franco, Making A Scene with James Franco
• Aasif Mandvi, Halal in the Family
• Paul Scheer, Scheer-RL
• James Van Der Beek, Bootleg Universe
ACTRESS
• Anna Akana, SnapperHero
• Colleen Ballinger, Miranda Sings
• Natasha Negovanlis, Carmilla
• Ellary Porterfield, Video Game High School
• Casey Wilson, The Hotwives of Orlando
DANCE
• Amymarie Gaertner
• Israel “Izzy” Harris and Ashleigh Mitchell
• Dominic Sandoval
• Marquese Scott
• Alyson Stoner
ENSEMBLE CAST
• The Annoying Orange
• The Hotwives of Orlando
• Six Guys One Car
• SnapperHero
• Video Game High School
MUSIC AWARDS
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST (NEW CATEGORY)
• Tori Kelly
• Austin Mahone
• MAX
• Shawn Mendes
• Rachel Platten
ORIGINAL SONG
• Gibberish, MAX
• Here, Alessia Cara
• No Matter Where You Are, Us the Duo
• Nobody Love, Tori Kelly
• Take Flight, Lindsey Stirling
CRAFT AWARDS
COSTUME DESIGN
• Bart Baker, Amanda Hosler
• The Britishes, Alisha Silverstein
• Epic Rap Battles of History, Sulai Lopez
• The League of S.T.E.A.M., The League of S.T.E.A.M.
• The Most Popular Girls in School, Jamie Brown, Mark Cope and Carlo Moss
DIRECTING
• Bootleg Universe, Joseph Kahn
• Kurt Hugo Schneider, Kurt Hugo Schneider
• Improv Everywhere, Charlie Todd
• SnapperHero, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
• Video Game High School, Matt Arnold and Freddie Wong
EDITING
• The Fourth Door, Tony Valenzuela
• The Game Theorists, Ronnie Edwards, Forrest Lee Black, and Ryder Burgin
• Epic Rap Battles of History, Andrew Sherman, Ryan Moulton, Daniel Turcan and Peter Shukoff
• Mystery Guitar Man, Joe Penna
• Vsauce, Michael Stevens and Guy Larsen
VISUAL AND SPECIAL EFFECTS
• Action Movie Kid, Daniel Hashimoto
• Andrew M Films, Andrew McMurry
• Corridor Digital, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
• SnapperHero, Sam Gorski, Niko Pueringer, and Jake Watson
• Zach King, Zach King
WRITING
• Bad Lip Reading, Bad Lip Reading
• Epic Rap Battles of History, Peter Shukoff, Lloyd Ahlquist and Zach Sherwin
• Honest Trailers, Spencer Gilbert, Dan Murrell, Erica Russell and Andy Signore
• The Hotwives of Orlando, Dannah Phirman and Danielle Schneider
A full list of nominees can be found at http://www.streamys.org/.