World Creative Rankings: the top 100 most awarded agencies in Asia Pacific
The World Creative Rankings is our annual study of the brands, agencies and people behind the world’s best creative work. In this instalment, we reveal which APAC creative agencies were the most awarded in 2020.
Dentsu Tokyo topped this year's APAC list, buoyed by this campaign for Mori Building Company
Each year, The Drum’s research team analyzes the data from all of the advertising industry's major awards schemes to find out which companies created the most award-winning work in the previous calendar year. This time round, that meant examining almost 2,000 campaigns from almost 1,000 agencies. The ranking below breaks down the most-award winning agencies from 16 countries across the Asia Pacific region.
Japanese agencies had a strong year, with Dentsu Tokyo sitting at the top of this year's league table, and also leading the worldwide rankings. TBWA\Hakuhodo came in at third, while Hakuhodo Kettle and Grey Japan also made the top 10. Below, you can find all 100 of the most-award winning agencies in Asia Pacific.
The most-awarded APAC agencies of 2020
| Rank | Agency | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dentsu Tokyo | Japan |
| 2 | Cheil Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 3 | TBWA\Hakuhodo | Japan |
| 4 | Innocean Worldwide Seoul | South Korea |
| 5 | Clemenger BBDO Wellington | New Zealand |
| 6 | DDB Sydney | Australia |
| 7 | Hakuhodo Kettle | Japan |
| 8 | FCB Mumbai | India |
| 9= | Grey Japan | Japan |
| 9= | Colenso BBDO | New Zealand |
| 11 | Che Proximity Melbourne | Australia |
| 12= | Loong Beijing | China |
| 12= | Cheil China | China |
| 14 | Ogilvy Bangkok | Thailand |
| 15= | Che Proximity Sydney | Australia |
| 15= | Leo Burnett India | India |
| 17= | M&C Saatchi Sydney | Australia |
| 17= | BBDO Bangkok | Thailand |
| 19 | Hakuhodo Inc | Japan |
| 20= | TBWA\Melbourne | Australia |
| 20= | Ogilvy Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 20= | Dentsu West Japan | Japan |
| 20= | Wunderman Thompson Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 24 | OVERMAN Seoul | South Korea |
| 25 | Cheil Worldwide Seoul | South Korea |
| 26= | Cheil India | India |
| 26= | Flock Creative Network | Indonesia |
| 26= | SIX Tokyo | Japan |
| 26= | Leo Burnett Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 30 | Ogilvy Singapore | Singapore |
| 31= | HOST/HAVAS SYDNEY | Australia |
| 31= | Dentsu Webchutney Bangalore | India |
| 33= | Nanjing Han Qing Tang Design | China |
| 33= | TBWA\Mumbai | India |
| 35= | TBWA\Auckland | New Zealand |
| 35= | Kinetic Singapore | Singapore |
| 35= | TBWA\Sri Lanka | Sri Lanka |
| 38= | Ogilvy Melbourne | Australia |
| 38= | Mullenlowe Singapore | Singapore |
| 38= | The Purpose Group | Vietnam |
| 41= | Tokyu Agency | Japan |
| 41= | Special Group Auckland | New Zealand |
| 43= | Leo Burnett Sydney | Australia |
| 43= | TBWA\Santiago Mangada Puno | Philippines |
| 45= | Garbett Design | Australia |
| 45= | McCann Health China | China |
| 45= | Wieden+Kennedy Shanghai | China |
| 45= | Zlashy | Hong Kong |
| 45= | Geometry Ogilvy Japan | Japan |
| 45= | Seachange | New Zealand |
| 45= | Motion Sickness | New Zealand |
| 45= | DDB Group New Zealand | New Zealand |
| 53= | BBDO China | China |
| 53= | Petch & Partners | Philippines |
| 53= | Triad Digital | Sri Lanka |
| 53= | Choojai & Friends | Thailand |
| 57= | Wunderman Thompson Mumbai | India |
| 57= | SHA inc | Japan |
| 57= | 6D-K | Japan |
| 57= | Grey Malaysia | Malaysia |
| 57= | BBDO Pakistan | Pakistan |
| 57= | SVEN | Philippines |
| 63= | Geometry Encompass | India |
| 63= | GOVT Singapore | Singapore |
| 63= | ADK Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 66= | For The People | Australia |
| 66= | Cummins&Partners | Australia |
| 66= | Studio-m | Hong Kong |
| 66= | Bluefocus Digital | China |
| 66= | LiaoDesign | China |
| 66= | ADK Creative One | Japan |
| 66= | Drill | Japan |
| 66= | Havas Ortega | Philippines |
| 66= | BBDO Guerrero | Philippines |
| 66= | Fable | Singapore |
| 76= | Publicis Australia | Australia |
| 76= | SenseTeam | China |
| 76= | McCann Worldgroup Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| 76= | Taproot Dentsu | India |
| 76= | Dentsu Taiwan | Taiwan |
| 81= | VMLY&R MELBOURNE | Australia |
| 81= | Clemenger BBDO Sydney | Australia |
| 81= | Hylink Digital Solutions | China |
| 81= | Another Design | China |
| 81= | iClick Interactive | Hong Kong |
| 81= | DDB Mudra Group | India |
| 81= | Atelier OPA | Japan |
| 81= | Dentsu Live | Japan |
| 89= | Akkomplice | Australia |
| 89= | Ogilvy Shanghai | China |
| 89= | Beijing Dentsu | China |
| 89= | Ogilvy Beijing | China |
| 89= | Hakuhodo DY Media Partners | Japan |
| 89= | T-Change Design Studio | Japan |
| 89= | LIFULL | Japan |
| 89= | TBWA\Singapore | Singapore |
| 89= | Grey Thailand | Thailand |
| 89= | Wunderman Thompson Thailand | Thailand |
| 99= | Enigma | Australia |
| 99= | whiteGREY | Australia |
| 99= | Clemenger BBDO Melbourne | Australia |
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