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.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 2020Rank 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 If you’d like to get your hands on the full World Creative Rankings, order our PDF report now.

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