World Creative Rankings: the top 100 most awarded agencies in the US
The World Creative Rankings is our annual study of the brands, agencies and people behind the world’s best creative work. In this installment, we reveal which US creative agencies were the most awarded in 2020.
McCann New York performed well in the Rankings this year, buoyed by its accessibility work for Microsoft
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.
This years’s league table leader is McCann New York, which retain its top dog status from last year. The strong performance of work by 72andSunny LA for its client Tinder, and David Miami for Burger King, ensured those agencies’ ascendance into the top 10. You can see the top 100 US agencies for award wins below, and how they fared in the top 100 worldwide table here.
Rank | Agency |
---|---|
1 | McCann New York |
2 | David Miami |
3 | BBDO New York |
4 | TBWA\Media Arts Lab LA |
5 | FCB Chicago |
6 | 72andSunny Los Angeles |
7 | Goodby Silverstein & Partners |
8 | Droga5 New York |
9 | Digitas Boston |
10 | Casanova/McCann |
11 | Area 23 |
12 | BBDO Atlanta |
13 | 72andSunny New York |
14 | Ogilvy Chicago |
15 | Arnold Worldwide Boston |
15 | Spotify in house NY |
17 | 360i |
18 | We Believers New York |
19 | Innocean Worldwide Huntington Beach |
20 | Razorfish New York |
21 | Mother New York |
22 | Day One Agency |
22 | Turner Duckworth (London, San Francisco & New York) |
24 | GSD&M Austin |
24 | Jones Knowles Ritchie New York |
26 | Carmichael Lynch |
26 | SquareSpace NY |
26 | Google Creative Lab NYC |
29 | Third and Grove |
29 | Cramer-Krasselt |
29 | Pereira & O'Dell |
29 | Saatchi & Saatchi NY |
29 | Huge Brooklyn |
34 | Elastic Santa Monica |
34 | Design Army |
34 | Venables Bell & Partners |
34 | Alma DDB |
38 | Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness |
38 | R/GA New York |
38 | Wieden+Kennedy Portland |
41 | TBWA\Chiat\Day NY |
42 | Firstborn |
42 | Kworq |
42 | Wieden+Kennedy New York |
45 | Blue Bear Creative |
45 | DDB Worldwide NY |
45 | VaynerMedia New York |
45 | Martin Agency |
45 | Highdive |
45 | JohnXHannes New York |
45 | Publicis.Sapient |
52 | Mojo Supermarket |
52 | Hudson Rouge New York |
52 | VMLY&R Memphis |
52 | Ruffian |
52 | Fitzco |
52 | Moon Jelly Studios |
52 | RPA |
59 | Harrison and Star |
59 | RocketFuel |
59 | Art Camp |
59 | Zambezi |
59 | Refik Anadol Studio |
59 | M/H VCCP |
59 | UM New York |
66 | DDB Chicago |
66 | Leo Burnett Chicago |
66 | Optimist Inc |
66 | VMLY&R Kansas City |
66 | Stink Studios LA |
66 | Energy BBDO |
72 | Johannes Leonardo |
72 | Brunet-Garcia |
72 | Morcos Key |
72 | FIG |
72 | The&Partnership New York |
72 | Mother Los Angeles |
72 | MacGuffin Films |
72 | PepsiCo Design & Innovation |
72 | Gretel NY |
72 | McKinney |
72 | GSW New York |
72 | Virtue Worldwide New York |
72 | Headcase Design |
72 | Collins San Francisco |
72 | Big Family Table |
72 | The Bloc |
88 | Weber Shandwick Chicago |
88 | M SS NG P ECES |
88 | DeVito/Verdi |
88 | JOAN Creative |
88 | Grey New York |
88 | Decoded Advertising |
88 | Anomaly New York |
88 | Gallegos United |
88 | Havas Chicago |
88 | Joe Doucet |
88 | Grey Midwest |
99 | VMLY&R Miami |
99 | DWA, a Merkle Company |
99 | Butler, Shine, Stern & Partners |