The World Creative Rankings, in partnership with Twitch, is the definitive guide to advertising’s most creative brands, agencies and people. We’ve already revealed the 200 best creative agencies in the world and the best performing holding companies and agency networks . Now we turn our attention spcifically to the US.
Which agencies in the US lead the World Creative Rankings in 2022?
As part of The Drum’s World Creative Rankings – an original, industry-spanning effort to chart creative performance across the advertising world – our researchers have identified the best creative agencies in the US, including the in-house brand teams competing in tandem with them.
This year’s results see David Miami, FCB Chicago and McCann New York lead the pack, while in-house teams from brands such as Spotify have climbed the charts.
The best US ad agencies of the last 12 months Rank Agency 1 David Miami 2 FCB Chicago 3 McCann New York 4 FCB New York 5 Droga5 New York 6 Area 23 7 The Bloc 8 BBDO New York 9 The Community 10 Translation New York 11 Wieden+Kennedy Portland 12 McCann Healthcare New York 13 72andSunny Los Angeles 14 Spotify 15 VMLY&R Kansas City 16 Saatchi & Saatchi NY 17 Small NY 18 Gut Agency 18 TBWA\Media Arts Lab LA 20 VaynerMedia New York
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Rank Agency 21 DDB Chicago 22 Jones Knowles Ritchie New York 23 140 Agency 24 Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles 25 We Believers New York 25 R/GA Los Angeles 27 R/GA New York 28 Draftline 28 GSD&M Austin 30 Edelman New York 31 Leo Burnett Chicago 32 R/GA San Francisco 33 Arnold Worldwide Boston 34 Goodby Silverstein & Partners 35 Saturday Morning LA 36 Wieden+Kennedy New York 37 McCann Health New York 38 360i 38 Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 40 BBH New York 41 Collins New York
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Rank Agency 42 Creative X 43 Ogilvy Chicago 44 Luckie Atlanta 45 TBWA\Chiat\Day NY 45 VMLY&R New York 47 Grey New York 48 Deutsch New York 49 MullenLowe Boston 50 Harrison and Star 51 Fred & Farid Los Angeles 52 SquareSpace NY 53 Google Creative Lab NYC 53 Badger & Winters 55 Mischief New York 56 Digitas Chicago 57 Cox Communications 57 Mcgarrybowen New York 57 Center Brooklyn 57 Fred & Farid New York 61 Publicis New York
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Rank Agency 61 72andSunny New York 61 Energy BBDO 64 Conde Nast San Francisco 64 Observatory Agency 66 Prettybird Culver City 66 L&C 66 Alma DDB 66 Digitas Boston 66 Mother Los Angeles 71 RPA Los Angeles 71 Venables Bell & Partners 73 Joan Creative 73 R/GA Austin 73 Carmichael Lynch 76 Havas Worldwide New York 77 Mullenlowe New York 77 Big Family Table 77 Barbarian Group 77 Commonwealth//McCann Detroit 81 Fallon Minneapolis
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Rank Agency 81 Weber Shandwick Chicago 83 Huge Brooklyn 83 GSW New York 83 Mother New York 83 Established New York 83 MJZ Los Angeles 83 Fingerpaint 89 Highdive 90 Ogilvy New York 90 Work & Co Brooklyn 90 MediaCom New York 90 Innocean Worldwide Huntington Beach 90 TBWA\Chiat\Day LA 95 Team One California 95 22squared Tampa 95 Mojo Supermarket 95 Pereira & O'Dell 95 Light + Co 100 Cramer-Krasselt 100 Kin
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Rank Agency 100 21GRAMS New York 100 Imagination, Detroit 100 Listen New York 100 Turner Duckworth 106 Bartlett Brands 106 MRM//McCann New York 106 Chemistry Atlanta 106 Johannes Leonardo 106 Buck Design 106 Fig 112 Closerlook Chicago 112 DDB San Francisco 112 Current Global 112 Optimist Inc 112 Design Army 112 Adam&EveNYC 112 Episode Four 112 Day One Agency 112 Sid Lee New York 112 IW Group
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Rank Agency 112 Movers + Shakers 112 Collins San Francisco 112 McKinney 112 Chobani Creative 112 Havas Chicago 112 Martin Agency 112 Collective Measures 112 215 McCann San Francisco 130 Grey Midwest 130 Dunn&Co. 130 Harley & Company New York 130 Dieste Dallas 130 Doner 130 Known 136 General Idea 136 Swift Agency 136 Porto Rocha 136 BBH Los Angeles 136 Elephant 136 DentsuMB Chicago
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Rank Agency 142 FCBHealth New York 142 Barkley Kansas City 142 Alto New York 142 Weber Shandwick New York 142 Optimum Sports Chicago 142 Stink Studios LA 142 DiMassimo Goldstein 142 Tombras Knoxville 142 BBDO Atlanta 142 Laundry Service 142 Fitzco 142 Terri & Sandy NY 142 Cinco Design 142 CMD Agency 156 New Engen 156 Carat Detroit 156 Mosaic North America 156 Walrus New York 156 Firstborn 156 SS+K New York 156 Conquistadors 156 Callen 156 Legend PR
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