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Best of the Year
Best Social Media of 2026
The social media that won a GDUSA award in 2026, each with the firm and the designers credited.
35 award-winning projects
Social is where a brand competes with everything else on the thumb, and a post gets less time than a billboard at highway speed. The designer builds a template system that can post daily and still look designed, and the job is making one idea read in a square at phone size. The winners here stop the scroll and then say something. Stream Realty Partners' Swipe Right recruiting campaign took a full page for borrowing the language of dating apps to fill open roles, and Barnett Design's year-end appeal for Family Promise of Bergen raised money with a story told in feed-sized pieces. The best social media designers in the awards are shown here. Open any campaign to see the posts and learn what made them work.
Standouts of 2026
- Family Promise of Bergen Year End Appealby Barnett Design, Inc. for Family Promise of Bergen County · 2026Featured Winner
- Swipe Right Stream Recruiting Social Mediaby Stream Realty Partners · 2026Featured Winner
- Dragonfly Shimoda Social Mediaby Spohn Design for Dragonfly Shimoda · 2026
- Village Dental Defy Your Fears To Unleash Your Superpower Social Mediaby The Republik for Village Dental · 2026
- Proud to Support USA Social Postby Bank of America, Enterprise Creative Solutions · 2026
- DubJay Mascot Launch Social Media Campaignby Washington & Jefferson College · 2026
2026
Dragonfly Shimoda Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Spohn Design
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Full Page2026
Family Promise of Bergen Year End Appeal
Social Media
Firm
Barnett Design, Inc.
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2026
Village Dental Defy Your Fears To Unleash Your Superpower Social Media
Social Media
Firm
The Republik
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2026
Proud to Support USA Social Post
Social Media
Firm
Bank of America, Enterprise Creative Solutions
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2026
DubJay Mascot Launch Social Media Campaign
Social Media
Firm
Washington & Jefferson College
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2026
Art and Your Estate Plan Social Post
Social Media
Firm
Bank of America, Enterprise Creative Solutions
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2026
Coffee Culture Education Series for Angelino’s Coffee
Social Media
Firm
Delicate Matter LLC
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2026
Massey Social Media Campaign 2025-26
Social Media
Firm
Massey Emergency Management
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2026
Minnesota Board of Cosmetology Social Media
Social Media
Firm
5 by 5 Design
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2026
The History of GAF Social Media Post
Social Media
Firm
GAF Creative Services
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2026
Platinum Colic Coverage Social Media Posts
Social Media
Firm
HB Design
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2026
Future Standard Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Small Crowd and Future Standard
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2026
SYV Wealth Advisors Social Media Posts
Social Media
Firm
HB Design
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2026
Planned Parenthood Empire State Acts Social Media
Social Media
Firm
A Great Idea
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2026
Winter-Ready AMI Deployments Social Media Assets
Social Media
Firm
inkbyte
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2026
This Machine Kills Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Marc Blaustein Design
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2026
PIONEER: What’s My Gear? (SAF & USMC) Social Media
Social Media
Firm
So Drama! Entertainment
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2026
2025 Social Media Campaign
Social Media
Firm
Freaner Creative
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2026
Chicali TV Show Social Media Posters
Social Media
Firm
Freaner Creative
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2026
Freaner Creative 40 Years Social Media Poster
Social Media
Firm
Freaner Creative
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2026
CHOICE Administrators ‘Bold Enough to Be California Different’ Social Campaign
Social Media
Firm
The Word & Brown Companies
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2026
How To Support Someone With Cancer Social Media
Social Media
Firm
UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
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2026
Immersive Tape Dispenser Careers Social Media
Social Media
Firm
ULINE Creative
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2026
Heroic Night Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Tarrant County College District - Creative Strategy Department
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2026
2026 HBCU Social Carousel
Social Media
Firm
Southern Company
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2026
I Am NCPA Social Media Campaign
Social Media
Firm
National Community Pharmacists Association (NCPA)
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2026
Incisal Edge: 40 Under 40 America's Top Young Dentists Social
Social Media
Firm
1930 Ventures
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2026
GM Financial Careers Social Graphics
Social Media
Firm
GM Financial
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Full Page2026
Swipe Right Stream Recruiting Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Stream Realty Partners
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2026
Timberline HDZ® Instagram Stickers
Social Media
Firm
GAF Creative Services
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2026
Allianz New Fund Launch
Social Media
Firm
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America
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2026
Health Plan Cost Trend Survey Social Post Carousel
Social Media
Firm
Segal Inhouse Design (InDe)
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2026
2025 All-Star Awards Social
Social Media
Firm
Prime Therapeutics Creative Services
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2026
The Science and Art of Retina Social Media
Social Media
Firm
Hope Alison Creative, LLC
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2026
AAD Dermatology Zodiac Sign Social Carousel
Social Media
Firm
American Academy of Dermatology
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Featured
All Social Media
Common questions
- How many social media projects won GDUSA awards in 2026?
- The gallery lists 35 winners from 2026 in this category, out of 184 across all years. Each one appears here with its firm and designer credits.
- Which firms won the most GDUSA awards for social media in 2026?
- Freaner Creative leads with 3 of the 2026 winners, ahead of Bank of America, Enterprise Creative Solutions (2), GAF Creative Services (2), HB Design (2). The ranking for the year lists every firm with its winning work. Best Social Media firms of 2026, by award wins.
- Who are the clients on the 2026 social media projects?
- Clients named on this work include Angelino's Coffee, Chicali, Palmira Leon, Dragonfly Shimoda, Family Promise of Bergen County, Innercare. The credit comes from the firm that entered the work.
- How do I enter next year's awards?
- Entries go through the GDUSA entry platform. A single entry costs $120 as of October 2026, and packages bring the price per piece down to $400 for ten to twenty entries. Winners who publish get a project page here with full credits, and publication is the paid step. How the awards work.