NewsWhip Reveals Winners of 2015 Whippies

Social media news aggregator NewsWhip announced the winners of its 2015 Whippies, presented to the sites with the strongest engagement on social media.

Social media news aggregator NewsWhip announced the winners of its 2015 Whippies, presented to the sites with the strongest engagement on social media.

The Whippies for best sports team, best brand and best politician were announced in this blog post, while this blog post revealed NewsWhip’s choices for best sites on social media, best distributed channel, best video publishers and best newcomers.

The winners of the 2015 Whippies are:

Best sites on social media:

  1. BuzzFeed
  2. The Huffington Post
  3. The New York Times

Best video publishers:

  1. BuzzFeed Food
  2. BBC News
  3. The Guardian

Best brands on social media:

  1. Red Bull
  2. PlayStation
  3. Ferrari

Notable mention: Doritos

Best politicians on social media:

  1. Bernie Sanders
  2. Ben Carson
  3. Hillary Clinton

Best sport teams on social media:

  1. Manchester United
  2. New England Patriots
  3. Montreal Canadiens

Honorable mention: Golden State Warriors

Best distributed channel:

  1. NowThis
  2. AJ+
  3. Reportedly

Best newcomers:

  1. LittleThings
  2. The Dodo
  3. Mic

Readers: Did any of your favorite sites “take home” Whippies?

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