The Digital Creator Awards 2026 is envisioned as a premier platform celebrating India’s most influential and innovative digital voices. Uniting creators, influencers, brands, agencies, and creative professionals, the awards serve as a high-impact hub for industry recognition, strategic networking, and meaningful collaborations. Designed to spark impactful conversations and strengthen brand–creator synergies, the initiative empowers participants to elevate their influence and expand their presence across the digital ecosystem.
These awards honour exceptional creators who have shaped the Indian digital landscape from 2020 to the present—those whose content inspires, engages, and creates real impact. Celebrating authenticity, creativity, and influence, the Digital Creator Awards spotlight both niche storytellers and large-scale digital powerhouses. The event will also bring together top industry leaders and decision-makers whose insights will help chart the next phase of growth for the creator economy, driving innovation and setting new benchmarks for digital excellence.
Who Should Nominate
Content Creators With Strong Engagement
Influencers who consistently generate high engagement (likes, comments, shares) and have an active, loyal community.
Creators With Authentic & Consistent Content
Individuals who maintain a clear niche, create original content regularly, and show authenticity in their communication.
Industry-Focused Influencers
Influencers who belong to categories relevant to your awards — e.g., fashion, beauty, fitness, tech, travel, lifestyle, sustainability, finance, etc.
Emerging or Micro Influencers Showing Rapid Growth
New creators who may have smaller followings but are growing fast and producing high-quality content.
Influencers With Positive Impact & Credibility
Those who contribute positively to their audience, promote meaningful conversations, or support causes.
Creators Who Collaborate Professionally With Brands
Influencers who have a proven track record of brand partnerships, campaigns, or impactful collaborations.
Why Nominate
Gain Recognition & Industry Credibility
Being nominated or winning boosts your professional reputation and positions you as a leading creator in your category.
Increase Visibility & Brand Opportunities
Award participation enhances your exposure to brands, agencies, and new audiences, opening doors to collaborations.
Showcase Your Work & Impact
It allows you to highlight your content quality, creativity, and the meaningful value you bring to your community.
Strengthen Your Personal Brand
An award nomination adds prestige to your profile, helping you stand out in a competitive influencer landscape.
Categories
Category Name
Category Description
Nomination Fee
Auto Review & Mobility Creator
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is reviewing automobiles, EVs and mobility tech.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is producing original visual art, illustration, or design work—digital or traditional—focused on visual storytelling, concept development, or artistic expression rather than tutorials.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is visual storytelling through photography or cinematography, including composition, lighting, and narrative visuals, distinct from travel vlogging or gear reviews.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is explaining academic or scientific concepts to build conceptual understanding, independent of exams or career outcomes.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is producing research-driven, evergreen explanatory content on history, economics, geopolitics, or social systems that remains relevant beyond immediate news cycles.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is using fashion as a medium of artistic, cultural, or identity-based expression, where outfits are conceptual, narrative-led, or symbolic, and not intended for direct replication by the audience.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is educating audiences on skincare, makeup, haircare, and grooming routines, including product usage and skin or hair health.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is helping audiences make practical, repeatable fashion choices for daily life, including styling guidance, affordability, body-type suitability, and real-world wearability.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is documenting food, cuisine, culinary traditions, or cooking culture as the central subject, independent of travel narratives.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is promoting reading culture through book reviews, literary analysis, author discussions, or literature-led content. Excludes creators whose primary function is broader socio-economic explainers beyond literature.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is documenting personal life, routines, relationships, or everyday living, without coaching, therapy, or instruction.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is home design, décor, organization, or living-space transformation, focusing on spaces rather than personal lifestyle vlogging or fashion.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is enabling personal growth by combining mindset development with actionable self-improvement practices, including motivation, discipline, habits, routines, productivity systems, or time management, aimed at improving everyday life effectiveness.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is explaining ongoing or recent current affairs, public policy decisions, or political developments in a timely and accessible manner.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is crafting destination-led travel narratives, focusing on places, journeys, and travel experiences, not planning.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is delivering structured mental health education, emotional literacy, coping frameworks, or psychological awareness, grounded in evidence-based mental health principles. Content focuses on understanding emotions, mental processes, stress, anxiety, trauma, or wellbeing.
Recognizes a creator whose primary function is improving physical health, fitness, strength, or bodily performance through exercise, training, or physical wellness guidance.
The participating organisation should have its registered office in India and must have at least 3 complete years of office and business operations in India as on October 31st, 2026.
The campaign must have been held between April 1, 2024, to February 28, 2026, in the Indian market.
Campaigns that were initiated before the given timeline but had a major portion of their work completed between April 1, 2024, to February 28, 2026 are eligible to apply and nominate their entries. Impact of the initiative/campaign should be within this defined period and no results after February 28, 2026 will be considered for the jury's evaluation.
The jury holds the right to disqualify any application which does not meet the eligibility criteria. Jury’s decisions are final and binding on all Participants and cannot be challenged in any manner whatsoever.
The Award categories may be changed / modified / split / merged / increased or cancelled by the Award Management and / or Jury based on the number of entries received in any category, and the quality of the entries. The decision in this regard will be final, non-contestable and binding on all participants. The Award Management will not entertain any queries in this regard.
PAYMENT
Standard Amount
₹27,000/
Early bird Offer
₹25,000/ +GST
Note:
A non-refundable fee will be charged per entry. All payments to be made online, for cheque/DD - to be drawn in the favour of ‘Company name’ and must reach our Noida office.
Entries will only be accepted after the receiving of the payment.
Awards SelectionProcess
Our awards honor exceptional entries that demonstrate excellence in execution. The jury assesses submissions based on:
How groundbreaking and forward-thinking the entry is
The ability to motivate and set industry benchmarks
Assesses the positive change and influence created within the target audience or industry
COMMITTED TO ETHICAL AND FAIR PRACTICES
To maintain the integrity of the evaluation process, jury members with entries in a specific category will be recused from voting in that category, ensuring a fair and impartial assessment.
This meticulous approach ensures that only the most deserving entries receive recognition.
ENSURING PRIVACY & SECURITY OF ENTRIES
We uphold the highest standards of confidentiality & security for all submitted entries, ensuring access is restricted to authorised personnel only. Protecting your privacy and maintaining your trust are our foremost priorities.
KNOWLEDGE PARTNER ASSESSMENT
ELIGIBILITY CHECK : The official tabulator meticulously reviews and validates all entries.
TRUSTED ASSURANCE : Their name and logo ensure credibility and transparency.
FAIR & TRANSPARENT EVALUATION
EXPERT PANEL : Industry specialists evaluate entries solely on merit.
TWO-STAGE REVIEW : A thorough process ensures the best are chosen.
WINNER SELECTION
The jury meticulously evaluates the shortlist to determine the most deserving winners. The award ceremony honors and celebrates exceptional winners.
March, 2026
New Delhi
Content Creators With Strong Engagement
Creators With Authentic & Consistent Content
Industry-Focused Influencers
Emerging or Micro Influencers Showing Rapid Growth
Influencers With Positive Impact & Credibility
Creators Who Collaborate Professionally With Brands
How groundbreaking and forward-thinking the entry is
The ability to motivate and set industry benchmarks
Assesses the positive change and influence created within the target audience or industry