Previous Year's Show

The very first Influencer Awards took place via a live event held in NYC as a part of the 2018 Consensus Activities, w/ Omar Bham of Crypt0 News taking home top honors!

The next year saw the awards held via a 20+ Influencer Livestream in association w/ the Chainwise Conference with Crypto Zombie being crowned 2019's Influencer of the Year!

For 2020 the awards took place during the Covid-19 charity inspired Virtual Blockchain Week, and saw the year's previous winner Crypto Zombie tie w/ Anthony Pompliano for "2020 Influencer of the Year" honors!

For 2021 the awards returned to its initial physical incarnation, via a two day IRL event hosted by DCentral for Miami’s Art Basel Week, which saw Bitboy Crypto & Altcoin Daily tie for top prize!

For 2022 the ceremony was once again held in accordance with the ongoing Art Basel festivities, being featured across several conferences including Scope On The Beach & DCentral Miami w/ Altcoin Daily taking home their first undisputed title for  "Influencer of the Year!"

For 2023/2024 the show was apart of the Karate Combat 43 weekend festivities, which will culminated in Anthony Pettis defeating Benson Henderson, and the debut of the Influencer Fight Club (IFC) -- once again Altcoin Daily claimed IOTY honors!

These awards shows are not meant to be taken seriously. The vote & awards are very real, but the event itself resembles something akin to that of a Comedy Central Roast. To get a feel for the vibe of the event, check out this video!

For the second time in the seven year history of the influencer awards, this year's show will air from the city that never sleeps; the notorious "Sin City" itself -- Las Vegas!

The show will serve as a side event for the third annual at Rare Evo Conference, which runs from August 6th - August 10th out of the Cesar Palace Convention Center. 

The 2025 Influencer Awards will take place the night of Friday, August 8th @ Bitcoin Ben's Crypto Club, and will feature an open bar, several DJ Sets, and a live concert by Cassius Cuvée!

There will be a Party Bus that will commute conference attendees from Cesar Palace to the show -- this bus will be in operations throughout the event, w/ Rare Evo VIPs receiving  priority seating!

In years prior, nominees were determined by an academy of ones peers, this year the show took on a more streamline approach, w/ conference organizers & a panel of previous winners crafting the nominations -- which is also why there are significantly more nominees this year.

If you would like to join the academy for future events please fill out this form! 

Fan's can join in the process by helping select the Golden UpVote Recipient via the form at the bottom of the page, or by sharing the nomination videos!

Creators are nominated only once, within the category in which they received the most votes. IFOTY nominations are composed of the creators who received the most nominations across all categories -- excluding "Micro Channel"

Voting for the 2025 will take place on July 15th, and last until August 8th! To participate in the polls please scroll down below and cast your votes!!

Attendees will also be able to cast their votes IRL @ the conference itself, via the W3IA '25 exhibitor booth. Votes cast IRL are the equivalent of x2 online ballots.

In the days leading up to the show, a few select categories will have their winners  announced live via select panels hosted during the Rare Evo Conference

 (August 7th & 8th)

The remaining winners be announced live via a side event held the night of Friday, August 8th at Bitcoin Ben's Crypto Club, which is open to both industry professionals and fans alike regardless of conference attendance!

The Awards Show format is a mixture of a Comedy Roast, and a Live Concert. The MC will get on stage and announce the winners in between DJ Sets & Musical Performances! Any winner who can not attend the show will have their belt promptly mailed to them in the following weeks.

Aside from the award show itself, the event will also be facilitating several face offs for several upcoming influencer boxing matches. The party will take full advantage of the large venue, as there will be several networking areas available!

This year will mark the 7th time the Influencer Awards make an appearance -- and the conference organizer's would like to extend a show of gratitude to our chief sponsor Phemex for their continued support of the Web3 Creator Community!