NEW YORK, USA — The most awarded advertising campaign in the world in 2022 was a print campaign, “Better With Pepsi” by Miami-based agency Alma, the report found. Now in its sixth year, AdForum’s Business Creative Report is a unique ranking of the world’s most awarded campaigns by industry sector. This year’s report was launched in partnership with Kantar Media.
The report covers nine categories: Automotive, Entertainment & Leisure, Finance, Food & Beverages, Health & Beauty, Luxury, Retail, Technology, and Transport & Tourism. Rigorously compiled from the results of the leading awards shows around the world, it allows advertisers and agencies to measure their creative impact against their peers in the same industry.
This year’s report is based on the results of more than 40 awards shows, both local and global. It also includes a number of new local and specialist prizes, including Best !n (Spain), CCB (Belgium), the Webby awards (to be precise, its Advertising, Media & PR category), and Clio Entertainment.
One of the report’s major findings was that in this digital era, the world’s most awarded campaign overall last year was a print campaign: “Better With Pepsi” by Alma. Although social media helped spread its fame, it owed its visual flair to the skills of an origami artist.
Alvar Suñol, Co-president and Chief Creative Officer at Alma, commented, “Our journey with ‘Better With Pepsi’ has garnered a phenomenal reception and we’re truly honored by this recognition of its impact. I hope it’s especially seen as an example of the beauty that lives in print, and how advertising in its simplest forms is still an unforgettable medium for storytelling. As an idea led by an insightful cultural tension, detail, and genuine craft, ‘Better With Pepsi’ is a true reminder of why many of us, including myself, fell in love with advertising in the first place.”
In Asia Pacific, Australian agencies appear to dominate in the creative stakes, with award-winning campaigns for products ranging from insurance to beer. There are some exceptions: India and Leo Burnett score the number one slot in Health & Beauty with their “Missing Chapter” for Procter & Gamble. In Entertainment &
Leisure, Playstation, and Hakuhodo stand out with “Play Has No Limits.”
Not surprisingly, Samsung emerges as a leading creative force in Technology, in partnership with DDB New Zealand and Cheil China. In Food & Beverages, Ogilvy features in six out of the region’s top ten campaigns. In Luxury, the leading brand in terms of creative awards is clearly BMW.
Elsewhere, a wide spread of brands won the praise of awards juries last year, suggesting that creativity is thriving across a broad range of industries.
