The influencer Tara-Louise Wittwer , the internet thinker Jürgen Geuter (known as Tante.cc) and the energy transition blogger Jan Hegenberg (Der Graslutscher) are fighting for the title “Blogger of the Year”, the premier category at Germany’s oldest and most renowned social media platform. Media Award “ The Golden Bloggers 2023” .

The shortlist covers the entire spectrum of Germany's social media, creator and influencer landscape

The Twitter project " Daily Mann ", which publishes a daily quote from Thomas Mann's diaries, is nominated, as are the ARD Ukraine correspondent Vassili Golod and the duo Quentin Kupfer and Noah Solleder , who are known on the social web as Beesteez for the hobby Want to get excited about beekeeping.

“Creativity on the German-speaking Internet is currently experiencing a real boom. We see many young people who prepare new topics in completely new subject areas in an entertaining and well-researched way.”

Franziska Bluhm, co-founder of the Golden Blogger and management consultant. 

For the first time, a Green Blogger will be awarded for digital activities relating to environmental issues

Nominated here are the Krefeld entomologist Thomas Hörren , who as Deadwood Thomas takes his followers into the world of beetles and moths, the marine biologist Robert Marc Lehmann and the team behind “ Flip ”, who are rethinking business journalism.

“With this award we would also like to motivate others to engage more with environmental issues on the social web.”

Daniel Fiene, co-founder of the Golden Bloggers and CEO of the startup Was Mit Medien. 

This year a local prize will be awarded again, for which Weddingweiser from Berlin, the Nordstadtblog from Dortmund and the Düsseldorf project Viernull are nominated.

The list also includes numerous names that are known from the classic media

The football brothers Toni and Felix Kroos , Sat 1 presenter Jörg Draeger and actress and rapper Nina Chuba nominated in the Celebrity category. In the “Professional athlete” category, double European sprint champion Gina Lückekemper against short tracker Anna Seidel and the women’s team from Viktoria Berlin .

Pop superstar Dua Lipa

Pop superstar Dua Lipa listed in the newsletter category for the German version of her Service95 broadcast.

“We want to honor those celebrities who don’t have their accounts managed in a streamlined and polished manner, but rather communicate authentically and openly with the public.”

Thomas Knüwer, co-founder of the Golden Bloggers and founder of the digital consultancy kpunktnull. 

Ironic category: Blogger without a blog”

The category “Blogger without a Blog”, in which Twitter owner Elon Musk , philosopher Richard David Precht and financial entrepreneur Carsten Maschmeyer meet, is meant to be more ironic.

Decision during the award gala on April 24, 2023

Who will win a Golden Blogger 2023 will be decided during the awards gala on April 24th. The prizes are awarded via online voting and the equal votes of the Golden Blogger Academy, which brings together the winners of the past 15 years of Golden Bloggers. The show will be broadcast on YouTube and Facebook as well as on the Golden Blogger homepage ( www.die-goldenen-blogger.de ).

The Golden Bloggers are the oldest and best-known influencer award in Germany. Founded in 2007, it is awarded by a team of active bloggers. The award ceremony is made possible by the sponsors sipgate, Deutsche Post DHL, LMC Caravan, GLS Bank, r+v Versicherung, me and all Hotels as well as Düsseldorf Tourism and the Düsseldorf Economic Development Agency.

The Golden Bloggers 2023 (Photo: Thomas Knüwer)
The Golden Bloggers 2023 (Photo: Thomas Knüwer)

Shortlist of Golden Bloggers 2023

Blogger of the year

Newcomer

Green blogger

Blogger without a blog

  • Elon Musk
  • Richard David Precht
  • Carsten Maschmeyer

Niche/topic

entertainment

Podcast

Instagram

TikTok

Newsletter

Local

Food

Diary / Real Life

Professional athlete

Celebrity

journalism

hobby


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