TikTok Ad Awards 2025 winners

By AdNews | 20 February 2025
 

PepsiCo has been named Advertiser of the Year at this year’s TikTok Ad Awards for its TikTok marketing of Twisties and Mountain Dew.

Twisties also took home the Greatest Creative Campaign award for its TikTok-first initiative, ‘The Great Flavour Debate’.

By leveraging TikTok's TopView ad placements and In-Feed Spark Ads, Twisties achieved a 31.3% increase in Ad Recall and an 18.1% lift in Brand Awareness.

Zenith was honoured as Media Agency of the Year, recognised for its use of creator and user-generated content. Using one of TikTok's measurement partners, Lifesight, they focused on results-driven planning.

Special Australia was named Creative Agency of the Year for its ability to integrate TikTok-native storytelling into campaigns.

Australian digital bank, Ubank won Greatest Performance Campaign for ‘Cheap Ad, Great Rate’, a,

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">attention-grabbing marketing stunts, the campaign promoted Ubank's savings rate, resulting in a 40% increase in new customer acquisition and a 10.4% uplift in ad recall.

The full list of winners for this year's TikTok Ad Awards:

Greatest Brand Effectiveness Campaign: Woolworths | Fresh Fuels the Best in All of Us: The Paris 2024 Game.

Greatest Creative Campaign: Twisties |

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?lang=en">The Great Flavour Debate.

Greatest For Good Award: Shift 20 |

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?lang=en">Casting Call.

Greatest Performance Campaign: Ubank |

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?lang=en">Cheap Ad, Great Rate.

Greatest Small Business: La Vida Homes.

Advertiser of the Year: PepsiCo.

Creative Agency of the Year: Special Australia.

Media Agency of the Year: Zenith Australia.

For You Award: Kim Zorn, Global Performance Director at Princess Polly.

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