The world's 200 most-awarded creative agencies of 2021

The World Creative Rankings, in partnership with Twitch, is the definitive guide to advertising’s most creative brands, agencies and people. Yesterday we revealed the 200 most awarded ad campaigns of 2021. Here, we continue our two-week series of dives into this year’s data by compiling a list of the 200 best creative agencies in the world.The top 200 creative agencies list is compiled by analyzing the combined results of 21 of the industry’s biggest global awards shows. This year that meant our researchers pored over some 2,472 campaigns from 1,657 clients working with 1,220 agencies around the world. You can the full methodology in our World Creative Rankings launch article.Over the next two weeks, our countdowns will continue as we also reveal which brands and creatives performed best across 2021’s awards shows. Members of The Drum Plus will have complete instant access to all of our lists from the moment they go live.Look out for more on the top campaigns, including interviews with the creative minds behind the work, on thedrum.com in the coming weeks.The 200 best creative agencies in the worldRank Agency 1 Publicis Italy 2 AMV BBDO 3 David Miami 4 Ingo Stockholm 5 Publicis Bucharest 6 FCB Chicago 7 Saatchi & Saatchi Melbourne 8 Ogilvy London 9 McCann New York 10 David Madrid 11 BBDO Berlin 12 Dentsu Tokyo 13 FCB New York 14 Droga5 New York 15 Area 23 16 The Bloc 17 Africa Sao Paulo 18 Rethink 19 Serviceplan Munich 20 DDB Germany Berlin Rank Agency 21 BETC Paris 22 BBDO New York 23 The Community Miami 24 Ogilvy Toronto 25 Publicis Conseil Paris 26 McCann Paris 27 Translation New York 28 Wieden+Kennedy Portland 29 Zulu Alpha Kilo 30 Cossette 31 McCann Healthcare New York 31 McCann London 33 FCB Toronto 34 Nord DDB 35 Che Proximity Melbourne 36 TBWA\RAAD Dubai 37 Wunderman Thompson Thailand 38 72andSunny Los Angeles 39 Impact BBDO Dubai 39 DDB Group New Zealand Rank Agency 41 Forsman & Bodenfors Gothenburg 42 Spotify in house NY 43 No Fixed Address Toronto 44 VMLY&R Kansas City 45 Publicis Mexico City 46 Droga5 London 47 Saatchi & Saatchi NY 48 FP7 McCann Dubai 49 AKQA Sao Paulo 49 Wunderman Thompson Buenos Aires 51 Ogilvy Pakistan 52 Mullenlowe Dubai 53 Voskhod Creative 54 Small NY 55 Ogilvy Mumbai 56 Gut Agency 56 TBWA\Media Arts Lab LA 58 VaynerMedia New York 58 FCB/Six 60 Dentsu Webchutney India Rank Agency 61 LG2 Agency 62 DDB Chicago 63 Memac Ogilvy Dubai 64 Ogilvy Sydney 64 Rothco 66 Joe Public United 66 VMLY&R Brazil 68 Havas London 68 Jones Knowles Ritchie New York 70 Ogilvy Singapore 71 140 Agency 72 The Gate London 72 Kolle Rebbe Hamburg 72 FCB Interface Mumbai 75 FCB Inferno 75 Saatchi & Saatchi Los Angeles 77 R/GA Los Angeles 77 We Believers New York 79 R/GA New York 79 Akestam Holst Rank Agency 81 TBWA\Paris 82 Leo Burnett London 83 Leo Burnett Toronto 83 Taxi 83 Draftline 83 GSD&M Austin 87 Edelman New York 88 Special Group Auckland 89 Leo Burnett Chicago 89 Ogilvy Colombia 89 TBWA\Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg 92 R/GA San Francisco 92 CRK 94 Thinkerbell 94 Arnold Worldwide Boston 96 TBWA\Sydney 97 Adam&EveDDB 98 DDB Paris 98 AlmapBBDO 98 Serviceplan Hamburg Rank Agency 101 Wolf BKK 101 Innocean Worldwide Seoul 103 &Co 104 Innocean Worldwide Berlin 104 Goodby Silverstein & Partners 106 Juniper Park\TBWA 106 Stendahls 106 Lucky Generals 109 Colenso BBDO 109 Ogilvy Taiwan 109 Saturday Morning LA 112 Wieden+Kennedy New York 113 fischerAppelt 113 Scholz & Friends Berlin 115 VMLY&R Commerce 115 Cheil India 115 Leo Burnett Melbourne 118 Cheil Madrid 119 Havas Istanbul 120 Grey Malaysia Rank Agency 120 Wunderman Thompson Riyadh 122 Ogilvy Mexico City 123 M&C Saatchi Sydney 124 VMLY&R Melbourne 124 McCann Health New York 124 BETC Sao Paulo 127 Wunderman Thompson London 127 BBDO Canada 127 MullenLowe SSP3 Bogota 130 Hello Monday Aarhus 130 Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness 130 WMC GREY Prague 130 Boys + Girls 130 360i 130 Cheil Hong Kong 136 BBH New York 137 Havas Sports & Entertainment 137 Tencent Shenzhen 139 Superunion 139 McCann Bucharest Rank Agency 139 AKQA Sweden 139 Edelman London 143 Jung Von Matt Hamburg 143 Collins New York 143 Clemenger BBDO Wellington 146 RT Creative Lab 147 Mortierbrigade Brussels 147 McCann Lima 147 VMLY&R Dubai 147 Leo Burnett Bogota 147 Ogilvy Germany 152 Taproot Dentsu 152 Creative X 152 Wunderman Thompson Bogota 155 Cheil Worldwide Seoul 156 Ogilvy Chicago 156 LLYC 158 TBWA\Hakuhodo 159 Luckie Atlanta 159 POL Oslo Rank Agency 161 BBDO Moscow 161 Hakuhodo Jakarta 161 Promise Johannesburg 161 Farm Stockholm 161 Bold NoA 161 Ogilvy Bangkok 161 Geometry Ogilvy 168 Ogilvy Brasil 168 Havas Lynx Manchester 168 Elvis 168 Six Tokyo 172 Uncle Grey Copenhagen 172 Marcel Paris 172 VMLY&R Paris 172 TBWA\Istanbul 176 Rosapark Paris 176 Havas Middle East 176 DDB Mudra Group 176 Leo Burnett Madrid 176 TBWA\Chiat\Day NY Rank Agency 176 VMLY&R New York 182 Hasan & Partners Helsinki 182 FCBUlka Mumbai 182 Ogilvy Hong Kong 185 White Rabbit Budapest 185 DocMorris Inhouse 185 Grey New York 185 Herezie Paris 185 72andSunny Amsterdam 190 The Electric Factory 190 Deutsch New York 190 McCann Manchester 190 VCCP London 190 FCB&Fire Madrid 195 Leo Burnett Beirut 195 MullenLowe Boston 195 Uni-Surf Digital Marketing Taipei 198 Harrison and Star 198 Mother London 200 TBWA\London 200 Lola MullenLowe Madrid 200 Fahrenheit DDB Lima Discover which campaigns were ranked among the 200 best of the last 12 months, or explore the rest of this year’s World Creative Rankings.

The world's 200 most-awarded creative agencies of 2021

By Sam Bradley | Senior Reporter

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