Who Breaks The #Internet? Not Ralph! The long answer would be YOU GUYS - the superstars driving the internet into a promising, interesting, dynamic, democra-tech, and fun direction while really embracing the awesome side of the human psyche. For that, we thank you! To see the winners simply visit , pick an award, and discover which name appears at the top. That’s the winner! noonies.tech The will announce some of the top founders, hackers, and makers in all 6 categories. Noonies Winners Announcement series 2021 was the year went all out for its annual Noonies Awards with more categories, more sub-categories, more nominees, and more winners, making it the most exciting Noonies to date. HackerNoon Still don’t believe us? Here are some stats for ya nerds: . 4,961 nominees for 2021. 586 Hacker Noon awards Across : 6 award categories , , , , , and . Decentralization Gaming Internet Heroes Internet Software Development Technology A monumental over at 105,122 votes cast noonies.tech The honors the true internet artists of our time ,those who host the best podcasts, write the best newsletters, and those who generally help make the internet a worthwhile place to spend time. Think of this award as the Nobel Prize, for the internet. #Internet award category And without further ado, the N̶o̶b̶e̶l̶ Noonies go to... HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - DESIGN Thanks to Jamie, designers ‘don’t need Google no more’ for inspiration and wisdom. Give it up for for giving more colors than just green! jamiefry HackerNoon HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ECOMMERCE We couldn’t be more proud of how much of an influence she has been in terms of e-commerce. A round of applause to . Sahana Women in tech keep winning! HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - EMAIL Twitter, TikTok or Mailboxes? Thanks to , checking our mailboxes is now the new scrolling TikTok ;) Jullie Arden HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - FREELANCING Here’s to writing more incredible Freelancing stories on , . Congratulations on winning a Noonie award! HackerNoon Amtul Rafay HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - PODCAST Tired of watching Netflix? No worries, time to rest your eyes because the QUEEN of podcasts is here to the rescue. Thank you, , for giving us reasons to care for our ears. RachelEleza HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - STARTUP-MARKETING When it comes to publishing stories on startup-marketing on , no one can beat the woman herself, , at giving us the highest quality stories. The Noonies salutes you! HackerNoon Jane Rouge HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - STORYTELLING Everything in the world revolves around storytelling; books, movies, music, traveling and even work. We couldn’t be more grateful to Brian Wallace for giving us big brain insights into storytelling. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - VPN VPN simply stands for Internet Teleportation. We’ve all been teleporting with VPNs from time to time. And for that, let’s give it up for Tangram Vision for inspiring us to travel the world while sitting in front of our computers. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - YOUTUBE Here claiming the award for best Youtube stories on , we have who deserves all the plaudits for giving us such insightful content. HackerNoon Jeremy Kauffman Science Person Making Twitter Better We assure you, she’s not a mad scientist. Not yet at least ( A large part of the universe is a mystery, but the universe is no match for this scientist. Thanks to her, Aliens were finally discovered on Earth! A standing ovation for . Thank you for demystifying the universe. wink wink). Martha Hilton HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - SALES Salesman of the year? Close. Congratulations on winning a Noonie, and thanks for giving us some great reads. Steve Kehler HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - SOCIAL-MEDIA Big shout out to for showing us . We still do, but thanks! Ivan Mir how to use Twitter without hating it HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - CULTURE Here’s to the person who wrote the most eye-opening stories from to . , you’ve earned a Noonie, and our respect! ways of protecting our cellphone number ways of hacking your own body to beat “inflamm-aging” Zen Chan HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - EMAIL-MARKETING Not many people are willing to show us . A Noonie award is waiting for you to claim, ! the A-Z of email development and sending Andriy Zapisotskyi HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - FACEBOOK Even Mark Zuckerberg can’t beat our man, . Louis Bouchard You’re ready to create your own Meta, and we can provide you our . Verse Remote Work Advocate We Need All hail the new leader of #remote-work-gang, . Thanks to your advocation, we can now work in sweatpants. Heather Doshay HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - CMS Planning your next website design isn’t easy, but giving out a Noonie is, especially when the person who won an award is . Marie-Elise Your story on Drupal 8, a CMS-based project, was top-notch! HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - PHILOSOPHY The Noonies celebrates the amazing people who power the technology industry. And especially those who write, those who shine a spotlight on triumphs, fumbles, hacks, why's that, how-tos and breakthroughs. This award is for the highest quality PHILOSOPHY stories on HackerNoon. The winner is: ! Karim Fanous HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - IDEAS We can’t be happier to give this Noonie award to the one and only, Keep flying high! Ieva Sipola HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - INFLUENCER-MARKETING This nominee literally showed us . Say hello to the new Noonie recipient, the INFLUENCER of the Welsh vegan engineers’ world, ! how to detect influencers with machine learning Kyle Jones HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - INTERNET CENSORSHIP We can’t be more f** ing award to, the one and only, . erf g excited to give this mt Benjamin Bateman Who the **** cares about internet censorship when we have Benjamin the man to do all the uncensoring and teas-pilling for us. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - WEB-DESIGN It's a science. It's an art. It's never perfect. And the Noonie goes to . Anastasia Dyachenko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - GOVERNMENT You get a Noonie, you get a Noonie, gets a Noonie, you all get a Noonie. Now that’s democracy. Pavel Cherkashin HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - LIFE isn’t only about technology, coding, and hacking the net. HackerNoon Here we also highlight stories on biology, philosophy, rationalism, illusions, deceptions, metaphysics, happiness, and others. In other words, think of us when you’re trying to draft a story, like this Noonie winner: ! Roxana Murariu HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - SIDE-PROJECT This award recognizes the highest quality SIDE-PROJECT stories on . We’re happy to have your name engraved on a Noonie badge, ! HackerNoon Ashutosh Mishra HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - GOOGLE Anyone should at least once in their lifetime learn about Thank God we have to walk us through that. And for that, sir, you earn a Noonie! what Google’s third-party cookie ban mean to their privacy. Nabeel Ali HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - MAKERS A standing ovation for for making the best out of stories. Without you, we would have . Jon V HackerNoon sold our NFTs like noobs HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - TEAM-BUILDING Thanks for showing us an insightful take into product leadership between Ford and Ferrari, . One Noonie award for you! Sundar Raghavan HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - WEBSITE As a full-stack software developer, a tech blogger, a person who genuinely loves to write about JavaScript, Python, Linux, and Open Source, this nominee won the Noonie fair and square. Congratulations, ! Suhail Kakar Productivity Role Model Because heaven knows we needed them this year. #FCovid And the Noonie goes to . How to ADHD HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ADVERTISING This nominee has been with HackerNoon since 2018, and consistently produced high quality stories. Let’s give it up for . Louis Barclay We specifically enjoyed reading ”, and not just because it’s fun to say the title out loud! “Bad Blocking Will Be The New Ad Blocking HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ANALYTICS Another Noonie goes to for writing the highest quality analytics stories. Salute! Nick Platonenko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - EDUCATION We love it that this nominee walked us through the process of . Big congrats to . building a website to view classmates using Wix and Velo AppleiPad556 Tim Cook, is that you? How about a Noonie for a new Mac? We’ll be waiting. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - MVP Say no more, the MVP of this Noonie award calls for . UppLabs HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - WORDPRESS A WordPress king. No one deserves this award more than . John Risby Thank you for showing us how to gain quality control for WordPress plugins. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - SEO All the problems with SEO in the world will be solved by this man. And no, we’re not exaggerating (okay maybe a little bit). Let’s give it up for ! Sonny Alves Dias HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - MARKETING Because "if you build it, they will come" was always bullsh*t. And the winner is a marketer in IT. Egor Kaleynik HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - GROWTH-HACKING This award is for the highest quality GROWTH-HACKING stories on HackerNoon. And the Noonie goes to . Khamisi Hamisi HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - DIGITAL-MARKETING 2 awards in a row? We don’t get enough Noonies around here for . Khamisi Hamisi HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - LIFE-LESSONS 'The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.' Aristotle And the recipient of this Noonie is no one else but, Liz Eddy HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - BLOGGING Astonished by the consistent production of top-notch stories on HackerNoon, The Noonies is more than honored to give this award to . Elizabeth Lvova We love you here, much like your colleagues at Evrone! HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - MARKETING-STRATEGIES Your stories about marketing strategy are awesome. We might just steal one or two and use them for ourselves. Thank you in advance, . Ritika Mehta HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCT-DESIGN You are something of a design celebrity, y’know. Your design influence is massive, especially on Hackernoon. Thank you for your longevity and good stories, . Jordan Bowman HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - PRODUCT-DEVELOPMENT You rock! We want to honor you with a Noonie award for your wonderful content. Keep pushing out wonderful stories, . Adetolani Eko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - DESIGN-PATTERNS Your stories about how to use different design patterns are awesome! We appreciate you and your content, . Sukhpinder Singh HR Department With the Best NO BS Job Descriptions In the simplest words, we don’t like BS when it comes to job descriptions. Thanks to this HR department, that is now a reality. Thank you, for having No BS Job Descriptions. AppSignal HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - CREATIVITY Creative block SUCKS. SO. BAD. You have helped us conquer work and impostor syndrome with your creativity boosts. We look forward to more how-to-use stories from . Hua Shu HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - DESIGN-THINKING You’ve made us come to the harsh realization that design is not just about colors, shapes and text (childhood ruined!). Actually, we appreciate all exposure you’ve given us in the design world. Here’s a Noonies medal for you, . Jordan Bowman HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - WRITING Writing is as old as time itself. No matter how much technology evolves, writing will always be a vital part of it. The Clash of the Titans: Video vs Audio vs Written Stories will always have a clear winner. Thank you, . rhortx Best Online Lecturer Since school moved to the internet, life has been SO MUCH EASIER OMG! Online learning is more effective in some cases, and this is not just because we can now learn while only wearing underwear. Either way, much thanks to you for being a walking and talking school, ! Dr. John Campbell HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - PERFORMANCE Performance, the ultimate benchmark for measuring success. Thanks to you, we now know . To we say a massive thank you. which database is best for us Margo McCabe HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - BRANDING Your story was fire (spoiler alert, it’s not about how to shoot a basketball). The Noonies congratulate you, . Keep shooting to the top! NBA Top Shots Rao Vinnakota HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - INSTAGRAM Thanks to you, many of us have been able to get more IG followers. No jokes, we are now mini-IG celebrities. The only thing we don’t have is the blue tick, for now. Thank you, . Anupriya HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - SOCIAL-MEDIA-MARKETING Another consecutive win! Seems like you’re something of a Social Media Sensei. Keep blessing us with all your wisdom and knowledge, o great one. The incredible, . Anupriya Best Tech Educator on Instagram Another Mark Zuckerberg app takeover! I’m sure IG wasn’t created to teach Tech but this content creator has turned it into Udemy. All hail for creating Instademy! Julie Smith HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - CHATBOTS We can all agree that we are happy that Chatbots don’t ask us to verify if we are humans. Shout-out to . kunal rajput HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - CONTENT-MARKETING First of all, we love your interview stories with tech celebrities. Nothing beats getting first-hand knowledge from a Pioneer of the tech world. Kudos to you, . Elizabeth Lvova HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - HACKATHONS Hackernoon and Hackathon sound so good together. We love your stories and would also love to read one of your books one day. Take a bow, . Helder Vasconcelos HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - LEARNING We’ve all had moments where we loved and hated learning. Ultimately, learning is why we are all here today. The Noonies congratulates Azamah Jr for helping us rediscover the importance of learning. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - REMOTE-WORKING Your Story, was very insightful. Thanks to you, a lot of Post-Pandemic questions have been answered. Muchos gracias, . To Offshore Or Not To Offshore Alcor HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - UI-DESIGN Design is so vast and not easy to grasp. Thanks to this brave man, one of the concepts, UI Design, seems a bit simpler to understand. you, . Tank Vivek Tank HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - TWITTER Ah yes, Twitter. We all have a love-hate relationship with Twitter. Cheers to for his great Twitter Content. Jack would be proud. Daniel Jimenez HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ART Whether it is art in the museum worth $10 Million or an NFT worth 500 ETH, we can all agree that art proves that beauty is expensive. We want to give a shout-out to . We appreciate all you do for the world of art. Christian Kameir Tech Podcastor of the Year You proved that listening to tech podcasts is as interesting as listening to true-crime podcasts. Dear, we appreciate you, sincerely. Thank you for leading us to the NorthStar. Gagan Gehani HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - UX-DESIGN The Noonies celebrates the amazing people who power the technology industry. And especially those who write, those who shine a spotlight on triumphs, fumbles, hacks, why's that, how-tos and breakthroughs. This award is for the highest quality UX-DESIGN stories on , . HackerNoon Vivek Tank HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - UI We cannot emphasize enough that UI is not UX. Thank you, for being an advocate of UI. #UXisnotUI Gábor Boros HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - REMOTE-WORK When we hear remote work, we all think of the bogeywoman, Ms. Rona. COVID-19 changed the world in a bad way but also brought about some good opportunities. We appreciate for giving us good insight into remote work. Rohit Jacob Mathew HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - UX We have more content about User Experience thanks to Vivek Tank for telling us why users almost always come first. Tanks HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - INTERNET “We are all now connected by the Internet, like neurons in a giant brain.” - Stephen Hawking. And who’s the better person to connect us all, via stories, than... , You rock! Christian Kameir HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - USER-EXPERIENCE You are only as good as your website's bounce rate. Congrats ! Vivek Tank HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - MOTIVATION In a slump? The Community is here for you! keeps us motivated. HackerNoon Lomit Patel HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - BOOKS All the BOOK NERDS, please bow down to for writing the highest quality BOOKS stories on Adora Nwodo HackerNoon. Data Science Influencer of the Year From every piece of data we could possibly encounter, please give a warm congratulations to . Your data indeed influenced us ;) Kirk Borne Best Technology Email Newsletter The only reason we check our mailbox every morning. Big SHOUT OUT to . Eddie Shleyner at VeryGoodCopy Critical Thinker of the Year 2 years in a row??? Let’s give it up for . Nebojsa ”Nesha” Todorovic Thanks for always asking the big questions, forecasting the next big things, and never shying away from playing the devil's avocado. 🥑 HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - NEWS This is for the highest quality NEWS stories on , and the award goes to . Thanks for spending a chunk of your time writing quality news stories, now you can go back to testing software! HackerNoon Sergei Shaikin More Information: If you’re a winner, please answer ! If you’re a reader, participant, or just a curious individual, consider answering one of our other interviews . this interview here Read about the Noonies . To see all of the winners you may visit , pick any award, and view the name that appears at the top. here this site Or follow for posts with the list of names released over the course of the week of February 14, 2022. this account The will announce some of the top founders, hackers, and makers in all 6 categories. Noonies Winners Annoucement series Thank you to all of our sponsors! We truly appreciate your contribution to the tech world and thus the future! The Noonies Awards are sponsored by: , , and hosted by: Bybit Avast TECH Domains HackerNoon This post was written by and . Kien Dao Joshua Kevin Omale If you have any questions or concerns or would like to report a discrepancy please email ellen@hackernoon.com.