The Finalists Revealed: Boutique or Independent Agency of the Year
The best work in social media doesn't always come from the biggest agencies. More often, it comes from founder-led shops, specialist studios and independently owned agencies with a distinct creative voice, deep client relationships and the freedom to take risks that larger networks simply can't.
The Boutique or Independent Agency of the Year category celebrates the agencies proving that smaller means sharper. This year's shortlist is packed with exceptional businesses that have built something genuinely special, delivering outstanding work, earning loyal clients and demonstrating that independence can be a real competitive advantage. It's a brilliant line-up of agencies that are redefining what success looks like in social media.
Congratulations to our shortlisted finalists:
- Antler Social LTD - Antler Social: Proving Boutique Beats Bigger.
- Athena Social - Redefining Female-Led Brands Through Search-First Social
- curly media - We're not building content for social. We're building the future of social-first entertainment.
- Down At The Social - Down At The Social
- Favola - Social With Substance
- Nomis Talent - The Power of Staying Boutique
- Oh So Social - Oh So Social - the Cornish agency making waves in Paid Social
- Social Folk Digital - Social Folk | Building a Boutique Agency That Competes Globally
- The Good Egg - The Good Egg effect: Turns Out Being Nice Pays Off
- Torque Agency Group - 74% growth, zero churn: Torque's social media scale-up
The winner will be revealed live at the Social Media Marketing Awards 2026, 8th October, where we'll celebrate the people, teams and campaigns setting the standard for social media marketing. Grab a ticket to attend the event and celebrate together!
Congratulations to all of this year's finalists!!