Hypable’s readers have spoken! Over 9,000 fans voted in the 2013 Hypable Awards to honor the best in fandom.
Below, you’ll find the top three choices in each of the various categories spanning television, movies, books, music, and video games.
We noticed several surprises as we tallied the results. For one, Veronica Roth’s Allegiant missed the top three in the favorite book category by only a handful of votes. The surprising outcome of the story may’ve been one factor that worked against one of the most popular fandoms on Hypable.
Even more surprising (but to our delight), Maggie Smith took the title of best TV actress for her role on Downton Abbey and beat Doctor Who’s Karen Gillan.
One Direction ranked second for “Best Song Ever” in the favorite song category and took the top spot in the best artist category. We were surprised by this based on what we know about our audience. Our guess is that some One Direction fans rallied the base on Tumblr.
The 2013 Hypable Award winners are…
Favorite movie
1) Catching Fire
2) Star Trek Into Darkness and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (tie)
3) Iron Man 3
Favorite animated movie
1) Frozen
2) Monsters University
3) Despicable Me 2
Favorite actor in a leading role
1) Robert Downey Jr. (Iron Man 3)
2) Martin Freeman (The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug)
3) Leonardo DiCaprio (Great Gatsby/Wolf of Wall Street)
Favorite actress in a leading role
1) Jennifer Lawrence (Catching Fire)
2) Sandra Bullock (Gravity)
3) Emma Thompson (Saving Mr. Banks)
Favorite supporting actor
1) Tom Hiddleston (Thor: The Dark World)
2) Woody Harrelson (Catching Fire)
3) Benedict Cumberbatch (Star Trek Into Darkness)
Favorite supporting actress
1) Jena Malone (Catching Fire)
2) Elizabeth Banks (Catching Fire)
3) Emma Watson (The Bling Ring)
Favorite book
1) The Cuckoo’s Calling by J.K. Rowling
2) House of Hades by Rick Riordan
3) Origin by Jennifer L. Armentrout
Favorite debut author
1) T. Michael Martin (The End Games)
2) Samantha Shannon (The Bone Season)
3) Amanda Sun (Ink)
Favorite TV comedy
1) The Big Bang Theory
2) How I Met Your Mother
3) Modern Family
Favorite TV drama
1) Doctor Who
2) Game of Thrones
3) Sherlock
Favorite TV reality
1) The Voice
2) The X Factor
3) Project Runway
Favorite new TV show
1) Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
2) The Originals
3) Orange is the New Black
Favorite TV actor
1) Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock)
2) Matt Smith (Doctor Who)
3) Ian Somerhalder (The Vampire Diaries)
Favorite TV actress
1) Maggie Smith (Downton Abbey)
2) Karen Gillan (Doctor Who)
3) Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries)
Favorite video game
1) Pokémon X and Y
2) Grand Theft Auto V
3) Super Mario 3D World
Favorite song
1) “Radioactive” by Imagine Dragons
2) “Best Song Ever” by One Direction
3) “Royals” by Lorde
Favorite album
1) Midnight Memories by One Direction
2) The 20/20 Experience by Justin Timberlake
3) PRISM by Katy Perry
Favorite new artist
1) Lorde
2) Avicii
3) Ariana Grande
Favorite artist
1) One Direction
2) Taylor Swift
3) Justin Timberlake
Are you surprised by any of the winners?
For more end of year fun…
– We rank every single Matt Smith Doctor Who episode
– The 2013 pop culture in/out list
– The biggest celebrities of 2013
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