We break down the data for the best-performing agencies in Advertising categories across our global 2025 Awards program.
Klick Health, the agency behind Voice2 Diabetes, shares the top spot in The Drum Honors for Agencies in advertising categories (Klick Health/Mayo Clinic)
As we move on from our overall rankings of the top agencies across our 2025 Awards program, The Drum Honors turns today to a deeper dive into the top performers in one category: advertising.
The top names on the list won’t be surprising to anyone who tuned into The Drum Awards for Advertising ceremony last month, but the ordering might be: VCCP London and LePub Italy take the third and fourth spot respectively, having taken home the night’s two top awards – the President’s Award went to LePub for Heineken’s ‘Pub Succession’, and the Grand Prix to VCCP for Mondelez’s ‘Made to Share’.
But the data has unearthed a pair of joint winners just nudging out those two front-runners: two health-specialist agencies, Area 23 and Klick Health.
The joint top spot isn’t merely a reflection of a couple of strong health-related ad campaigns; in both cases, these agencies achieved strong performance with numerous entries that demonstrate the strength of creativity and innovation in health advertising.
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For Klick Health, winning campaigns included ‘18 Months’ for Second Nurture, ‘47’ for Café Joyeux, American Cancer Story for Change the Ref, ‘The Trial’ for All In Action Fund, and ‘Voice2 Diabetes’ for KVI Bravefund Inc, which also saw success in other categories.
And for Area 23, strong work for Gavião Kyikatêjê FC, ‘Zip Code Exam by Area 23’, for Equality Health Foundation, ‘Cracked’ for Mercy for Animals, and ‘The Unnoticed Sponsorship’ for Instituto Melanoma Brasil – all of which swept up several trophies across categories.
You can see the full top 20 below. Stay tuned in the coming days for top lists of agencies in other categories, the year’s top brands and campaigns, and the people behind them.
| Rank | Agency |
|---|---|
| 1= | Area 23 |
| 1= | Klick Health |
| 3 | VCCP London |
| 4 | LePub Italy |
| 5 | WPP Media |
| 6= | VML UK |
| 6= | DEPT® |
| 8= | TBWA\London |
| 8= | billups |
| 10= | Zulu Alpha Kilo |
| 10= | Edison Media Ltd |
| 12= | R/GA Buenos Aires |
| 12= | SAMY |
| 12= | The Romans |
| 12= | VML Canada |
| 12= | Publicis Dublin |
| 12= | JOY! Collective |
| 12= | Juice (A Division of TBWA India) |
| 12= | FP7 McCann Doha |
| 12= | 4Creative |
Want more? Check out all of the top winners from this year’s The Drum Honors, browse case studies of all the winning work from this year’s The Drum Awards festival, and mark your calendar for February, when we’ll unveil 2026’s World Creative Rankings.
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