US EditionKeith Lee takes top prize at first TikTok Awards in US
Keith Lee, with over 17 million followers, won TikTok's 2025 Creator of the Year; TikTok pledged $50,000 to Feeding America in his honor at the inaugural U.S. TikTok Awards.
- On Dec. 18, Keith Lee was crowned Creator of the Year at the inaugural U.S. TikTok Awards in Los Angeles, and TikTok pledged $50k to Feeding America.
- Fans voted in-app from Nov. 18 to Dec. 2 to select winners across fourteen categories in the TikTok Awards, hosted by La La Anthony at the Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles.
- Lee, who has over 17 million followers, said `I never in a million years thought I was going to be standing on this stage` as Paris Hilton, presenter and Muse of the Year, honored him.
- The show streamed live on TikTok and Tubi, will be available on demand the next day, offering winners broader platform exposure.
- The ceremony coincided with ByteDance signing a binding agreement to sell just over 80% of its U.S. assets, while technical outages left the five large screens inoperative for the live audience at the Hollywood Palladium.
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Keith Lee takes top honour at first US TikTok Awards
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Keith Lee Is TikTok USA's First-Ever Creator of the Year
Content creators from various fields came together in Hollywood for the first U. S. TikTok Awards. The event featured fun activities such as Labubu dolls launched from a T-shirt cannon and a giant selfie challenge. Hosted by La La Anthony, the ceremony recognized Keith Lee as “creator of the year” and Bretman Rock for “video […] The post Keith Lee Is TikTok USA’s First-Ever Creator of the Year appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.
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