Art Directors Club of Europe Announces ADCE 2023 Creative Rankings

Dec. 12, 2023

Germany had a strong showing in this year’s ADCE 2023 Creative Rankings, capturing four of the top-10 agency spots and top-ranked country status. The results are based on points earned for wins at the 2023 ADCE Awards Gala Ceremony, announced during the recent ADCE Festival in Barcelona.

Serviceplan Germany Munich led the way, ranked as both ADCE 2023 Agency of the Year and Independent Agency of the Year. The agency won a total of seven Golds, three Silvers, four Bronze, and two Shortlisted entries in this year's awards.

Highlights of the ADCE 2023 Creative Rankings are below. Click on the links to view the full rankings for each category. Rankings of agencies, brands and more within specific countries can be viewed by using dropdown menus.

Top 10-ranked agencies

Serviceplan Germany Munich
Innocean Berlin
Dentsu Creative Portugal Lisbon
Leo Burnett Company srl Turin
LePub Milan
Saatchi & Saatchi Düsseldorf
Accenture Song Germany Hamburg
Uncommon Creative Studio London
Saatchi & Saatchi Ukraine, Kiyv
Havas London

Top-ranked independent agencies

Serviceplan Germany Munich
Uncommon Creative Studio London
Run Barcelona
Jung von Matt DONAU Vienna
Graficalismo Design Studio Lisboa

The top-ranked companies in the following categories are as follows (click category link to view the full list).

Brand-Side agency: Apple London
Brand: Stellantis brand Fiat
Non-profit client: Wer Braucht Feminismus?
Production company: Twister Film, Rome
Music & Sound company: Hastings Audio Network Hamburg/Berlin
Agency network: Publicis
Agency holding company: Publicis Groupe
Creative: Ricardo Wolff, ECD, Innocean Berlin
Highest ranked work (tie): “The Vulva Spaceship” by Innocean Berlin for Wer Braucht Feminismus?; and “No Grey” by Leo Burnett Company srl Turin for Stellantis brand Fiat

Top-ranked countries

Germany
United Kingdom
Portugal
Italy
Spain

The rankings are calculated based on cumulative points for ADCE 2023 Awards wins as follows: Gold 30 points, Silver 14, Bronze 6, Shortlist 2, Special Awards 60, and Grand Prix 90.

The complete showcase of all 2023 ADCE Awards winners can be viewed here.

Global Creative Rankings

For the first time, thanks to the June 2023 merger with the global The One Club for Creativity, all ADCE winners will be incorporated into The One Club’s Global Creative Rankings, making it the industry’s foremost global benchmark ranking of agencies, brands, work, and creative professionals.

The 2023 Global Creative Rankings, to be announced in early January, will combine points from The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, ADCE Awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, The One Club US chapter awards, and Type Directors Club TDC competitions.