The organisers of Spikes Asia 2026 have announced shortlists across seven more categories. This follows the shortlist announcement for the 'Innovation' category last month.

Audio and Radio 

Leo got India's only shortlist in this category for Sting's 'Unofficial Sound of F1'. 

Brand Experience and Activation

Leo received six of the 11 Indian shortlists in this category. Acko General Insurance's 'Tailor', Mountain Dew's 'Darescore' and Sting's 'The Unofficial Sound of F1' each received two shortlists each. 

22Feet Tribal Worldwide and Ogilvy got two shortlists each in the category. 22Feet's shortlist was for 'The Great In-Game Wedding' for Battleground Mobile India. 

Ogilvy got a shortlist each for Amazon (Box to Beds) and Taj Mahal Brooke Bond (Chai Bansuri - The Tea Flute).

Dentsu Creative also earned a shortlist for DSP Mutual Funds' 'Garuda Rakshak'.

Creative Commerce

Leo India got three shortlists in this category - two for Lenovo's 'Gamers on Duty' and one for Flipkart's 'Flippin Amazin'. 

Direct 

Leo India earned a shortlist each for Acko General Insurance (Tailor) and Lenovo (Gamers on Duty).

Film

Indian agencies accounted for eight shortlists in this category. Fundamental received three of them for WhatsApp's 'Baatan Hi Baatan Mein'. Ducktape Studios and Lowe Lintas got two for Steadfast Stationary's 'Note Counting Machine'. Studio Eeksaurus also got two shortlists for Centre For Pastrolism's 'Wool' entry.

Enormous Brands got one for Lahori Zeera's 'Har Koi Peera Lahori Zeera 2.0'.

Outdoor

Dentsu Creative, Ogilvy, and Saatchi and Saatchi earned a shortlist each in this category for DSP Mutual Funds (Garuda Rakshak), Taj Mahal Tea (Chai Bansuri), and Hero Motocorp (Hero Prayers for Safety) respectively. 

Print and Publishing

Juice (an Omnicom company) got two shortlists for Air India Express' 'Inglish Dictionary'. Enormous Brands received one for AIS' 'Silent Letter 2'.