This year's list of nominees for Webby awards celebrating Internet achievement range from celebrities such as Beyonce and Ellen DeGeneres to Google and GoPro, the maker of popular mountable video cameras, according to CBS News.
The organizations with the most nominations are Vice Media with 11, The New York Times with 10 and Google Inc. with nine, CBS reported.
Among the online videos nominated is "24 Hours of Happy," a 24-hour music video starring Pharrell Williams, according to CBS.
The winners of the 18th annual awards will be announced on April 29 with the Webbys being presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a group of about 1,000 Internet experts and professionals, CBS reported.
Webby categories are split into a regular award, chosen by the academy, and a "people's voice" award, which lets members of the public vote, according to CBS.
Among the mobile apps and games nominated are the secret-sharing app Whisper, vacation rental site Airbnb and QuizUp, CBS reported.
Some of the viral ads category includes "The Epic Split" featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme, in which the action film star does a split in between two Volvo trucks, along with "Real Beauty Sketches" by Dove, according to CBS.
The Citi Bike app, used for New York City's bike sharing program, is among the apps nominated in the city and urban innovation category which also includes PulsePoint, an app that lets people trained in CPR help people nearby who are in need of assistance, CBS reported.
This year's awards received more than 12,000 entries from over 60 countries with only 8 percent of entrees selected as nominees, according to CBS.
"This year's Nominees really start to show the promise of a connected society where our social interactions help shape and enable so much of our daily life," David-Michel Davies, Executive Director of The Webby Awards, said in a statement, CBS reported. "We are excited to share these outstanding works with the world and see which ones the public will choose as Webby Winners."
