Area 23 New York and The New York Times Magazine New York are among the top firms in the Art Directors Club’s ADC 2026 Global Creative Rankings, based on point totals for wins at last week’s ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony during Creative Week in New York.

Area 23 New York was named 2026 ADC Global Agency of the Year on the strength of a Best of Discipline win in Pharma for EarliTec Diagnostics’ “The EarliShow,” working with Aardman Animations (Bristol, U.K.), an ADC Fusion Cube for Gavião Kyikatejê FC’s “Kyikatejê,” and a total of eight Gold Cubes, four Silver, three Bronze, and five Merits.

The New York Times Magazine was named ADC Design Firm of the Year for the ninth straight year, winning Best of Discipline in Illustration for “How A.I. Sees Us,” as well as five Gold Cubes, two Silver, three Bronze, and three Merits.

Highlights of this year’s ADC Global Creative Rankings are as follows:

Agency Rankings

1, Area 23 New York

2. HeimatTBWA Berlin

3. McCann New York

4. Klick Health Toronto

5. Romance Paris

6. FCB Canada (TBWA Canada) Toronto

7. Serviceplan Germany Munich

8. VML Health Spain Madrid

9. TBWAMedia Arts Lab Los Angeles

10. Dentsu Inc. Tokyo

Design Firm Rankings

1. The New York Times Magazine New York

2. Established New York

3. SMLXL New York

4. Mallandrich Barcelona

5. The New York Times for Kids New York

ADC 105th Global Creative Rankings in other categories are as follows:

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