#Noonies2022 Awards: The List of Winners in the Internet Heroes Category

The Internet is a mirror of the collective human psyche, and it’s nothing if not downright chaotic. Just like the people that give it life, the internet is an imperfect entity rife with the propensity for good or downright terrible. However, just as light banishes darkness, we hope that the good and reasonable initiatives on the world wide web continue to thrive.

This year, Noonies’ Internet Heroes Award Category, presented by HackerNoon Writing Contests, shines a light on the thinkers, builders, and of course, users that ensure that the gift of the internet keeps on giving.

Here are the stats:

4,743 nominees.
371 HackerNoon awards for 2022
Across 5 award categories: Web3, Emerging Tech, Gaming, Internet Heroes, and Programming.
And a monumental 143,156 votes cast over at noonies.tech

To see the winners simply visit noonies.tech, pick an award, and discover which name appears at the top. That’s the winner!

The Internet Heroes category alone is announcing 100 winners this year. Let’s congratulate them all!

HackerNoon Contributor of the year - CYBER SECURITY AWARENESS

With 1,891 votes, Cloud Security Engineer and Cybersecurity Engr Naina Emmanuel, smashed this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the year - MANAGEMENT

Alcor, an International recruitment agency, won this category by writing about lessons and laws in different management styles.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SEO Sleuth

SEO is the spice of the Internet and, Manfye Goh is the spice master.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- EDUCATION

From the origins of decentralized finance to what the metaverse will look like in a few years, Mickey Maler taught us a lot in 2022.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- All About Teamwork

Alex Harris, founder at Adadot.com, the world’s first fitness tracker for work won, this round.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- LEARNING

For sharing her learning journey and garnering 637 votes, Shloka Shah won this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- Most Valuable Marketer

Zevi Reinitz, Head of Product Marketing at Livecycle gets the trophy for this one.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BUSINESS-STRATEGY

Marketing, Product Guy & Writer, Kolapo Imam brought high-value content, such as his interview with Google Product Marketing Manager Vincent Xu which is probably why he got 549 votes to win this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CAREER-DEVELOPMENT

And the winner of this category is serial entrepreneur Kirill Manaenko.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FACEBOOK

NFT and Web3 guru Tigerchops wins this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INTERNET

Ewere is the winner in this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SOCIAL-MEDIA

Congratulations to the head of Admitad ConvertSocial Ksana Liapkova!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ONLINE-EDUCATION

Celine Aju won this category, a step further in reaching her goal of educating 100-out-of-school children in Nigeria using music, literacy, and technology.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- JOBS

CEO of SIDUSHEROES.COM Dan Khomenko won this category. Congratulations!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CLIMATE-CHANGE

Certified Zero Waste professional and Co-founder BreatheIO Sana Nauman Chaudhry won this category.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BUSINESS-GROWTH

After smashing the BUSINESS STRATEGY category, Kolapo Imam won the BUSINESS-GROWTH category too.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PSYCHOLOGY

Congrats to Leela Krishna Kumarz, a Backend Developer with Coding and Philosophy as main interests.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CYBER-THREATS

Cyber threats are not to be taken likely and cybersecurity writer Nduka John knows why!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HIRING

Software Engineer Andrei Molchanov won this category.

The Greatest Storyteller

Zevi Reinitz is officially the greatest storyteller of 2022.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DESIGN

Sergey Golitsyn, thank you for your amazing stories.

Super Career Strategist of 2022

And the award goes to Andrei Molchanov a Software Engineer with impeccable writing.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- GROWTH-HACKING

Kolapo Imam bags his third award for the year!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INVESTING

Besides teaching about investment, David O’s stories are fun to read. Congratulations!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DATA-SECURITY

Zell Liew creates content to make the web a better place!

Critical Thinker of the Year

Eight-Time "Noonies" Award Winner, Nebojsa ”Nesha” Todorovic wins again!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BOOKS

Congratulations to Branden, one of the world's leading consumer product industry experts. Keep up the good work.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- GROWTH

Congratulations to Andrei Molchanov, a software engineer writing about how we can all keep growing professionally and personally.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ART

Ralph Benko is a Senior Advisor, General Counsel, New Pavilion, Senior Counselor, American Blockchain PAC associate AND a HackerNoon Contributor of the Year in Art!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- JOB-HUNTING

Rick Chen shares the latest trends in hiring and workplace culture at some of the largest tech companies.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MOTIVATION

Leela Krishna Kumar is a Backend Developer with Coding and Philosophy as his main interests.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PRODUCT-MANAGEMENT

Congratulations to Kolapo Imam.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PHILOSOPHY

Congratulations Ralph Benko for winning his second award!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- COMPANY-CULTURE

Rick Chen shares the latest trends in hiring and workplace culture at some of the largest tech companies and wins the HackerNoon Contributor of the Year in Company Culture award.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ELON-MUSK

Ghost of HackerNoon, an award-winning writer & guerrilla marketer wins another award!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BOTS

Congratulations to Maksim Kuznetsov, a Senior Python Developer.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BEST-PRACTICES

Congratulations to Alexey Shepelev, a Senior Ruby on Rails Developer

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DEVELOPER

Congratulations to Sergei Shaikin, a software tester.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- LEADERSHIP

Annica Lin is the example of a leader herself! She has focus in User Acquisition & Growth, enjoys running marathons, is a fitness enthusiast and a TEDx Speaker.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BEGINNERS-GUIDE

Congratulations to Abbey Perini, a full-stack web developer, crafter, blogger, cosplayer, fiber artist, yoga teacher, and gamer.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FREELANCING

Congratulations to Ghost of HackerNoon once again!

Best Productivity Software

Everybody's favorite - Notion, is on fire!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CUSTOMER-EXPERIENCE

Congratulations to Daria Leshchenko, the CEO of SupportYourApp, Co-founder of Label Your Data and Outstaff Your Team!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CUSTOMER-SUCCESS

Congratulations to Daria Leshchenko for winning second award in a row!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- WOMEN-IN-TECH

Congratulations to Annica Lin for winning the HackerNoon Contributor of the Year on Women in Tech!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FOUNDER-INTERVIEW

Elizabeth Lvova is building digital products at Evrone.com and winning the Noonies!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CYBERCRIME

Congratulations to Olusegun Joel Titus, a Ph.D. Candidate, Blockchain Researcher, web3 technical writer, developer, and Audio platforms researcher.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INTERNET-CENSORSHIP

Ghost of HackerNoon is on fire!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PRODUCTIVITY

German Tebiev has read 6000 pages of programming books per year since 2016 and just like that wins the Noonies award!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FUNDING

Congratulations to Olayimika Oyebanji, a seasoned blockchain writer interested in crypto education, DAO, NFT, Defi, and Web3.

Remote Work Warrior

Chingiz Nazar is the remote work warrior of the year!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PODCAST

Elizabeth Lvova is building digital products at Evrone.com and smashing this year's Noonies.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MUSIC

Jesse Young El is a content creator with 20 years of experience and over 5 million views who writes about Content Creation, Self Help & Business.

Best Online Lecturer

Please welcome Abdul Bari, the best online lecturer!

Patron Saint of Privacy

Avast Secure Browser is our Patron Saint of Privacy this year.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HACKATHONS

Congratulations to Alex R!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BLOGGING

Congrats to Erik Emanuelli, well deserved!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ADVERTISING

Annica Lin is on fire this year and wins her third award!

Coolest Chrome Plugin

Free Internet Plugin helps remove known paywalled sites from your search results. A free and open internet is just one click away!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Scott D. Clary is the host of the Success Story Podcast and Founder/CEO of OnMi Patch.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CREATIVITY

Sourav Das wins for his expertise on creativity.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SCIENCE-FICTION

Congratulations to Axel, well deserved!

Best Technology Email Newsletter

Eddie Shleyner’s content on copywriting, marketing & creativity brings him an award this year.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CONTENT-STRATEGY

Favour Agari is a freelance writer for B2B SaaS. When she's not writing for clients, she's managing her own blog and winning Noonies!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- COVID19

Congratulations to Kyle W. Beach!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- LIFE-LESSONS

Congratulations to Roxana Murariu, a web developer writing essays about mindset, productivity, tech, and others.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MENTAL-HEALTH

Matthew Proffitt is a six-figure freelancer and strategic advisor who has helped companies secure more than $500 million.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FOUNDER-ADVICE

Congratulations Alex Paden!

Best Social Media Tech Educator

Hussein Nasser is the best social media tech educator! He discusses various software engineering topics with examples and adds fun elements to them. He always tries to teach by example here on this educational Youtube channel which he believes is the right way to learn.

Tech CEO of the Year

Troy Goode is the Tech CEO of 2022! Congratulations!

Best Tech Educator on Instagram

Estefannie is a Computer Scientist who likes to engineer things and share them online.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- COPYRIGHT

Nile Sarkisian is an artist by trade (acting, music, writing) and a blockchain by necklace.Congratulations!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HISTORY

If today is going to be a part of history then Joel Mascarenhas sure is going to be remembered as a prominent historian in cyberspace who is a cold-brew addict who simplifies Web3 for the curious men and women. Congratulations!

Green Tech Advocate of the Year

Congratulations Mark Benioff for being the shining example for everyone in the cyberspace on how tech and nature can go hand in hand! He is the founder and CEO of Salesforce.com

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DIVERSITY

David Deal has given the most diversified stories to his readers this year, he is a marketing executive, digital junkie, and pop culture lover. Congratulations!

The Twitter Animal Account That Most Brightens Your Day

genius_dogs is the twitter animal account of 2022 that brightened up everyone’s day and improved our spirits throughout the year. Congratulations! 🐕

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CULTURE

2022 sure has proved David Deal as a man of culture who is also a marketing executive, digital junkie, and pop culture lover. Congratulations!

Best Use of Tech for Democracy

While democracy is what keeps us and our rights safe, its quite astonishing how Ben Rattray made sure to keep the very foundation of it out of harm's way. He is the founder and CEO of Change.org, the world's largest platform for social change.

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MANAGEMENT-AND-LEADERSHIP

Vinita Bansal is an Author and a Former AVP Engineer @Swiggy. Congratulations!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SALES

Congratulations to Scott D. Clary!

HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ETHICS

Ã€LA.HAUSSE is the World’s 1st AI-Powered Omni Social Shopping Network, for People, Brands, and Sustainability.Congratulations!

Tech Career Trendsetter

LinkedIn is the world's largest professional network on the internet. You can use LinkedIn to find the right job or internship, connect and strengthen professional relationships, and learn the skills you need to succeed in your career. Congratulations!