First published by: campaignme.com

The Clio Awards 2026, which is one of the global advertising industry’s most coveted awards, has revealed the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners, with agencies from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region claiming 19 awards.

The Grand Clio winners for 2026 will be announced at the global Clio Awards gala ceremony to be held on 12 May in New York City,

For the past 66 years, the Clio Awards has been one of the global advertising industry’s clearest mirrors, recognising creative excellence and reflecting the values that creatives, communicators, brands and businesses cherish the most. It honours agencies that have had a tangible impact on culture and communities across the world.

The renowned awards celebrate creative brilliance in advertising, marketing and communications, judging work based on originality, boldness, execution, craft and the ability to stir people and shape societies.

Evaluating the winners from the MENA region by AGENCY:

Saatchi & Saatchi UAE is the only agency that has won a Gold Clio from the MENA region.

In terms of the number of trophies by agencies, IMPACT BBDO has the highest haul of Clios, with a total of 5 wins (1 Silver Clio and 4 Bronze Clios), followed closely by Memac Ogilvy UAE with 4 total wins – all Bronze Clios.

Saatchi & Saatchi UAE (1 Gold Clio and 2 Bronze Clios); VML Riyadh (2 Silver Clios and 1 Bronze Clio); and LEO UAE (1 Silver Clio and 2 Bronze Clios) each claim 3 total wins.

TBWA\RAAD claims 1 Silver Clio, while Publicis Middle East has been awarded 2 Bronze Clios, and Mullenlowe MENA also gets its hands on 1 Bronze Clio.

Agency Gold Silver Bronze Total Wins
IMPACT BBDO 0 1 4 5
Memac Ogilvy UAE 0 0 4 4
Saatchi & Saatchi UAE 1 0 2 3
VML Riyadh 0 2 1 3
LEO UAE 0 1 2 3
Publicis Middle East 0 0 2 2
TBWA\RAAD and TBWA\Nissan United 0 1 0 1
MullenLowe MENA 0 0 1 1

Evaluating the winners from the MENA region by HOLDING COMPANY:

– This means that at the HOLDING COMPANY level of the Big 5 advertising networks and groups, Publicis Groupe Middle East takes the top spot with a total of 8 wins, while in the shared second spot are Omnicom MENA and WPP MENA with a total tally of 7 wins each. 

– Publicis Groupe Middle East claims 8 wins, including 3 for Saatchi & Saatchi UAE, 3 for LEO UAE and 2 for Publicis Middle East.

– Omnicom MENA claims 7 wins, including 5 for IMPACT BBDO; 1 for TBWA\RAAD; and 1 for MullenLowe MENA, under MCN, part of Omnicom.

– WPP claims 7 wins, including 4 for Memac Ogilvy UAE;  and 3 for VML Riyadh.

Categorising the winning campaigns by REGION:

Saudi Arabia and the UAE share the spoils with 8 winning campaign each by regional agencies, followed by India with 3 campaigns by MENA agencies, Pakistan with 2 campaigns, and Lebanon with 1.

Campaigns by MENA agencies in a country Gold Silver Bronze Total Wins
Campaigns in Saudi Arabia 0 2 6 8
Campaigns in the UAE 1 1 6 8
Campaigns in India 0 1 2 3
Campaigns in Pakistan 0 1 1 2
Campaigns in Lebanon 0 0 1 1

Evaluating the Clio Awards winners by CAMPAIGNS:

Only 1 campaign picked up 3 awards:

          – The Great Indian Dunk (1 Silver and 2 Bronze) by LEO UAE

5 campaigns picked up 2 awards each, including:

– Speak My Language (1 Silver Clio and 1 Bronze Clio) by VML Riyadh for STC;

– Let It Fly (2 Bronze Clios) by Saatchi & Saatchi UAE for Saudia Airlines;

– Cheetos Pants (2 Bronze Clios) by IMPACT BBDO for Cheetos;

– Honda, Honda Everywhere (2 Bronze Clios) by Memac Ogilvy for Al-Futtaim Honda; and

– IKEA Affordable Masterpieces (2 Bronze Clios) by Memac Ogilvy for Saudi Arabia’s Alsulaiman IKEA.

The following campaigns all claimed 1 award each:

– Ruby Blooms (1 Gold Clio) by Saatchi & Saatchi UAE for Nana

– Seat With a View (1 Silver Clio) by VML Riyadh for Flynas

– Mechanic’s Perfect Pitch (1 Silver Clio) by TBWA\RAAD and TBWA\Nissan United for Arabian Automobiles – Nissan

– Inkvisible (1 Silver Clio) by IMPACT BBDO for UN Women

– Don’t Look Down (1 Bronze Clio) by Mullenlowe MENA for FIXBY

– The Untaught History Edition (1 Bronze Clio) by IMPACT BBDO for AnNahar Newspaper

– There We Are (1 Bronze Clio) by Publicis Middle East for Home Centre

– Child Wedding Cards (1 Bronze Clio) by IMPACT BBDO for UN Women

– Rescue Squad (1 Bronze Clio) by Publicis Middle East for Jeep

Campaign Gold Silver Bronze Total Wins
The Great Indian Dunk 0 1 2 3
Speak My Language 0 1 1 2
Let It Fly 0 0 2 2
Cheetos Pants 0 0 2 2
Honda, Honda Everywhere 0 0 2 2
IKEA Affordable Masterpieces 0 0 2 2
Ruby Blooms 1 0 0 1
Mechanic’s Perfect Pitch 0 1 0 1
Seat with a View 0 1 0 1
InkVisible 0 1 0 1
Rescue Squad 0 0 1 1
Child Wedding Cards 0 0 1 1
There We Are 0 0 1 1
The Untaught History Edition 0 0 1 1
DON’T LOOK DOWN 0 0 1 1

View the full list of global winners at the Clio Awards 2026 here.