Yes, the US and the UK have topped the D&AD country rankings again, although this is the US’ first time in the #1 spot, where the UK is used to standing. The more entries you submit, the more chances to win a Pencil and points towards your ranking, so special applause has to go to little Australia for its #3 ranking. 732 Pencils went into assessing the country ranking, including 62 Yellow and 5 Black.

The 2017 Network of the Year is BBDO Worldwide, with Clemenger BBDO Melbourne’s Black Pencil winner, Meet Graham, a major contributor.

The Independent Network of the Year is Wieden+Kennedy, with its work for Nike and Old Spice amping up its points tally.

The 2017 D&AD Top 10 Networks are:

1. BBDO Worldwide       246
2. Ogilvy & Mather             215
3. TBWA Worldwide           168
4. DDB Worldwide              126
5. McCann Worldgroup                120
6. Saatchi & Saatchi          102
7. Dentsu                 90
8. J. Walter Thompson 84
9. Leo Burnett          81
10. Grey Group          59

The 2017 D&AD Top 10 Independent Networks are:

1. Wieden+Kennedy           57

2. Droga5                 54

=3. Fred & Farid Group                 33

=3.The North Alliance         33

5. Serviceplan          30

6. CJ WORX            27

7. Cossette              21

8. We Believers                 18

=9. BUZZMAN           9

=9. Jones Knowles Ritchie            9

=9.  Scholz & Friends           9

The 2017 D&AD Top 10 by Country are:

1. USA           786
2. UK              663
3. Australia              267
4. France                 156
5. Germany              135
6. Japan         114
7. Sweden                96
8. Canada                87
9. Singapore             75
10. Netherlands          69

The 2017 D&AD Most Awarded Clients are:

1. Nike Worldwide  87
2. Channel 4 UK    77
3. Transport Accident Commission Victoria Australia 76