100 yearbook awards & ranking ideas for your year group

Rankings are the pages everybody turns to first. “Who’s the class clown? Who’s going to be famous? And who is actually the dream couple of the year?” Good categories are affectionate, never hurtful — and picked so that as many people as possible find themselves somewhere.

Here are 100 categories, sorted by theme. Choose 15–25, let the year group vote, and the podium is done.

Tip: Mix guaranteed laughs with “most likely to …” predictions and a few couple categories. Stay fair — awards should celebrate, not expose. In AbiHive you create the categories, everyone votes (one vote per question), and the counting and the podium happen automatically.

The classics

The awards no yearbook is without.

• Class clown
• Sleeps the most in lessons
• Always late
• Has the best excuses
• Teacher’s pet
• Most likely to be famous
• Always has snacks
• Drinks the most coffee
• Laughs the loudest
• Talks the most

Lessons & school

Everything around exams, homework and missed lessons.

• Writes the best exams
• Has the best average grade
• Lets the most people copy
• Does their homework in the break
• Always puts their hand up
• Never says a word in class
• Missed the most lessons
• Most often “ill”
• Has the most unreadable handwriting
• Constantly loses their stuff

Predictions for the future

The “most likely to …” awards, with a wink.

• Most likely to become a millionaire
• Most likely to go into politics
• Most likely to save the world
• Will be a student forever
• Most likely to become a teacher
• Most likely to found a start-up
• Most likely to become an influencer
• Most likely to travel the whole world
• Has the clearest plan for the future
• Has absolutely no plan (and is happy)

Personality & character

For the good souls of the year group.

• Always in a good mood
• Biggest optimist
• Least of a morning person
• Most helpful
• Best listener
• Has the biggest heart
• Bravest of the year group
• Always stays calm
• Sunniest disposition
• Never gives up

Style & presence

Who makes people turn around in the playground?

• Best style
• Best smile
• Wears the wildest outfits
• Has the coolest trainers
• Changes their hair the most often
• Best photo model
• Takes the best selfies
• Best dancer at the leavers’ party
• Biggest party animal
• Pulled off the most legendary entrance

Phone, chat & social media

The awards for the online year group.

• Has the most followers
• Posts the most
• Spends the most time on their phone
• Sends the longest voice messages
• Never replies to messages
• Biggest meme lord
• Always on 1 % battery
• Always has a charging cable
• Always knows the latest gossip
• Has the best status line

Talents

Who is really good at what?

• Biggest maths genius
• Best at languages
• Best at art
• Best at sport
• Plays an instrument best
• Knows every song lyric
• Best cook
• Biggest gamer
• Best general knowledge
• Best at arguing a point

Duos & couples

The couple categories — AbiHive counts them as a pair.

• Best-looking couple
• Dream couple of the year group
• Best friendship
• Inseparable
• Like an old married couple
• Funniest duo
• Chaos duo of the year group
• Best desk-neighbour team
• Biggest opposites who still work
• Would found a start-up together

Funny & affectionately cheeky

With a smile, never with a sting.

• Makes the best jokes
• Has the driest humour
• Blushes the fastest
• Biggest know-it-all
• Always has a conspiracy theory
• Can’t even boil water
• Forgets every birthday
• Biggest procrastinator
• Falls asleep anywhere
• Lives on fast food

Then, now & everything else

Looking back, and everything that fits nowhere else.

• Has changed the most
• Has changed the least
• Was the cutest in year 7
• Latest bloomer
• Has the longest journey to school
• Misses the bus most often
• Best class representative
• Gets involved the most
• Makes the best memories happen
• Will miss school the most

How the voting works

Fair, well-mixed categories plus an open vote — that’s all it takes. In AbiHive you create the rankings, everyone gives one vote per category (couple categories included), and the counted results land straight in your yearbook as a podium page.

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