In prehistoric times, fire and wheel were emerging tech. Today, the standards might be a little higher, the impact a little distributed, but the potential to disrupt reality as we know it is still boundless. The 2022 Noonies’ Emerging Tech Category Awards, in partnership with .TECH Domain by Radix, celebrates those individuals of the tech world that made the biggest strides towards the fulfillment of that potential. But first, let’s look around for some stats: 4,743 nominees. 371 Hacker Noon 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 , pick an award, and discover which name appears at the top. That’s the winner! noonies.tech Now, without further ado, let’s congratulate the winners! HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ALGORITHMS , Senior Software Engineer, doing competitive programming for fun… and excels in winning! Congratulations on winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ALGORITHMS. Ruslan Rakhmedov HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INNOVATION An innovative mind, winner of HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - STARTUP in 2021, is back with another big win in 2022. Samiran Mondal HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- AMAZON cracking Amazon’s secrets with the expertise in Bioinformation. Artur Sannikov HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ANALYTICS With 1312 votes, published author has become HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - ANALYTICS. Alejandro Duarte HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FINTECH Staying true to their strong suit, has taken home the Noonies 2022 award in Fintech. Demetrios Zamboglou HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CYBERSECURITY owned it with their passion for cybersecurity, blockchain and cryptocurrencies! Wale Ayinla Best Open Source Project is the open source streaming graph developed by the team at thatDot, a Portland, Oregon-based streaming event processing company. The decision to open source the streaming graph underscores thatDot's conviction that the best infrastructure software thrives within an open and diverse community of contributors, and that well-made software freely available benefits everyone. Quine Quine HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PHISHING HackerNoon’s Contributor of the Year - Angular in 2021 strikes again! This time, wins Contributor of the Year - Phishing. Stanley Lim HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- GRAPHQL - The Open Source Serverless API Developer Platform wins the award in GRAPHQL this year! WunderGraph HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BUSINESS , businessman and host of The Success Story Podcast has won the world over this year. Congratulations Scott! Scott D. Clary HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- IOT Big props to for winning the HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - IOT! Sarafadeen Ibrahim Ayomide Top Tech YouTuber Youtuber and Blog owner won our hearts with the knowledge she shared with the community. Anais Urlichs HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- EDTECH Congratulations on winning and we all wish her the best on the journey to inspire people and help the community with art and music. Celine Aju HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DATA-PRIVACY Congratulations on becoming HackerNoon Contributor of the Year 2022 - Data-privacy. Engr. Naina Emmanuel HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- AUTOMATION took this award by storm with their expertise in automation and full-stack development. Dmitrii Bormotov HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MACHINE-LEARNING ' philosophical turn on machine-learning never fails to amaze us. Sourav Das HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- POLITICS Congratulations on being HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Politics! Ralph Benko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ARTIFICIAL-INTELLIGENCE When it comes to humans with rational brains writing about machines with rational brains - absolutely excels! Lerma Gray Best Data Science Newsletter Christophe Blefari started - a weekly newsletter regarding data engineering as a way to give back to the tech community, where he learnt so much from. And the tech community has given back their love for you Christophe! Datanews AI Genius of the Year , a dark matter physicist turned Deep Learning entrepreneur, founded Deepgram - a software working to make voice intelligence available to all with faster, more accurate, more scalable speech recognition made possible by end-to-end deep learning. Scott Stephenson HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CHINA A devoted solution architect found the solution to Alibaba and the Alicloud; congratulations on winning Contributor of the Year - China. Viachaslau Matsukevich HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- COMPUTER-VISION ’s uniqueness in incorporating SEO strategies in his creative writings for sure sealed the deal for him to become Contributor of the Year - Computer Vision. Gaurav Sharma HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ECONOMICS Wise words come from the wisest of them all. And surely is one of them, with his deep knowledge of how money works, there’s no doubt of Ralph’s big win becoming HackerNoon Contributor of the Year in economics. Ralph Benko Cheeky Genius of the Year ’s cheeky approach in writing just about everything (even her about page) definitely is concrete evidence of their win in this category. Priya Kumari HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- NETFLIX With the passion in all things videos and streaming, is surely a leading expert in this category! Anjana HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HUMAN-RESOURCES With , it’s never been easier to build your own software, as it’s never been easier to manage your company’s human resources. Guidde HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MATHEMATICS Math is directly related to Tech, and ’s approach to mathematics in the industry is truly remarkable. Rishabh Agarwal HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- APPLE A software engineer with a good understanding of one of the greatest tech empires - Apple! Congratulations on your Contributor of the Year award. Louis Min HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DIGITAL-TRANSFORMATION - he sure knows how to run a successful IT company, and definitely master the art of Digital Transformation. Dan Khomenko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DATA-VISUALIZATION lives by their motto of making data visualization simple as HackerNoon Contributor of the Year in that category! Teri Eyenike HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HR Super win for our superhuman HR ! Rick Chen HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MICROSOFT A very familiar face with our HackerNoon community (or so we thought ~spooky~). Congratulations to for snatching this win. Ghost of HackerNoon HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DEEP-LEARNING , a post-grad student on their way to learn more about AI. M Shehzen Sidiq HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- EMAIL Congratulations to again! Productivity is off the chart! Louis Min HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INSTAGRAM An expert in anything cybersecurity - is here to secure another Noonies win in 2022! Jessica Truong HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ECOMMERCE 20 years of content creation really set up for the Ecommerce award! Jesse Young El HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FUTURE-OF-WORK Congratulations the award winning entrepreneur, speaker and author on winning Contributor of the Year 2022! Michael Brooks HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SCIENCE Once again takes home the W; this time, science! Ralph Benko HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PRIVACY We can always count on to protect our privacy on the Internet. Paul Bailey Best General Technology Newsletter The feeling of that first sip of coffee in the morning, uhhh, the best feeling ever. is the equivalent of that, but you can read it. Congratulations Morning Brew for winning Best General Technology Newsletter in Noonies 2022. Morning Brew Creator of the Strangest Things Master of the most mystical things on earth, Creator of the Strangest Things - ! Chingiz Nazar HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FINANCE Following a deep passion for all things crypto, has become HackerNoon Contributor of the Year in Finance. Oguwale Emmanuel HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ROBOTICS The Noonies 2022 once again calls the name ! Congratulations on becoming Contributor of the Year - Robotics! Chingiz Nazar Founder of the Year Being a founder is hard, and among all hard-working, smart and talented entrepreneurs out there, one persevered. Congratulations to ! Pavlo Tsiupka HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SLOGGING Congratulations to one of our Slogging pioneers, ! Akasha Rose HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- GOOGLE The NFT Wizard of 2021 strikes again in 2022, this time, won HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Google! Christian Kameir HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- BIG-DATA Congratulations to for winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Big Data. Otávio Simões HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INFORMATION-TECHNOLOGY Congratulations to our Stable Coin Queen - for her big win in the Noonies 2022. Alyze Sam, #WomenInBlockchain HackerNoon’s Tech Storyteller of the Year How to tell an appealing story? Ask - HackerNoon’s Tech Storyteller of the Year! Oliver_Emeka HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- AUGMENTED-REALITY A self-proclaimed futurist, ’s interest in AR is surely reflected in their writings. Amir Reza Asadi HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- DISTRIBUTED-SYSTEMS HackerNoon’s Contributor of the Year 2020 is back after 2 years! Now become Contributor of the Year - Distributed Systems. Fabio HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- CHATBOTS There’s no doubt that chatbots are some of the weirdest yet most amazing tech inventions and have intrigued many many people around the world. is one of them. Congratulations Vladislav with your award in the Noonies 2022. Vladislav Gukasov HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PASSWORD-SECURITY Congratulations on becoming HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Password Security. JDLT Best Machine Learning Newsletter shares their learning from the experience building various products and problems solved in their weekly newsletter. Shaurya Uppal Startup Blogger of the year What a writer! Congrats to on being Startup blogger of the year! Omri Hurwitz HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MONEY Money keeps the world around and it seems like holds its secrets. Congratulations to David for winning Contributor of the Year - Money David O. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- COMMUNICATION Communication is key, in that case, must know something we don't. Congratulations on your award in the Noonies 2022 Nikola! Nikola O. HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HARDWARE Congratulations on being HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Hardware. Joshua Omale Best AI Newsletter A weekly AI & Deep Learning newsletter curated by @dennybritz. Congratulations, . The Wild Week in AI Most Controversial Tech YouTuber has surely made big waves this year. Congratulations to Joma Tech. Joma Tech HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- NEWS With a passion for writing and technology, has taken home the award of HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - News. Juan C. Guerrero HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PRODUCT won this round! Congrats on being HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Product. Alex Paden Master of Drones is the top choice in the professional drone. They are truly, the master of Drones. Draganfly The greatest invention of all time…of the year I mean… need I say more? You’re probably doing it right now. . Copy & Paste HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- INDIA Congratulations on winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - India. Nataraj HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FUTURE What you talk about when you talk about the Future? Congratulations for winning in this category. Christian Kameir HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- FUTURISM Head’s in the future! s escape to the future won them HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Futurism. Israel Matsuki’ HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- MEDIA With 24 total votes, wins it again at the Noonies 2022. Alyze Sam #womeninblockchain HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HEALTHTECH , a full-cycle custom software engineering company wins HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Healthtech. Congratulations! Abto Software HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- HEALTHCARE , a full-cycle custom software engineering company wins HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Healthcare. Congratulations! Abto Software The Isaac Asimov Award for Robotics wins it! The Isaac Asimov Award for Robotics. Oleg Kiva HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SLACK is definitely not Slacking off this year. Congratulations bringing home a win in the Noonies 2022. Alex Harris The New Gizmo with The Most Gadget-y-ness The award goes to ! Congratulations on the big win. Tidbyt HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- QUANTUM-COMPUTING The world of Quantum Computing is vast. And surely . has mastered the vast knowledge. Congrats on winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Quantum Computing. Edem Gold FAANG or MAANG Hater of the Year Speaking your mind is important. And surely is a person who does not fear to speak their mind. Congrats Sarah on the award. Sarah Othman HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- ES6 When it comes to ES6, takes home the W. Sam Walpole HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PAYMENTS Congratulations for taking home the award. You did your community and the tech community proud for sure! Sipping HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SMALL-BUSINESS Props to for winning in the Noonies 2022 - Contributor of the Year - Small Business. Andrej Kovacevic HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- REGULATION The award of HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Regulation belongs to Patrick.Walsh Ultimate Startup Strategist Cutting it close with only 2 votes differences, takes home the award of Ultimate Startup Strategist. The Tim Ferriss Show HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- PRODUCT-HUNT Congratulations on winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Product Hunt. Margarita HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- IPHONE While the debate of Apple or Android is never ending, we are sure of one thing, that is the winner of HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Iphone. Todd Green HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- SALESFORCE With 25+ years of experience in the field, there’s no doubt that has taken home the award for SalesForce in the Noonies 2022. John Vester HackerNoon Contributor of the Year- RETAIL Congratulations on winning HackerNoon Contributor of the Year - Retail. Priya Kumari
