2025 Kids' Choice Awards

{{Short description|Children's television awards show program broadcast in 2025}}

{{Infobox award

| name = 2025 Kids' Choice Awards

| image = KCA2025Logo.jpg

| date = {{start date|2025|6|21}}

| location = Barker Hangar
Santa Monica, California

| host = Tyla

| most_awards =

| most_nominations = Wicked (8)

| website =

| network = {{plainlist |

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| runtime =

| viewership =

| producer = Guy Carrington
Kevin Hermanson

| director = James Merryman

| previous = 2024

| main = Kids' Choice Awards

| next =

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The 38th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards ceremony will be held on June 21, 2025, at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California with Tyla serving as host. It will air live on Nickelodeon and in a domestic simulcast with several other Paramount Global cable networks, and broadcast live or tape delayed across all of Nickelodeon's international networks.{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2025/05/15/grammy-award-winning-multiplatinum-global-superstar-tyla-to-host-nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2025-the-biggest-party-of-the-summer-live-on-saturday-june-21-at-8-pm-et-pt-309115/20250515nickelodeon01/|title=Grammy Award-Winning, Multiplatinum Global Superstar Tyla to Host Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2025 - The Biggest Party of the Summer - Live on Saturday, June 21, at 8 P.M. (ET/PT)|publisher=Nickelodeon|via=The Futon Critic|date=May 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025}}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/kids-choice-awards-2025-nominees-host-1236217405/|title=Kids' Choice Awards 2025: Tyla to Host; Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar Lead Nominees|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Kimberly Nordyke|date=May 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025}}

Nominees

The nominees were announced and voting opened on May 15, 2025.{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/kids-choice-awards-nominations-ariana-grande-lady-gaga-1236398184/|title=Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Kendrick Lamar & Selena Gomez Lead 2025 Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards Nominees; Tyla To Host|work=Deadline Hollywood|author=Denise Petski|date=May 15, 2025|access-date=May 15, 2025}} This ceremony features the return of the categories Favorite Song from a Movie, and Favorite Butt-Kicker, along with the debuts of categories Favorite Podcast and Favorite Kids' Creator. The Favorite Breakout Artist category is split into a male and female category.

= Movies =

class="wikitable" ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Movie ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Movie Actor
valign="top" \| A Minecraft Movie Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Captain America: Brave New World Descendants: The Rise of Red Paddington in Peru Sonic the Hedgehog 3 Thunderbolts* Wicked \| valign="top" \| Chris Evans – Red One as Jack O'Malley Chris Pratt – The Electric State as Keats Dwayne Johnson – Red One as Callum Drift Jack Black – A Minecraft Movie as Steve Jason Momoa – A Minecraft Movie as Garrett Garrison Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Robotnik
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Movie Actress ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Animated Movie
valign="top" \| Ariana Grande – Wicked as Glinda Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Emma Myers – A Minecraft Movie as Natalie Jenna Ortega – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Astrid Deetz Millie Bobby Brown – The Electric State as Michelle Greene Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia Deetz \| valign="top" \| Despicable Me 4 Dog Man Inside Out 2 Moana 2 Mufasa: The Lion King Plankton: The Movie The Wild Robot Transformers One
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie
valign="top" \| Ben Schwartz – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Sonic the Hedgehog Chris Hemsworth – Transformers One as Orion Pax Dwayne Johnson – Moana 2 as Maui Keanu Reeves – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Shadow the Hedgehog Steve Carell – Despicable Me 4 as Gru Will Ferrell – Despicable Me 4 as Maxime Le Mal \| valign="top" \| Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana 2 as Moana Kristen Wiig – Despicable Me 4 as Lucy Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as ROZ Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety Scarlett Johansson – Transformers One as Elita-1
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Villain ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Butt-Kicker
valign="top" \| Frankie Grande – Henry Danger: The Movie as Frankini Harrison Ford – Captain America: Brave New World as President Thaddeus Ross / Red Hulk Jeff Goldblum – Wicked as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Robotnik Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Beetlejuice Michelle Yeoh – Wicked as Madame Morrible Rita Ora – Descendants: The Rise of Red as Queen of Hearts \| valign="top" \| Anthony Mackie – Captain America: Brave New World as Sam Wilson / Captain America Emma Myers – A Minecraft Movie as Natalie Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts* as Yelena Belova Kylie Cantrall – Descendants: The Rise of Red as Princess Red Jace Norman – Henry Danger: The Movie as Henry Hart Jack Black – A Minecraft Movie as Steve Sebastian Stan – Thunderbolts* as Bucky Barnes

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! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Movie

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Movie Actor

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Chris Evans – Red One as Jack O'Malley
Chris Pratt – The Electric State as Keats
Dwayne Johnson – Red One as Callum Drift
Jack Black – A Minecraft Movie as Steve
Jason Momoa – A Minecraft Movie as Garrett Garrison
Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Robotnik

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Movie Actress

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Animated Movie

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Ariana Grande – Wicked as Glinda
Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba
Emma Myers – A Minecraft Movie as Natalie
Jenna Ortega – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Astrid Deetz
Millie Bobby Brown – The Electric State as Michelle Greene
Winona Ryder – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Lydia Deetz

| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male Voice from an Animated Movie

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female Voice from an Animated Movie

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Ben Schwartz – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Sonic the Hedgehog
Chris Hemsworth – Transformers One as Orion Pax
Dwayne Johnson – Moana 2 as Maui
Keanu Reeves – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Shadow the Hedgehog
Steve Carell – Despicable Me 4 as Gru
Will Ferrell – Despicable Me 4 as Maxime Le Mal

| valign="top" |

Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy
Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana 2 as Moana
Kristen Wiig – Despicable Me 4 as Lucy
Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as ROZ
Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety
Scarlett Johansson – Transformers One as Elita-1

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Villain

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Butt-Kicker

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Frankie Grande – Henry Danger: The Movie as Frankini
Harrison Ford – Captain America: Brave New World as President Thaddeus Ross / Red Hulk
Jeff Goldblum – Wicked as The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Jim Carrey – Sonic the Hedgehog 3 as Dr. Robotnik
Michael Keaton – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice as Beetlejuice
Michelle Yeoh – Wicked as Madame Morrible
Rita Ora – Descendants: The Rise of Red as Queen of Hearts

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Anthony Mackie – Captain America: Brave New World as Sam Wilson / Captain America
Emma Myers – A Minecraft Movie as Natalie
Florence Pugh – Thunderbolts* as Yelena Belova
Kylie Cantrall – Descendants: The Rise of Red as Princess Red
Jace Norman – Henry Danger: The Movie as Henry Hart
Jack Black – A Minecraft Movie as Steve
Sebastian Stan – Thunderbolts* as Bucky Barnes

= Television =

class="wikitable" ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Kids TV Show ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male TV Star (Kids)
valign="top" \| Ayla & The Mirrors Bunk'd The Really Loud House The Thundermans: Undercover Tyler Perry's Young Dylan Wizards Beyond Waverly Place \| valign="top" \| David Henrie – Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as Justin Russo Dylan Gilmer – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Young Dylan Hero Hunter – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Charlie Wilson Israel Johnson – Bunk'd as Noah Lambert Jack Griffo – The Thundermans: Undercover as Max Thunderman Trevor Tordjman – Bunk'd as Parker Preston
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female TV Star (Kids) ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Family TV Show
valign="top" \| Celina Smith – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Rebecca Wilson Janice LeAnn Brown – Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as Billie Kira Kosarin – The Thundermans: Undercover as Phoebe Thunderman Mallory James Mahoney – Bunk'd as Destiny Baker Maya Le Clark – The Thundermans: Undercover as Chloe Thunderman Miranda May – Bunk'd as Lou Hockhauser \| valign="top" \| Abbott Elementary Cobra Kai Goosebumps: The Vanishing Star Wars: Skeleton Crew The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power XO, Kitty
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male TV Star (Family) ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female TV Star (Family)
valign="top" \| Damon Wayans Jr. – Poppa's House as Damon David Schwimmer – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Anthony Brewer George Lopez – Lopez vs Lopez as George Jude Law – Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood Sam McCarthy – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Devin Brewer Xolo Maridueña – Cobra Kai as Miguel Diaz \| valign="top" \| Anna Cathcart – XO, Kitty as Kitty Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman Jayden Bartels – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Cece Brewer Peyton List – Cobra Kai as Tory Nichols Reba McEntire – Happy's Place as Bobbie Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Fern
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Reality TV Show ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Cartoon
valign="top" \| America's Funniest Home Videos America's Got Talent American Idol American Ninja Warrior MasterChef Junior The Masked Singer \| valign="top" \| Dragon Ball Daima Monster High SpongeBob SquarePants The Loud House The Simpsons Teen Titans Go!

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! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Kids TV Show

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male TV Star (Kids)

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David Henrie – Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as Justin Russo
Dylan Gilmer – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Young Dylan
Hero Hunter – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Charlie Wilson
Israel Johnson – Bunk'd as Noah Lambert
Jack Griffo – The Thundermans: Undercover as Max Thunderman
Trevor Tordjman – Bunk'd as Parker Preston

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female TV Star (Kids)

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Family TV Show

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Celina Smith – Tyler Perry's Young Dylan as Rebecca Wilson
Janice LeAnn Brown – Wizards Beyond Waverly Place as Billie
Kira Kosarin – The Thundermans: Undercover as Phoebe Thunderman
Mallory James Mahoney – Bunk'd as Destiny Baker
Maya Le Clark – The Thundermans: Undercover as Chloe Thunderman
Miranda May – Bunk'd as Lou Hockhauser

| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male TV Star (Family)

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female TV Star (Family)

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Damon Wayans Jr. – Poppa's House as Damon
David Schwimmer – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Anthony Brewer
George Lopez – Lopez vs Lopez as George
Jude Law – Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Jod Na Nawood
Sam McCarthy – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Devin Brewer
Xolo Maridueña – Cobra Kai as Miguel Diaz

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Anna Cathcart – XO, Kitty as Kitty
Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman
Jayden Bartels – Goosebumps: The Vanishing as Cece Brewer
Peyton List – Cobra Kai as Tory Nichols
Reba McEntire – Happy's Place as Bobbie
Ryan Kiera Armstrong – Star Wars: Skeleton Crew as Fern

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Reality TV Show

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Cartoon

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= Music =

class="wikitable" ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Music Group ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male Artist
valign="top" \| Blink-182 Coldplay Imagine Dragons Jonas Brothers Linkin Park Stray Kids Twice \| valign="top" \| Bad Bunny Bruno Mars Drake Jelly Roll Kendrick Lamar Post Malone Travis Scott The Weeknd
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Song
valign="top" \| Ariana Grande Billie Eilish Cardi B Katy Perry Lady Gaga Selena Gomez SZA Taylor Swift \| valign="top" \| "Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga "Cry for Me" – The Weeknd "I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" – Taylor Swift "Squabble Up" – Kendrick Lamar "Taste" – Sabrina Carpenter "Wildflower" – Billie Eilish
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male Breakout Artist ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female Breakout Artist
valign="top" \| Alex Warren Benson Boone d4vd Djo Leon Thomas III Myles Smith Shaboozey Zach Bryan \| valign="top" \| Addison Rae Chappell Roan Doechii GloRilla Jennie Lisa Rosé Sabrina Carpenter
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Album ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Song from a Movie
valign="top" \| Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll F-1 Trillion – Post Malone GNX – Kendrick Lamar Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd I Said I Love You First – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco Mayhem – Lady Gaga Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter Wicked: The Soundtrack \| valign="top" \| "Can I Get a Chee Hoo?" – Dwayne Johnson {{small\|(from Moana 2)}} "Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande {{small\|(from Wicked)}} "Higher Love" – Desi Trill featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania, and Subhi {{small\|(from Smurfs)}} "I Always Wanted a Brother" – Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. {{small\|(from Mufasa: The Lion King)}} "I Feel Alive" – Jack Black {{small\|(from A Minecraft Movie)}} "Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris {{small\|(from The Wild Robot)}} "Popular" – Ariana Grande {{small\|(from Wicked)}} "Run It" – Jelly Roll {{small\|(from Sonic the Hedgehog 3)}}
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Music Collaboration ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Viral Song
valign="top" \| "Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars "Call Me When You Break Up" – Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams "Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars "Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA "Please Please Please" – Sabrina Carpenter featuring Dolly Parton "Show Me Love" – WizTheMc, Bees & Honey, and Tyla "Slow Motion" – Marshmello and Jonas Brothers \| valign="top" \| "Apple" – Charli XCX "Bluest Flame" – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco "Diet Pepsi" – Addison Rae "Messy" – Lola Young "Ordinary" – Alex Warren "Pink Pony Club" – Chappell Roan "Sports Car" – Tate McRae "That's So True" – Gracie Abrams
style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Global Music Star ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Podcast
valign="top" \| Africa: Tyla Asia: Stray Kids Australia: The Kid Laroi Europe: David Guetta Latin America: Shakira North America: Bruno Mars United Kingdom: Ed Sheeran \| valign="top" \| American Girl: The Smart Girl's Podcast Are You Afraid of the Dark? Avatar: Braving the Elements New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce LOL Podcast Super Great Kids' Stories Baby, This is Keke Palmer The Nikki & Brie Show

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! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Music Group

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male Artist

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| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female Artist

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Song

valign="top" |

| valign="top" |

"Abracadabra" – Lady Gaga
"Cry for Me" – The Weeknd
"I Can Do It with a Broken Heart" – Taylor Swift
"Squabble Up" – Kendrick Lamar
"Taste" – Sabrina Carpenter
"Wildflower" – Billie Eilish

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male Breakout Artist

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female Breakout Artist

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| valign="top" |

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Album

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Song from a Movie

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Beautifully Broken – Jelly Roll
F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
GNX – Kendrick Lamar
Hurry Up Tomorrow – The Weeknd
I Said I Love You First – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco
Mayhem – Lady Gaga
Short n' Sweet – Sabrina Carpenter
Wicked: The Soundtrack

| valign="top" |

"Can I Get a Chee Hoo?" – Dwayne Johnson {{small|(from Moana 2)}}
"Defying Gravity" – Cynthia Erivo featuring Ariana Grande {{small|(from Wicked)}}
"Higher Love" – Desi Trill featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania, and Subhi {{small|(from Smurfs)}}
"I Always Wanted a Brother" – Braelyn Rankins, Theo Somolu, Aaron Pierre, and Kelvin Harrison Jr. {{small|(from Mufasa: The Lion King)}}
"I Feel Alive" – Jack Black {{small|(from A Minecraft Movie)}}
"Kiss the Sky" – Maren Morris {{small|(from The Wild Robot)}}
"Popular" – Ariana Grande {{small|(from Wicked)}}
"Run It" – Jelly Roll {{small|(from Sonic the Hedgehog 3)}}

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Music Collaboration

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Viral Song

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"Apt." – Rosé and Bruno Mars
"Call Me When You Break Up" – Selena Gomez, Benny Blanco, and Gracie Abrams
"Die with a Smile" – Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars
"Luther" – Kendrick Lamar and SZA
"Please Please Please" – Sabrina Carpenter featuring Dolly Parton
"Show Me Love" – WizTheMc, Bees & Honey, and Tyla
"Slow Motion" – Marshmello and Jonas Brothers

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"Apple" – Charli XCX
"Bluest Flame" – Selena Gomez and Benny Blanco
"Diet Pepsi" – Addison Rae
"Messy" – Lola Young
"Ordinary" – Alex Warren
"Pink Pony Club" – Chappell Roan
"Sports Car" – Tate McRae
"That's So True" – Gracie Abrams

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Global Music Star

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Podcast

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Africa: Tyla
Asia: Stray Kids
Australia: The Kid Laroi
Europe: David Guetta
Latin America: Shakira
North America: Bruno Mars
United Kingdom: Ed Sheeran

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American Girl: The Smart Girl's Podcast
Are You Afraid of the Dark?
Avatar: Braving the Elements
New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce
LOL Podcast
Super Great Kids' Stories
Baby, This is Keke Palmer
The Nikki & Brie Show

= Sports =

class="wikitable"

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Male Sports Star

! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" |Favorite Female Sports Star

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= Miscellaneous =

style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Kids' Creator ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Gamer
class="wikitable" ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Male Creator ! style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Female Creator
valign="top" \| SeanDoesMagic MrBeast Mark Rober Dhar Mann Adam Rose Keith Lee \| valign="top" \| Salish Matter Sofie Dossi Emma Chamberlain Charli D'Amelio Brooke Monk Lexi Rivera
valign="top" \| Toys and Colors Danny Go! Ryan Kaji/Ryan's World Kids Diana Show Ms. Rachel A For Adley \| valign="top" \| IBella Aphmau IShowSpeed Unspeakable Kai Cenat Ninja Pokimane
colspan="2" style="background:#EEDD82; width:50%" \|Favorite Video Game
colspan="2" valign="top" \| Fortnite Just Dance 2025 Edition Minecraft Super Mario Party Jamboree Madden NFL 25 Roblox

References

External links

{{Official website|https://kidschoiceawards.com}}

Category:Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards

Category:2025 awards in the United States

Category:2025 in American television

Category:2025 television awards

Category:June 2025 in the United States