The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has announced the Nominees for the 28th Annual Webby Awards. Organizers say it is a record-breaking and extremely competitive year for Webby Awards podcast submissions. The Webby Podcast Company of the Year will again recognize the organization with the most overall nominations and wins across the podcast categories. Organizations in contention include Audible (16), iHeartMedia (11), Tenderfoot TV (5) and WaitWhat (4).
“This year’s Nominees represent the very best in innovation and creativity on the Internet,” Claire Graves, President of The Webby Awards, said in the announcement. “Individually the work is outstanding and collectively they represent a commitment from brands, creators and technology companies to human-centric design and storytelling.”
All nominees are also eligible to win the two most prestigious awards: The Webby Award, selected by the Academy, and The Webby People’s Voice Award, voted on by the online community — with voting open now through April 18. Here are the nominees in the podcast categories:
Best Host, Features (Podcasts)
Baby, This is Keke Palmer – Wondery c/o SLATE PR
HBO’s Succession Podcast – Warner Bros. Discovery
Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon – SixDegrees.Org
The Assignment with Audie Cornish – CNN
The Laverne Cox Show – iHeartPodcasts
Best Indie Podcast, Features (Podcasts)
80s TV Ladies – 134 West
Can’t Afford Therapy Podcast – Full Court Studios
Mommying While Muslim Podcast – Mommying While Muslim Podcast
Naked Beauty Podcast – Naked Beauty
The Film That Blew My Mind – The Film That Blew My Mind
Best Indie Podcast – Limited Run, Features (Podcasts)
Gooned – Gooned Podcast
Sick As A Dog – PodTalk
The Virtue Field – Revolution Ethics Project
TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy – TwentyOne 21 Podcast llc
Undiscarded: Stories of New York – CitizenRacecar
Best Individual Episode, Features (Podcasts)
Autism for Badass Moms – Autism for Badass Moms
Disney For Scores Podcast – Disney Music Group
ESPN Daily – Satchel Paige’s Legend and Legacy – ESPN, Inc.
Marshawn Lynch with Shannon Sharpe on Club Shay Shay – Hirsch Leatherwood
Possible | Trevor Noah on the Future of Entertainment and AI – Wonder Media Network
Best Limited Series, Features (Podcasts)
Audible Original CAN YOU DIG IT?: A HIP HOP ORIGIN STORY with CHUCK D – SOUND+FISSION
Dykes to Watch Out For – Audible
Strike Force Five – DKC
The Sounds of Nightmares – Bandai Namco Europe
We Found Love – The Boston Globe
Best Series, Features (Podcasts)
All There Is with Anderson Cooper – CNN
American Masters: Creative Spark – American Masters
Classy with Jonathan Menjivar – Audacy and Paper Kite Podcasts
Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast – Audible
Paul Giamatti’s CHINWAG with Stephen Asma – Treefort Media
Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend – SiriusXM
Gold Minds with Kevin Hart – Metro PR
Hold Up with Dulcé Sloan & Josh Johnson from The Daily Show – Paramount
The Bald and The Beautiful – Studio71
Trust Fall – Broadway Video
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Shows (Podcasts)
Culture Kids Podcast – Culture Kids Media
GirlTrek’s Black History Bootcamp – GirlTrek
The Black Fatherhood Podcast – Jill Ruby Productions
The Laverne Cox Show – Shondaland
When You’re Invisible – iHeart Radio and My Cultura Podcast Network
Science & Education, Shows (Podcasts)
Amazing Wildlife – Ruby, The iHeartMedia Branded Audio Studio
NASA’s Curious Universe – NASA
Radiolab – WNYC Studios
The Weirdest Thing I Learned This Week – Popular Science
Unexplainable – Vox Media
History, Shows (Podcasts)
Being Black: The 80’s – TheGrio
Black History in Two Minutes (Or So) – Black History in Two Minutes
Mandela – Audible
Mobituaries with Mo Rocca – Paramount
Who Killed JFK? – Producer
Interview/Talk Show, Shows (Podcasts)
On with Kara Swisher – Vox Media
Oprah’s Super Soul – OWN
The Assignment with Audie Cornish – CNN
The Ezra Klein Show – New York Times Opinion Audio
Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus – Lemonada Media
Original Music Score / Best Sound Design, Features (Podcasts)
From the Streets to the Suites – Audible
Meditative Story: From great loss, a great freedom, by Isabel Allende – WaitWhat
Radical – Tenderfoot TV
The Duolingo French Podcast Presents: The Secret Life of Josephine Baker – Duolingo
Undertow: The Sisters – Realm
Sports, Shows (Podcasts)
30 for 30 Podcasts: Bag Game – ESPN
After the Whistle with Brendan Hunt and Rebecca Lowe – Apple News
It is What it is – The Legion Media Group
New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce – Metro Public Relations
Nightcap with Unc and Ocho – Hirsch Leatherwood
Television & Film, Shows (Podcasts)
And Just Like That…The Writers Room – Warner Bros. Discovery
Endeavour: The Story So Far, a Recap of Seasons 1-8 – MASTERPIECE
Films to Be Buried With Brett Goldstein – iHeartPodcasts
HBO’s The Last of Us Podcast – Warner Bros. Discovery
Netflix – The Crown: The Official Podcast – Netflix
Comedy, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)
Bitch Sesh – Garbage World
Fly on The Wallin Podcast – Handberry Creative
How Did This Get Made: Fast X Live! – SiriusXM
Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang – iHeartPodcasts
The Comment Section (A Spotify Podcast) – Whalar
Best Partnership or Collaboration, Features (Podcasts)
Democracy Vibe Check – WABE Atlanta
DJ Switch: Joy Through Music – Rebel Girls
Kidzbop – Audible
Shoot the Messanger: Espionage, Murder & Pegasus Spyware – Exile Content Studio
The Official Love & Death Podcast – Texas Monthly Studio
Organizers say with nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries around the world and a record number of social media submissions, this year’s competition was extremely competitive. From the tens of thousands of global entries submitted, fewer than 12% were selected as nominees. Winners for The 28th Annual Webby Awards will be announced April 23 and winners will be celebrated at a star-studded in-person award show on May 13 in New York.