Nominees For Webby Awards Announced; Four Up For Podcast Company Of The Year.

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has announced the nominees for the 28th Annual Webby Awards. Podcast submissions continue to see record growth as the Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries across all media categories from over 70 countries around the world.

On the heels of the recent election, Pod Save America is naturally up for a nomination, alongside tech shows like Vergecast that are helping to make sense of this constantly evolving political landscape. Podcast creator Dan Taberski is up for yet another award, after his hit show Hysterical was named Apple Podcasts’ Podcast of the Year.

This year’s nominees also include hit podcasts such as Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard, The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast, Baby, This is Keke Palmer, Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang, The Mel Robbins Podcast, SmartLess, The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya and The Oprah Podcast, business podcasts such as Pivot, WorkLife with Adam Grant and The Next Wave, news and politics podcasts such as Next Question with Katie Couric, Pod Save America and Today, Explained, as well as podcasts elevating diverse voices like Accessibility Accelerator: The Podcast, National Immigration Law Center: Freedom to Thrive, The Pink House with Sam Smith and Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation.

In addition to several genre-specific awards, the Webby Podcast Company of the Year will again recognize the organization with the most overall nominations and wins across the podcast categories. Companies in contention include Audible (14), SiriusXM (10), Wondery (9) and iHeartMedia (8).

The 2025 Webby Awards podcast nominees include:

Health, Wellness & Lifestyle, Individual Episode (Podcasts) 

• Paging Dr. Chanda: “Keke Palmer Talks About Her New Book, Master of Me (PART 1)” — REVOLT

• The Mel Robbins Podcast with Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD — 143 Studios, Inc.

• Are You Remembering the Good Times? — Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley

• SHE MD Podcast: A Women’s Health Advocacy Platform — SHE MD Podcast

• The Spillover: How the Texas Abortion Ban Shook Up Eastern New Mexico — The Futuro Media Group

Best Co-Hosts, Features (Podcasts)

• Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard — Wondery

• The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast — Rabbit Grin Productions

• We Can Do Hard Things — Audacy Podcasts and Paper Kite Podcasts

• The Pivot Podcast — Pivot Podcast LLC

• SmartLess — SiriusXM

Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)

• Office Ladies — Audacy Podcasts and Paper Kite Podcasts

• Lovett or Leave It — Crooked Media

• Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang — iHeartPodcasts

• SmartLess — SiriusXM

• Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker — The Podglomerate

Comedy, Individual Episode (Podcasts)

• The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya — Studio71

• Petty Crimes — Bobby — Metro Public Relations

• Halfway to Horse Town with Luke Null — Almost Friday Media

• My Momma Told Me: New Year, New Black-Eyed Peas (with Monét X Change) — Big Money Players Network

• Toni and Ryan — Toni and Ryan

Interview/Talk Show, Shows (Podcasts)

• The Oprah Podcast — Harpo

• Baby, This is Keke Palmer — Wondery

• The Assignment with Audie Cornish — CNN

• Why Is This Happening? With Chris Hayes — MSNBC

• The Weekly Show — Jon Stewart — MTV Entertainment Studios

Business, Shows (Podcasts)

• Pivot — Vox Media

• Money Stuff — Debbie Hoffman

• The Unshakeables — Ruby, The iHeartMedia Branded Audio Studio

• The Next Wave — HubSpot

• WorkLife with Adam Grant — TED Audio Collective

News & Politics, Shows (Podcasts)

• Pod Save America — Crooked Media

• Next Question with Katie Couric — Katie Couric Media

• Apple News Today — Apple News

• Lincoln Project Podcast with Rick Wilson: “So Much Blood”: Ryan Hamilton on Dealing with Doctors in Texas Post-Abortion Ban — The Lincoln Project

• Post Reports — The Washington Post

News & Politics, Individual Episode (Podcasts)

• Al Jazeera Investigates: The Minister’s Millions — Ep. 4 — The Super Pep — Al Jazeera I- Unit

• Apple News In Conversation — Individual Episode, News & Politics — Apple News

• Mock Trial: Should the Courts Restrict Access to the Abortion Pill? — Open to Debate

• Reuters Econ World — Reuters

• Today, Explained — Vox Media

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, Limited-Series & Specials (Podcasts)

• Made It Out (To The Polls) — Align PR

• Empire City: The Untold Origin Story of the NYPD — Wondery

• ABC Audio — ‘Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation’ — ABC News

• Rebel Spirit — Ninth Planet Audio

• Unfit for Service — Wavland

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, Shows (Podcasts)

• The Pink House with Sam Smith — Lemonada Media

• National Immigration Law Center: Freedom to Thrive — National Immigration Law Center

• Accessibility Accelerator: The Podcast — Accessibility Accelerator

• Uncivil Liberties with Goldie Taylor — Audible

• ADHD Aha! — Understood.org

Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)

• Office Ladies — Audacy Podcasts and Paper Kite Podcasts

• Lovett or Leave It — Crooked Media

• Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang — iHeartPodcasts

• SmartLess — SiriusXM

• Office Hours Live with Tim Heidecker — The Podglomerate

Interview/Talk Show, Individual Episode (Podcasts)

• Possible | Kara Swisher on AI, media, and accountability — Wonder Media Network

• Skip Intro — Zoe Saldaña — Netflix

• Ep. 556 — Obama 15-Year Anniversary Special — Institute of Politics/CNN

• On the Ground in Gaza — With Arwa Damon — New Lines Magazine

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Best Video Series, Features (Podcasts)

• New Heights with Jason & Travis Kelce — Wondery

• Nightcap Best Video Series — Hirsch Leatherwood

• My First Million — HubSpot

• The Pivot Podcast — Pivot Podcast LLC

• Oprah Reveals All — Life-Changing Lessons on Weight, Shame & Worthiness — The Jamie Kern Lima Show — The Jamie Kern Lima Show

All nominees are 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. Voting for The Webby People’s Voice Awards is open through April 17, 2025, at 11:59pm PT HERE.

The Webby Media Company of the Year achievement honors the media company that performs best across all Webby Awards categories. The nominees include NBCUniversal (30), MTV Entertainment Studios (18), CNN (16), National Geographic (16), PBS (14), The Walt Disney Company (14) and The Washington Post (14).

This year, the Webby Awards also introduce the first-ever Brand of the Year achievement, with Google (38), Apple (38), Samsung (12), YouTube (9), Nike (9) and McDonald’s (7) all in the running for this inaugural recognition.

The Webby Awards received nearly 13,000 entries from over 70 countries around the world. From the thousands of entries received from across the globe, fewer than 12% were recognized as nominees. The organizations earning the highest number of nominations this year include Google (38), Apple (38), NBCUniversal (30), MTV Entertainment Studios (18), TBWA\Media Arts Lab — LA (17), DEPT® (16), Serviceplan Germany (16), CNN (16) and National Geographic (16).

“The Webby Awards have always been a barometer for digital progress, and this year’s nominees reflect the deep connection between creativity and innovation,” says Jesse Feister, Executive Director, Webby Media Group. “From visionary creators to the technologists building the tools and platforms behind them, these are the people and companies redefining how we connect, express, and experience life online,” he says in the announcement.

Winners for the 29th Annual Webby Awards will be announced Tuesday, April 22. The 29th Annual Webby Awards celebration, hosted by Ilana Glazer, will take place Monday, May 12 in New York.

See a list of all the Webby Awards nominees HERE.