iHeartMedia Celebrates The Best in Podcasting During The Sixth Annual iHeartPodcast Awards: The Winners

Tonight, the 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards Presented by The Hartford Live at SXSW brought together the most influential names in podcasting to honor the most entertaining and innovative podcasts of 2023, celebrating the incredible talent and wide variety of leaders across the podcasting industry live and in-person in Austin, Texas at the Fairmont Hotel. The event was also exclusively video streamed on iHeartRadio’s YouTube Channel and broadcast across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on the iHeartRadio app.

The night featured a variety of appearances by award nominees, celebrity presenters and special guests including Angela Rye, Andrew Gillum and Tiffany Cross of “Native Land Pod;” Adam Devine and Blake Anderson of “This Is Important;” Bobbi Althoff of “The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff;” Charlamagne tha God; Danielle Robay and Simone Boyce; Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark of “My Favorite Murder;” Jay Shetty; Jack O’Brien and Miles Gray of “The Daily Zeitgeist;” Kyle MacLachlan; Lilly Singh; Molly Sims; Paul Scheer of “How Did this Get Made?;” Wilmer Valderrama; and Zachary Levi.

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The winners

The full list of 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards presented by The Hartford winners are:

Social Impact Award presented by Audible: Maggie Freleng and Jason Flom

Pioneer Award: Jonathan Goldstein

Innovator Award presented by YouTube: Rotten Mango
From: Stephanie Soo & Ramble
Hosted by: Megaphone

Podcast of the Year presented by The Hartford: New Heights
From: Wave Sports + Entertainment
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Business & Finance: How I Built This
From: Guy Raz | Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Best Comedy: This Is Important
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Crime: Crime Junkie
From: audiochuck
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Pop Culture: Watch What Crappens
From: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam | Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Best Food Podcast Award Presented by Planet Oat: Sporkful
From: Dan Pashman and Stitcher
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Wellness & Fitness: On Purpose with Jay Shetty
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best History: Revisionist History
From: Pushkin Industries
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Kids & Family: Good Inside with Dr. Becky
From: Dr. Becky Kennedy
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Music: Popcast
From: The New York Times
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best News: Pivot
From: New York Magazine
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Fiction: The Mantawauk Caves
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Sports: Club Shay Shay
From: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Science: RadioLab
From: WNYC Studios
Hosted by: WNYC

Best Technology: Hard Fork
From: The New York Times
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Ad Read: SmartLess
From: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Hosted by: ART19

Best Overall Host: Laci Mosley (Scam Goddess)
From: Earwolf & Laci Mosley
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Overall Ensemble: New Heights
From: Wave Sports + Entertainment
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Political: Pod Save America
From: Crooked Media
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best TV & Film: How Did This Get Made?
From: Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Spanish Language: Leyendas Legendarias
From: Sonoro | SINCO
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Advice / Inspirational: We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle
From: Glennon Doyle and Audacy
Hosted by: Megaphone

Best Beauty & Fashion: Lipstick On The Rim
From: Dear Media, Molly Sims
Hosted by: ART19

Best Travel: Atlas Obscura
From: Stitcher Studios & Atlas Obscura
Hosted by: Simplecast
• Best Green: Climate of Change with Cate Blanchett and Danny Kennedy, an Audible Original, created and produced by Dirty Films, in association with StoryHunter.

Best Spirituality & Religion: Woman Evolve with Sarah Jakes Roberts
From: The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Branded Podcast: Symptomatic (Novartis)
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Emerging: The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff
From: Bobbi Althoff
Hosted by: Spotify for Podcasters

Best International: The Imperfects (Australia)
From: Hugh van Cuylenburg, Ryan Shelton & Josh van Cuylenburg
Hosted by: Omny Studio

The 2024 iHeartPodcast Awards is part of iHeartMedia’s roster of nationally recognized events including the iHeartRadio Music Awards, iHeartRadio Music Festival, the nationwide iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Concert Tour, iHeartRadio Fiesta Latina, iHeartCountry Festival and iHeartRadio ALTer Ego.

Proud partners of this year’s iHeartPodcast Awards included presenting partner The Hartford, a leading small business insurer, YouTube, Audible and Planet Oat.

The above list of podcasts is available as an OPML file for your podcast player