Independent Podcast Awards winners 2025

Below are the winners of the third Independent Podcast Awards.

The winners were chosen by an expert panel of judges, and were announced on Wednesday 15th October at Kings Place in London.

The Independent Podcast Awards were launched in 2023 by whynow Media and the Verbal Diorama podcast team to help uncover the talent that we have in the UK but that doesn’t always get recognition it deserves.

The podcast of the year went to Shelly & The Can-Do Kids, pictured above.

Trailer Independent Podcast of the Year: Shelly & The Can-Do Kids

Kids & Family
From: Josie & Jemma
Hosted by: Acast

Arts: Elements: Breaking Down Classic Albums

Music
From: Sumit Sharma & Chris Mitchell
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Best Podcast Artwork of the Year: Up In Smoke

Fiction
From: Penny4
Hosted by: Audioboom4.5 ★

Trailer Best Podcast Jingle of the Year: The Failing Writers

Arts
From: The Failing Writers Podcast
Hosted by: Acast4.8 ★

Trailer Best Use of Video: Macabre London

Travel
From: Macabre London Podcast
Hosted by: Acast4.7 ★

Trailer Books: The Failing Writers

Arts
From: The Failing Writers Podcast
Hosted by: Acast4.8 ★

Branded Content: As the Season Turns

Arts
From: Ffern
Hosted by: Soundcloud4.9 ★

Business & Money: Women’s Business

Business
From: Nicky Denson-Elliott
Hosted by: Libsyn

Trailer Children & Young Adults: Shelly & The Can-Do Kids

Kids & Family
From: Josie & Jemma
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Comedy: Dave Miller - The Battle of Death

Fiction
From: Dave Miller Productions
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

Trailer Culture: The Cockney Yiddish Podcast

Culture
From: Nadia Valman and Vivi Lachs
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Environment & Natural World: Who Owns the Clyde?

Society & Culture
From: The Empire Cafe
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

Fiction: Cold Tapes

Fiction
From: Free Turn
Hosted by: Megaphone4.6 ★

Trailer Films & TV: That’s Not How It Went Down

TV & Film and TV & Film
From: Lewis Howard & Elliot Fitzpatrick
Hosted by: Acast

Gaming: Dungeons & Dickheads

Comedy
From: Dungeons & Dickheads
Hosted by: Acast5.0 ★

Trailer Health & Wellness: When Life Gives You Lemons

Health & Fitness and Health & Fitness
From: Emma Levy
Hosted by: Acast

History: The Problematic Gaze

TV & Film
From: David Moor and Lee Arnott
Hosted by: Buzzsprout

Trailer Horror or Supernatural: The Magnus Protocol

Arts
From: Rusty Quill
Hosted by: Acast4.9 ★

Trailer Lifestyle: Floating Space

Culture
From: Katie Stokes
Hosted by: Audioboom5.0 ★

Trailer Music: Freshly Squeezed: A new music podcast

Commentary
From: Jim Salveson
Hosted by: Captivate

Trailer News & Politics: American Friction

News and Society & Culture
From: Podmasters
Hosted by: Megaphone4.5 ★

Trailer Parenting: Parenting Teenagers Untangled

Kids & Family
From: Rachel Richards
Hosted by: Buzzsprout4.8 ★

Trailer Science & Technology: 16 Sunsets

Technology
From: Antica & Telltale Studios
Hosted by: Acast4.8 ★

Self-Improvement: The Scars

Society & Culture
From: Story Publishing
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Sex, Love & Relationships: The ADHD Women’s Wellbeing Podcast

Health & Fitness
From: Kate Moryoussef
Hosted by: Captivate4.7 ★

Sport: Screamers

Sports
From: Screamers
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

Trailer Travel & Adventure: TRIPOLOGY Podcast

Society & Culture
From: Tripology: Travel Podcast
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

Trailer True Crime: Weird in the Wade

Culture
From: Natalie Doig
Hosted by: Podbean4.9 ★

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