28th Annual Webby Award Winners - Podcast Highlights

The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences (IADAS) today announced the Winners for the 28th Annual Webby Awards, which include the boundary-pushing cultural icons, companies and organizations shaping today’s ever-expansive online world.

Julia Louis-Dreyfus will receive the Webby Podcast of the Year Award for Wiser Than Me and her embrace of the internet as a platform for connecting generations through meaningful, funny and important conversations with unforgettable women.

The Academy presents the Webby Podcast Company of the Year to the organization that has earned the most honors across the Podcast categories. With 12 wins, including nods for Six Degrees with Kevin Bacon, Questlove Supreme, The Laverne Cox Show, Mobituaries with Mo Rocca, Unreformed: the Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children, Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang and Supreme: The Battle for Roe, in addition to 20 nominations, iHeartMedia brings home the award.

2024 Podcast Highlights

The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya won the Webby Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
From: Studio71
Hosted by: Megaphone

Can’t Afford Therapy Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast, Features (Podcasts)
From: Can't Afford Therapy Podcast
Hosted by: Libsyn

Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend won the People’s Voice Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)
From: Team Coco & Earwolf
Hosted by: Simplecast

Katt Williams – Club Shay Shay won the Webby Award for Featured Guest, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)
From: iHeartPodcasts and The Volume
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang won the Webby Award for Comedy, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)
From: Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

The Laverne Cox Show won the Webby Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Shows (Podcasts)
From: Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

NASA’s Curious Universe: Suiting Up for Space won the Webby Award for Science & Education, Individual Episodes
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Series, Features (Podcasts)
From: Higher Ground
Hosted by: Acast

New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce won the People’s Voice Award for Best Co-Hosts, Features (Podcasts)
From: Wave Sports + Entertainment
Hosted by: Megaphone

Pod Save the World won the Webby Award for News & Politics, Shows
From: Crooked Media
Hosted by: Simplecast

Scamanda won the Webby Award for Crime & Justice, Limited-Series & Specials
From: Lionsgate Sound
Hosted by: Megaphone

Supreme: The Battle for Roe won the Webby Award for Scripted (Fiction), Individual Episodes
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run, Features (Podcasts)
From: TwentyOne21 Podcast
Hosted by: Spotify for Podcasters

The Vergecast won the People’s Voice Award for Technology, Shows (Podcasts)
From: The Verge
Hosted by: Megaphone

KPMG provides vote tabulation consulting for The Webby Awards. To view the full list of Winners, please visit the Webby Awards website.

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