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

True Crime
From: Stephanie Soo & Ramble
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Podcast of the Year presented by The Hartford: New Heights

Comedy
From: Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer Best Business & Finance: How I Built This

Business
From: Guy Raz | Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer Best Comedy: This Is Important

Culture
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Crime: Crime Junkie

True Crime
From: audiochuck
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Pop Culture: Watch What Crappens

Film
From: Ben Mandelker & Ronnie Karam | Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer Best Food Podcast Award Presented by Planet Oat: Sporkful

Arts
From: Dan Pashman
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Wellness & Fitness: On Purpose with Jay Shetty

Health & Fitness and Business
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer Best History: Revisionist History

History
From: Pushkin Industries
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer Best Kids & Family: Good Inside with Dr. Becky

Kids & Family
From: Dr. Becky Kennedy
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best Music: Popcast

Music and Music
From: The New York Times
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Best News: Pivot

News and Technology
From: New York Magazine
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Best Fiction: The Mantawauk Caves

Fiction
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer Best Sports: Club Shay Shay

Sports
From: iHeartPodcasts, The Volume, and Shay Shay Media
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Science: RadioLab

Science
From: WNYC Studios
Hosted by: WNYC

Trailer Best Technology: Hard Fork

Technology
From: The New York Times
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Best Ad Read: SmartLess

Culture
From: Jason Bateman, Sean Hayes, Will Arnett
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Best Overall Host: Laci Mosley (Scam Goddess)

True Crime
From: Earwolf & Laci Mosley
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Best Overall Ensemble: New Heights

Comedy
From: Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer Best Political: Pod Save America

News
From: Crooked Media
Hosted by: Simplecast

Best TV & Film: How Did This Get Made?

Reviews
From: Earwolf and Paul Scheer, June Diane Raphael, Jason Mantzoukas
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Best Spanish Language: Leyendas Legendarias

Comedy
From: Sonoro | SINCO
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Best Advice / Inspirational: We Can Do Hard Things with Glennon Doyle

Society & Culture and Education
From: Glennon Doyle and Audacy
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Best Beauty & Fashion: Lipstick On The Rim

Arts and Education
From: Sony Music Entertainment
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Best Travel: Atlas Obscura

Society & Culture
From: SiriusXM and 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.

Trailer Best Spirituality & Religion: Woman Evolve with Sarah Jakes Roberts

Culture
From: The Black Effect and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer Best Branded Podcast: Symptomatic (Novartis)

Society & Culture
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Best Emerging: The Really Good Podcast with Bobbi Althoff

Comedy and Society & Culture
From: Bobbi Althoff & Studio71
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Best International: The Imperfects (Australia)

Health & Fitness and Education
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