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

Trailer The Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie and Katya won the Webby Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)

Comedy and Arts
From: Studio71
Hosted by: Megaphone

Trailer Can’t Afford Therapy Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast, Features (Podcasts)

Education and Leisure
From: Can't Afford Therapy Podcast
Hosted by: Libsyn

Trailer Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend won the People’s Voice Award for Comedy, Shows (Podcasts)

Comedy
From: Team Coco & Earwolf
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Katt Williams – Club Shay Shay won the Webby Award for Featured Guest, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)

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

Trailer Las Culturistas with Matt Rogers and Bowen Yang won the Webby Award for Comedy, Individual Episodes (Podcasts)

Culture
From: Big Money Players Network and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer The Laverne Cox Show won the Webby Award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, Shows (Podcasts)

Education
From: Shondaland Audio and iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer NASA’s Curious Universe: Suiting Up for Space won the Webby Award for Science & Education, Individual Episodes

Science
From: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Hosted by: Megaphone

Michelle Obama: The Light Podcast won the Webby Award for Best Series, Features (Podcasts)

Culture
From: Higher Ground
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer New Heights with Jason and Travis Kelce won the People’s Voice Award for Best Co-Hosts, Features (Podcasts)

Comedy
From: Wondery
Hosted by: ART19

Trailer Pod Save the World won the Webby Award for News & Politics, Shows

News
From: Crooked Media
Hosted by: Simplecast

Trailer Scamanda won the Webby Award for Crime & Justice, Limited-Series & Specials

True Crime
From: Lionsgate Sound
Hosted by: Acast

Trailer Supreme: The Battle for Roe won the Webby Award for Scripted (Fiction), Individual Episodes

Fiction
From: iHeartPodcasts
Hosted by: Omny Studio

Trailer TwentyOne 21: A Black AF Scripted Audio Comedy won the Webby Award for Best Indie Podcast - Limited Run, Features (Podcasts)

Fiction
From: TwentyOne21 Podcast
Hosted by: Spotify for Creators

The Vergecast won the People’s Voice Award for Technology, Shows (Podcasts)

Technology and News
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