2020 Webby Awards

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The 2020 Webby Awards ceremony was posted online on May 19, 2020, and was hosted by Patton Oswalt. [1] Named Webbys From Home, it recognized the best of Internet content. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the award ceremony was held virtually at the organization's official website with pre-recorded material at remote locations. The ceremony included guest appearances from Michelle Obama, Kristen Bell, Tom Hanks, Demi Lovato, Anthony Fauci, Jill Scott and Questlove, among others. The awards were dedicated "to honoring individuals and organizations who are using the internet in response to the coronavirus pandemic". [1]

Contents

Google and National Geographic won the most awards at 14 each. [1]

Winners

CategorySub-CategoryAwardWebby WinnerPeople's Voice WinnerHonorees
Websites and Mobile Sites [2] General WebsitesActivismThe Third Strike Campaign (Granyon ApS)*Privacy Not Included (Mozilla Foundation)
Architecture & DesignThe Urban Village Microsite (SPACE10)Architectural Digest (Architectural Digest, Conde Nast)
ArtWhat was Leonardo da Vinci doing at your age? (CNN)
AssociationsWorld Press Photos: Connecting the world to the stories that matter (Emakina)American Astronomical Society Website (Happy Cog)
Business Blog/WebsiteHBR.org (Havard Business Review)Forbes.com (Forbes media)
Car Sites & Car Culture100 years making history (HOY)
Charitable Organizations/Non-ProfitOur Stories Alzhelmer's Awareness Campaign (The Ad Council)Equal Justice Initiative (Madeo Studio)
CommunityGirlsclub AsiaStack Overflow
Corporate Communications Nike Purpose Website (Owen Jones and Partners)
Corporate Social ResponsibilityLyft - America Is An Idea, Not A Geography (Hello Monday and Even/Odd)The Bear and his Scarf (Lucy Agency)
Cultural Blog/WebsiteIt's Nice ThatBecoming Prince (The Prince Estate / Base Design)
Cultural InstitutionsHarvard Film Archive (Huncwot)Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: RockHall.com (Media.Monks B.V)
EducationPeople Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North (C&G Partners)Pussypedia
Email NewslettersAssembly, a digital publication by Malala Fund (Malala Fund)The Washington Post's By The Way, Best newsletter (The Washington Post)
EmploymentBASIC Culture Manual (BASIC/DEPT)Fiverr: Creating Opportunities for Everyone, Everywhere (Fiverr)
Entertainment YouTube Rewind 2019 (Hook) Rotten Tomatoes
Fashion & BeautyGood On You (Made Together)Murad (BASIC/DEPT)
Financial Services/BankingHappy MoneyWealthsimple Website (Wealthsimple)
Food & DrinkBon Appétit
Government & Civil InnovationUSAFactsVOTE411 - Election Information You Need (LookThink)
HealthBeThere.org (A.K.A New Media Inc)
HumorFunny or DieThe Far Side (Andrews McMeel Universal)
LawKnight First Amendment Institute Website (Tierra Innovation and Point Five) Urban Justice Center (Superunion)
LifestyleHuffPost Life (HuffPost)
MagazineNational Geographic
Media Streaming MasterClass DC Universe (WB Digital Networks - DC Universe)
Music Bastille - Doom Days Web AR (Powster)Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House)
NetArt150 years of Nature (MIT-IBM Watson Lab)
News & PoliticsReuters: Identifying and Tackling Manipulated Media (Reuters News Agency)The Washington Post
Personal Blog/WebsiteThe Kid Should See This
Professional Services & Self-PromotionZhenya Rynzhuk Folio (Individual)Alan Menken (Hello Monday)
Real EstateUrby (Kettle)Compass
School/UniversityPennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts by Message Agency (Message Agency)Yale College (Fastspot)
ScienceLost Cities: A Sea of Coral (CaravanLab / Belle & Wissell Co.)National Geographic Education Resource Library (National Geographic Society)
ShoppingGOOD TASTE (Six)Bugaboo (Dept Holding BV)
Sports1 / ST Website (DeepSleep Studio)Every Body Has a Story (ESPN)
Sustainbility & EnvironmentSave Whales (Red Collar) NASA's Global Climate Change Website (NASA/JPL-Caltech)
Television & FilmGive Her A Break - Oscars (Mojo Supermarket)Our Planet (B-Reel)
TravelConde Nast Traveler's City Guides (Condé Nast Traveler)Colombia Travel (Link)
Web Services & ApplicationsPaste by WeTransfer (WeTransfer)Streamtime
WeirdBrand Name Pencils (Madison Ave. Collective)Mental Floss (Minute Media)
Features & DesignBest Data VisualizationCodex Atlanticus (The Visual Agency)Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House)
Best Home/Welcome PageThe Third Strike Campaign (Granyon ApS)Nike Skateboarding Website (Owen Jones and Partners)
Best Individual Editorial Feature - Ind/Brand/OrgClimate Science, Risk & Solutions by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)Language Keepers - Emergence Magazine (Emergence Magazine)
Best Individual Editorial Feature - Media CompanyIn El Salvador, violence is driving girls to kill themselves (Univision News Digital TIME and The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting)The Fact Checker's Guide to Manipulated Video (The Washington Post)
Best Navigation/StructurePattern Radio (Google Creative Lab)Wonderful Weekends (Active Theory)
Best PracticesHuman Interaction company
Best Use Of Animation Or Motion GraphicsThe Atlas of Moons (National Geographic)DEMO - Design in Motion Festival (Studio Dumbar)
Best Use Of PhotographyEvery Body Has a Story (ESPN)2019: The year in pictures (CNN)
Best Use Of Video Or Moving ImageEnding FGM - A piece of me (UNFPA)When seeing is no longer believing: Inside the Pentagon's race against deepfake videos (CNN)
Best User ExperienceRoo - The AI Powered Sex Ed Chatbot you never know you needed (Planned Parenthood)Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House)
Best User InterfaceWelcome to Bron Bron Land (ESPN)Safe Cities 2019 (THE ECONOMIST GROUP)
Best Visual Design - AestheticLusion (Lusion Ltd)100 years making history (HOY)
Best Visual Design - FunctionEvery Body Has a Story (ESPN)
Best Writing (Editorial)Writing on The New Yorker's Web Site (The New Yorker)National Geographic Education Resource Library(National Geographic Society)
Technical AchievementTeachable Machine (Google Creative Lab)Drone VR (Very Big Things)
Video [3] Branded EntertainmentAnimation (Branded)Creativity for All (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)The egg which doesn't kill the chicken (Brand Station)
Comedy (Branded)Make It with Idris Elba (Squarespace)Now That's A Cardiac (Kovert Creative)
Corporate Social Responsibility (Branded)Detailed Voice Guidance Comes to Google Maps (Google)Kindness Is Contagious (Klick Health)
Diversity & Inclusion (Branded)The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers (Google Brand Studio)
Documentary (Branded)A Surfer's Search (Rathaus Films)"The Spirit of Conviction" (Complex Networks / Mindshare / Wild Turkey)
Experimental & Weird (Branded)Lynx 2 in 1 Shower & Shave Foam - THE BALLS (72andSunny Amsterdam) Rick and Morty Adult Swim IDs (Titmouse)
Fashion & Lifestyle (Branded)Nails (Reebok)
Integrated Campaign (Branded)Dear Refugees (Big Spaceship)
Live Experiences (Branded)Parade Reimagined (Verizon)
Long Form (Branded)Bertha Benz (antoni garage GmbH & Co. KG)Mars on Earth: Devon Island (Visual Lab at Google)
Media & Entertainment (Branded) Metro Exodus Artyom's Nightmare (Platige Image S.A.)Play With Life (Hey Wonderful / EA)
Music (Branded)Artist Spotlight Stories (YouTube Music)The Birth of Biggie: 25 Years of 'Ready To Die' (Amazon Music)
Public Service & Activism (Branded)Generation Lockdown (McCann New York) Sandy Hook Promise - Back-To-School Essentials (BBDO New York)
Scripted (Branded)#MoviePosterMovie "In The Time It Takes To Get There" (RSA Films)Oscar the Grouch (Squarespace)
Series (Branded)History of Memory (History of Memory)The Star Wars Show (Lucasfilm)
Short Form (Branded)The Truth Is Worth It: Fearlessness (Furlined)
Sports (Branded)The Team That Wouldn't Be Here (McCann New York)The Mind Behind - CS Santosh (Supari Studios)
Unscripted (Branded)Generation Lockdown (McCann New York)
Viral (Branded)The Lift (& Co. / NoA)LEGO Droid Orchestra by Sam Battle (LEGO Company)
General VideoAnimationLa Norla (Short Film) (NightWheel Pictures)Lost & Found (Wabi Sabi Studios)
Art & ExperimentalEpoch (Kevin McGloughlin)Serious Klein - The Seed (Short Film) (ICONOCLAST Germany)
Comedy: LongformSpecial (Stage 13)Momsplaining with Kristen Bell (Ellen Digital)
Comedy: Shortform The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Trump's Best Words 2019 (Comedy Central Digital)
Diversity & InclusionIn Her Shoes: India (Matador Network)The Greatness of Girls (Mom.com)
Documentary: LongformThe Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi (The Washington Post)
Documentary: ShortformSponge Cities (WWF / World Economic Forum)Cincuenta (Fifty) (Fenix Media USA)
Events & Live StreamsGreta Thunberg on the Climate Fight: "If We Can Save the Banks, The Can Save the World" (The Intercept)
Fashion & Beauty Vogue Italia - Simone: A Survivor's Story (Good Company)Shady: The Dark Secret Behind Your Favorite Makeup Products (Refinery29)
Food & Drink First We Feast's "Hot Ones"
How-To, Explainer & DIYThe trick that made animation realistic (Vox)Houseplant 101: Houseplant Home Makeover! (Homestead Brooklyn)
MusicThe Sound of NYC's Underground Vogue Scene (feat. Qween Beat) (PBS Digital Studios)
Music Video Cellophane (Object & Animal) Earth - Lil Dicky (RYOT / SB Projects)
News & PoliticsSudan's Live Stream Massacre (BBC Africa Eye)Hong Kong's huge protests, explained (Vox)
Public Service & Activism#NatureNow (Gripping Films)
RealityDrummers. Disruptors. for 'The Devi Project' (Cutting Chai Content)BuzzFeed's "Mi Quinceanera Come True" - "We Gave This Girl Her Dream Quince" (BuzzFeed)
Science & Education Timelapse of the Future: A Journey to the End of Time (Melodysheep)
SportsNo Limits: Wheelchair Basketball In South Sudan (International Committee of the Red Cross)
StudentWELCOME (Dyamant Pictures)Rainbow Rodeo (University of Nevada, Reno - Reynolds School of Journalism)
TechnologyInside the traumatic life of a Facebook moderator (The Verge)How your period is making other people rich (The Guardian)
Trailer The Mustang (MOCEAN) The Witcher - Main Trailer (Intermission Film)
Travel & AdventureThe Lonely Palm Tree (Zara Creative)Rare Pant Survey on Thailand's Tiger's Nose (Homestead Brooklyn)
VarietyNew Yorker Video - Annals of Obsession (The New Yorker)Dressing Funny (Netflix Is A Joke)
Variety & Reality The Late Show With Stephen Colbert: Stephen Has a Story (CBS Interactive)
Video Remixes/MashupsPlay That Funky Music Rammstein (DJ Cummerbund) Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Retrospective (Clark Zhu)
ViralMotherly: I was going to fold the clothes but instead I held you (Motherly)Best Ever Food Review Show
Weird17 Small Ideas (Andrew Myers) George Lucas reacts to Star Wars Trailer: Salty Celebrity Deepfake (Collider)
Performance & CraftBest Art DirectionLIFE (The Unicorn) Lil Nas X - Panini (Lord Danger)
Best Editing#LifeChangingPlaces - Ethiopia (Kolle Rebbe GmbH)That's My Jazz (Breakwater Studios)
Best Individual PerformanceCellophane (Object & Animal)Stories From The Stage: Gastor's Lesson In Heavy, High & Far (WORLD Channel)
Best Web Personality/Host The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - Desi Lydic Womansplains (Comedy Central Digital)Joe La Puma - Complex's "Sneaker Shopping" (Complex Networks)
Best WritingAFTERSHOT: An App to Help Cowardly Politicians Talk About Gun Control (Kelly&Kelly)National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) - Naughty Or... (Wieden+Kennedy)
Immersive And Mixed Reality360-Video12 seconds of gunfire: The true story of a school shooting (The Washington Post)Infectious Disease Detectives (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative)
360-Video: BrandedTraining Empathy by Trading Ages (Primacy)Reaction Time (WebMD)
Animation (Immersive And Mixed Reality)I'm Still Kenny (Coat of Arms) Doctor Who: The Runaway (Passion Pictures / BBC)
Best Use Of Augmented RealityREWILD Our Planet (PHORIA)
Documentary (Immersive And Mixed Reality)Travelling While Black (Felix & Paul Studios)Stealing Ur Feelings (Noah Levenson)
Entertainment (Immersive And Mixed Reality)Spacebuzz VR education programme for kids (Media.Monks B.V.)
News (Immersive And Mixed Reality)Venezuela, Stories of Crisis (The Washington Post)Lessons of Auschwitz: Volumetric VR illustration tribute by school students (RT)
Volumetric / 6-Degrees Of Freedom Game of Thrones: The Dead Must Die Magic Leap Experience (HBO)
Video Series & ChannelsAnimation (Video Series & Channels)RSA Shorts - World-Changing Ideas (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce(RSA))Tasty Truths (GALLEGOS United)
Documentary (Video Series & Channels)Great Big StoryWhat Can Be Saved? (The Associated Press)
Entertainment (Video Series & Channels) The Late Late Show YouTube Channel (CBS Interactive) Honest Trailers (FANDOM)
Food & Drink (Video Series & Channels)Munchies (VICE Media)Raphael Gomes
How-To & DIY (Video Series & Channels)Showcase (Tastemade) Adam Savage's Tested One Day Builds (Whalerock Industries)
Music (Video Series & Channels)NPR Music Tiny Desk Concerts (NPR)
News & Politics (Video Series & Channels)Behind the Lines in Syria (Mother Jones)"Because China" (Quartz)
Public Service & Activism (Video Series & Channels)The Culture of Pride - Pioneers of Love (Culture Trip)A King's Place (G/O Media Group)
Reality (Video Series & Channels)My People, Our Stories: Los Angeles (AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera Digital)Going From Broke (CracklePlus)
Science & Education (Video Channels & Series)BBC Ideas - short films for curious minds (BBC)What If (Underknown)
Sports (Video Series & Channels)Stories of Ambition (The Precinct)My Dream, Dani Alves (The Players' Tribune)
Travel & Lifestyle (Video Series & Channels)If Cities Could Dance (KQED)Wildlife with Bertie Gregory: Season 3 (National Geographic Channels)
Advertising, Media & PR [4] IndividualAugmented RealityEscape the clown (Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH)JFK Moonshot (Digitas)
Branded ContentApple - Bounce (TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Pulse Films / Framestore)Listen to the Ocean (Africa)
Experience MarketingDalí Lives (Gooby Silverstein & Partners)LEGO House Mini Chef (HiQ)
Game Or Application Baskin-Robbins: Operation Scoop Scoop (22squared + m ss ng p eces)
Machine Learning And BotsAI Versus (ISD Group)The Algorithm of Life (Africa)
Online Guerrilla & InnovationGive Her A Break - Oscars (Mojo Supermarket)Lessons In Herstory (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
Social VideoThe Lift (& Co. / NoA)It's All Coming Back To Instagram Now (Mother New York)
StudentThe Forecast Emoji (Miami Ad School Europe GmbH) Ikea - The Climate Change Collection (Miami Ad Hamburg)
Video Ad LongformThe Underdogs (division7)We don't have balls (thjnk AG)
Video Ad ShortformThe Truth Is Worth It (Droga5)The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers (Google Brand Studio)
Viral MarketingMichelin Impossible (Ogilvy Sydney)#SpotifyWrapped (Spotify In-House)
CraftBest Art DirectionSmirnoff: Infamous Since 1864 (72andSunny New York)Windows Into The Future (Cheil Germany GmbH)
Best Branded Editorial ExperienceGoogle Year in Search 2019 (Google Brand Studio) Watchmen x The Atlantic: The Massacre of Black Wall Street (HBO)
Best CopywritingThe Truth Is Worth It (Droga5)Make with Idris Elba (Squarespace)
Best Use of Animation Or Motion Graphics Cyberpunk 2077 (Goodbye Kansas Studios)
Best Use of Video Or Moving ImageMonica Lenwinsky - The Epidemic (BBDO New York)Bacardi - Beat Machine (BBDO New York)
Branded ContentAuto & Auto ServicesAbbey Road (NORD DDB Stockholm AB)Visit the Road - California Stays (Belong Agency)
Fashion, Beauty & LifestyleThe Non-Issue (McCann London)Tom Ford International - New York Fashion Week - SS19 Runway Show (MOCEAN)
Food & BeverageI'm Drinking It For You (Colenso BBDO)Coors Light Art of Cold (Courageous Studios)
Health, Wellness & PharmaceuticalThe Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination (Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH)GE - Don't Skip (BBDO New York)
Media & EntertainmentFor The Throne (Droga5 / HBO) Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Magazine (Watson Design Group, Inc.)
Products & ServicesThe Creative Types Personality Quiz (Adobe Create) Oscar the Grouch (Squarespace)
Public Service & ActivismGeneration Lockdown (McCann New York)
Tourism & LeisureGo Back To Africa (FCB/SIX NY)National Parks: Civilization Sucks (GREY NEW YORK)
Advertising CampaignsBest Cause Related CampaignThe E.V.A. Initiative (Forsman & Bodenfors)Flash Drives for Freedom (Human Rights Foundation)
Best Video CampaignThe Truth Is Worth It (Droga5) Adidas Originals "Donald Glover Presents" (Mamag Studios)
Brand StrategyThe E.V.A. Initiative (Forsman & Bodenfors) Tinder: Swipe Night (72andSunny Los Angeles)
Corporate Social Responsibility CampaignChanging The Game (McCann New York)Bracardi - The Future Doesn't Suck (BBDO New York)
Digital CampaignBonds Re-Loved (Lea Burnett Melbourne)Bad Reviews (Kworq)
Integrated CampaignOwn the Controversy (LIDA/M&C Saatchi)The Decade Wrapped (Spotify In-House)
Mobile CampaignMonica Lewinsky - The Epidemic (BBDO New York)
Real-Time Response CampaignGo Back To Africa (FCB/SIX NY)Delivering Hope (MRM//McCann)
Social Media CampaignQuest for The Throne (Droga5 / HBO)
MediaBest Media StrategyStage Your Driveway (FCB)THINX - MENstruation (BBDO New York)
Best Use of Data Driven MediaFebreze: The Most Undisruptive Radio Ads (Grey Midwest)Web Companions (R/GA Austin)
Best Use of Earned Media Gillette: We Believe (GREY NEW YORK)Born Free - The Bitter Bond (ENGINE)
Best Use of Mobile MediaMaria's Message (Wunderman BA)Spoiler WHOPPER (Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH)
Best Use of Native AdvertisingBacardi - Beat Machine (BBDO New York)HBO - It's OK (Wieden+Kennedy)
Best Use of Online MediaFace the hidden facts (NORD DDB Stockholm AB)Spotify for Pets (Spotify In-House)
Best Use of Social MediaVirtual Influencer Colonel Sanders (Wieden+Kennedy)Unmasking a racist agenda (Hjaltelin Stahl)
PRBest Cause Related Campaign (PR) UNICEF Backpack Graveyard (UNICEF)
Best Event Activation Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical (division7)Impossible Mascots (WMcCann)
Best Influencer EndorsementsIt's bubly! (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
Best LaunchThe Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination (Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH) Disney+'s 'Moving Day' (Disney+ and TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles)
Best Social Community Building And EngagementSend Your Name to Mars (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
Best Viral PR CampaignSandy Hook Promise - Back to School Essentials (BBDO New York)
Real-Time ResponseDelivering Hope (MRM//McCann)
Apps and Software [5] General Mobile & OTT AppsArt, Culture, and EventsUrban ArchiveLondon Art Studies (London Art Studies/the Academy)
Education & ReferenceMasterclass App (MasterClass)NASA's Solar System Interactive Experience (NASA/JPL)
EntertainmentThe Star Wars App (Lucasfilm)
Family & KidsToca Life: World (Toca Boca)PBS KIDS Video App (PBS KIDS)
Fashion, Beauty & LifestyleMy Make Up Artist (Beamly (part of Coty Inc))Macy's App - Redesign, AR, Style Quiz & Inspo (Macy's)
Financial Services/BankingBranch: Helping Hourly Workers Grow Financially (Branch)State Farm Mobile App 2020 (State Farm Insurance Companies)
Food & Drinksweetgreen App (smallgreen) Food Network Kitchen - Premium (Discovery, Inc.)
Health & FitnessSt. Jude Children's Hospital Patient Care App (World Wide Technology)
Machine Learning and BotsPlanned Parenthood's Roo (Work & Co)
News & MagazineNational GeographicConsumer Reports
Public Services & UtilitiesGlobal Citizen Mobile App (Global Citizen)
Services & UtilitiesState Farm Mobile App 2020 (State Farm Insurance Companies)
ShoppingWarfair Mobile Shopping App (Wayfair)Google Store (Google + BASIC)
SportsINEOS 1:59 Challenge (SOON)The Bleacher Report App (Bleacher Report)
TravelGoogle Assistant's Interpreter Mode on Mobile (Google)Expedia: Hotels, Flights & Car (Expedia)
Work & Productivitymonday.com: Connecting 500K people to workplace processes (monday.com) Trello
Mobile & OTT App FeaturesBest PracticesDeepLPlanned Parenthood's Roo (Work & Co)
Best Streaming ServicePinnaPBS KIDS Video App (PBS KIDS)
Best User ExperienceNight Sky (iCandi Apps Ltd.)
Best User InterfaceGoogle Maps Live View (Google Maps)
Best Visual Design - Aesthetic Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany)
Best Visual Design - FunctionMaterial Design - Dark Theme Guidelines & Article (Google)Portal - Focus, Sleep, Escape (Portal Labs Ltd)
Connected Products & WearablesChanging The Game (McCann New York) Apple AirPods Pro (Apple)
Experimental & InnovationSIGNS (McCann Worldgroup Germany)Deaf 911 (Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness)
Integrated Mobile ExperienceLessons in Herstory (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)
Technical AchievementDeepL (DeepL and denkwerk)RoboKiller (Teltech)
General VoiceEducation & Reference (Voice)Paintings that speak (SCA)1-2-3 Math (Sermo Labs)
Games (Voice)My Storytime (Google Creative Lab)Drivetime
Health, Fitness & Lifestyle (Voice)Silent Whistle (Leo Burnett and MediaMonks)Red Cross Blood Donation Voice Skill (American Red Cross)
News (Voice)NPR Visual Newscast (NPR)The New York Times Briefing (The New York Times)
Productivity (Voice)SoundHound app (SoundHound Inc.)Food Network Kitchen - Premium (Discovery, Inc.)
Voice FeaturesBest Branded Voice ExperiencePandora Voice Mode (Pandora)Stories from Disney's Frozen 2 (Disney Parks, Experiences and Products)
Best User ExperienceGoogle Assistant's Interpreter Mode on Mobile (Google)WW App (WW)
Best WritingThe Voicebot Chronicles (KQED) Amazon Alexa / Jimmy Fallon 'Tell Me A Joke' (NBC Entertainment Marketing & Digital)
Technical AchievementSIGNS (McCann Worldgroup Germany)Wait Wait Quiz from Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (NPR)
Social [6] General SocialAnimalsDuke Bush (Curiosity)Dean the Basset
Art & CultureBBC CultureNational Museum of Women in the Arts Instagram (National Museum of Women in the Arts)
Celebrity/Fan The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Comments By Celebs
Corporate CommunicationsWomen Will (Google)
Education & Discovery Doctor Mike (DM Operations Inc.)National Geographic Social Media (National Geographic)
Entertainment#SpotifyWrapped (Spotify In-House)Comments By Celebs
Events 2019 MTV Video Music Awards (MTV Entertainment Group) 2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards (iHeartRadio)
Fashion & BeautyGlossierFenty Beauty Social Media (Fenty Beauty, Kendo Brands)
Food & DrinkBon AppétitAmerica's Test Kitchen
Health, Wellness & LifestyleDoctor Mike
LifestyleApartment Therapy Instagram (Apartment Therapy)
News & PoliticsThe Washington Post on Instagram (The Washington Post)CNN
Public Service & Activism#VaccinesWork (RPA)
SportsNFL Tiktok (NFL)Bleacher Report
Television & FilmStar Wars (Lucasfilm)
TravelThe Washington Post's By The Way, Best Social Media (travel) (The Washington Post)Atlas Obscura
WeirdThe Art Decider (Michael Tannenbaum)Unnecessary Inventions
Social Content Series & CampaignsArts & Entertainment (Series & Campaigns)@Sufferosa (Kissinger Twins Studio)Today in Marvel History (Marvel Entertainment)
Culture & Lifestyle (Series & Campaigns)NASAMoonTunes (NASA Johnson Space Center)
Diversity & Inclusion (Series & Campaigns)Code Like a Girl - Losing Lena (Facebook Creative Shop)RuPaul's #DragRacePrice (VH1)
Education & Discovery (Series & Campaigns)NASA Explores: Cryosphere (NASA GSFC/USRA)Revealing a Black Hole (Havard Public Affairs & Communications)
Fashion & Beauty (Series & Campaigns)e.l.f. Cosmetics #eyeslipsface TikTok Campaign (e.l.f. Beauty)
Food & Drink (Series & Campaigns)Michelin Impossible (Ogilvy Sydney)Sundays at Nana's (Tastemade)
Health & Fitness (Series & Campaigns)Roo High School (R/GA)HBO - Inspiration Room - Diary Readings (Wieden+Kennedy)
News & Politics (Series & Campaigns)Election Confessions (NBC News Group)Now This' "20 Questions for 2020," With the 2020 Presidential Candidates (NowThis | Group Nine Media)
Public Service & Activism (Series & Campaigns)Malaria Must Die Voice Petition (R/GA)Wildlife Tourism Campaign (National Geographic)
Sports (Series & Campaigns) 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup: FOX Sports Digital Coverage (FOX Sports)
Television & Film (Series & Campaigns)The End of the Fucking World (4creative) The Addams Family (Revolve Agency)
Travel (Series & Campaigns)Only On Airbnb (Weber Shandwick) JetBlue + RuPaul's "Shantay, Blue Stay" (Viacom Velocity)
Social VideoArts & Entertainment (Video)A Holiday Reunion (Goodby Silverstein & Partners)#Nice Tweets with Tom Hanks (Twitter)
Culture & Lifestyle (Video)Adidas Originals Archive video series (Havas New York)Culture Trip - America's First Cannabis Cafe (Culture Trip)
Education & Discovery (Video)Be Woke Presents: Black History in Two MinutesWild Life With Bertie Gregory: Season 3 (National Geographic)
Events & Live Streaming (Video)2019 MTV Video Awards - Stan Cam (MTV Entertainment Group)JFK Moonshot (Digitas)
Food & Drink (Video) Popeyes — BYOB (GSD&M)Tastemade
How-To & DIY (Video)DIY 'Game of Thrones' Party Snacks (eHow)Self Defense Tips for Female Travelers (Tastemade)
News & Politics (Video)Selling Organs to Survive (CBS News)Rohingya Crisis through the Eyes of Al Jazeera Journalists (Al Jazeera English Online (Newsfeed))
Public Service & Activism (Video)Generation Lockdown (McCann New York)Be A Lady They Said (Girls Girls Girls Magazine)
Sports (Video)NFL 360: The LA Marathon: Nipsey Hussle (NFL Network)"The Greatest Moment in US Soccer History, 20 Years Later: Brandi Chastain" (FOX Sports)
Television & Film (Video)Complaints Welcome (4creative)The Ballad of the Peaky Blinders (BBC Wales Digital Drama / Casey Bailey)
Travel (Video)Igniting a Global Conspiracy to #GetNZonthemap (Augusto)Disney Imagineer Executive Creative Director talks Star Wars Galaxy's Edge (In The Know)
FeaturesBest Influencer EndorsementNike - PLAYlist (R/GA) US Open - Women Worth Watching (mcgarrybowen)
Best Overall Social Presence - BrandNASA Social Media (NASA)Merriam-Webster: Defining the Times (Merriam-Webster)
Best Overall Social Presence - Media/EntertainmentHBO Brand Social Media (ENGINE)National Geographic Social Media (National Geographic)
Best Photography & DesignNational Geographic Social Media (National Geographic)Nat Geo Wild's Instagram (National Geographic Channels)
Best Social Video Series60 Second Docs (indigenous)TEENAGE DAD (season 3) [7]

The XY with Kirk Goldsberry [8]
USA TODAY's Militarykind Facebook video series [9]

Best Use Of Filters/LensesSketch Me If You Can With PicsArt (PicsArt)Fluid Face Filters: Pretty Kitten [10]

i am love | AR Book Cover [11]
Robbie Conceptuel [12]

Best Use Of StoriesEva Stories (K's Galleries) Saturday Night Live: Live Show Coverage (NBC Entertainment Marketing & Digital)

Frontline Negotiations [13] Ghostwriters [14] @SeedUniversity [15]

Best Use Of VideoApple - @apple UGC Video Edits (TBWA\Media Arts Lab) Spies In Disguise : Music Video Series (Disney/Fullscreen)
Experimental & InnovationBaby Blocker (McCann Manchester) Celine Dion: Album Scavenger Hunt across Instagram and Spotify (WMA)

Adweek's Super Bowl Bot [16] ANIMATION DOMINATION SNAPCHAT MURAL [17]
Close up #AmorLivre [18]

Promotions & ContestsThe New Yorker - Caption Contest (BBDO New York)
Podcasts [19] General SeriesArts & Culture Recording Artists: Radical Women (Getty) Switched on Pop (Vox Media Podcast Network)

Business

Pivot (Vox Media Podcast Network)

Comedy

Judge John Hodgman (Maximum Fun) The Trypod (Try Guys)

Crime & Justice

Criminal (PRX's Radiotopia)

Diversity & Inclusion

Pod Save the People (Crooked Media) Dead Ass (Stitcher)

Documentary

The Shrink Next Door (Wondery and Bloomberg) Be Woke Presents: Black History in Two Minutes

Family & Kids

The Story Pirates Podcast (Story Pirates) Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls: The Podcast(Rebel Girls)

Health & Wellness

Daily Breath with Deepak Chopra (Part2 Pictures) Happier with Gretchen Rubin

Interview/Talk Show

The Ezra Klein Show (Vox Media Podcast Network)

Lifestyle

The Upgrade (Lifehacker) Proof Podcast (America's Test Kitchen)

Music

Mogul (Spotify) Dissect (Spotify)

News & Politics

Voting While Black (Color Of Change) Stay Tuned with Preet (Some Spider)

Science & Education

Overheard at National Geographic (National Geographic) Science Rules! with Bill Nye (Stitcher)

Scripted (Fiction)

Blackout (Endeavor Content and QCode) Passenger List (PRX's Radiotopia)

Sports

30 for 30 Podcasts : Season 6 (ESPN Films) No Dunks (The Athletic)

Technology

Recode Decode (Vox Media Podcast Network) Darknet Diaries
Television & FilmBehind The Scenes Netflix(Netflix) Masterpiece Studio (MASTERPIECE)
Individual Episodes, Mini-Series & SpecialsArts & Culture The Sporkful : When White People Say Plantation (Sporkful Media & Stitcher) American Masters Podcast(Thirteen)

Crime & Justice

Chasing Cosby (Herzog & Company) To Live and Die in L.A. (Tenderfoot TV)

Documentary

Fiasco (Luminary) This Land (Crooked Media)

Live Podcast Recording

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Twenty Thousand Hertz

Sports

The Lead (Wondery and The Athletic) 30 for 30 Podcasts: "The Sterling Affairs" (ESPN Films)
Television & Film#TellBlackStories: "Black Women & Girls" (Color Of Change) Behind The Irishman (Netflix)
FeaturesBest Branded Podcast Or SegmentRecode Decode: "Silicon Valley" (HBO)
Best Host ZigZag (Stable Genius Productions) The Catch and Kill Podcast with Ronan Farrow (Pineapple Street Studios)
Best Individual Episode The Chernobyl Podcast (HBO)
Best Limited Series Dolly Parton's America (Osm Audio)
Best Original Music / Sound Design 13 Minutes to the Moon (BBC World Service/Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg for Bleeding Fingers Music)
Best Series Spooked , presented by Snap Judgment (Luminary) The Moth Radio Hour (The Moth)
Best WritingFiasco(Luminary) The Dream (Little Everywhere)
Games [20] General GamesAdventure Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio and Techland Publishing) Outer Wilds (Annapurna Interactive)
Family & Kids Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego (Ubilabs)
  • Block Party: Pattern Quest
  • Build-a-Squad
Independent Creator Astroneer (System Era Softworks)
  • ELOH
  • Enter the Reveries
  • Tick Tock: A Tale for Two
Multiplayer/Competitive GameHeads Up!(Ellen Digital)
Public Service, Activism, And Social ImpactSTAX(McKinney)Changing The Game(McCann New York)
PuzzleUnheard(NExT Studios)SongPop Live(Fresh Planet)Overloot
Strategy/Simulation Planet Zoo (Frontier Development plc)Cooking Diary Restaurant Game(MYTONA)
FeaturesBest Art Direction Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio and Techland Publishing) Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software)
  • Remembrance Island
  • Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego
Best Game Design Sayonara Wild Hearts (Annapurna Interactive)
Best Music/Sound Design Days Gone (Sony Interactive Entertainment) My Singing Monsters (Big Blue Bubble)
Best User Experience Telling Lies (Annapurna Interactive)Borderlands 3(Gearbox Software)
Best Visual DesignThe Best Inside(Illusion Ray)Funexpected Math(Funexpected LTD)
Technical AchievementChanging The Game(McCan New York) Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Niantic, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment)
Special Achievement [21] Webby Agency of the YearBBDO New YorkN/A
Webby Artist of the Year D-Nice
Webby Breakout of the Year Houseparty
Webby Crush The Internet Award Swizz Beats and Timbaland
Webby Media Company of the Year National Geographic
Webby Network of the Year McCann Worldgroup
Webby Person of the YearAvi Schiffmann
Webby Production Company of the Yearm ss ng p eces
Webby Voice of the Year The Daily
Webby Special Achievement

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