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]
Google and National Geographic won the most awards at 14 each. [1]
Category | Sub-Category | Award | Webby Winner | People's Voice Winner | Honorees |
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Websites and Mobile Sites [2] | General Websites | Activism | The Third Strike Campaign (Granyon ApS) | *Privacy Not Included (Mozilla Foundation) | |
Architecture & Design | The Urban Village Microsite (SPACE10) | Architectural Digest (Architectural Digest, Conde Nast) | |||
Art | What was Leonardo da Vinci doing at your age? (CNN) | ||||
Associations | World Press Photos: Connecting the world to the stories that matter (Emakina) | American Astronomical Society Website (Happy Cog) | |||
Business Blog/Website | HBR.org (Havard Business Review) | Forbes.com (Forbes media) | |||
Car Sites & Car Culture | 100 years making history (HOY) | ||||
Charitable Organizations/Non-Profit | Our Stories Alzhelmer's Awareness Campaign (The Ad Council) | Equal Justice Initiative (Madeo Studio) | |||
Community | Girlsclub Asia | Stack Overflow | |||
Corporate Communications | Nike Purpose Website (Owen Jones and Partners) | ||||
Corporate Social Responsibility | Lyft - America Is An Idea, Not A Geography (Hello Monday and Even/Odd) | The Bear and his Scarf (Lucy Agency) | |||
Cultural Blog/Website | It's Nice That | Becoming Prince (The Prince Estate / Base Design) | |||
Cultural Institutions | Harvard Film Archive (Huncwot) | Rock & Roll Hall of Fame: RockHall.com (Media.Monks B.V) | |||
Education | People Not Property: Stories of Slavery in the Colonial North (C&G Partners) | Pussypedia | |||
Email Newsletters | Assembly, a digital publication by Malala Fund (Malala Fund) | The Washington Post's By The Way, Best newsletter (The Washington Post) | |||
Employment | BASIC Culture Manual (BASIC/DEPT) | Fiverr: Creating Opportunities for Everyone, Everywhere (Fiverr) | |||
Entertainment | YouTube Rewind 2019 (Hook) | Rotten Tomatoes | |||
Fashion & Beauty | Good On You (Made Together) | Murad (BASIC/DEPT) | |||
Financial Services/Banking | Happy Money | Wealthsimple Website (Wealthsimple) | |||
Food & Drink | Bon Appétit | ||||
Government & Civil Innovation | USAFacts | VOTE411 - Election Information You Need (LookThink) | |||
Health | BeThere.org (A.K.A New Media Inc) | ||||
Humor | Funny or Die | The Far Side (Andrews McMeel Universal) | |||
Law | Knight First Amendment Institute Website (Tierra Innovation and Point Five) | Urban Justice Center (Superunion) | |||
Lifestyle | HuffPost Life (HuffPost) | ||||
Magazine | National Geographic | ||||
Media Streaming | MasterClass | DC Universe (WB Digital Networks - DC Universe) | |||
Music | Bastille - Doom Days Web AR (Powster) | Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House) | |||
NetArt | 150 years of Nature (MIT-IBM Watson Lab) | ||||
News & Politics | Reuters: Identifying and Tackling Manipulated Media (Reuters News Agency) | The Washington Post | |||
Personal Blog/Website | The Kid Should See This | ||||
Professional Services & Self-Promotion | Zhenya Rynzhuk Folio (Individual) | Alan Menken (Hello Monday) | |||
Real Estate | Urby (Kettle) | Compass | |||
School/University | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts by Message Agency (Message Agency) | Yale College (Fastspot) | |||
Science | Lost Cities: A Sea of Coral (CaravanLab / Belle & Wissell Co.) | National Geographic Education Resource Library (National Geographic Society) | |||
Shopping | GOOD TASTE (Six) | Bugaboo (Dept Holding BV) | |||
Sports | 1 / ST Website (DeepSleep Studio) | Every Body Has a Story (ESPN) | |||
Sustainbility & Environment | Save Whales (Red Collar) | NASA's Global Climate Change Website (NASA/JPL-Caltech) | |||
Television & Film | Give Her A Break - Oscars (Mojo Supermarket) | Our Planet (B-Reel) | |||
Travel | Conde Nast Traveler's City Guides (Condé Nast Traveler) | Colombia Travel (Link) | |||
Web Services & Applications | Paste by WeTransfer (WeTransfer) | Streamtime | |||
Weird | Brand Name Pencils (Madison Ave. Collective) | Mental Floss (Minute Media) | |||
Features & Design | Best Data Visualization | Codex Atlanticus (The Visual Agency) | Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House) | ||
Best Home/Welcome Page | The Third Strike Campaign (Granyon ApS) | Nike Skateboarding Website (Owen Jones and Partners) | |||
Best Individual Editorial Feature - Ind/Brand/Org | Climate Science, Risk & Solutions by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) | Language Keepers - Emergence Magazine (Emergence Magazine) | |||
Best Individual Editorial Feature - Media Company | In 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/Structure | Pattern Radio (Google Creative Lab) | Wonderful Weekends (Active Theory) | |||
Best Practices | Human Interaction company | ||||
Best Use Of Animation Or Motion Graphics | The Atlas of Moons (National Geographic) | DEMO - Design in Motion Festival (Studio Dumbar) | |||
Best Use Of Photography | Every Body Has a Story (ESPN) | 2019: The year in pictures (CNN) | |||
Best Use Of Video Or Moving Image | Ending FGM - A piece of me (UNFPA) | When seeing is no longer believing: Inside the Pentagon's race against deepfake videos (CNN) | |||
Best User Experience | Roo - The AI Powered Sex Ed Chatbot you never know you needed (Planned Parenthood) | Your 2019 Wrapped (Spotify In-House) | |||
Best User Interface | Welcome to Bron Bron Land (ESPN) | Safe Cities 2019 (THE ECONOMIST GROUP) | |||
Best Visual Design - Aesthetic | Lusion (Lusion Ltd) | 100 years making history (HOY) | |||
Best Visual Design - Function | Every 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 Achievement | Teachable Machine (Google Creative Lab) | Drone VR (Very Big Things) | |||
Video [3] | Branded Entertainment | Animation (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 Video | Animation | La Norla (Short Film) (NightWheel Pictures) | Lost & Found (Wabi Sabi Studios) | ||
Art & Experimental | Epoch (Kevin McGloughlin) | Serious Klein - The Seed (Short Film) (ICONOCLAST Germany) | |||
Comedy: Longform | Special (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 & Inclusion | In Her Shoes: India (Matador Network) | The Greatness of Girls (Mom.com) | |||
Documentary: Longform | The Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi (The Washington Post) | ||||
Documentary: Shortform | Sponge Cities (WWF / World Economic Forum) | Cincuenta (Fifty) (Fenix Media USA) | |||
Events & Live Streams | Greta 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 & DIY | The trick that made animation realistic (Vox) | Houseplant 101: Houseplant Home Makeover! (Homestead Brooklyn) | |||
Music | The 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 & Politics | Sudan's Live Stream Massacre (BBC Africa Eye) | Hong Kong's huge protests, explained (Vox) | |||
Public Service & Activism | #NatureNow (Gripping Films) | ||||
Reality | Drummers. 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) | ||||
Sports | No Limits: Wheelchair Basketball In South Sudan (International Committee of the Red Cross) | ||||
Student | WELCOME (Dyamant Pictures) | Rainbow Rodeo (University of Nevada, Reno - Reynolds School of Journalism) | |||
Technology | Inside 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 & Adventure | The Lonely Palm Tree (Zara Creative) | Rare Pant Survey on Thailand's Tiger's Nose (Homestead Brooklyn) | |||
Variety | New 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/Mashups | Play That Funky Music Rammstein (DJ Cummerbund) | Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Three Retrospective (Clark Zhu) | |||
Viral | Motherly: I was going to fold the clothes but instead I held you (Motherly) | Best Ever Food Review Show | |||
Weird | 17 Small Ideas (Andrew Myers) | George Lucas reacts to Star Wars Trailer: Salty Celebrity Deepfake (Collider) | |||
Performance & Craft | Best Art Direction | LIFE (The Unicorn) | Lil Nas X - Panini (Lord Danger) | ||
Best Editing | #LifeChangingPlaces - Ethiopia (Kolle Rebbe GmbH) | That's My Jazz (Breakwater Studios) | |||
Best Individual Performance | Cellophane (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 Writing | AFTERSHOT: 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 Reality | 360-Video | 12 seconds of gunfire: The true story of a school shooting (The Washington Post) | Infectious Disease Detectives (Chan Zuckerberg Initiative) | ||
360-Video: Branded | Training 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 Reality | REWILD 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 & Channels | Animation (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 Story | What 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] | Individual | Augmented Reality | Escape the clown (Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH) | JFK Moonshot (Digitas) | |
Branded Content | Apple - Bounce (TBWA\Media Arts Lab / Pulse Films / Framestore) | Listen to the Ocean (Africa) | |||
Experience Marketing | Dalí 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 Bots | AI Versus (ISD Group) | The Algorithm of Life (Africa) | |||
Online Guerrilla & Innovation | Give Her A Break - Oscars (Mojo Supermarket) | Lessons In Herstory (Goodby Silverstein & Partners) | |||
Social Video | The Lift (& Co. / NoA) | It's All Coming Back To Instagram Now (Mother New York) | |||
Student | The Forecast Emoji (Miami Ad School Europe GmbH) | Ikea - The Climate Change Collection (Miami Ad Hamburg) | |||
Video Ad Longform | The Underdogs (division7) | We don't have balls (thjnk AG) | |||
Video Ad Shortform | The Truth Is Worth It (Droga5) | The Most Searched: A Celebration of Black History Makers (Google Brand Studio) | |||
Viral Marketing | Michelin Impossible (Ogilvy Sydney) | #SpotifyWrapped (Spotify In-House) | |||
Craft | Best Art Direction | Smirnoff: Infamous Since 1864 (72andSunny New York) | Windows Into The Future (Cheil Germany GmbH) | ||
Best Branded Editorial Experience | Google Year in Search 2019 (Google Brand Studio) | Watchmen x The Atlantic: The Massacre of Black Wall Street (HBO) | |||
Best Copywriting | The 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 Image | Monica Lenwinsky - The Epidemic (BBDO New York) | Bacardi - Beat Machine (BBDO New York) | |||
Branded Content | Auto & Auto Services | Abbey Road (NORD DDB Stockholm AB) | Visit the Road - California Stays (Belong Agency) | ||
Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle | The Non-Issue (McCann London) | Tom Ford International - New York Fashion Week - SS19 Runway Show (MOCEAN) | |||
Food & Beverage | I'm Drinking It For You (Colenso BBDO) | Coors Light Art of Cold (Courageous Studios) | |||
Health, Wellness & Pharmaceutical | The Tampon Book: a book against tax discrimination (Scholz & Friends Berlin GmbH) | GE - Don't Skip (BBDO New York) | |||
Media & Entertainment | For The Throne (Droga5 / HBO) | Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Magazine (Watson Design Group, Inc.) | |||
Products & Services | The Creative Types Personality Quiz (Adobe Create) | Oscar the Grouch (Squarespace) | |||
Public Service & Activism | Generation Lockdown (McCann New York) | ||||
Tourism & Leisure | Go Back To Africa (FCB/SIX NY) | National Parks: Civilization Sucks (GREY NEW YORK) | |||
Advertising Campaigns | Best Cause Related Campaign | The E.V.A. Initiative (Forsman & Bodenfors) | Flash Drives for Freedom (Human Rights Foundation) | ||
Best Video Campaign | The Truth Is Worth It (Droga5) | Adidas Originals "Donald Glover Presents" (Mamag Studios) | |||
Brand Strategy | The E.V.A. Initiative (Forsman & Bodenfors) | Tinder: Swipe Night (72andSunny Los Angeles) | |||
Corporate Social Responsibility Campaign | Changing The Game (McCann New York) | Bracardi - The Future Doesn't Suck (BBDO New York) | |||
Digital Campaign | Bonds Re-Loved (Lea Burnett Melbourne) | Bad Reviews (Kworq) | |||
Integrated Campaign | Own the Controversy (LIDA/M&C Saatchi) | The Decade Wrapped (Spotify In-House) | |||
Mobile Campaign | Monica Lewinsky - The Epidemic (BBDO New York) | ||||
Real-Time Response Campaign | Go Back To Africa (FCB/SIX NY) | Delivering Hope (MRM//McCann) | |||
Social Media Campaign | Quest for The Throne (Droga5 / HBO) | ||||
Media | Best Media Strategy | Stage Your Driveway (FCB) | THINX - MENstruation (BBDO New York) | ||
Best Use of Data Driven Media | Febreze: 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 Media | Maria's Message (Wunderman BA) | Spoiler WHOPPER (Grabarz & Partner Werbeagentur GmbH) | |||
Best Use of Native Advertising | Bacardi - Beat Machine (BBDO New York) | HBO - It's OK (Wieden+Kennedy) | |||
Best Use of Online Media | Face the hidden facts (NORD DDB Stockholm AB) | Spotify for Pets (Spotify In-House) | |||
Best Use of Social Media | Virtual Influencer Colonel Sanders (Wieden+Kennedy) | Unmasking a racist agenda (Hjaltelin Stahl) | |||
PR | Best Cause Related Campaign (PR) | UNICEF Backpack Graveyard (UNICEF) | |||
Best Event Activation | Skittles Commercial: The Broadway Musical (division7) | Impossible Mascots (WMcCann) | |||
Best Influencer Endorsements | It's bubly! (Goodby Silverstein & Partners) | ||||
Best Launch | The 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 Engagement | Send Your Name to Mars (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory) | ||||
Best Viral PR Campaign | Sandy Hook Promise - Back to School Essentials (BBDO New York) | ||||
Real-Time Response | Delivering Hope (MRM//McCann) | ||||
Apps and Software [5] | General Mobile & OTT Apps | Art, Culture, and Events | Urban Archive | London Art Studies (London Art Studies/the Academy) | |
Education & Reference | Masterclass App (MasterClass) | NASA's Solar System Interactive Experience (NASA/JPL) | |||
Entertainment | The Star Wars App (Lucasfilm) | ||||
Family & Kids | Toca Life: World (Toca Boca) | PBS KIDS Video App (PBS KIDS) | |||
Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle | My Make Up Artist (Beamly (part of Coty Inc)) | Macy's App - Redesign, AR, Style Quiz & Inspo (Macy's) | |||
Financial Services/Banking | Branch: Helping Hourly Workers Grow Financially (Branch) | State Farm Mobile App 2020 (State Farm Insurance Companies) | |||
Food & Drink | sweetgreen App (smallgreen) | Food Network Kitchen - Premium (Discovery, Inc.) | |||
Health & Fitness | St. Jude Children's Hospital Patient Care App (World Wide Technology) | ||||
Machine Learning and Bots | Planned Parenthood's Roo (Work & Co) | ||||
News & Magazine | National Geographic | Consumer Reports | |||
Public Services & Utilities | Global Citizen Mobile App (Global Citizen) | ||||
Services & Utilities | State Farm Mobile App 2020 (State Farm Insurance Companies) | ||||
Shopping | Warfair Mobile Shopping App (Wayfair) | Google Store (Google + BASIC) | |||
Sports | INEOS 1:59 Challenge (SOON) | The Bleacher Report App (Bleacher Report) | |||
Travel | Google Assistant's Interpreter Mode on Mobile (Google) | Expedia: Hotels, Flights & Car (Expedia) | |||
Work & Productivity | monday.com: Connecting 500K people to workplace processes (monday.com) | Trello | |||
Mobile & OTT App Features | Best Practices | DeepL | Planned Parenthood's Roo (Work & Co) | ||
Best Streaming Service | Pinna | PBS KIDS Video App (PBS KIDS) | |||
Best User Experience | Night Sky (iCandi Apps Ltd.) | ||||
Best User Interface | Google Maps Live View (Google Maps) | ||||
Best Visual Design - Aesthetic | Sky: Children of the Light (thatgamecompany) | ||||
Best Visual Design - Function | Material Design - Dark Theme Guidelines & Article (Google) | Portal - Focus, Sleep, Escape (Portal Labs Ltd) | |||
Connected Products & Wearables | Changing The Game (McCann New York) | Apple AirPods Pro (Apple) | |||
Experimental & Innovation | SIGNS (McCann Worldgroup Germany) | Deaf 911 (Saatchi & Saatchi Wellness) | |||
Integrated Mobile Experience | Lessons in Herstory (Goodby Silverstein & Partners) | ||||
Technical Achievement | DeepL (DeepL and denkwerk) | RoboKiller (Teltech) | |||
General Voice | Education & 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 Features | Best Branded Voice Experience | Pandora Voice Mode (Pandora) | Stories from Disney's Frozen 2 (Disney Parks, Experiences and Products) | ||
Best User Experience | Google Assistant's Interpreter Mode on Mobile (Google) | WW App (WW) | |||
Best Writing | The Voicebot Chronicles (KQED) | Amazon Alexa / Jimmy Fallon 'Tell Me A Joke' (NBC Entertainment Marketing & Digital) | |||
Technical Achievement | SIGNS (McCann Worldgroup Germany) | Wait Wait Quiz from Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! (NPR) | |||
Social [6] | General Social | Animals | Duke Bush (Curiosity) | Dean the Basset | |
Art & Culture | BBC Culture | National 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 Communications | Women 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 & Beauty | Glossier | Fenty Beauty Social Media (Fenty Beauty, Kendo Brands) | |||
Food & Drink | Bon Appétit | America's Test Kitchen | |||
Health, Wellness & Lifestyle | Doctor Mike | ||||
Lifestyle | Apartment Therapy Instagram (Apartment Therapy) | ||||
News & Politics | The Washington Post on Instagram (The Washington Post) | CNN | |||
Public Service & Activism | #VaccinesWork (RPA) | ||||
Sports | NFL Tiktok (NFL) | Bleacher Report | |||
Television & Film | Star Wars (Lucasfilm) | ||||
Travel | The Washington Post's By The Way, Best Social Media (travel) (The Washington Post) | Atlas Obscura | |||
Weird | The Art Decider (Michael Tannenbaum) | Unnecessary Inventions | |||
Social Content Series & Campaigns | Arts & 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 Video | Arts & 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 Minutes | Wild 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) | |||
Features | Best Influencer Endorsement | Nike - PLAYlist (R/GA) | US Open - Women Worth Watching (mcgarrybowen) | ||
Best Overall Social Presence - Brand | NASA Social Media (NASA) | Merriam-Webster: Defining the Times (Merriam-Webster) | |||
Best Overall Social Presence - Media/Entertainment | HBO Brand Social Media (ENGINE) | National Geographic Social Media (National Geographic) | |||
Best Photography & Design | National Geographic Social Media (National Geographic) | Nat Geo Wild's Instagram (National Geographic Channels) | |||
Best Social Video Series | 60 Second Docs (indigenous) | TEENAGE DAD (season 3) [7] The XY with Kirk Goldsberry [8] | |||
Best Use Of Filters/Lenses | Sketch Me If You Can With PicsArt (PicsArt) | Fluid Face Filters: Pretty Kitten [10] | |||
Best Use Of Stories | Eva Stories (K's Galleries) | Saturday Night Live: Live Show Coverage (NBC Entertainment Marketing & Digital) | Frontline Negotiations [13] Ghostwriters [14] @SeedUniversity [15] | ||
Best Use Of Video | Apple - @apple UGC Video Edits (TBWA\Media Arts Lab) | Spies In Disguise : Music Video Series (Disney/Fullscreen) | |||
Experimental & Innovation | Baby Blocker (McCann Manchester) | Celine Dion: Album Scavenger Hunt across Instagram and Spotify (WMA) | Adweek's Super Bowl Bot [16] ANIMATION DOMINATION SNAPCHAT MURAL [17] | ||
Promotions & Contests | The New Yorker - Caption Contest (BBDO New York) | ||||
Podcasts [19] | General Series | Arts & 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 & Film | Behind The Scenes Netflix(Netflix) | Masterpiece Studio (MASTERPIECE) | |||
Individual Episodes, Mini-Series & Specials | Arts & 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 | #TellBlackStories: "Black Women & Girls" (Color Of Change) | ||||
News & Politics | The Trevor Noah Podcast (Luminary) | ||||
Science & Education | 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) | |||
Features | Best Branded Podcast Or Segment | Recode 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 Writing | Fiasco(Luminary) | The Dream (Little Everywhere) | |||
Games [20] | General Games | Adventure | Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio and Techland Publishing) | Outer Wilds (Annapurna Interactive) |
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Family & Kids | Where on Google Earth is Carmen Sandiego (Ubilabs) |
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Independent Creator | Astroneer (System Era Softworks) |
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Multiplayer/Competitive Game | Heads Up!(Ellen Digital) | ||||
Public Service, Activism, And Social Impact | STAX(McKinney) | Changing The Game(McCann New York) | |||
Puzzle | Unheard(NExT Studios) | SongPop Live(Fresh Planet) | Overloot | ||
Strategy/Simulation | Planet Zoo (Frontier Development plc) | Cooking Diary Restaurant Game(MYTONA) | |||
Features | Best Art Direction | Arise: A Simple Story (Piccolo Studio and Techland Publishing) | Borderlands 3 (Gearbox Software) |
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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 Design | The Best Inside(Illusion Ray) | Funexpected Math(Funexpected LTD) | |||
Technical Achievement | Changing The Game(McCan New York) | Harry Potter: Wizards Unite (Niantic, Inc. and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment) | |||
Special Achievement [21] | Webby Agency of the Year | BBDO New York | N/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 Year | Avi Schiffmann | ||||
Webby Production Company of the Year | m ss ng p eces | ||||
Webby Voice of the Year | The Daily | ||||
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