The 23rd annual Webby Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 13, 2019, and hosted by actress Jenny Slate.[1] The Webby Awards have been dubbed the "internet's highest honor".

The nominees were announced on April 2, 2019 and voting was open to the public.[2] The winners were announced on April 23. Winners include Disney, which won Webby's 'Media Company of the Year', Hasan Minhaj, who won the 'Webby Special Achievement' award, and web series 'Fake News Writer',[3] which won the Webby in Video Entertainment.[4]

Winners

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(from http://webbyawards.com/winners/2019/)
Category Sub-Category Webby Award Winner People's Voice Winner
Webby Video Person of the Year Issa Rae
Special Achievement Michael Douglas
Special Achievement Hasan Minhaj
Special Achievement Desus Nice and The Kid Mero
Social Movement Greta Thunberg
Web Activism UNSTOPPABLE by Planned Parenthood Everytown: Moments That Survive
Online Film & Video Entertainment Fake News Writer, Director Dani Hanks, Writer Eric Pzena Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
Variety The Late Show With Stephen Colbert "THE DOSSIER SPEAKS" Good Mythical Morning
Best Writing Deadpool The Musical 2 by Paul Bianchi, Zamurai Productions Honest Trailers
Best Individual Performance James Corden's Next, James Corden James Corden's Next, James Corden
Video Series & Channel Critical Role[5] Critical Role
Mobile Sites & Apps Best Streaming Service HBO Now
Podcasts Arts & Culture Still Processing
Best Branded Podcast or Segment TRAINED By Nike The Sauce
Best Host Pod Save the People Ear Biscuits
Best Individual Episode Dr. Death Stay Tuned with Preet
Best Mini Series The Great God of Depression from Radiotopia's Showcase Believed
Best Original Music / Sound Design Wolverine: The Long Night Twenty Thousand Hertz
Best Series Slow Burn Season 2 Serial
Best Writing Serial Season 3 Stuff You Missed in History Class
Business Business Wars Freakonomics Radio- "After the Glass Ceiling, a Glass Cliff"
Comedy My Dad Wrote A Porno And That's Why We Drink
Crime & Justice In the Dark (Season 2) Criminal
Documentary Ear Hustle
Family & Kids The Longest Shortest Time Tai Asks Why
Health & Wellness 10% Happier
Interview/Talk Show Everything is Alive
Lifestyle Unladylike Proof by America's Test Kitchen
News & Politics Pod Save the People Mueller, She Wrote
Science & Education American History Tellers StarTalk Radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Sports 30 for 30 Podcasts: "The Six Who Sat"
Technology The Future of Everything (Season 3) Vergecast
Television & Film How Did This Get Made? The Daily Show: Ears Edition
Games Best Action Game Just Cause 4 by Square Enix Warframe by Digital Extremes
Best Multiplayer/Competitive Game Fortnite by Epic Games Overwatch by Blizzard Entertainment
Best Sound Design God of War 2018 by Santa Monica Studio Warframe by Digital Extremes
Best Game Design Florence Astroneer
Best Word & Trivia Game HQ Trivia (Air Max Day), with Nike and R/GA Heads Up!
Best Homepage Barovier E Toso, Universal Love[6]
Best Navigation/Structure Rapha, Ocean Shock
Best Data Visualisation National Geographic Bird Migration Interactive Maps
Best Practices Hodinkee; Safe Birth, Even Here

References

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  1. ^ "Jenny Slate to Host 2019 Webby Awards". The Hollywood Reporter. March 26, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Will Smith, Childish Gambino and Chance the Rapper Among 2019 Webby Award Nominees". The Wrap. April 2, 2019. Retrieved April 2, 2019.
  3. ^ Fake News Writer (October 15, 2018), Fake News Writer | Episode 1 | YouTube Series, retrieved May 4, 2019
  4. ^ "Winners – The Webby Awards". Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  5. ^ "NEW Webby Gallery + Index". NEW Webby Gallery + Index. Retrieved October 21, 2020.
  6. ^ Archived January 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine
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