2019 Webby Awards

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

(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