# The BOBs (weblog award)

The BOBs (Best of the Blogs) is the world's largest international weblog competition, founded in 2004 and sponsored by Deutsche Welle, the German International Broadcasting Service.
Through the BOBs, Deutsche Welle focuses attention on the promotion of freedom of information and the press around the world. In cooperation with Reporters Without Borders, Deutsche Welle has presented a special award to bloggers promoting these specific ideals since 2005.
Weblogs, podcasts and videoblogs from all over the world can be submitted for the BOBs in one of the following 14 languages: Arabic, Chinese, German, English, French, Indonesian, Persian, Bengali, Portuguese, Russian, Turkish, Ukrainian, Hindi and Spanish.
The BOBs were last awarded in 2016.

## Award categories

The BOBs consist of 6 prize categories (all languages) and one award in each language of the competition (14 languages).

## How the competition works

The BOBs presents prizes for both Jury and User's Choice awards. The User's Choice winners are chosen by worldwide online voting. The Jury prizes are awarded by a jury of international bloggers.

## Blogopedia

The Blogopedia is an online catalogue featuring a growing inventory of blogs written in eleven languages. It allows the user to browse through the catalog by country, language or subject matter.
To date over 18,000 different blogs, podcasts and videoblogs have been entered into the Blogopedia by users and bloggers from all over the world.

## Winners

List of winners year by year:

### 2004

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | 18摸狗日报 | Por um Punhado de Pixels |
| Best Topic | El Hombre Que Comía Diccionarios | Estraga Filmes |
| Best Design | La malarosa | Замок-блог Эргэла, Северного Дракона |
| Best Innovation | Domino – Cover by Cover | Radio RSS |
| Best Weblog in German | medienrauschen | BILDblog |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Moodless.net | Beyond Normal |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | 18摸狗日报 | 声色犬马－平客的虚无笔记 |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | Periodistas 21 | Caspa.tv |
| Best Weblog in English | Lawrence Lessig Blog | Editor: Myself |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | Ponto Media | Ricardo Noblat |
| Best Weblog in Russian | Блог журналистки Наташи Мозговой | Time O'Clock |

### 2005

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Más respeto, que soy tu madre | Tupiniquim |
| Best Multimedia Blog | Blog à la ciboulette | Blog à la ciboulette |
| Best Podcast | Antiwave | Antiwave |
| Reporters Without Borders Award | Manal and Alaa's Bit Bucket | Chronique déplaisante d'une dictature ordinaire |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Hawleyat Al Ashjar | Nisrine coeur de lion |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | Massage Cream | 刀侧畔千帆过 |
| Best Weblog in English | Global Voices Online | Body and Soul |
| Best Weblog in French | AgoraVox, le journal media citoyen | Lire est un plaisir |
| Best Weblog in German | Lyssa's Lounge | Riesenmaschine – das brandneue Universum |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | san newescht | Iran Paparazzi |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | NoMínimo Weblog | Kibe Loco |
| Best Weblog in Russian | Planet Afghanistan | Planet Afghanistan |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | Jabalí Digital | Caspa TV |

### 2006

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Sunlight Foundation | Lisa Neun |
| Best Podcast | Muzimei Studio | Haftegi |
| Best Corporate Weblog | Football-Club | Blog do Tas |
| Reporters Without Borders Award | Tanine Sokut y Kosoof (two awards) | Blog da Alcinéa Cavalcante |
| Blogwurst Award | aref-adib | Unusual Real Man |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Jar el Kamar | Nostalgic Story Teller |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | The Colourful World – Shuweicao's Blog | The Colourful World – Shuweicao's Blog |
| Best Weblog in Dutch | Bureau Belgrado | Bieslog |
| Best Weblog in English | PaidContent.org | Black Looks |
| Best Weblog in French | La Buvette des Alpages | La Buvette des Alpages |
| Best Weblog in German | Letters from Rungholt | Beetlebum |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | Zeitun | n/d |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | Apocalipse Motorizado | Garotas Que Dizem Ni |
| Best Weblog in Russian | Magazeta: All about China | Magazeta: All about China |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | La Huella Digital | Mangas Verdes |

### 2007

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Fotomania | Blog do Tas |
| Best Podcast | Die Gefühlskonserve | Nerdcast |
| Best Vídeoblog | Alive in Baghdad | Cat Ear Baby's Videoblog |
| Reporters Without Borders Award | Jotman | Nora Younis |
| Blogwurst Award | Little Galerie | Yo contra el mundo |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Aljazeera Talk | Imtidad |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | Lian Yue's Eighth Continent | Lian Yue's Eighth Continent |
| Best Weblog in Dutch | Frankwatching | Volkskrantblog |
| Best Weblog in English | Valour-IT | RidorLive |
| Best Weblog in French | Actualités de la république démocratique du Congo | ouVertures.info |
| Best Weblog in German | Behindertenparkplatz | Bestatterweblog |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | 35 Grad | Masih |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | Blog do Tas | Pensar Enlouquece, Pense Nisso |
| Best Weblog in Russian | /dev/karlson/mind.log | /dev/karlson/mind.log |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | A mis 95 | A mis 95 |

### 2008

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Generation Y | Science Squirrel |
| Best Podcast | Radio Grinch | Bola Nas Costas Iscuitantes |
| Best Videoblog | Voices of Africa | Videoblog do Trajano |
| Reporters Without Borders Award | 曾金燕博客 and 4equality (two awards) | Generation Y |
| Blogwurst Award | Maratochka | Mister Oof |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Ohod | Vor der Flut |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | 刘晓原的BLOG | Science Squirrel |
| Best Weblog in Dutch | Foodlog | Free Opinion Venezuela |
| Best Weblog in English | Political Party Blog | The Consumerist |
| Best Weblog in French | Le Blog de Yoro | Vos photos |
| Best Weblog in German | Mädchenmannschaft | Naher und Mittlerer Osten – الشرق |
| Best Weblog in Indonesian | Media Ide | maseko's weblog |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | freelancer | Ich und MS |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | Querido Leitor | Querido Leitor |
| Best Weblog in Russian | MetroDream by Russos | ##1244462644726369HNIOWAST## |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | 233grados.com | Bestiaria |

### 2009–2010

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Ushahidi | Osama Romoh |
| Best Podcast | Cajun French Language Tutorials | Radiokalu |
| Best Vídeoblog | Mr. Free Man | Malviviendo |
| Reporters Without Borders Award | We are Journalists | Holom Akhdar |
| Blogwurst Award | Blogs do Além and Wake up, Mr. Green (two awards) | Ibda3at |
| Special Topic Award – Climate Change | Coluna Zero | Ecoplaneta |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | Osama Romoh | Medad |
| Best Weblog in Bengali | Ali Mahmeds Blog | Ali Mahmeds Blog |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | Ke Neng Ba | Ke Neng Ba |
| Best Weblog in English | Talk Marocco | Talk Marocco |
| Best Weblog in French | Le Monolecte | La vigie du web |
| Best Weblog in German | Der Postillon | Der Postillon |
| Best Weblog in Indonesian | Catatan Ringan Angin-anginan | Catatan Dari Hati |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | mamlekate (so just what kind of country is this that we live in) | Life in Bamian |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | Física na Veia | Digital Drops |
| Best Weblog in Russian | metkere.com | Slon.ru |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | La Vuelta al Mundo de Asun y Ricardo | Malviviendo |

### 2011

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | A Tunisian Girl | Vahid Nikgoo y Jou3an (two awards) |
| Best Use Of Technology For Social Good | Rospil | Rospil |
| Best Social Activism Campaign | We are all Khaled Said | Omipial's Blog |
| Reporteros Sin Fronteras Award | Ciudad Juárez, en la sombra del narcotráfico | Blog Novaya Gazeta |
| Special Topic Award Human Rights | Migrant Rights in the Middle East | Indigenous Bengali Blog |
| Best Video Channel | Stands with Fist | Isla Presidencial |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | | Violet Revolution |
| Best Weblog in Bengalí | | Arif Jebtik's Blog |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | | Translator |
| Best Weblog in English | | Rantings of a Sandmonkey |
| Best Weblog in French | | Serious Game (Belgique) |
| Best Weblog in German | | Textilvergehen |
| Best Weblog in Indonesian | | Benablog |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | | Sulgar |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | | Vá de bike |
| Best Weblog in Russian | | Navalny |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | | Alberto Montt |

### 2012

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Weblog | Window of Anguish | Jou3an |
| Best Use Of Technology For Social Good | Harassmap | Web Nabludatel |
| Best Social Activism Campaign | Free Razan | Asif Mohiuddin's Blog |
| Premio Reporteros Sin Fronteras | Abu Sufian's Blog | Woeser |
| Best Video Channel | Kuang Kuang | Internautismo crónico |
| Special Topic Award Education and Culture | Fasokan | Grazhdanin Poet |
| Best Weblog in Arabic | | Khaled Safi |
| Best Weblog in Bengali | | Niaz Mowla's Blog |
| Best Weblog in Chinese | | iGFW |
| Best Weblog in English | | The Chronikler |
| Best Weblog in French | | Kamer Kongossa |
| Best Weblog in German | | Jule's Blog |
| Best Weblog in Indonesian | | Wordsmith |
| Best Weblog in Farsi | | Narenji |
| Best Weblog in Portuguese | | Music With Books |
| Best Weblog in Russian | | Staskulesh |
| Best Weblog in Spanish | | Chinochano |

### 2013

| Award | Jury Award | User Award |
| Best Person to Follow in Bengali | | Saif Samir (Movie Critic Blog) |
| Global Media Forum | Totthokollani | |
| Best Innovation | | Shikkhok |
| Best Weblog in Bengali | | Shoily |