# 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. 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. 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', which won the Webby in Video Entertainment.

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