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iHeartRadio Podcast Award | |
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Current: 2020 iHeartRadio Podcast Awards | |
Awarded for | Performance on podcast platforms, popularity among fans, and recognition in the podcasting industry, recognizing podcasters and podcast providers |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 2019 |
Website | https://www.iheart.com/podcast-awards/ |
Television/radio coverage | |
Network | iHeartRadio (2019–2021) LiveXLive (2020) |
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The iHeartRadio Podcast Awards is a podcast awards show that celebrates podcasts heard throughout the year across iHeartMedia radio stations nationwide and on iHeartRadio, iHeartMedia's digital music platform. Founded by iHeartRadio in 2019, the event recognizes the most popular podcasters and podcasts over the past year. Winners are chosen in a few categories by judges, but the majority of categories are voted on by fans through the iHeart Podcast Awards website and social media. The inaugural event was held on January 18, 2019, at the iHeartRadio Theater in Los Angeles.[1]
Fans vote on their favorite podcasts through the iHeart Podcast Awards website and social media over the course of a couple of months leading up to the ceremony. A panel of judges who are blue-ribbon podcast industry leaders determines the podcast winners of several of the categories.[2][3][4]
Year | Date | Venue | Host city | Host(s) | Podcast of the Year winner | Broadcaster | Ref. |
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2019 | January 18, 2019 | iHeartRadio Theater | Los Angeles | Lenard McKelvey
Holly Frey |
Slow Burn produced by Slate Magazine and hosted by Leon Neyfakh | iHeartRadio | [6][7] |
2020 | January 17, 2020 | iHeartRadio Theater | Los Angeles | Will Ferrell | The Dropout produced by ABC News and hosted by Rebecca Jarvis | LiveXLive
iHeartRadio |
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2021 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | [9] |
The categories cover an array of genres, including fiction, religion and spirituality, music, and political podcasts. Categories voted on by judges are indicated with a double dagger (‡).
Most wins (as of 2020)
Rank | 1st – 3rd | ||
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Podcast | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend | Reply All | The Breakfast Club |
Total | 2 |
Most nominations (as of 2020)
Rank | 1st | 2nd – 6th | 7th & 8th | |||||
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Podcast | Revisionist History | The Daily | The Joe Rogan Experience | Atlanta Monster | Slow Burn | Stuff You Should Know | Dirty John | The Ron Burgundy Podcast |
Total | 5 | 4 | 3 |
Year | Performers (chronologically) |
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2019 | N/A |
2020 | Gavin DeGraw |
2021 | TBD |