17th Annual

People's Choice Podcast Awards

Registration opens February 1st 2022

See the 2022 Rules and Awards Time Line

Honoring Podcasters Since 2005

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2021 People's Choice Podcast Awards Winners

2021 Podcast Influencer of the Year

  • Amy Porterfield - Marketing Made Easy
  • Brene Brown - Unlocking Us & Dare to Lead
  • Joe Rogan - The Joe Rogan Experience
  • Kevin Smith - Smodcast
  • Tim Ferris - The Time Ferris Show

2021 Listener Influencer of the Year

  • Brian Campbell and Luke Thomas - Morning Kombat
  • Fr. Mike Schmitz - Jeff Cavins - The Bible in a Year
  • Jess Ambrose & Bekah Martinez -The Chatty Broads
  • Nick Viall - The Viall Files
  • Walt Flanagan, Bryan Johnson & Brian Quinn Tell 'em Steve-Dave!

The Adam Curry People's Choice Award

Presented by LinkTree - Best Male Hosted Podcast

Best Black Hosted Podcast

Best Asian Hosted Podcast

Best Spanish Hosted Podcast

Podcast Listening Platform

Arts

Manager Tools Business Category

Comedy Category

Grammar Girl Education Category

Rob Has a Podcast Entertainment Category

Fiction

Games & Hobbies

Government & Organizations

Health

History

Kids & Family

Leisure

Feast of Fools/Fun LGBTQ Category

Coverville Podsafe Music Category

The Majority Report Politics & News Category

Religion & Spirituality

The Skeptics' Guide Science & Medicine Category

Society - Culture

ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football Sports Category

Storyteller - Drama

This Week in Tech Technology Category

True Crime

TV & Film

See all the past winners here.

Past Winners

Legacy Shows

Legacy Shows are podcasts that we honor for their excellence in podcasting and who have won a podcast award category a minimum of five times.

Legacy Shows that have never won in the People's Choice Award category are still eligible for that distinction and are automatically entered into the People’s Choice category and are not required to register.

The following podcasts have been honored in their primary categories, those categories have been renamed in honor of their shows. These shows are no longer eligible to be nominated for a Podcast Award.

The People's Choice top Award has been renamed to honor one of the Podfathers of Podcasting.

The Adam Curry People's Choice Award

  • 2021- The Fantasy Footballers - Sports Category
  • 2017 - Grammar Girl - Education
  • 2017 - The Majority Report - Politics & News
  • 2015 - Coverville - Podsafe Music Category
  • 2015 - ESPN: Fantasy Focus Football - Sports Category
  • 2015 - Rob Has a Podcast - Entertainment Category
  • 2015 - The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe - Science and Medicine Category
  • 2015 - This American Life - Arts Category
  • 2015 - WDW Radio - Travel Category
  • 2012 - Manager Tools - Business Category
  • 2011- Feast of Fools / Fun - LGBTQ Category
  • 2010 - Free Talk Live - Politics & News Category
Credit to PodVader for coming up with this simple solution to honor our legacy shows.

Podcast Awards will rename any category in the future for any of the following reasons if the show is no longer in production, has been superseded by a newer show, or asks to no longer be recognized.

Sponsorship Options

We have 4 levels of Sponsorship

  • · Corporate Donations
  • · Independent Podcaster Donation
  • · Hardware Donation
  • · Individual Donation
Questions on Sponsorships and special promotions should be directed to Todd Cochrane @ podcast@podcastconnect.com