Media Voices are delighted to reveal the winners of 2024’s Publisher Podcast Awards, following a ceremony which took place on Wednesday 12th June at Salsa Temple in London.
The awards are a celebration of the podcasting success of publishers and media organisations, whether they’ve been in the podcasting space a while, or have just launched.
From over 200 entries and an exceptionally strong shortlist of 140 podcasts, our judges marked the podcasts on a range of factors, including production quality, how well the podcast reflected the publisher’s brand, and strategies to grow the audience.
2024 PUBLISHER PODCAST AWARD WINNERS
Best B2B Podcast – Engineering Matters, Reby Media
Best Culture & Lifestyle Podcast – Don’t Drink the Milk, Deutsche Welle
Best Deep Dive Podcast – Deep Dive: Exploring Organized Crime, Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime
Best Entertainment Podcast – Film Stories with Simon Brew, Film Stories
Best Food & Drink Podcast – Scran, The Scotsman
Best Health & Wellbeing Podcast – TOM BRYANT’S MEN IN MIND, Reach
Best Hobbies & Special Interest Podcast – The Plodcast, Our Media
Best Investigative Podcast – Poison, The Times
Best Limited Series – fonds, Greater Govanhill Magazine
Best Local & Community Podcast – The Steamie, The Scotsman
Best News Podcast – Ukraine: The Latest, The Telegraph
Best Partner Podcast – Scran, The Scotsman
Best Political Podcast – The New Statesman Podcast, The New Statesman
Best Science & Medical Podcast – Fever: The Hunt for Covid’s Origin, BBC
Best Sport Podcast – Claret and Blue, Reach
Best Technology Podcast – Tech Tonic, Financial Times
Best Commercial Strategy – The Standard: Sustainable Travel with Iberostar, The Evening Standard
Best Video Podcast Strategy – Best Ever, Radio Times
Best Podcast Launch – Vanished: The Arlene Fraser Murder, DC Thomson
From these 19 category winners, the Media Voices team listened to them all and chose an overall winning podcast.
Publisher Podcast of the Year 2024 – Film Stories with Simon Brew, Film Stories
To secure podcasting as a successful part of a publisher’s strategy, there are often key people within the business driving best practice, seeking inspiration, and looking for new opportunities. Our Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year award celebrates an individual who has gone above and beyond to demonstrate the value of podcasting to their organisation.
Publisher Podcast Hero of the Year 2024 – Kelly Crichton, National World
See the full shortlist and winning podcasts over on the Publisher Podcast Summit & Awards website.
