2016 Webby Awards

The 20th annual Webby Awards for 2016 was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on May 16, 2016, which was hosted by comedian and actor Nick Offerman.^[1] The awards ceremony was streamed live on the Webby Awards website. Judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences picked the over one hundred winners, which may or may not match the people's choice. The Webby for Lifetime Achievement was awarded to The Onion, having earned over 39 Webbys for its humor over the past 20 years.^[2]

Nominees and winners

(from http://webbyawards.com/winners/2016/)

Category	Webby Award winner	People's Voice winner	Other nominees
Webby Lifetime Achievement	The Onion for humor
Webby Special Achievement	Lena Dunham & Jennifer Konner for Lenny Letter
Webby Artist of the Year	Kanye West
Webby Entrepreneur of the Year	Jessica Alba
Webby Agency of the Year	R/GA
Webby Break The Internet Award	Kim Kardashian
Webby Social Movement of the Year	Black Lives Matter
Webby Outstanding Comedic Performance	Chelsea Peretti
Webby Best Actress	Krysten Ritter
Webby Film & Video Breakout of the Year	Making a Murderer
Best Game		Google Feud	Lyderia.no
Best Writing	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver	Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
Best Productivity App	Pocket	Pocket
Best Streaming Video App	HBO Now	HBO Now
Mobile & Apps: Games	Her Story	Two Dots
Best Government & Civil Innovation Website	NASA	NASA
Best Overall Social Presence	Game of Thrones	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Best Entertainment	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon	The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Drama: Individual Short or Episode	Spin
Drama: Long Form or Series	The Skinny	Star Trek Continues
This table is incomplete, please help to complete it from material on this[permanent dead link‍] page.

References

Winners and nominees are generally named according to the organization or website winning the award, although the recipient is, technically, the web design firm or internal department that created the winning site and in the case of corporate websites, the designer's client. Web links are provided for informational purposes, both in the most recently available archive.org version before the awards ceremony and, where available, the current website. Many older websites no longer exist, are redirected, or have been substantially redesigned.

1. "ACTOR NICK OFFERMAN TO HOST 20TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARDS". Webby Awards. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2016-05-10.
2. 20TH ANNUAL WEBBY AWARD WINNERS ANNOUNCED The Webby Awards, Retrieved May 10, 2016.

External links

• Official site