Membership association The Podcast Academy has released the nominees for the 2026 Ambies, the group’s annual award program. “This year’s slate reflects the depth, creativity, and impact of podcasting across genres,” the Academy states.
The award ceremony will take place in Brooklyn on February 23. Thirty-two categories provide the award structure. They range from the most coveted Podcast of the Year to Best Emerging Podcast; from audio fiction to the venerable True Crime category.
Ten shows are nominated for the best-of-year recognition, listed below with their producing companies.
- Call Her Daddy (Unwell)
- Crime Junkie (AudioChuck)
- Pablo Torre Finds Out (Meadowlark Media)
- Pod Save America (Crooked Media)
- Question Everything (Placement Theory)
- Reveal (Reveal and ORX)
- Smartless (Test Pattern)
- The Last Invention (Longview)
- The Mel Robbins Podcast (143 Studio, SiriusXM)
- Wisecrack (Tenderfoot TV and iHeartPodcasts)
Many other categories are in play — including Best Ad Read — each with its own roster of seven nominees. Go HERE to see the whole spread.