The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences has announced the finalists for the 5th annual Anthem Awards.
The awards celebrate social impact work across digital media, branded content, and podcasts. Presented by the Webby Awards, the Anthems recognise purpose-driven creators and organisations making meaningful global change since launching in 2021.
Podcasting features strongly in this year’s list, with entries from major media companies, production houses, and advocacy organisations using audio storytelling to inspire action and raise awareness.
Spotify, Paramount Pictures, MTV Entertainment Studios, and The Daily Show are among the finalists recognised for their mission-led work, alongside nonprofits such as UNICEF USA and World Central Kitchen.
“The 2025 finalists represent hope, compassion, and inclusivity,” said Patricia McLoughlin, General Manager of the Anthem Awards. “In our fifth year, we are celebrating the true changemakers that are pushing humanity forward, especially amid current challenges.”
Supporters can cast votes online at celebrate.anthemawards.com until 30 October. Winners of the Anthem Community Voice Awards will be determined by public vote, while Gold, Silver, and Bronze Anthem Awards will be selected by judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.
The judging panel includes industry figures from podcasting, media, and social impact sectors, such as leaders from TikTok, Paramount, the NAACP, Planned Parenthood, and the Gates Foundation.
More than 2,000 entries from 42 countries were reviewed this year, underscoring the scale of purpose-driven creative work across the digital landscape.
Winners of the 5th annual Anthem Awards will be revealed on 18 November, with “Call to Action” speeches available to stream the same day at anthemawards.com.
Anthem Awards | Podcast Finalists
- 1912: The Forsyth County Expulsion and Its Aftermath
- A Tiny Plot
- ABC Audio – Reclaimed: The Lifeblood of Navajo Nation
- Apathy Is Not An Option
- Arts of Oceania Audio Guide
- Bad Watchdog
- Bloodworks 101
- Bone Valley Season 2: Jeremy
- Broken Ground Podcast: A Podcast by the Southern Environmental Law Center – Rural Justice; Season 7
- Crooked Media’s Strict Scrutiny Podcast: Supreme Court Ruling Against Trans Youth
- Crooked Media’s What A Day Podcast: The Terrifying Truth About Who Wants to Work for ICE
- Culture Kids
- Divya Jain Podcast
- EY Ripples Better Heroes Podcast series
- Flame Bearers: Pathways to Paris
- Flame Bearers: Pathways to Paris
- From College Capstone to Tech Startup: How JusticeText Increases Equity in the Criminal Justice System
- Future Hindsight: A Civic Engagement Podcast
- GirlTREK’s Self-Care School
- Green Tide Rising
- Hispanic-Owned Business Investment
- Inside Bipolar podcast
- LEAD how this story ends is up to us
- Long Shadow: Breaking the Internet
- Mixtape to My Future
- Nice Genes!
- On Purpose with Jay Shetty
- Pfizer’s Science Will Win Podcast – Season 4
- Pitch Playground
- Podcast
- Public Health On Call Podcast
- Real Organic Podcast
- Real Pink, a podcast by Susan G. Komen
- Recording Artists: Experiments in Art and Technology
- rePROs Fight Back
- Segregation in Health Care: America’s Racist — and Deadly — Legacy
- Sounds Current: Angel Island
- Special Episode – The Fight for A Swimmable Harbor in Baltimore City
- Stories of Resistance
- Swindled
- The Boston Globe’s Spotlight: Snitch City
- The Catch
- The Fall of Crozer Health
- The Good News About Cancer
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- The Mel Robbins Podcast
- The Next Africa Podcast
- The Nocturnists: Uncertainty in Medicine
- The Nonprofit Podcast: Helping Fundraisers Thrive, Not Just Survive
- The Plate Show
- The Power of Attorney
- The TMI Project Story Hour
- Time Sensitive
- Uncuffed
- Views on First: Speech & the Border
- Violence Week
- What Could Go Right?
- YoggNation: The Spirit of Gratitude
- Youth Career Readiness: The One-Question Podcast
