Announcing the 2024 Quill Podcast Award Finalists

The 2024 Quill Podcast Awards were underway and we were so excited to share this year’s finalists.

The awards were created in 2021 to recognize and celebrate content creators who often get overlooked by the big networks.

This year we were proud to champion visionary brands and buzz-worthy podcasters across 15 different categories, including Best Podcast of the Year, Best Podcast Hosting Platform, and Most Creative Branded Podcast.

A big thank you to the major players in the podcast game who partnered with us this year, including Sounds Profitable, JAR Audio, Podcastle, Simplecast, and Triton Digital (check out our full list of sponsors).

Another big thank you to all those who participated in this year’s awards: we wouldn’t be able to recognize and celebrate the best and brightest in audio without you.

Now, let’s dive into the full list of the 2024 Quill Podcast Awards finalists:

Best Podcast of the Year

• The Business Development Podcast
• The Nightingale of Iran
• Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast

Branded Podcast of the Year

• Yes, We Are Open (Moneris)
• Trust vs. (HITRUST)
• By Car (Cariboo Auto Group)

Best Interview Podcast

• The Business Development Podcast
• Bookish Flights
• The Canadian Potcast

Best Society & Culture Podcast

• The Nightingale of Iran
• Autistic Culture Podcast
• Indigenous Voices of Vancouver Island

Best News Podcast

• The Rachel Maddow Show
• Humans Exhaust Me
• The Canadian Potcast

Best Business Podcast

• Just Good Business
• HR Party of One
• Deep Dive

Best Tech Podcast

• Telco in 20
• Disruptors
• Everyday Trust

Best Science & Medicine Podcast

• Electric Futures
• Commercializing Living Therapies with CCRM
• Taking a Breath: A Stop the Clot Podcast

Most Creative Branded Podcast

• Yes, We Are Open (Moneris)
• The Other Path (Odyssey Theatre)
• By Car (Cariboo Auto Group)

Best B2C Branded Podcast

• The Legal Rabbit Hole (Timms Solicitors)
• NerdWallet's Smart Money Podcast (NerdWallet)
• Car Tunes (Cam Clark Auto Group)

Best B2B Branded Podcast

• Trust vs. (HITRUST)
• From Dollar One (Interac)
• Deep Dive (Coldwater Communications)

Best Podcast Hosting Platform

• Captivate
• Libsyn
• Transistor

Best Podcast Agency

• Story On Media
• Everything Podcasts
• Pacific Content

Best Podcast Advertising Platform

• Megaphone
• Spotify
• Omny Triton Ad Platform (TAP)

Best Brand Advertiser on Podcasts

• BetterHelp
• AG1
• HelloFresh

Congratulations to this year’s finalists

Congratulations to all the stand-out brands, agencies, and podcasts helping to push audio forward. Your dedication, innovation, and drive don’t go unnoticed.

Next, we moved into the judging round. Podcasts were passed to our panel of audio experts to deliberate.

Winners were announced on May 23rd, 2024.