WordPress powers 1-in-7 Webby Nominees
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WordPress is strongly represented among the 2016 Annual Webby Awards, powering 1 of every 7 nominees in the Website categories. Nominees span 32 of the 48 categories, recognizing websites marketing major financial institutions and web apps, superstar artists and musicians, government projects, and major media and news outlets.
With its intuitive interface, flexible code base, and focus on democratizing content creation, we’re not surprised to see our go-to CMS solution owning such a respectable percentage of the pack. 10up believes in open technology and we’re glad to see platforms such as WordPress in such high use.
If you feel we’ve missed any nominated WordPress sites, let us know on Twitter.
2016 Webby Nominees on WordPress:
- Associations: The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), United Auto Workers
- Business Blog / Website: Dow Jones, Wired (Wired was also nominated in Consumer Electronics and Best Visual Design – Function)
- Car Sites & Car Culture: Motor Trend
- Charitable Organizations & Non-Profit: That’s Not Cool
- Consumer Electronics: How China Are You?, Wired
- Corporate Communications: Discovery Corporate
- Cultural Blog / Website: Concrete Playground
- Employment: Holm Marcher & Co
- Events: Coachella 2016
- Family / Parenting: Parent Co
- Fashion & Beauty: Mario Testino, Stylecaster
- Financial Services / Banking: H&R Block Advisors
- Food & Drink: Momofuku
- Government & Civil Innovation: Thrive NYC
- Law: Institute for Justice
- Lifestyle: Gear Patrol, Sonima, Well + Good
- Magazine: The New Yorker (also nominated for Best Writing – Editorial)
- Media Streaming: 92Y On Demand
- Movie & Film: IFC Films, Independent Lens
- Music: Beyoncé
- NetArt: Killing Season Chicago
- News: The Intercept (also nominated for Best User Interface), Quartz
- Personal Blog / Website: Cardboard Box Office, The {Tiny} Times
- Political Blog / Website: FactCheck.org, The Nation
- Real Estate: East United Condo
- Science: Science Friday
- Self-Promotion / Portfolio: Mighty Nice, Wonnacott
- Sports: The Player’s Tribune
- Technical Achievement: 3 Words to Address the World
- Television: AMC, BBC America (for Best Home / Welcome Page)
- Weird: Adventure Cats
- Web Services & Applications: dwnld
Note: These represent 43 out of the 296 nominees in the “General Websites” and “Website Features and Design” primary categories. We did not investigate the nominees in “Online Film & Video,” “Advertising & Media,” “Mobile Sites & Apps,” or “Social.” We identified sites as WordPress-powered by reviewing rendered page source for key WordPress identifiers. If you find evidence of other WordPress sites among the nominees, let us know on Twitter.