AWARDS 2026

Time to share the love for the marketing podcasts you love!

About the MPN Awards

The Marketing Podcast Network is a not-for-profit community of marketers who podcast.We have more than 80 marketing podcasts in our network, and we thought it was time to recognise the podcasts we love - marketing podcasts.But these awards aren’t just about the shows on our network.The MPN Awards are open to all marketing podcasts.We want to celebrate the podcasts YOU love too — the marketing peers, mentors, and heroes who keep us entertained, informed, and inspired.This is our chance to shine a light on the voices across the entire marketing podcast community.

What do we want to hear?

What makes a great marketing podcast?

  • Content contribution to the craft

  • Production excellence

  • Great guests

  • An engaged audience

  • Consistency of publishing

  • Innovative ideas

For Listeners

Help support your favorite podcast with a nomination, tell us why you love them and we will share it with our network, whether they get an award or not.

For podcasters

Share your show with us, and we will promote it with our network if you encourage your listeners to nominate, and you could win our Listeners' Choice Award.

Categories

  • Best Marketing Podcast

  • MPN Podcast of the Year

  • Listeners Choice Award

  • Best B2B Podcast

  • Best B2C Podcast

  • Best Branded Podcast

  • Best Independent Podcast

  • Most Innovative Podcast

  • Best Newcomer

  • Best Thought Leadership

  • Diversity & Inclusion Champion

  • Best Podcast Community

Nomination Criteria

The submission criteria for the podcasts are quite relaxed; it just needs to be currently published, available on audio on a major platform, and relevant to our marketing audience.

  • Shows must be in English

  • Available on Spotify or Apple

  • At least 6 episodes in the last 3 months

  • Be about marketing!

Nominate & Vote

Nominate and vote for your favorite marketing podcastEach nomination counts as a vote towards the Listeners' Choice Award, so nominate, even if you know your favorite show has been nominated.You can nominate or vote for more than one show, and it can be your own.

If you host a podcast, enourage your listeners to nominate your show to be in with a shot of The Listeners Choice award for the most popular show.

Awards Schedule

Nominations are open now, our panel will evaluate each podcast and create a shortlist for each category, before the peer vote from our network of podcasters.

  • Nominations close: April 30th

  • Award Notifications: May 31st

  • Livestream Awards Show: June 2026

Judging Panel

The podcasts will be judged against a set of criteria covering relevance and quality by an independent group of podcast industry peers and experts.

Gordon Glenister
Chair of Judging Panel
Gordon helps people develop their influence so they win more clients, become thought leaders in their field, and are seen as the go-to person.He's a speaker, author, and knows a thing or two about influential podcasts.

Andrew Canter
Global Chairman of The Branded Content Marketing Association, UAL Visiting Professor

Andreea Coscai
Co-Founder PodVision, Founder of podcast industry newsletter Eurowaves

Debra Eckerling
MPN Editorial Director, The Book Proposal Expert, author, and podcaster

Jason Falls
Executive Producer at MPN , author of Winfluence, bourbon expert, and podcaster

Seth Goldstein
Podcast coach, consultant, and host of the Entrepreneur's Enigma Podcast

Breanna Lawlor
Editor of The CMO Club, a publication focused on offering insights for CMOs

Becky Mollenkam
Director of the Feminist Podcasters Collective and host of Feminist Founders.

Ben Robins
Founder, Sound Insights, giving audio creators an edge in a saturated market

Shaun Wilson
VP, Audioboom, ex UK Podcast lead at Spotify and Podcast Sales at Sony Music

Sam Sethi
CEO of TrueFans and the host/producer of Podnews Weekly Review

Neal Veglio
Podknows Podcasting, podcast marketing consultant and host of Podcasting Insights

Partners


Partner

Suppport the podcasting community and sponsor an award.

Do you share our passion for marketing podcasts?Or maybe want to get your brand in front of our fabulous community of marketing professionals and podcasters?Get in touch to find out more about the sponsorship opportunities that are still available.


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