AWARDS 2026

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

About

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.

Criteria

What makes a great marketing podcast?

  • Content contribution to the craft

  • Production excellence

  • Great guests

  • An engaged audience

  • Consistency of publishing

  • Innovative ideas

Categories

  • Best Marketing Podcast

  • MPN Podcast of the Year

  • People's 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

Judging Panel

The podcasts will be judged against a set of criteria, led by our judging panel and then voted on by our very own marketing podcasting experts - their podcasting peers, our MPN members.

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

Gordon Glenister
Speaker, author, and a man who knows a thing or two about influential podcasts.

Debra Eckerling
Author, speaker, creator of the D*E*B method, and host of the GoalChat podcast

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

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

Andrew Canter
Global Chairman of The Branded Content Marketing Association

To Be Announced
A discerning, leading podcaster who knows a good podcast when she hears one.

To Be Announced
A leader in her field, with a splendid ear for what marketers need to be listening to

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

For Listeners

Share with us your favorite podcast, tell us why you love it, and let us share and celebrate it.

For podcasters

Share your show with us, encourage your listeners to nominate, and you could win our Listeners' Choice Award.

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

You can nominate more than one show, and it can be your own.
If you do 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.

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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