The Webby Awards on Tuesday announced the winners for its 17th annual webstravaganza.
Nate Silver, Charlize Theron and the Mars Curiosity Rover should dust off their fancy duds because all scored nods for achievements in Internet-ing.
Each category includes both a Webby Award winner — selected by judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences — and a People's Voice Winner, which is voted by fans. This year's People Voice honorees received votes from more than 200 countries and territories, setting a new record for the Oscars (or People's Choice Awards) of the Internet.
Singer-songwriter Frank Ocean nabbed the 2013 Webby Person of the Year for using the Internet as his megaphone to encourage acceptance and dispel stereotypes. Ocean famously came out on his Tumblr page in what the Webbys described as "historic moment for both the music and social media industries."
Other winners who received multiple awards included Dumb Ways to Die (7), Dropbox (6), Google Maps for iPhone (5), Tumblr (5), HBO Go (4) and Pinterest (4).
Other big Webby Award winners include:
Outstanding Comedic Performance: Jerry Seinfeld, Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee
Webby Special Achievement: Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti, House of Cards
Webby Breakout of the Year: The Obama for America 2012
Webby Artist of the Year: Grimes
Webby Special Achievement: Burning Love
Webby Athlete of the Year: Chris Kluwe
Webby Lifetime Achievement: GIF inventor Steve Wilhite
Best Celebrity/Fan Website: Conan O’Brien Presents: Team Coco Digital
Best Practices Mobile & Apps: HBO Go
Best Viral Online Film & Video: Dumb Ways to Die
Best User Experience (All Devices): Google Maps for iPhone
Best Community (General Website): Tumblr
Best User Experience Games: Angry Birds Star Wars
Best Business Blog: Mashable (#humblebrag)
View the full list of 2013 Webby Award winners.
Comedian Patton Oswalt will play master of ceremonies when the winners gather on May 21 to collect their awards and deliver five-word acceptance speeches.
The show will be available to view online May 22.
by Annie Colbert
