People's Choice Podcast Awards Week 5

In chapter 6 of The New Rules book, the People's Choice Podcast Awards were mentioned. In 2006, Diggnation apparently won as the best tech podcast. I thought I'd research what the Podcast Awards are exactly, and what their stipulations are. Listeners and podcasters nominate and vote for the best podcasts. The winners then receive various awards and prizes as well as recognition. Last month was the nomination period and over 281,000 listeners submitted nominations and the website had over 2.2 million page views during the nomination period. Once that period has ended, all the nominated podcasts enter the reviewing process.
I have pasted the site's review process.

"The Review Process:

There will be approximentally a 18-19 day period in which Podcast Connect and it's volunteer reviewers will review all of the nominations. The review process will include the following and those shows nominated should pay attention to some of the things we found in grading in the 2006 and 2007 event details can be found at PodcastConnect.com

Verification Podcast fits in Category Nominated
Verification that the Podcast has 8 Shows Produced
Verification the the Podcaster has been creating shows on or before 1 August 2008
Verification that the Podcaster has a visible RSS 2.0 feed with Enclosures
A confidential non-releaseable grading sheet has been created , nominated podcast will be graded:

Number of Nominations 40%
Quality of Website Design 15%
Quality of Sound 15%
Quality of Podcast Delivery and Show Format 10%
Relevance of Content 20%
Once the top 10 nominees in each category are selected by the review committee and added to the website, voting will commence."


The People's Choice Podcast Awards are a great incentive for podcasters. Obviously it is effective because the people determine the winners. When researching podcasts to subscribe to, I will definitely keep the winners of these awards in mind. Especially since October 19th the 2008 winners will be announced! Tune in!