{"id":118126,"date":"2021-05-21T11:54:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-21T16:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/?p=118126"},"modified":"2025-05-14T13:32:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-14T18:32:57","slug":"webbys-2021-the-best-of-the-internet-on-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpengine.com\/case-studies\/webbys-2021-the-best-of-the-internet-on-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Connection is everything: Powering the best of the Internet on WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Winners were announced this week at the 25th annual Webby Awards<\/a>, the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet, presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences<\/a> (IADAS). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While last year\u2019s event was held during the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic (and marked the first time The Webbys were awarded virtually), this year\u2019s online event was dedicated to honoring outstanding individuals, organizations, and projects that channeled creative and innovative uses of the Internet to help the world stay connected during the pandemic. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Anthony Fauci was recognized as this year\u2019s Webby Person of the Year, highlighting his use of digital and social media to provide information about Covid-19. Other top honors went to Riz Ahmed, Andra Day, Ava DuVernay, Dwayne \u201cThe Rock\u201d Johnson, Dua Lipa, and Oprah Winfrey for their various contributions to digital content and larger efforts within the entertainment industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis past year, the Internet kept us together when the only option was being apart,\u201d said Webby Awards President Claire Graves. \u201cOur connection has been everything, and our 2021 winners are a testament to this. They have entertained us, helped us uplift one another, explained complex issues affecting our world, and inspired global movements.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As seen in years past, WordPress played an outsized role for both Webby nominees and winners. Out of all the total projects nominated in the Websites and Mobile Sites category, 24% used WordPress. One in three of those projects was powered by WP Engine<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPower your creativity on WordPress,\u201d said Eric Jones, VP of Corporate Marketing at WP Engine. \u201cAt this year\u2019s Webbys we celebrated the digital experiences that helped keep us entertained, informed, and together over the past year. Congratulations to all the makers, creatives, and agencies who inspired us with more projects than ever on WordPress.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Established in 1996 during the Web\u2019s infancy, The Webbys is presented by a 2000+ member judging body that makes up the IADAS\u2014The Academy is comprised of Executive Members\u2014leading Internet experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries and creative celebrities\u2014and Associate Members who are former Webby Winners, Nominees and other Internet professionals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See below for a glimpse of some of the top projects built on WordPress that took home a Webby award this year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The New York Review of Books<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 <\/strong>Athletics<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

People’s Voice Winner, Honoree: Culture Blog\/Website  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In an effort to appeal to a new generation of readers without alienating existing subscribers, The New York Review of Books worked with creative agency Athletics<\/a> to create a modern product platform that would enable continued growth and more clearly support its editorial mission, which goes far beyond book reviews. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Inspired in part by the rich visual history of the print version\u2019s cover designs, the project focused on research and strategy, responsive web design and development, as well as UI \/ UX  design. Armed with more editorial flexibility, The New York Review of Books has new ways to feature and curate decades of archival content, and the new design and a new paywall implementation have more than doubled paid subscriptions as well as registrations to The New York Review newsletter list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fatherly: Homebodies<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 <\/strong>Some Spider<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Webby Winner: Email Newsletters<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Homebodies began as a series of newsletters in March 2020, just as the first wave of Covid-19 was spreading through New York City (where Fatherly\u2019s<\/a> offices are located). The intention of the newsletter, which was published every weekday for the next two months, was to provide parents with consistently up-to-date medical perspectives, activity ideas, and a wide variety of coping strategies to help them navigate a uniquely difficult time. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLooking back, Homebodies is something of a time capsule, a window into the start of time whose only defining feature was cognitive dissonance,\u201d the Fatherly team notes on its archive page<\/a>. \u201cHomebodies can be seen in this light as a project that is both absurd and overly serious; monotonous and occasionally profound; often hopeless and yet, ultimately, inspiring.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I Weigh<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 <\/strong>ToyFight<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

People\u2019s Voice Winner: Diversity & Inclusion <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Created in 2018, I Weigh<\/a> is a community allyship platform built to share ideas and stories that ultimately mobilize activism. Growing beyond its original Instagram community, I Weigh\u2019s website was launched in 2020 with digital agency ToyFight<\/a> to offer original content that explores social issues spanning from mental health to climate change to the representation of marginalized groups. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Founded by activist and actress (and host of the 2021 Webby Awards) Jameela Jamil in response to the way women are valued in popular culture, I Weigh is a movement that connects, empowers, and amplifies diverse voices in an accessible way while providing a platform dedicated to those activists, worthy causes, and ethical brands that deliver on their promises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Everytown<\/strong><\/a> \u2014 <\/strong>Upstatement<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

People\u2019s Voice Winner: Charitable Organizations\/Non-Profit<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As the largest gun violence prevention organization in America, Everytown<\/a> faced a familiar set of issues associated with growth\u2014namely, a series of disconnected digital properties that proved increasingly difficult to manage. In response, digital studio Upstatement<\/a> developed a strategy to unify the Everytown brand<\/a>, build a common design system, and implement WordPress in a way that was easily accessible to all team members <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new system democratized publishing, allowing anyone on the team to write, edit, and post research reports. This has saved precious time for Everytown\u2019s small team of digital editors, who can focus on more strategic tasks such as fundraising campaigns and drives to call Congress. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can find out more about all the Webby Award winners here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See why<\/strong><\/a> WP Engine is the world\u2019s #1 managed hosting platform for WordPress, powering 1.5 million digital experiences and 3 billion pageviews every single day.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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