Game of Thrones wins three Webby People’s Voice Awards

This year, Game of Thrones was nominated for three Webby Awards, and it won all of them…kind of. The Webby Awards, which award excellence on the Internet, are a little different than your average award ceremony. To start, there are a ridiculous number of categories. Really, it’s nuts. Also, there are two awards handed out in every category. The standard Webby Award is voted on by the members of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, which is comprised of over a thousand industry experts. Then there’s the Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted on by…the people. Both awards can go to the same nominee, but they can also be split up within a category.

So it happened with Game of Thrones, which didn’t win any Webby Awards but won all three Webby People’s Voice Awards for which it was eligible. The people have spoken. Here’s how the voting went down:

Best Overall Social Presence

• National Geographic’s Social Presence – Webby Award Winner
• Game of Thrones – Webby People’s Voice Award Winner
• NASA’s Cassini Mission Social Media
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon/Social Experience
• Old Spice Social

Online Film & Video: Unscripted (Branded)

• A New Hero: The Rise of College ESports (Schiefer Chopshop) – Webby Award Winner
• Game of Thrones: Battle of the Bastards Featurette (HBO) – Webby People’s Voice Award Winner
• Plastics Make It Possible – Hudson (Ogilvy)
• Buy Back the Block (Fitzgerald & Co)
• Converse Wear Tests – 13th Witness (Decon)

Advertising & Media: Best Event

• Google Escape (We Are Social) – Webby Award Winner
• Art the Throne (HBO, AGW Group, and Mass Appeal) – Webby People’s Voice Award Winner
• A Table to End Hunger (McCann Sydney)
• Finger Licking Good (Ogilvy & Mather Group HK)
• 29Rooms (Refinery29)

Community’s Joel McHale will give out the awards on May 16. You can watch the ceremony of the Webby Awards website.