Inc. and Fast Company Earn Webby Award Nominations

The nominees for the 30th annual Webby Awards have been announced, and Fast Company and Inc. have each received nominations from the award hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times. 

Inc. is nominated for Your Next Move by Inc. presented by CapOne in the Business and Thought Leadership category of Video & Film.  

Fast Company is nominated for It’s All in the Typeface in the How-to, Explainer, and DIY category of Video & Film. To learn more about the series, watch our overview video with Fast Company creative director Mike Schnaidt. 

The 2026 Webby Awards received more than 13,000 entries from all 50 states and over 70 countries worldwide this year, and only the top 11% were named nominees. All nominees are eligible to also win a Webby People’s Voice Award, which is voted online by fans across the globe.  

From now until April 16, Fast Company and Inc. fans can cast their votes at http://vote.webbyawards.com/. Winners will be announced on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, and honored in a star-studded show at Cipriani Wall Street.   

This year’s nominees represent a dynamic cross-section of the digital world, spanning influential organizations and products such as Claude Code, Waymo, Ōura, OpenAI, Patreon, PBS, Google Gemini, ACLU, and Netflix alongside prominent public figures including Bad Bunny, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, Amy Poehler, Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Timothée Chalamet, Katseye, and Justin Bieber. 

Award nominees were selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), comprised of internet industry experts including Joanne Jang (general manager, OpenAI Labs), Tekedra Mawakana (Co-CEO, Waymo), Walton Goggins (actor and filmmaker), Kim Larson (global managing director and head of creators, YouTube), Bob Carrigan (CEO, Audible), Kinney Edwards (global head of the creative lab, TikTok), Manuel “Manolo” Arroyo (EVP and global chief marketing officer, The Coca-Cola Company), Alex Schultz (VP of analytics and chief marketing officer, Meta), Tiffany Rolfe (chair and global chief creative officer, R/GA), Todd Kaplan (chief marketing officer, Kraft Heinz), Paris Hilton (creator), Garry Tan (president and CEO, Y Combinator), Tyler Bahl (chief marketing officer, Activision), and Paula Kerger (President and CEO, PBS). 

Fast Company’s It’s All in the Typeface series  is written by Mike Schnaidt (creative director) and produced and directed by Vanessa Singh (executive producer), with editing by Frank Zadlo (executive editor) and cinematography by Kat Caulderwood (director of photography) and overseen by Heather Keets Wright (SVP, Inc. and Fast Company Studio). 

Inc.’s Your Next Move series is brought to life by Karlyn Michelson (executive producer), Bonny Ghosh (editorial director), and Sandra Pasquariello (senior director of production); it’s hosted by Mike Hofman (Inc. editor-in-chief) and overseen by Heather Keets Wright (SVP, Inc. and Fast Company Studio).