2014 Webby Awards: And the Winners Are...

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Arianna Huffington presents at last year's Webby Awards in New York City.

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By Kurt Wagner2014-04-28 11:20:02 UTC

Zach Galifianakis, Jimmy Kimmel, the Jamaican Bobsled Team.

All three ruled the Internet at one point over the past year, and are also now winners in what has arguably become the Internet's most prestigious competition: the Webby Awards.

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The 18th Annual Webby Award winners are in, and Internet stars like Pharrell Williams, Jean-Claude Van Damme, and Jamie Oliver are among those taking home hardware in 2014. Popular startups like Airbnb, Medium, and Twitter-owned Vine were also winners.

Mashable also won the Webby Award for Best Business Blog for the third consecutive year, and the fourth time since 2010. (But who's counting?)

The Webby Awards were established in 1996 as a way to honor "excellence on the Internet," according to the company's website. The awards are broken down into two categories. The Webby Award winners are selected by judges from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, including Tumblr Founder David Karp, House of Cards producer and star Kevin Spacey, and media mogul Arianna Huffington.

The Webby People's Voice Awards are selected by Internet users from more than 200 countries worldwide. This year, more than half a million people participated in the voting, which ended last Thursday. Vice Media (7), Google (5), and Tumblr (4) all scored multiple wins in the People's Voice categories.

Here are some other notable Webby Award Winners:

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  Best social game — QuizUp

  
  


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  Best use of Mobile — Vine

  
  


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  Best User Experience, Best Visual Design: Function — Medium

  
  


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  Best Entertainment Channel — Vimeo

  
  


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  Best Business Blog — Mashable

  
  


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  Best Travel Website, Best Travel App — Airbnb

  
  


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  Best Community Website, Best Social Application — Tumblr

  
  


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  Webby Breakout of the Year — Kickstarter

  
  


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  Webby Athlete of the Year: The Jamaican Bobsled Team (crowdfunded trip to Sochi)

  
  


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  Best Viral Video — Jimmy Kimmel Reveals “Worst Twerk Fail EVER: Girl Catches Fire” Prank

  
  


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  Best Music (Film and Video) — Arcade Fire’s “Just a Reflektor”

  
  


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  Best use of Interactive Video (Both Webby and People’s Voice Award) — Pharrell Williams’s 24 Hours of Happy

  
  


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  Best Viral Marketing, Best Online Commercial, Best Branded Entertainment Short Form — “The Epic Split” with Jean-Claude Van Damme

  
  


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  Best Comedy: Long form or series (Both Webby and People’s Voice Award) — Funny or Die’s Between two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Justin Bieber

  
  
  
  

  Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis: Justin Bieber from Justin Bieber

  
  
  
  
  
  

  You can read the full list of 2014 Webby Award winners here first thing Monday morning.

  
  

  Comedian Patton Oswalt is slated to host the actual Webby Awards show at Cipriani Wall Street in Manhattan on May 19. Video from the show will be available online the following morning.

  
  

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Topics: Apps and Software, Entertainment, Gadgets, Gaming, jimmy kimmel, justin bieber, Mobile, Music, patton oswalt, Pharrell Williams, Video, webby awards, zach galifianakis