The 65 finalists across 13 Awards categories were announced at an official ceremony in Malaga.
Around 25% of nominees come from independent producers; another 25% from media outlets, and around 50% from audio platforms or leading podcast producers in the Spanish-speaking world.
The winners will be announced in March, with the gala ceremony to be held on May 3 at the Soho CaixaBank Theater in Malaga.
PRISA Audio sets the gold standard in the industry by clocking up 574 million downloads and 971 million listening hours last year – a year-on-year increase of 39% and 17%, respectively.
The figures, provided by Triton Digital’s Streaming Metrics Monthly Ranker, are testament to PRISA’s leadership as an audio producer.
With 1,200 podcasts, and partnerships with Podimo, Amazon Music, Audible, Spotify and Penguin Random House, PRISA Audiotops the weekly aggregator charts with podcasts such as Nadie sabe Nada, Estirando el Chicle and Hoy en El País.
The audio division's advertising revenue grew 43% over the previous year.
The event, organized by EL PAÍS and the Organization of Ibero-American States, addressed growing social tensions, poverty and inequities in the region
The event brought together leading figures from the worlds of politics and economics, including: the President of Chile, Gabriel Boric; the chancellor of Chile and the former president of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), Antonia Urrejola; the vice president of Colombia, Francia Márquez; the former president of Uruguay, José Mujica; and the secretary general of the Organization of Ibero-American States, Mariano Jabonero.