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Diffusion PR Dominates Top PR Industry Awards Across Consumer, Tech and Wellness Categories in 2025 and 2026
As an award-winning integrated PR and communications agency helping scaleups to master the new mainstream, challenger brands to grasp the mantle of leadership and innovative incumbents to reinvent their legacy, Diffusion is proud to have earned recognition from the PR industry’s top organizations including PR NEWS, PRSA, Hermes, MarCom, PRovoke Media, Ragan and SABRE during the 2025-2026 industry awards season.
In addition to campaign awards, Diffusion was named by PRovoke Media as the Best Boutique Agency to Work For in 2026, highlighting the agency’s commitment to career growth, collaboration and an outstanding people-first culture. Being awarded such an honor reflects Diffusion’s reputation as a top PR agency where great work, good people and career growth come together.
2026 PR NEWS Agency Elite Top 120
Diffusion was recognized on the 2026 PR NEWS Agency Elite Top 120 list for the third year in a row, honoring the agency’s excellence in delivering high-impact campaigns, fostering a collaborative team culture and driving meaningful results for clients across industries.
SABRE North America and SABRE Innovation Awards 2026
Diffusion’s work with legacy supplement and wellness brand, Thorne, continued to gain recognition in 2026, earning a Certificate of Excellence at the Innovation SABRE Awards, as well as a place on the shortlist of the SABRE North America Awards, underscoring Diffusion’s ability to drive culturally relevant conversations and position brands at the forefront of their industry.
Hermes Creative Awards 2025 & 2026
The 2025 and 2026 Hermes Creative Awards acknowledged Diffusion’s campaigns for excelling at transforming creative consumer and corporate narratives into widespread media coverage.
Diffusion’s campaigns for Thorne, Kobo, Wattpad, Invoice Home and Norstella all took home Platinum designations in 2026, following Platinum wins for Thorne and Owlet in 2025, illustrating the agency’s versatility in crafting effective PR campaigns across wellness, consumer technology, B2B technology and healthcare industries.
PRSA-NY Big Apple Awards 2025
The 2025 PRSA-NY Big Apple Awards also recognized Diffusion’s work for Thorne with a win in the Marketing Consumer Products & Services category, highlighting the agency’s ability to position the brand as a leader in the wellness space through excellence in earned media relations.
MarCom Awards 2025
Highlighting the agency’s creativity and strategic execution across consumer technology, innovation and lifestyle industries, the 2025 MarCom Awards recognized Diffusion’s campaigns for Invoice Home, Kobo and Thorne in the Platinum category.
Top Women in PR & Communications
Last, but certainly not least, Diffusion’s own Managing Director, Kate Ryan, received continued industry accolades across both 2025 and 2026, earning honors from PR NEWS Top Women in PR and Ragan’s Top Women in Communications. These accolades reflect Kate’s leadership, strategic vision and contributions to advancing impactful communications work across the industry.
Known for impactful storytelling, strategic media relations and creative campaigns that drive measurable business results, Diffusion’s work for clients spanning enterprise and consumer technology, retail, lifestyle and business services continues to stand out.
Diffusion continues to reinforce its commitment to bold ideas, meaningful storytelling and campaigns that deliver measurable impact. Congratulations to our clients and team for another exceptional year of industry recognition, creative excellence and impactful storytelling!