Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Arts

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 21 Jul 2026

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07/21/2026

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Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 10 days

Duration: 00:47:13

Top 5 authors

1. OTR GOLD (4 shows)

2. iHeartPodcasts (3 shows)

3. American Public Media (2 shows)

4. Book Riot (2 shows)

5. The New Yorker (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	1674	Simplecast	59
2	The Moth	The Moth	Arts	503	WideOrbit	49
3	99% Invisible	Roman Mars	Arts	838	Simplecast	58
4	The iDesign Lab Podcast \| Where Design, Business, and Culture Shape How We Live and Build	Tiffany Woolley, Scott Woolley	Arts	87	Buzzsprout	52
5	Walk-In Talk Podcast	Carl Fiadini	Arts	216	Libsyn	48
6	The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast	Forrest Kelly	Arts	394	Simplecast	62
7	Stories of Art	HENI Talks	Arts	34	Unknown	73
8	The MOOD Podcast	Matt Jacob	Arts	162	Buzzsprout	53
9	Spooked	KQED and Snap Studios	Arts	256	Simplecast	63
10	The Magnus Archives	Rusty Quill	Arts	405	Acast	74
11	Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast	King Arthur Baking Company	Arts	30	Buzzsprout	57
12	The Book Club	Goalhanger	Arts	35	Megaphone	73
13	Daily Rosary Meditations \| Catholic Prayers	Dr. Mike Scherschligt	Arts	2000	CoHost	32
14	Return on Design	Rachel Niederhofer	Arts	51	Unknown	63
15	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	609	Simplecast	48
16	ill-advised by Bill Nighy	EYEPOD Studios	Arts	27	Acast	73
17	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
18	Snap Judgment	Snap Judgment and PRX	Arts	559	PRX	53
19	The Chef's Cut	Level Media	Arts	69	Megaphone	58
20	The Sporkful	Dan Pashman	Arts	329	Simplecast	68
21	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	61	Acast	63
22	Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio	Milk Street Radio	Arts	572	PRX	43
23	I Want Her Shoes Podcast	Anna Anisin	Arts	85	Simplecast	58
24	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	215	Acast	63
25	Zero to Well-Read	Book Riot	Arts	60	Megaphone	48
26	The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio\| Daily Mystery Dramas	Adam Graham\|Old Time Radio Detective Host	Arts	1000	Spreaker	73
27	The Upstaging Gentlemen (Chasing Theatrical Dreams)	Michael Tennant and Nathan Prince	Arts	73	Simplecast	53
28	Florida Living LIfe	Jamie and Julie	Arts	18	Podetize	79
29	Eating History	Level Media Inc.	Arts	21	Megaphone	69
30	The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker	The New Yorker	Arts	1	Megaphone	42
31	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
32	Articles of Interest	Avery Trufelman	Arts	70	PRX	73
33	岩中花述 Details temporarily unavailable	GIADA	Arts	87	Unknown	53
34	The Jimmy Dore Show	Jimmy Dore	Arts	100	Libsyn	48
35	Choice Classic Radio Detectives \| Old Time Radio	Choice Classic Radio	Arts	999	Podbean	42
36	Positive Distraction with Alexander McCall Smith	Alexander McCall Smith	Arts	9	Spotify for Podcasters	32
37	The Poetry Cafe	thepoetrycafe	Arts	81	ART19	48
38	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
39	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
40	Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)	Mean Streets Podcasts	Arts	842	Libsyn	52
41	Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin	Rick Rubin	Arts	204	Megaphone	68
42	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	257	Buzzsprout	52
43	Gastropod	Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley	Arts	296	Megaphone	54
44	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
45	The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters	American Public Media	Arts	791	American Public Media	32
46	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
47	Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud	Bella Freud	Arts	95	Megaphone	63
48	The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan	Billy Corgan	Arts	87	ART19	47
49	Work in Progress with Sophia Bush	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	361	Omny Studio	48
50	Be My Guest with Ina Garten	Food Network	Arts	36	Acast	58
51	The Odyssey	Homer	Arts	24	Spreaker	59
52	Wilder	iHeartPodcasts	History	16	Omny Studio	69
53	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1327	Simplecast	63
54	Handbag Designer 101: The Stories Behind Handbag Designers, Brands, and Industry Icons	Emily Blumenthal	Arts	161	RedCircle	58
55	Every Outfit	Every Outfit	Arts	389	Audioboom	42
56	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	482	Simplecast	53
57	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
58	The Maria Liberati Show	Maria Liberati	Arts	347	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Pretty, Not Smart with Louie and Yoatzi Castro	Dear Media	Arts	158	Megaphone	42
60	LeVar Burton Reads	LeVar Burton and Stitcher	Arts	202	Simplecast	48
61	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	72	Spotify for Podcasters	37
62	Design Matters with Debbie Millman	Design Matters Media	Arts	693	Acast	28
63	Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar \| Old Time Radio	OTR GOLD	Arts	712	Megaphone	43
64	CBS Radio Mystery Theater \| Old Time Radio	OTR GOLD	Arts	1348	Megaphone	43
65	Daring Forever (Find your Extraordinary)	Radim Malinic	Arts	265	Buzzsprout	78
66	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
67	The Flavor Journal	Harry Hobbs	Arts	149	Libsyn	53
68	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	543	Megaphone	58
69	Global Flavor Route	Rena Bolton	Arts	158	Libsyn	59
70	ON THE COUCH	John Chamberlain Estate	Arts	8	Acast	79
71	Scary Stories and Rain	Being Scared	Arts	495	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	88	Spotify for Podcasters	37
73	MrCreepyPasta's Storytime	MrCreepyPasta	Arts	1000	Spreaker	59
74	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
75	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	179	RedCircle	42
76	Dish	Cold Glass Productions	Arts	182	Megaphone	69
77	OMMM: Our Museum Mindfulness Meditation	Getty	Arts	26	Blubrry	68
78	Gunsmoke \| Old Time Radio	OTR GOLD	Arts	477	Megaphone	43
79	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
80	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	935	Megaphone	48
81	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
82	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
83	RISK!	RISK!	Arts	1238	Megaphone	69
84	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	426	Megaphone	48
85	Dragnet \| Old Time Radio	OTR GOLD	Arts	310	Megaphone	49
86	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
87	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	281	Buzzsprout	68
88	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	452	RedCircle	53
89	پلی لیست \| PlayList	MokhtarRazmjoo	Arts	384	Castbox	48
90	The Slowdown: Poetry & Reflection Daily	American Public Media	Arts	419	American Public Media	32
91	The Run-Through with Vogue	Vogue	Arts	342	Megaphone	48
92	Skin Anarchy	Ekta et al.	Arts	807	Buzzsprout	69
93	Table Manners with Jessie and Lennie Ware	Jessie Ware	Arts	390	Acast	63
94	Private Life: A New York Review Podcast	New York Review Podcasts	Arts	23	Transistor	68
95	The Emerald	Joshua Schrei	Arts	100	Buzzsprout	73
96	Earsay: The Audible and iHeart Audiobook Club	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	17	Omny Studio	52
97	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
98	Sweets Unwrapped	Atlantic Re:think and Ferrero	Arts	9	Megaphone	69
99	The Lou Young Show	Lou Young III	Arts	69	Megaphone	32
100	Naked Beauty Details temporarily unavailable	Brooke DeVard	Arts	417	Acast	59

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