Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Books

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 01 Aug 2025

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08/01/2025

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Episodes: 291

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:57:01

Top 5 authors

1. WNYC Studios and The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. Book Riot (2 shows)

4. Augustine Institute (2 shows)

5. Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (13 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Simplecast (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Megaphone	49
2	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	iHeartPodcasts and Hello Sunshine	Arts	7	Omny Studio	53
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	549	Simplecast	53
4	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	136	Simplecast	53
5	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	617	Audioboom	53
6	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	284	Squarespace	63
7	The New Yorker: Fiction	WNYC Studios and The New Yorker	Arts	221	PRX	59
8	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
9	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	55	Podbean	58
10	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls \| QCODE	Arts	134	Megaphone	63
11	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1015	Megaphone	53
12	Books With Your Besties	Emily and Ashley	Arts	40	Buzzsprout	59
13	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	488	Megaphone	73
14	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	232	Megaphone	48
15	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	27	Simplecast	43
16	You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	108	Megaphone	83
17	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	199	Simplecast	83
18	Constantly Curious	Nicholas John	Arts	1	Spotify for Podcasters	53
19	ASH \| پادکست اش	عرفان حقی	Education	54	Podbean	58
20	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	5	Megaphone	63
21	Moms Into Literary Freedom	Courtney Green and Jennifer Mendoza	Arts	65	Spreaker	59
22	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	286	Libsyn	62
23	Naaji /پادکست فارسی ناجی	Pari	Arts	60	Acast	38
24	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	53	Libsyn	63
25	Moms Don’t Have Time to Read Books	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
26	anyhow, anyway by Summer England	Summer England	Arts	5	Substack	63
27	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	29	Acast	69
28	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	331	RedCircle	63
29	Currently Reading	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	395	Libsyn	73
30	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	170	Megaphone	63
31	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	123	Spotify for Podcasters	38
32	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	817	Megaphone	48
33	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	447	ART19	69
34	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	35	Buzzsprout	79
35	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	158	Acast	79
36	Fiction Writing Made Easy \| Top Creative Writing Podcast for Fiction Writers & Writing Tips	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	217	Buzzsprout	62
37	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block	Arts	422	Megaphone	43
38	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
39	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	361	Captivate	68
40	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	382	Megaphone	53
41	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	554	Podbean	58
42	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	763	ART19	53
43	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	381	Libsyn	73
44	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
45	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	429	Simplecast	69
46	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	299	Megaphone	84
47	Borrowed & Returned	Brooklyn Public Library	Arts	108	Buzzsprout	63
48	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
49	Flights of Fantasy	Flights Of Fantasy	Arts	129	Spotify for Podcasters	73
50	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	943	Megaphone	63
51	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	300	Unknown	43
52	The New Yorker: Poetry	WNYC Studios and The New Yorker	Arts	116	PRX	49
53	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	214	Buzzsprout	68
54	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	686	Megaphone	63
55	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	114	Libsyn	79
56	Comic Book Ruminations with Anthony M. Caro	Anthony M. Caro	Arts	8	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	15	Simplecast	63
58	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	455	Substack	49
59	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	118	Spotify for Podcasters	58
60	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	246	Megaphone	59
61	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Arts	282	Megaphone	53
62	Bibliophage	Gwenna Laithland	Arts	3	Spotify for Podcasters	73
63	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	141	Buzzsprout	58
64	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
65	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	367	BBC	33
66	داستان شب	Arash Babayi/Mohammad Amin Chitgaran	Arts	1388	Acast	43
67	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	730	Megaphone	48
68	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	565	Libsyn	53
69	PLOT TWIST	Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard	Arts	10	Acast	69
70	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	209	Acast	79
71	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	53
72	Meagan's Book Club Podcast	Meagan Briggs	Arts	57	Spotify for Podcasters	17
73	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Tin House Books	Arts	300	Blubrry	28
74	Dragons in the Details	Abby and Ronnie	Arts	22	Spotify for Podcasters	63
75	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
76	The Stories We Tell with Joanna Gaines	Blind Nil Audio and Pod People	Arts	8	Megaphone	53
77	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	165	Ximalaya	53
78	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
79	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	62	Unknown	53
80	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	1886	Megaphone	48
81	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	365	Acast	84
82	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	202	Megaphone	69
83	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	208	Libsyn	73
84	Ascend - The Great Books Podcast	Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan	Arts	91	Captivate	42
85	Between Pages & Friends	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	68	Buzzsprout	53
86	History of Westeros (Game of Thrones)	History of Westeros	Arts	375	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	14	Spotify for Podcasters	42
88	Jane Austen Bedtime Stories	Jane Austen Bedtime Pod	Arts	133	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
90	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast	Bloody FM	Books	497	N/A	N/A
91	Daily Mass Readings	Augustine Institute	Arts	7	Simplecast	63
92	Read Me Romance	Read Me Romance	Arts	176	Blubrry	59
93	Witches of Scotland	madison mitchell	Arts	76	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Daily Short Stories - Mystery & Suspense	Sol Good Network	Arts	1000	Spreaker	43
95	Slate's Audio Book Club	Slate Podcasts	Arts	84	Megaphone	49
96	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	87	Libsyn	63
97	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	75	Acast	63
98	Once Upon a Time Zone: A Bookish Podcast	Jaime Fok and Freya Valerio	Arts	4	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	هزارداستانHazardastan	Mehran mantashi	Arts	1973	Acast	80
100	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53

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