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 11 Feb 2025

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02/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:58:02

Top 5 authors

1. The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. Book Riot (2 shows)

4. Fated Mates (1 shows)

5. David Naimon, Milkweed Editions (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Acast (12 shows)

4. Libsyn (12 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	223	Acast	63
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
4	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
5	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	230	Simplecast	83
6	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
7	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	543	Audioboom	63
8	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
9	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
10	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1347	Simplecast	63
11	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	53	Simplecast	68
12	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	547	Megaphone	58
13	Inner Excellence By Jim Murphy \| Rapid Reads Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Rapid Reads Podcast	Books	8	N/A	N/A
14	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
15	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	459	Libsyn	62
16	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
17	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	459	RedCircle	53
18	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	272	Megaphone	42
19	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	182	Buzzsprout	42
20	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	348	Libsyn	62
21	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
22	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
23	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
24	Dedicated with Doug Brunt	SiriusXM	Arts	124	Simplecast	62
25	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
26	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	264	Buzzsprout	52
27	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
28	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	109	Spreaker	78
29	LalaLand \| لالالند	Arash kaviani	Arts	30	Simplecast	63
30	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	365	Unknown	63
31	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	186	Audioboom	52
32	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	429	Megaphone	48
33	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
34	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	842	ART19	48
35	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	941	Megaphone	48
36	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	183	RedCircle	62
37	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
38	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	528	ART19	63
39	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
40	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
41	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	618	Podbean	58
42	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	232	Megaphone	69
43	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	449	Libsyn	68
44	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
45	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	423	Captivate	68
46	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	275	ART19	69
47	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
48	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
49	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	125	Acast	63
50	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
51	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
52	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
53	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1567	Acast	49
54	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
55	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
56	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	793	Megaphone	58
57	L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast	The L.A.M.E Book Club	Arts	169	Spotify for Podcasters	32
58	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	454	Megaphone	79
59	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
60	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	246	Libsyn	68
61	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	283	Buzzsprout	68
62	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	276	Buzzsprout	62
63	Bookworm	Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson	Arts	253	Libsyn	49
64	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	108	Acast	59
65	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	277	Megaphone	53
66	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
67	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
68	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	174	Megaphone	48
69	UnReality	Talia Augustidis	Arts	14	Audioboom	48
70	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	357	Blubrry	28
71	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
72	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	421	Spotify for Podcasters	22
73	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
74	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	495	Simplecast	69
75	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	227	Megaphone	73
76	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
77	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
78	The Lit Hub Podcast	Literary Hub	Arts	46	Megaphone	48
79	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	794	Megaphone	42
80	The Happy Writer with Marissa Meyer	Marissa Meyer	Arts	225	Buzzsprout	68
81	Just King Things	Ranged Touch	Arts	80	Blubrry	43
82	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	575	N/A	N/A
83	The Book Pile	Kellen Erskine and David Vance	Arts	219	Buzzsprout	68
84	Basic Bitch Book Club	Alex Hourigan	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
86	It Gets Good	Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh	Arts	182	Libsyn	58
87	Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast	Lore Party Media	Arts	315	Megaphone	42
88	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1075	Megaphone	63
89	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
90	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
91	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	123	Pinecast	53
92	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
93	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
94	Audio Poem of the Day	Poetry Foundation	Arts	111	Simplecast	53
95	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	768	Libsyn	48
96	The Substack Podcast	The Substack team	Arts	64	Substack	43
97	هزارداستانHazardastan	Mehran mantashi	Arts	1973	Acast	80
98	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Unknown	48
99	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	178	Acast	63
100	Parseh Podcast (پادکست پرسه)	Abbas Seyedein	Arts	76	Acast	52

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