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 Jun 2025

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06/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:55:34

Top 5 authors

1. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

2. The New Yorker (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. Augustine Institute (2 shows)

5. Next Big Idea Club (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Acast (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
3	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
5	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
6	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
7	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	218	Acast	63
8	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
9	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
10	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	258	Buzzsprout	52
11	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1331	Simplecast	63
12	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
13	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	36	Simplecast	43
14	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
15	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	270	Megaphone	42
16	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
17	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
18	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	544	Megaphone	58
19	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
20	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	180	RedCircle	42
21	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
22	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
23	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
24	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
25	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	453	RedCircle	53
26	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	616	Podbean	58
27	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	179	Buzzsprout	42
28	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	426	Megaphone	48
29	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	169	Megaphone	48
30	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
31	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
32	The Mountain is You in English	Raja Babu	Arts	8	Spotify for Podcasters	48
33	The Next Big Idea Daily	Next Big Idea Club	Education	835	Megaphone	59
34	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
35	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	182	Audioboom	52
36	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
37	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	224	Megaphone	73
38	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	936	Megaphone	48
39	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
40	No Write Way with V. E. Schwab	V. E. Schwab (Author)	Arts	66	Spotify for Podcasters	52
41	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
42	Strong Sense of Place \| Travel Through Books	Melissa & Dave	Arts	237	Megaphone	58
43	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	273	Buzzsprout	62
44	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
45	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	483	Simplecast	53
46	Moms Into Literary Freedom	Courtney Green and Jennifer Mendoza	Arts	65	Spreaker	59
47	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	362	Unknown	63
48	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
49	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
50	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
51	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
52	Nothing Like a Good Book	Mark Bishop Media	Arts	111	Spreaker	43
53	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1554	Acast	49
54	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	121	Acast	63
55	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
56	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	52	Simplecast	68
57	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
58	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
59	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
60	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1069	Megaphone	63
61	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	521	Substack	43
62	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
63	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
64	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	788	Megaphone	58
65	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	355	Blubrry	28
66	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
67	Write Your Damn Novel: A podcast about writing a book in a month	Kristina Horner & Liz Leo	Arts	99	Buzzsprout	67
68	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	445	Libsyn	68
69	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
70	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	421	Acast	84
71	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	422	Captivate	68
72	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
73	Witches of Scotland	madison mitchell	Arts	79	Spotify for Podcasters	53
74	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
75	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	730	Megaphone	48
76	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1240	RedCircle	48
77	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	88	Spotify for Podcasters	37
78	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	295	Megaphone	59
79	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
80	CEREBRO	Connor Goldsmith	Arts	154	RedCircle	48
81	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	272	ART19	69
82	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
83	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
84	Ascend - The Great Books Podcast	Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan	Arts	153	Captivate	42
85	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	535	Megaphone	48
86	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	492	Simplecast	69
87	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	573	N/A	N/A
88	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
89	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
90	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
91	Classic Poetry Aloud	Classic Poetry Aloud	Arts	609	Podomatic	59
92	Secret Life of Books	Sophie Gee and Jonty Claypole	Arts	157	Acast	84
93	BAD WORDS	Janice Lagata	Arts	50	Megaphone	69
94	Ulysses - James Joyce	RTÉ Radio 1	Arts	40	Omny Studio	58
95	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
96	Face à l'histoire Feed not publicly shared by the creator	France Inter	History	341	N/A	N/A
97	Agatha Christie Secret of the Chimneys	Agatha Christie	Arts	7	Spreaker	49
98	Daily Mass Readings	Augustine Institute	Arts	828	Simplecast	58
99	The Daily Stoic - 366 Daily Meditations	PETER SADDINGTON	Arts	365	Spreaker	38
100	The Meditations	Marcus Aurelius	Arts	15	Spreaker	64

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