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 13 Feb 2025

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02/13/2025

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Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:57:23

Top 5 authors

1. The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. Justice for Dumb Women (1 shows)

5. Pari (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (17 shows)

3. Libsyn (12 shows)

4. Acast (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	222	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	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	542	Audioboom	63
6	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
7	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	230	Simplecast	83
8	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
9	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	546	Megaphone	58
10	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1341	Simplecast	63
11	RadioVajeh \| رادیو واژه	Yalda Alaei	Arts	22	RSS.com	58
12	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
13	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	53	Simplecast	68
14	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
15	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
16	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
17	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	272	Megaphone	42
18	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	347	Libsyn	62
19	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
20	Inner Excellence By Jim Murphy \| Rapid Reads Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Rapid Reads Podcast	Books	8	N/A	N/A
21	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	458	Libsyn	62
22	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	181	Buzzsprout	42
23	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	109	Spreaker	78
24	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	457	RedCircle	53
25	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	364	Unknown	63
26	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	423	Captivate	68
27	LalaLand \| لالالند	Arash kaviani	Arts	30	Simplecast	63
28	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
29	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	262	Buzzsprout	52
30	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
31	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	429	Megaphone	48
32	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	185	Audioboom	52
33	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
34	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
35	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	448	Libsyn	68
36	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
37	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	841	ART19	48
38	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
39	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
40	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
41	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	275	Buzzsprout	62
42	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	182	RedCircle	62
43	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	526	ART19	63
44	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
45	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1565	Acast	49
46	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
47	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
48	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
49	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
50	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
51	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	276	Megaphone	53
52	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
53	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
54	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
55	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
56	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	791	Megaphone	58
57	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	793	Megaphone	42
58	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	246	Libsyn	68
59	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	173	Megaphone	48
60	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	940	Megaphone	48
61	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	231	Megaphone	69
62	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
63	It Gets Good	Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh	Arts	182	Libsyn	58
64	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	452	Megaphone	79
65	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
66	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
67	The Happy Writer with Marissa Meyer	Marissa Meyer	Arts	225	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
69	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
70	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	618	Podbean	58
71	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	274	ART19	69
72	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
73	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	494	Simplecast	69
74	Dedicated with Doug Brunt	SiriusXM	Arts	123	Simplecast	62
75	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
76	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	125	Acast	63
77	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1073	Megaphone	63
78	L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast	The L.A.M.E Book Club	Arts	169	Spotify for Podcasters	32
79	Basic Bitch Book Club	Alex Hourigan	Arts	28	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
81	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
82	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
83	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	539	Megaphone	48
84	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
85	LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City	The Last Podcast Network	Arts	145	Simplecast	62
86	Just King Things	Ranged Touch	Arts	80	Blubrry	43
87	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
88	下一本讀什麼？	閱讀前哨站瓦基	Arts	663	Firstory	59
89	Audio Poem of the Day	Poetry Foundation	Arts	111	Simplecast	53
90	Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast	Lore Party Media	Arts	314	Megaphone	42
91	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	226	Megaphone	73
92	Bookworm	Mike Schmitz and Cory Hixson	Arts	253	Libsyn	49
93	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Unknown	48
94	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	766	Libsyn	48
95	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Loyal Books	Arts	12	Loyal Books	49
96	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	523	Substack	43
97	Novel Marketing	Thomas Umstattd Jr.	Arts	513	Buzzsprout	53
98	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	421	Spotify for Podcasters	22
99	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	575	N/A	N/A
100	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	326	Simplecast	48

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