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 16 Jul 2025

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07/16/2025

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Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:57:01

Top 5 authors

1. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. Book Riot (2 shows)

4. The New Yorker (2 shows)

5. Dan Simpson (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Acast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (10 shows)

4. Simplecast (10 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	300	Simplecast	59
2	Bookmarked by Reese's Book Club	Reese's Book Club	Arts	62	Substack	53
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	2	Simplecast	48
4	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
5	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	543	Audioboom	63
6	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
7	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	225	Acast	63
8	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1351	Simplecast	63
9	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	236	Megaphone	38
10	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
11	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	272	Megaphone	42
12	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
13	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	230	Simplecast	83
14	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
15	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	547	Megaphone	58
16	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	175	Megaphone	48
17	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	109	Acast	59
18	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	349	Libsyn	62
19	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	461	RedCircle	53
20	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	460	Libsyn	62
21	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	44	Acast	63
22	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
23	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
24	Moms Into Literary Freedom	Courtney Green and Jennifer Mendoza	Arts	65	Spreaker	59
25	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
26	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	284	Buzzsprout	68
27	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	425	Captivate	68
28	Bibliophage	Gwenna Laithland	Arts	16	Spotify for Podcasters	43
29	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	843	ART19	48
30	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	187	Audioboom	52
31	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	620	Podbean	58
32	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	456	Megaphone	79
33	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	233	Megaphone	69
34	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1569	Acast	49
35	Borrowed & Returned	Brooklyn Public Library	Arts	123	Buzzsprout	63
36	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	183	Buzzsprout	42
37	27 Views	Elizabeth Woodman	Arts	30	Spotify for Podcasters	63
38	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	486	Simplecast	53
39	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	184	RedCircle	62
40	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	529	ART19	63
41	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	794	Megaphone	58
42	PLOT TWIST	Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard	Arts	72	Acast	63
43	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	131	Megaphone	38
44	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	430	Megaphone	48
45	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
46	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	277	Buzzsprout	62
47	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	943	Megaphone	48
48	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
49	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	525	Substack	43
50	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
51	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	229	Megaphone	73
52	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	92	Spotify for Podcasters	37
53	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
54	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	128	Acast	63
55	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
56	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
57	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
58	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	178	Acast	63
59	A Meal of Thorns	The Ancillary Review of Books	Arts	54	Unknown	42
60	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
61	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
62	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
63	Kris and Mads	Kristen and Maddie	Arts	104	Spotify for Podcasters	58
64	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1076	Megaphone	63
65	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
66	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	496	Simplecast	69
67	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	76	Spotify for Podcasters	37
68	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
69	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	450	Libsyn	68
70	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	277	Megaphone	53
71	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1260	RedCircle	48
72	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Society & Culture	228	Acast	73
73	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	357	Blubrry	28
74	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	397	BBC	28
75	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	771	Libsyn	48
76	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	366	Unknown	63
77	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	541	Megaphone	48
78	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	266	Buzzsprout	52
79	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
80	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	576	N/A	N/A
81	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	52	Megaphone	58
82	Agatha Christie Secret of the Chimneys	Agatha Christie	Arts	7	Spreaker	49
83	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	53	Simplecast	68
84	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	421	Spotify for Podcasters	22
85	Witches of Scotland	madison mitchell	Arts	79	Spotify for Podcasters	53
86	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	424	Acast	84
87	The Meditations	Marcus Aurelius	Arts	15	Spreaker	64
88	Kingslingers \| A Dark Tower Podcast	Doof! Media	Arts	268	Transistor	52
89	ketabe-soti-free	Ketabe-soti	Arts	1644	Spotify for Podcasters	33
90	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	276	ART19	69
91	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	248	Libsyn	68
92	Book Lounge by Libby	Book Lounge by Libby	Arts	955	Megaphone	59
93	Books Unbound	Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay	Arts	332	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	كتب غيّرتنا	Asharq Podcasts \| الشرق بودكاست	Arts	43	Omny Studio	83
95	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
96	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
97	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	92	Libsyn	58
98	Ascend - The Great Books Podcast	Harrison Garlick and Adam Minihan	Arts	157	Captivate	42
99	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	123	Pinecast	53

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