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 22 May 2025

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05/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:59:08

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (2 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. The New Yorker (2 shows)

4. Chris Hedges (1 shows)

5. Sarah Dickinson | Sarah's Bookshelves (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (16 shows)

2. Acast (15 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 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	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	227	Acast	63
4	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Religion & Spirituality	260	Simplecast	63
5	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	350	Libsyn	62
6	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	544	Audioboom	63
7	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	237	Megaphone	38
8	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	273	Megaphone	42
9	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	398	BBC	28
10	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	231	Simplecast	83
11	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	548	Megaphone	58
12	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	38	Simplecast	43
13	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
14	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1357	Simplecast	63
15	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
16	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
17	In A Certain Land	Nicholas Kotar	Arts	12	Acast	74
18	Green Ember Goes Forth!	Story Warren	Arts	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
19	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	110	Acast	59
20	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	185	RedCircle	62
21	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	530	ART19	63
22	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
23	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	463	RedCircle	53
24	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	55	Simplecast	68
25	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	620	Podbean	58
26	LalaLand \| لالالند	4rah computer	Arts	13	Acast	84
27	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	462	Libsyn	62
28	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	451	Libsyn	68
29	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	269	Buzzsprout	52
30	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
31	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
32	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	188	Audioboom	52
33	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	284	Buzzsprout	68
34	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	44	Acast	63
35	Witches of Scotland	claire mitchell and zoe venditozzi	Society & Culture	87	Unknown	58
36	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	431	Megaphone	48
37	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Society & Culture	229	Acast	73
38	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
39	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	248	Libsyn	68
40	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
41	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
42	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	184	Buzzsprout	42
43	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	497	Simplecast	69
44	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
45	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	367	Unknown	63
46	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	131	Megaphone	38
47	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	234	Megaphone	69
48	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	176	Megaphone	48
49	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	425	Captivate	68
50	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	278	Buzzsprout	62
51	Meagan's Book Club Podcast	Meagan Briggs	Arts	164	Spotify for Podcasters	11
52	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
53	Ulysses - James Joyce	RTÉ	Arts	39	Omny Studio	58
54	UlyssesIn80-Reading James Joyce Masterpiece in 80 Days	mark sanford gross	Arts	27	Buzzsprout	38
55	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	130	Libsyn	73
56	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
57	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
58	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	526	Substack	43
59	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	577	N/A	N/A
60	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
61	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1079	Megaphone	63
62	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
63	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	358	Blubrry	28
64	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	128	Acast	63
65	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
66	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
67	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1573	Acast	49
68	Nothing Like a Good Book	Mark Bishop Media	Arts	111	Spreaker	43
69	Grandma Kerri’s Sleepy Time Classics	kerrinhunt	Arts	180	Podbean	42
70	The Panelists	Jaysen Headley	Arts	3	Acast	69
71	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
72	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	845	ART19	48
73	Books With Your Besties	Emily and Ashley	Arts	57	Buzzsprout	59
74	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
75	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
76	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	796	Megaphone	42
77	Meet Me Here	KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio	Arts	12	Omny Studio	94
78	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	945	Megaphone	48
79	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	774	Libsyn	48
81	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	94	Spotify for Podcasters	37
82	Traditional Catholic Audiobooks	SGZ	Arts	111	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
84	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	179	Acast	63
85	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	488	Simplecast	43
86	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
87	The Play's the Thing	CiRCE Podcast Network	Arts	209	Acast	64
88	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	278	Megaphone	53
89	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	277	ART19	69
90	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
91	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	116	Spreaker	78
92	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	541	Megaphone	48
93	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	425	Acast	84
94	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
95	Double Love	HeadStuff Podcasts	Arts	217	Megaphone	38
96	No Write Way with V. E. Schwab	V. E. Schwab (Author)	Arts	68	Spotify for Podcasters	52
97	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	796	Megaphone	58
98	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	67	Acast	63
99	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
100	Smut Up and Listen! Details temporarily unavailable	Smut Up and Listen	Arts	182	Spotify for Podcasters	43

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