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 23 Jan 2025

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01/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 297

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:59:34

Top 5 authors

1. Book Riot (2 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. The New Yorker (2 shows)

4. Eddy Hood (1 shows)

5. Classic Audiobook Collection LLC (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Acast (10 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	215	Acast	63
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	3	Simplecast	48
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
5	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
6	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	109	Spreaker	78
7	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
8	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
9	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
10	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
11	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	544	Megaphone	58
12	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
13	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	524	ART19	63
14	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1330	Simplecast	63
15	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	269	Megaphone	42
16	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	182	Audioboom	52
17	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
18	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
19	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	426	Megaphone	48
20	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
21	DTFae	DTFae Podcast	Arts	194	Buzzsprout	38
22	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	257	Buzzsprout	52
23	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	179	Buzzsprout	42
24	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
25	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	169	Megaphone	48
26	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
27	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
28	L.A.M.E. Book Club Podcast	The L.A.M.E Book Club	Arts	169	Spotify for Podcasters	32
29	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
30	The Read Well Podcast	Eddy Hood	Arts	125	Buzzsprout	62
31	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	273	Buzzsprout	62
32	LalaLand \| لالالند	Arash kaviani	Arts	30	Simplecast	63
33	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	452	RedCircle	53
34	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	362	Unknown	63
35	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
36	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
37	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
38	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	445	Libsyn	68
39	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
40	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
41	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
42	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	936	Megaphone	48
43	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
44	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	130	Megaphone	38
45	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
46	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
47	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
48	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1553	Acast	49
49	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	272	ART19	69
50	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
51	Immerse: Luke and Acts - 4 Week Bible Reading Experience	Tyndale House Publishers \| Lumivoz	Arts	20	Transistor	69
52	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
53	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	791	Megaphone	42
54	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
55	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
56	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
57	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	121	Acast	63
58	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	788	Megaphone	58
59	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	180	RedCircle	42
60	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
61	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	420	Captivate	68
62	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
63	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	614	Podbean	58
64	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	246	Libsyn	68
65	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
66	The Clearing with Katherine May	Katherine May	Arts	98	Acast	79
67	Kris and Mads	Kristen and Maddie	Arts	101	Spotify for Podcasters	58
68	The Common Reader	Henry Oliver	Arts	43	Substack	53
69	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	535	Megaphone	48
70	Dedicated with Doug Brunt	SiriusXM	Arts	121	Simplecast	62
71	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
72	Free Audiobooks	Appbly.com	Arts	942	Spotify for Podcasters	69
73	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	228	Megaphone	69
74	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	757	Libsyn	48
75	Storytellers Podcast	Our State Magazine	Arts	42	Libsyn	38
76	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	51	Buzzsprout	73
77	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast Details temporarily unavailable	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Podbean	68
78	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	491	Simplecast	69
79	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
80	CEREBRO	Connor Goldsmith	Arts	154	RedCircle	48
81	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
82	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
84	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	107	Acast	59
85	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Loyal Books	Arts	12	Loyal Books	49
86	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	572	N/A	N/A
87	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
88	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1069	Megaphone	63
89	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
90	كتب غيّرتنا	Asharq Podcasts \| الشرق بودكاست	Arts	43	Omny Studio	83
91	Shedunnit	Caroline Crampton	Arts	211	Megaphone	53
92	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	354	Blubrry	28
93	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
94	Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained	Robots Radio	Arts	232	RedCircle	63
95	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	420	Acast	84
96	رادیو گوشه Details temporarily unavailable	رادیو گوشه	Arts	170	Unknown	59
97	All About Agatha Christie	Christie	Arts	325	Simplecast	48
98	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	521	Substack	43
99	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	295	Megaphone	59
100	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42

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