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 24 mai 2025

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05/24/2025

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Episodes: 312

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:54:08

Top 5 authors

1. The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. NPR (2 shows)

3. Book Riot (2 shows)

4. Meagan Briggs (1 shows)

5. Pari (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Acast (17 shows)

2. Megaphone (14 shows)

3. Simplecast (12 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	2	Simplecast	48
3	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
4	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
5	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
6	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
7	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
8	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
9	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
10	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
11	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
12	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
13	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
14	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1320	Simplecast	63
15	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
16	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
17	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
18	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	50	Simplecast	68
19	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	106	Acast	59
20	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	178	RedCircle	42
21	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	612	Podbean	58
22	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	521	ART19	63
23	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	448	RedCircle	53
24	Reading & Ranting	readingandrantingpod	Arts	83	Podbean	63
25	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	253	Buzzsprout	52
26	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
27	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
28	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
29	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	177	Buzzsprout	42
30	In A Certain Land	Nicholas Kotar	Arts	12	Acast	74
31	Witches of Scotland	madison mitchell	Arts	79	Spotify for Podcasters	53
32	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
33	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
34	Green Ember Goes Forth!	Story Warren	Arts	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
35	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	371	Megaphone	53
36	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
37	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	442	Libsyn	68
38	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
39	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
40	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	244	Libsyn	68
41	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
42	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	166	Megaphone	48
43	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
44	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
45	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
46	Meagan's Book Club Podcast	Meagan Briggs	Arts	164	Spotify for Podcasters	11
47	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
48	Meet Me Here	KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio	Arts	12	Omny Studio	94
49	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
50	LalaLand \| لالالند	4rah computer	Arts	13	Acast	84
51	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	227	Megaphone	69
52	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	932	Megaphone	48
53	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
54	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
55	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
56	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
57	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	489	Simplecast	69
58	Ulysses - James Joyce	RTÉ Radio 1	Arts	40	Omny Studio	58
59	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
60	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
61	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
62	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
63	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
64	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
65	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	122	Acast	63
66	Nothing Like a Good Book	Mark Bishop Media	Arts	111	Spreaker	43
67	The Read Well Podcast	Eddy Hood	Arts	125	Buzzsprout	62
68	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
69	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
70	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
71	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	570	N/A	N/A
72	UlyssesIn80-Reading James Joyce Masterpiece in 80 Days	mark sanford gross	Arts	27	Buzzsprout	38
73	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1544	Acast	49
74	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	353	Blubrry	28
75	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	519	Substack	43
76	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
77	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1066	Megaphone	63
78	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	59	Acast	63
79	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen	Loyal Books	Arts	61	Loyal Books	49
80	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	86	Spotify for Podcasters	37
81	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	480	Simplecast	53
82	Read Me Romance	Read Me Romance	Arts	180	Blubrry	53
83	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
84	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	50	Buzzsprout	73
85	The Panelists	Jaysen Headley	Arts	3	Acast	69
86	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	751	Libsyn	48
87	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
88	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
89	کتاب صوتی ناصر زراعتی - Ketab soti	Ketab soti	Arts	1225	RedCircle	48
90	Writer's Routine	Dan Simpson	Arts	420	Acast	84
91	Kris and Mads	Kristen and Maddie	Arts	101	Spotify for Podcasters	58
92	The Play's the Thing	CiRCE Podcast Network	Arts	209	Acast	64
93	Books With Your Besties	Emily and Ashley	Arts	57	Buzzsprout	59
94	DTFae	DTFae Podcast	Arts	192	Buzzsprout	38
95	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
96	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
97	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	176	Acast	63
98	No Write Way with V. E. Schwab	V. E. Schwab (Author)	Arts	64	Spotify for Podcasters	52
99	Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast	Sarah Wendell	Arts	335	Acast	33
100	Thoughts from a Page Podcast	Evergreen Podcasts	Arts	592	Megaphone	52

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