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 Jun 2025

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06/24/2025

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Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:57:20

Top 5 authors

1. NPR (2 shows)

2. The New Yorker (2 shows)

3. Book Riot (2 shows)

4. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

5. Next Big Idea Club (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Acast (7 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	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
5	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
6	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
7	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	212	Acast	63
8	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
9	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
10	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
11	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
12	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1322	Simplecast	63
13	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
14	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
15	Book Lounge by Libby	Book Lounge by Libby	Arts	936	Megaphone	64
16	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
17	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
18	Service95 Book Club With Dua Lipa	Service95	Arts	49	Megaphone	58
19	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
20	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	50	Buzzsprout	73
21	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
22	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	449	RedCircle	53
23	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
24	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	254	Buzzsprout	52
25	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
26	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
27	PLOT TWIST	Soman Chainani and Victoria Aveyard	Arts	63	Acast	63
28	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	614	Podbean	58
29	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	178	RedCircle	42
30	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
31	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
32	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
33	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	481	Simplecast	53
34	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	166	Megaphone	48
35	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
36	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	932	Megaphone	48
37	No Write Way with V. E. Schwab	V. E. Schwab (Author)	Arts	64	Spotify for Podcasters	52
38	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	51	Simplecast	68
39	27 Views	Elizabeth Woodman	Arts	30	Spotify for Podcasters	63
40	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	521	ART19	63
41	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	371	Megaphone	53
42	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	177	Buzzsprout	42
43	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
44	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
45	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	443	Libsyn	68
46	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
47	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
48	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
49	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
50	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
51	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
52	London Review Bookshop Podcast	London Review Bookshop	Arts	728	Megaphone	48
53	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
54	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
55	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
56	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	228	Megaphone	69
57	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	519	Substack	43
58	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
59	Jay & Miles X-Plain the X-Men	Jay Edidin & Miles Stokes	Arts	570	Blubrry Podcasting	73
60	The Next Big Idea Daily	Next Big Idea Club	Education	835	Megaphone	59
61	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	571	N/A	N/A
62	Dedicated with Doug Brunt	SiriusXM	Arts	120	Simplecast	68
63	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
64	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	293	Megaphone	59
65	Strong Sense of Place \| Travel Through Books	Melissa & Dave	Arts	236	Megaphone	58
66	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
67	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
68	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	753	Libsyn	48
69	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	490	Simplecast	69
70	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	269	ART19	69
71	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	86	Spotify for Podcasters	37
72	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1066	Megaphone	63
73	Agatha Christie Secret of the Chimneys	Agatha Christie	Arts	7	Spreaker	49
74	Hello Crawlers - A Dungeon Crawler Carl Podcast	Grant Davis	Arts	71	Spotify for Podcasters	37
75	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	789	Megaphone	42
76	Meagan's Book Club Podcast	Meagan Briggs	Arts	164	Spotify for Podcasters	11
77	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
78	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
79	Kingslingers \| A Dark Tower Podcast	Doof! Media	Arts	268	Transistor	52
80	Moms Into Literary Freedom	Courtney Green and Jennifer Mendoza	Arts	65	Spreaker	59
81	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	99	Squarespace	48
82	Close Readings	London Review of Books	Arts	222	Megaphone	73
83	The Substack Podcast	The Substack team	Arts	64	Substack	43
84	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
85	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
86	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
87	Books Unbound	Ariel Bissett and Raeleen Lemay	Arts	329	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast	Lore Party Media	Arts	310	Megaphone	42
89	Read Me Romance	Read Me Romance	Arts	180	Blubrry	53
90	The Meditations	Marcus Aurelius	Arts	15	Spreaker	64
91	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	531	Megaphone	48
92	كتب غيّرتنا	Asharq Podcasts \| الشرق بودكاست	Arts	43	Omny Studio	83
93	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	106	Acast	59
94	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	353	Blubrry	28
95	Smut Up and Listen! Details temporarily unavailable	Smut Up and Listen	Arts	182	Spotify for Podcasters	43
96	Ulysses - James Joyce	RTÉ Radio 1	Arts	40	Omny Studio	58
97	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	The Windham-Campbell Prizes Podcast	The Windham-Campbell Prizes	Arts	27	Megaphone	48
99	First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing	Mitzi Rapkin	Arts	582	Megaphone	43
100	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53

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