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 26 Mar 2025

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03/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 300

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:58:02

Top 5 authors

1. Book Riot (3 shows)

2. The New Yorker (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. ABC News | Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson (1 shows)

5. Amir Khadem (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (11 shows)

4. Acast (11 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 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	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
5	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	541	Audioboom	63
6	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
7	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
8	The Book Nook, brought to you by the Fable app	Fable	Arts	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
9	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	228	Megaphone	69
10	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1328	Simplecast	63
11	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
12	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	544	Megaphone	58
13	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	228	Simplecast	83
14	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
15	Truth Is In The Art: Spoken Word Poetry	Raheem Muhammad	Arts	68	RedCircle	59
16	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
17	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	257	Buzzsprout	52
18	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
19	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
20	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	523	ART19	63
21	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	269	Megaphone	42
22	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	456	Libsyn	62
23	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	179	RedCircle	42
24	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	51	Simplecast	68
25	The Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	452	RedCircle	53
26	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	106	Acast	59
27	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1069	Megaphone	63
28	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	43	Acast	63
29	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
30	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
31	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	346	Libsyn	62
32	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	426	Megaphone	48
33	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	178	Buzzsprout	42
34	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	614	Podbean	58
35	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	420	Captivate	68
36	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	362	Unknown	63
37	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
38	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	182	Audioboom	52
39	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
40	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
41	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	839	ART19	48
42	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
43	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	376	Megaphone	53
44	Gehre Jazbaat	Tanuj Khosla	Arts	19	Audioboom	N/A
45	Talking Scared	Neil McRobert	Arts	352	Megaphone	48
46	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
47	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	273	Buzzsprout	62
48	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	756	Libsyn	48
49	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
50	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
51	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
52	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
53	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
54	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	788	Megaphone	58
55	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
56	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
57	The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast	Dani and Brett	Arts	517	Spreaker	53
58	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
59	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	169	Megaphone	48
60	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	354	Blubrry	28
61	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
62	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	491	Simplecast	69
63	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	520	Substack	43
64	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	935	Megaphone	48
65	The Read Well Podcast	Eddy Hood	Arts	125	Buzzsprout	62
66	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	272	ART19	69
67	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
68	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	790	Megaphone	42
69	Get Booked	Book Riot	Arts	463	Megaphone	53
70	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast Details temporarily unavailable	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Podbean	68
71	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	100	Squarespace	48
72	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	282	Buzzsprout	68
73	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	444	Libsyn	68
74	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	244	Libsyn	68
75	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
76	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	275	Megaphone	53
77	It Gets Good	Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh	Arts	182	Libsyn	58
78	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
79	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	109	Spreaker	78
80	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
81	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	422	Spotify for Podcasters	22
82	LPN Deep Dives: Crescent City	The Last Podcast Network	Arts	143	Simplecast	62
83	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
84	Book Talk for BookTok	Cloud10	Arts	445	Megaphone	79
85	Books Around the Block	Adrienne, Audrey, Lindsay	Arts	42	Buzzsprout	63
86	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	295	Megaphone	59
87	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
88	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	482	Simplecast	53
89	Into the Arena: Hunger Games Podcast	Holly and Emily	Arts	118	Spotify for Podcasters	17
90	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	176	Acast	63
91	LalaLand \| لالالند	Arash kaviani	Arts	30	Simplecast	63
92	Off The Shelf with Morgann Book	Bookish Media	Arts	61	Acast	63
93	Strong Sense of Place \| Travel Through Books	Melissa & Dave	Arts	237	Megaphone	58
94	Rereading the Revolution	Kellie and Daphne	Arts	100	Acast	74
95	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
96	Read Me Romance	Read Me Romance	Arts	180	Blubrry	53
97	CEREBRO	Connor Goldsmith	Arts	154	RedCircle	48
98	ketabgard \| کتابگرد	Ketabgard کتابگرد	Arts	128	Acast	74
99	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	572	N/A	N/A
100	Lord of the Rings Lorecast - J.R.R. Tolkien's World & Writings Explained	Robots Radio	Arts	232	RedCircle	63

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