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 mai 2025

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05/26/2025

Average data

Episodes: 321

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:55:31

Top 5 authors

1. The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. Augustine Institute (2 shows)

5. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (15 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Acast (13 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	2	Simplecast	48
3	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	540	Audioboom	63
4	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
5	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
6	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
7	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
8	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
9	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	268	Megaphone	42
10	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
11	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1320	Simplecast	63
12	Classical Stuff You Should Know	A.J. Hanenburg, Graeme Donaldson, and Thomas Magbee	Arts	300	Squarespace	63
13	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
14	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	542	Megaphone	58
15	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
16	A Good Read	BBC Radio 4	Arts	394	BBC	28
17	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	106	Acast	59
18	Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day	Merriam-Webster	Arts	10	ART19	48
19	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	178	RedCircle	42
20	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	612	Podbean	58
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	448	RedCircle	53
23	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
24	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	253	Buzzsprout	52
25	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
26	Witches of Scotland	madison mitchell	Arts	79	Spotify for Podcasters	53
27	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	521	ART19	63
28	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
29	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	177	Buzzsprout	42
30	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
31	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	50	Simplecast	68
32	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
33	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	371	Megaphone	53
34	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	166	Megaphone	48
35	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
36	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	244	Libsyn	68
37	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
38	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	489	Simplecast	69
39	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	932	Megaphone	48
40	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
41	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
42	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
43	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
44	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
45	Reading & Ranting	readingandrantingpod	Arts	83	Podbean	63
46	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	418	Captivate	68
47	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
48	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	442	Libsyn	68
49	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
50	داستان شب	DASTANESHAB	Arts	1544	Acast	49
51	In A Certain Land	Nicholas Kotar	Arts	12	Acast	74
52	LalaLand \| لالالند	4rah computer	Arts	13	Acast	84
53	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
54	Bookends with Mattea Roach	CBC	Arts	169	Triton Digital	52
55	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	227	Megaphone	69
56	Poured Over	Barnes & Noble	Arts	751	Libsyn	48
57	Nothing Like a Good Book	Mark Bishop Media	Arts	111	Spreaker	43
58	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
59	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
60	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
61	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	292	Megaphone	59
62	Meet Me Here	KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio	Arts	12	Omny Studio	94
63	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
64	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1066	Megaphone	63
65	بیوگرافی	Mona	Arts	122	Acast	63
66	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
67	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	353	Blubrry	28
68	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	519	Substack	43
69	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
70	Dragons in the Details: A Romantasy Deep Dive Podcast	Abby and Ronnie \| Huge Book Nerds	Arts	86	Spotify for Podcasters	37
71	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
72	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
73	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle	Loyal Books	Arts	12	Loyal Books	49
74	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
75	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	570	N/A	N/A
76	Ulysses - James Joyce	RTÉ Radio 1	Arts	40	Omny Studio	58
77	Read Me Romance	Read Me Romance	Arts	180	Blubrry	53
78	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
79	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
80	Green Ember Goes Forth!	Story Warren	Arts	3	Spotify for Podcasters	53
81	The Substack Podcast	The Substack team	Arts	64	Substack	43
82	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53
83	The Newest Olympian	Mike Schubert	Arts	269	ART19	69
84	Dastaminophen\| شاهنامه با داستامینوفن	Dastaminophen	Arts	176	Acast	63
85	Smart Podcast, Trashy Books: A Romance Novel Podcast	Sarah Wendell	Arts	335	Acast	33
86	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	Books, Beach, & Beyond	Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine	Arts	50	Buzzsprout	73
88	The Read Well Podcast	Eddy Hood	Arts	125	Buzzsprout	62
89	Kingslingers \| A Dark Tower Podcast	Doof! Media	Arts	268	Transistor	52
90	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
91	Daily Mass Readings	Augustine Institute	Arts	815	Simplecast	58
92	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
93	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
94	Dedicated with Doug Brunt	SiriusXM	Arts	120	Simplecast	68
95	Storytellers Podcast	Our State Magazine	Arts	42	Libsyn	38
96	Agatha Christie Secret of the Chimneys	Agatha Christie	Arts	7	Spreaker	49
97	Great Audiobooks	Great Literature	Arts	2000	RedCircle	43
98	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	480	Simplecast	53
99	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	99	Squarespace	48
100	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	121	Pinecast	53

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