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 30 Mar 2025

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03/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 311

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:57:12

Top 5 authors

1. The New Yorker (2 shows)

2. Book Riot (2 shows)

3. NPR (2 shows)

4. Agatha Christie (2 shows)

5. Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter (1 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Acast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fresh Air	NPR	Arts	1661	Simplecast	59
2	Fantasy Fangirls	Fantasy Fangirls	Arts	211	Acast	63
3	The Book Review	The New York Times	Arts	607	Simplecast	48
4	Myths and Legends	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod	Arts	660	Audioboom	63
5	The Diverse Bookshelf	Samia Aziz	Arts	113	Buzzsprout	73
6	Catholic Bible Study	Augustine Institute	Arts	257	Simplecast	63
7	The Greatest True Crime Stories Ever Told	iHeartPodcasts	Arts	41	Omny Studio	78
8	Selected Shorts	Symphony Space	Arts	37	Simplecast	43
9	The New Yorker: Fiction	The New Yorker	Arts	235	Megaphone	38
10	Poetry Unbound	On Being Studios	Arts	227	Simplecast	83
11	Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast	Chelsea Devantez	Arts	328	Megaphone	42
12	NPR's Book of the Day	NPR	Arts	1318	Simplecast	63
13	What Should I Read Next?	Anne Bogel	Arts	543	Megaphone	58
14	The Chris Hedges Report	Chris Hedges	Arts	100	Podbean	58
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 Shit No One Tells You About Writing	Bianca Marais, Carly Watters and CeCe Lyra	Arts	448	RedCircle	53
18	Storytime for Grownups	Faith Moore	Arts	253	Buzzsprout	52
19	Velshi Banned Book Club	MSNBC	Arts	24	Simplecast	69
20	The Book Case	ABC News \| Charlie Gibson, Kate Gibson	Arts	227	Megaphone	69
21	Naaji /ناجـی	Pari	Arts	106	Acast	59
22	Reading Smut	Brea Grant, Mallory O’Meara	Arts	50	Simplecast	68
23	Flights of Fantasy	Flights of Fantasy	Arts	180	Audioboom	52
24	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories	Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod	Arts	177	RedCircle	42
25	From the Front Porch	The Bookshelf Thomasville	Arts	612	Podbean	58
26	Gehre Jazbaat	Tanuj Khosla	Arts	19	Audioboom	N/A
27	Wrapup \| رپاپ	amir soodbakhsh	Arts	42	Acast	69
28	I'll Read What She's Reading	I'll Read What She's Reading	Arts	176	Buzzsprout	42
29	Totally Booked with Zibby	Zibby Owens	Arts	2000	Acast	79
30	The Literary Life Podcast	Angelina Stanford Thomas Banks	Arts	345	Libsyn	62
31	The Book Nook, brought to you by the Fable app	Fable	Arts	10	Spotify for Podcasters	58
32	The Currently Reading Podcast	Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb	Arts	454	Libsyn	62
33	Critical Magic Theory: An Analytical Harry Potter Podcast	Prof. Julian Wamble	Arts	108	Spreaker	78
34	The Prancing Pony Podcast	The Prancing Pony Podcast	Arts	424	Megaphone	48
35	The Stacks	Traci Thomas	Arts	520	ART19	63
36	All the Books!	Book Riot	Arts	1067	Megaphone	63
37	پادکست فارسی انسانک \| Ensanak	Hesam Ipakchi	Arts	69	Unknown	53
38	文化有限	文化有限	Arts	360	Unknown	63
39	蜜獾吃书	蜜獾吃书	Arts	206	Ximalaya	53
40	Fiction Writing Made Easy with Savannah Gilbo \| How to Write a Novel & Writing Advice	Savannah Gilbo	Arts	280	Buzzsprout	68
41	Literature and History	Doug Metzger	Arts	129	Libsyn	73
42	Classic Audiobook Collection	Classic Audiobook Collection LLC	Arts	2000	Megaphone	48
43	Fated Mates - Romance Books for Novel People	Fated Mates	Arts	417	Captivate	68
44	The New Yorker: Poetry	The New Yorker	Arts	129	Megaphone	38
45	Sentimental Garbage	Justice for Dumb Women	Arts	227	Acast	73
46	The Next Big Idea	Next Big Idea Club	Education	371	Megaphone	53
47	Agatha Christie Radio Plays	Agatha Christie	Arts	4	Spreaker	49
48	Reading Ferdowsi فردوسی خوانی	Amir Khadem	Arts	196	Blubrry	32
49	Reading Glasses	Brea Grant and Mallory O'Meara	Arts	489	Simplecast	69
50	Friends & Fiction	Mary Kay Andrews, Kristin Harmel, Kristy Woodson Harvey, Patti Callahan Henry, Ron Block, Bleav	Arts	480	Simplecast	53
51	Book Riot - The Podcast	Book Riot	Arts	932	Megaphone	48
52	Overdue	Headgum	Arts	836	ART19	48
53	The Finest	KPBS Public Media	Arts	3	StreamGuys	43
54	پادکست جعبه // Jabe Persian Podcast (Mansour Zabetian)	Jabe podcast	Arts	49	Acast	37
55	Sarah's Bookshelves Live	Sarah Dickinson \| Sarah's Bookshelves	Arts	243	Libsyn	68
56	The Losers' Club: A Stephen King Podcast Feed not publicly shared by the creator	Bloody FM	Books	570	N/A	N/A
57	Backlisted	Backlisted	Arts	274	Megaphone	53
58	Close Reads Podcast	Goldberry Studios	Arts	518	Substack	43
59	Book Talk, etc.	Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks	Arts	271	Buzzsprout	62
60	Meagan's Book Club Podcast	Meagan Briggs	Arts	164	Spotify for Podcasters	11
61	Bad On Paper	Becca Freeman & Olivia Muenter	Arts	441	Libsyn	68
62	Dupamicaffeine Podcast بودكاست دوباميكافين	Nasser Alaqeel	Arts	12	Acast	63
63	Adriana Trigiani's You Are What You Read	Adriana Trigiani	Arts	166	Megaphone	48
64	The Baldwin 100	Penguin Random House + Vintage Books	Arts	9	Simplecast	63
65	Talking Scared	Neil McRobert	Arts	350	Megaphone	48
66	Writers on Writing	Barbara DeMarco-Barrett and Marrie Stone	Arts	99	Squarespace	48
67	Happy Face Killer Case	Scott C. Arnold	Arts	2	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	Kingslingers \| A Dark Tower Podcast	Doof! Media	Arts	268	Transistor	52
69	The Wheel Weaves Podcast: A Wheel of Time Podcast	Dani and Brett	Arts	516	Spreaker	53
70	It Gets Good	Hannah, Micaela and Kyleigh	Arts	174	Libsyn	63
71	Well-Read	Ann Cox and Halle Eisenman	Arts	100	Podbean	48
72	The History of Literature	Jacke Wilson / The Podglomerate	Arts	785	Megaphone	58
73	Literally Reading	Literally Reading	Arts	101	Libsyn	53
74	Hardcore Literature	Benjamin McEvoy	Arts	91	Libsyn	63
75	MuggleCast: The Harry Potter Re-Read Podcast	Harry Potter	Arts	874	Megaphone	42
76	Bookmark'd with Sara & Des	Destiny Sidwell	Arts	96	Buzzsprout	52
77	Truth Is In The Art: Spoken Word Poetry	Raheem Muhammad	Arts	68	RedCircle	59
78	The Great Books	National Review	Arts	12	Simplecast	53
79	پادکست آذرخش مکری	Dr Azarakhsh mokri	Arts	99	Spotify for Podcasters	53
80	A Dana Perino Podcast: Everything Will Be Okay	Fox News Podcasts	Arts	67	Megaphone	42
81	Gom Jabbar: A Dune Podcast	Lore Party Media	Arts	309	Megaphone	42
82	The Creative Penn Podcast For Writers	Joanna Penn	Arts	304	Blubrry	38
83	كنوز السيرة للشيخ عثمان الخميس	Podcast Record	Arts	58	Simplecast	72
84	Fictional	Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser \| Nextpod	Arts	58	Libsyn	63
85	Booknotes+	C-SPAN	Arts	292	Megaphone	59
86	Into the Arena: Hunger Games Podcast	Holly and Emily	Arts	101	Spotify for Podcasters	22
87	پادکست ناوکست / Navcast Details temporarily unavailable	Roshan Abady	Arts	73	Podbean	68
88	Ryers Readers	Ashley	Arts	308	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Strong Sense of Place \| Travel Through Books	Melissa & Dave	Arts	236	Megaphone	58
90	The Thing About Austen	The Thing About Austen	Arts	121	Pinecast	53
91	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen	Loyal Books	Arts	61	Loyal Books	49
92	CEREBRO	Connor Goldsmith	Arts	154	RedCircle	48
93	Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry	David Naimon, Milkweed Editions	Arts	334	Blubrry	28
94	Dear Fantasy Reader	Dear Fantasy Reader	Arts	74	Libsyn	79
95	History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire \| Game of Thrones \| HOTD \| AKOTSK	History of Westeros	Arts	420	Spotify for Podcasters	22
96	The Paris Review	The Paris Review	Arts	51	PRX	59
97	The Writer Files: Writing, Productivity, Creativity, and Neuroscience	Kelton Reid	Arts	531	Megaphone	48
98	Agatha Christie Secret of the Chimneys	Agatha Christie	Arts	7	Spreaker	49
99	Poetry Off the Shelf	Poetry Foundation	Arts	99	Simplecast	53
100	Between Pages & Friends Details temporarily unavailable	Between Pages & Friends	Arts	101	Buzzsprout	53

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