Best Arts Podcasts
Updated: September 8, 2026
The top-ranked arts podcasts covering books, design, fashion, visual arts, and creative culture. Updated daily from Apple Podcasts charts.
Top Arts Podcasts — Updated Daily for 2026
Discover the 50 most popular arts podcasts based on daily Apple Podcasts chart rankings. This list is curated by CastFox using real listening data — not editorial picks — so you always see what audiences are actually tuning into. From breakout new shows to established favorites, these are the arts podcasts dominating the charts right now. Click any podcast to explore its full analytics profile with global rankings, listener estimates, Apple Podcasts reviews, and more.
Top 50 Podcasts
50 shows- 1

Fresh Air
NPR
- 2

The Moth
The Moth
- 3

99% Invisible
Roman Mars
- 4

Walk-In Talk Podcast
Carl Fiadini
- 5

The iDesign Lab Podcast | Where Design, Business, and Culture Shape How We Live and Build
Tiffany Woolley, Scott Woolley
- 6

The MOOD Podcast
Matt Jacob
- 7

The Magnus Archives
Rusty Quill
- 8

Stories of Art
HENI Talks
- 9

Spooked
KQED and Snap Studios
- 10

The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast
Forrest Kelly
- 11

ill-advised by Bill Nighy
EYEPOD Studios
- 12

The Book Club
Goalhanger
- 13

Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast
King Arthur Baking Company
- 14

Marlon and Jake Read Dead People
Penguin Random House
- 15

The Book Review
The New York Times
- 16

The Chef's Cut
Level Media
- 17

Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
- 18

Return on Design
Rachel Niederhofer
- 19

Eating History
Level Media Inc.
- 20

Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
- 21

The Jimmy Dore Show
Jimmy Dore
- 22

I Want Her Shoes Podcast
Anna Anisin
- 23

The Sporkful
Dan Pashman
- 24

Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
- 25

Articles of Interest
Avery Trufelman
- 26

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
- 27

Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Choice Classic Radio
- 28

The New Yorker: Fiction
The New Yorker
- 29

Poetry Unbound
On Being Studios
- 30

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Milk Street Radio
- 31

Fell Into Food Podcast
Jeff Fell
- 32

Be My Guest with Ina Garten
Food Network
- 33

Daring Forever (Find your Extraordinary)
Radim Malinic
- 34

Naaji /ناجـی
Pari
- 35

岩中花述
GIADA
- 36

Selected Shorts
Symphony Space
- 37

Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
- 38

Fantasy Fangirls
Fantasy Fangirls
- 39

The Currently Reading Podcast
Meredith Monday Schwartz and Kaytee Cobb
- 40

Skin Anarchy
Ekta et al.
- 41

Fashion Neurosis with Bella Freud
Bella Freud
- 42

The Magnificent Others with Billy Corgan
Billy Corgan
- 43

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
- 44

Design Matters with Debbie Millman
Design Matters Media
- 45

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters
American Public Media
- 46

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | Old Time Radio
OTR Gold
- 47

Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Stories
Sherlock Holmes Bedtime Pod
- 48

NPR's Book of the Day
NPR
- 49

Pop Syllabus
Pop Syllabus with Christiana Mbakwe Medina
- 50

Storytime for Grownups
Faith Moore
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How CastFox Ranks Podcasts
CastFox ranks podcasts using real chart data collected daily from Apple Podcasts. Unlike editorial picks or listener polls, our rankings are based on actual chart performance — giving you an objective view of what people are listening to right now.
We track chart positions across every genre and over 100 countries. Each podcast on this page is ranked by its position on the Apple Podcasts charts, deduplicated and sorted to show the most popular shows first. Rankings refresh every 24 hours so you always see the latest trends.
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