Best Arts Podcasts
Updated: July 15, 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

Stories of Art
HENI Talks
- 7

The MOOD Podcast
Matt Jacob
- 8

Things Bakers Know: The King Arthur Baking Podcast
King Arthur Baking Company
- 9

The Best 5 Minute Wine Podcast
Forrest Kelly
- 10

The Magnus Archives
Rusty Quill
- 11

The Book Club
Goalhanger
- 12

Snap Judgment
Snap Judgment and PRX
- 13

ill-advised by Bill Nighy
EYEPOD Studios
- 14

Spooked
KQED and Snap Studios
- 15

Daily Rosary Meditations | Catholic Prayers
Dr. Mike Scherschligt
- 16

Return on Design
Rachel Niederhofer
- 17

The Jimmy Dore Show
Jimmy Dore
- 18

The Book Review
The New York Times
- 19

Myths and Legends
Jason Weiser, Carissa Weiser, Nextpod
- 20

The Chef's Cut
Level Media
- 21

Off The Shelf with Morgann Book
Bookish Media
- 22

Tetragrammaton with Rick Rubin
Rick Rubin
- 23

The Sporkful
Dan Pashman
- 24

The Great Detectives of Old Time Radio| Daily Mystery Dramas
Adam Graham|Old Time Radio Detective Host
- 26

Christopher Kimball’s Milk Street Radio
Milk Street Radio
- 27

What Should I Read Next?
Anne Bogel
- 28

Articles of Interest
Avery Trufelman
- 29

岩中花述
GIADA
- 30

Choice Classic Radio Detectives | Old Time Radio
Choice Classic Radio
- 32

Florida Living LIfe
Jamie and Julie
- 33

Zero to Well-Read
Book Riot
- 34

I Want Her Shoes Podcast
Anna Anisin
- 35

The New Yorker: Fiction
The New Yorker
- 36

Fantasy Fangirls
Fantasy Fangirls
- 37

Books, Beach, & Beyond
Elin Hilderbrand, Tim Talks Books, N Magazine
- 38

Espiral con Karen Codner
Karen Codner
- 39

Gastropod
Cynthia Graber and Nicola Twilley
- 40

Down These Mean Streets (Old Time Radio Detectives)
Mean Streets Podcasts
- 42

Twenty Thousand Hertz
Dallas Taylor
- 43

Selected Shorts
Symphony Space
- 45

Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar | Old Time Radio
OTR Gold
- 46

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker
The New Yorker
- 47

RISK!
RISK!
- 48

History of Westeros - A Song of Ice and Fire | Game of Thrones | HOTD | AKOTSK
History of Westeros
- 49

Dish
Cold Glass Productions
- 50

Glamorous Trash: A Celebrity Memoir Podcast
Chelsea Devantez
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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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