Romance Book Podcasts
I've pulled together together a list of 169 currently active romance book podcasts—active meaning they've released an episode in the last 6 months.
I've pulled together together a list of currently active romance book podcasts—active meaning they've released an episode in the last 6 months.
Currently, there are 169 on the list! If you know of a podcast that should be added to the list, post in the comments.
To see the list, go directly to the Romance Book Podcasts list I made with Pocket Casts. (NOTE: this Pocket Cast link changes every time I update the list, so please don't bookmark it).
Note: Podcasts must feature a substantial amount of romance book content to be included on the list, but don't have to be only romance-focused. Podcasts of audio readings of romance books are not included.
Romance Book Podcast Stats
Based on my own calculations and data from Listen Notes, I've put together some stats and lists about the podcasts.
Note: These lists have been compiled based on research and should not be considered my own personal recommendations or endorsements.
Longest Running Podcasts
Calculated as of November 28, 2024, based on start date from Listen Notes.
Thank you to these pioneers who have been in the romance book podcast game the longest and are still going! Shout out to Smart Podcast, Trashy Book for almost 16 years!!
Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 15.92 years
Big Gay Fiction Podcast - 9.08 years
Too Stupid to Live: Romance Reviews $5 and Under - 8.33 years
Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club - 7.36 years
Heaving Bosoms - 7.12 years
What to Read Next Podcast - 6.95 years
When In Romance - 6.86 years
Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves - 6.79 years
FMKlit Pod - 6.79 years
Hot and Bothered - 6.76 years
Bad On Paper - 6.68 years
Shhh We’re Reading Dirty Books - 6.22 years
Bodice Tipplers - 6.12 years
Textual Tension - 6.11 years
Fated Mates - 6.10 years
Learning The Tropes - 6.10 years
Chick and Dicks - 6.08 years
The Phoenix Nest: Romance Review - 5.72 years
Newest Podcasts
Calculated as of November 28, 2024, based on start date from Listen Notes.
These are the newest romance book podcasts – they’re all less than 6 months old. Welcome to the romance book podcast community!
Wednesdays, We're Booked - 1 month
High Ladies of the Smut Court - 1.4 months
My Perfect Romance - 2.3 months
Slow Burn Society - 2.3 months
Romance on the Rocks - 2.4 months
The Smut Daddy Podcast - 2.6 months
The Blushing Bookworm - 2.6 months
Just One More Chapter - 3 months
Second Hand Smut - 3.3 months
Romance and Ruin - 3.3 months
Some Like It Spicy - 3.8 months
The Smut Peddlers - 3.9 months
Black Romance Has A History - 5 months
The Christian Romance Podcast - 5 months
Science of Smut - 5.1 months
Daggers and Shadow Daddies - 5.8 months
Unfiltered Romance Nights - 5.8 months
Hopeless Romantics - 5.9 months
Most Popular by Listen Score (LS)
Based on Listen Score from Listen Notes, November 28, 2024.
Listen Score (LS) is a metric created by Listen Notes that shows the estimated popularity of a podcast compared to all other rss-based public podcasts in the world on a scale from 0 to 100. The higher, the more popular. It’s like Nielsen ratings for podcasts.
Here are the most popular romance book podcasts based on Listen Score:
Bad On Paper - LS 64
Fantasy Fangirls - LS 63
Heaving Bosoms - LS 57
Hot and Bothered - LS 56
Fated Mates - LS 55
Book Talk for BookTok - LS 52
Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - LS 51
Learning The Tropes - LS 50
Flights of Fantasy - LS 46 (3-way tie)
Tie for #9: Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club - LS 46 (3-way tie)
Tie for #9: Pod and Prejudice - LS 46 (3-way tie)
Books N’ Betches - LS 44 (4-way tie)
Tie for #12: Clutch My Pearls - LS 44 (4-way tie)
Tie for #12: those F%#KING fangirls - LS 44 (4-way tie)
Tie for #12: When In Romance - LS 44 (4-way tie)
Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves - LS 43 (2-way tie)
Tie for #16: Big Gay Fiction Podcast - LS 43 (2-way tie)
BookTok Made Me Podcast - LS 42
Most Episodes
Based on data from Listen Notes, November 28, 2024.
If you’re looking for more romance book content, here are the active podcasts with the most episodes to choose from! Smart Podcast, Trashy Book, which has been running for almost 16 years, has 1,571 episodes—that’s more than double the episodes of the second-place podcast!!
Smart Podcast, Trashy Books - 1,571 episodes
What to Read Next Podcast - 769 episodes
Buzzing about Romance - 623 episodes
Plot Trysts - 550 episodes
Big Gay Fiction Podcast - 493 episodes
Heaving Bosoms - 399 episodes
Bad On Paper - 348 episodes (2-way tie)
Tie for #7: Whoa!mance: Romance, Feminism, and Ourselves - 348 episodes (2-way tie)
Fated Mates - 326 episodes
Not Your Mom's Romance Book Club - 308 episodes
The Categorically Romance Podcast - 305 episodes
Learning The Tropes - 281 episodes
Hot and Bothered - 236 episodes
Book Talk for BookTok - 222 episodes
Romance at a Glance - 212 episodes
Trash or Treasure? Find your next (most likely romantic) read! - 206 episodes
LiteraryScape - 199 episodes
Shhh We’re Reading Dirty Books - 184 episodes