⚡ Audiobooks in the United States

Audiobook platforms are digital services that let users access and listen to narrated long-form audio recordings such as books, essays, lectures, and other spoken-word content through individual purchases, credit-based models, or unlimited listening subscriptions.

The United States of America (USA) is a North American country with a population of over 341 million people.

According to our statistics, audiobook services are detected on 0.1% of websites from the United States.

Statistics based on 579K+ analyzed websites. About this data

⭐ Most Popular in 2026

The following chart shows the top audiobook services in the United States in 2026, based on market share.

The most popular is Apple Books with an impressive share of 49.9%, followed by Audible with 29.4% and Kobo with 16.7%.

Apple Books 49.9%
Audible 29.4%
Kobo 16.7%
Google Play Books 15.4%
Libby 11.2%
Libro.fm 9.8%
Audiobooks.com 1.4%
Litres 0.3%
Storytel 0.1%

🚀 Highlights

Here is a list of the top services that are more popular in the United States than worldwide.
Differences between global and country rankings are shown in parentheses.

3. Kobo ^(-1)
5. Libby ^(-2)
7. Audiobooks.com ^(-1)

✨ Best Audiobook Services

Below is a more detailed list of 9 audiobook services used on sites from the United States, ranked by their market share.

Rank	Name	Market share
1	Apple Books Cupertino, California, United States Apple's integrated ebook and audiobook app and digital storefront where users can find, buy, and download ebooks and audiobooks. Free	49.9%
2	Audible Seattle, Washington, United States An Amazon-owned online service for audiobooks, podcasts, and original spoken-word content. $7.95+/month	29.4%
3	Kobo Tokyo, Japan A subsidiary of Rakuten that operates a digital bookstore, a subscription service, and a line of E Ink e-reader devices. $7.99+/month	16.7%
4	Google Play Books Mountain View, California, United States A digital storefront and app from Google that offers a large library of ebooks, comics, manga, and audiobooks for purchase. Free	15.4%
5	Libby Cleveland, Ohio, United States A mobile app and online platform that lets public library cardholders borrow ebooks, digital audiobooks, and magazines for free. Free	11.2%
6	Libro.fm Seattle, Washington, United States An audiobook platform that offers over 600,000 titles and supports local bookstores across the United States. $14.99/month	9.8%
7	Audiobooks.com Stockholm, Sweden A subscription-based service and store for digital audiobooks and podcasts. $14.95/month	1.4%
8	Litres Moscow, Russia A Russian digital content retailer and subscription service for ebooks and audiobooks. $$$	0.3%
9	Storytel Stockholm, Sweden A Swedish subscription service offering streaming of audiobooks and ebooks in more than 25 markets worldwide. €6.49+/month	0.1%

👉 See Also

🌎 Audiobooks in other countries

🗃️ About This Data

We evaluate the popularity of technologies based on the number of websites where we detect their usage.
Technologies without a detectable web footprint, and those we do not track, are not reflected in the calculated market share.
This report is based on the analysis of 579,597 websites from the United States.
We currently track the presence of 9 audiobook services across the web.
Of these, 9 were detected on websites from the United States.
Statistics were last calculated on May 6, 2026.
For more details, see our methodology and disclaimer.