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Spotify is launching Audiobook Charts for the U.S. and U.K., the company announced<\/a> on Friday. Similar to the streaming giant\u2019s Music and Podcast Charts, the Audiobook Charts will be updated weekly and highlight the top audiobooks overall and by genre. These rankings are based on listening behavior and engagement on the streaming service, the company says. <\/p>\n The new charts are accessible to both free and paying users within the audiobooks hub. You can find them by tapping the search button in the app and selecting the \u201cAudiobooks\u201d tile to enter the hub. Then, you need to scroll down to the \u201cDive deeper\u201d section to find the charts. <\/p>\n The move marks Spotify\u2019s latest investment in the audiobooks space, following its official support of the format in 2022.<\/p>\n Since then, Spotify has continued investing in audiobooks with additional features like the recently-launched\u00a0\u201cPage Match\u201d tool<\/a>, which lets users scan a page from a physical book to instantly transition to that spot in the audiobook, and \u201cAudiobook Recaps,\u201d which are short audio summaries to catch you up on what you\u2019ve already read so far.<\/p>\n Spotify says the new Audiobook Charts will benefit both readers and authors by giving listeners a trusted way to discover popular titles, while also creating new opportunities for authors and the publishing industry to reach wider audiences.<\/p>\n \u201cAs we\u2019ve proven with Music and Podcasts Charts, when content is easier to access, discover, and enjoy, the demand grows,\u201d said Duncan Bruce, Spotify\u2019s Director of Audiobook Partnerships and Licensing, in a blog post<\/a>. \u201cWe are delighted to now bring that to audiobooks, to help provide even more ways for users, publishers, and authors to discover what\u2019s trending on Spotify, and make books more connected with culture in real time.\u201d<\/p>\n It\u2019s worth noting that Spotify isn\u2019t only interested in audiobooks, as the streaming giant also recently ventured into physical book sales. Spotify announced earlier this month that users in the U.S. and the U.K. will soon be able to purchase physical copies<\/a> of books directly within the app through a partnership with Bookshop.org.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n