Apple Podcast Rankings - USA - Government

Discover the Top 100 Podcasts in USA

Explore the latest data-driven rankings of the top 100 podcasts in USA. Our comprehensive analysis covers the best Apple Podcasts across various categories, providing insights into the most popular shows, episode lengths, publication frequencies, and leading hosting services. Whether you're a podcast creator or an avid listener, find the top-ranked podcasts that everyone is tuning into right now.

Podcast charts from 01 Aug 2025

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08/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:02

Top 5 authors

1. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
10	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
32	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
34	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
35	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
37	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
40	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
41	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
42	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
43	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
51	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
52	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
53	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
54	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
55	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
58	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
60	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	1	Buzzsprout	58
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
63	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
66	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
67	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
68	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
69	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
70	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
72	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
73	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
74	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
77	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
79	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
80	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
81	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
82	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
84	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
85	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
87	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
88	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
89	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
90	The Doctor is IN with Dr. Guy Crowder and Eric Hawkins	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	6	RSS.com	52
91	Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Media	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	39
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
95	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
97	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
98	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
99	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
100	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67

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