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 sept. 2025

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09/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:26

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

5. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
36	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
39	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
40	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
41	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
42	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	Inside JSO	Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office	Government	1	N/A	N/A
51	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
52	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
54	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
55	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
56	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
57	Garland Police Long Code	Garland Police Long Code	Government	2	N/A	N/A
58	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
59	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
60	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
61	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
62	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
67	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
68	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
69	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
70	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
71	Military OneSource Podcast	Military OneSource	Government & Organizations	201	Unknown	48
72	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
73	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
74	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
75	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
76	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
77	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	43
78	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
79	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
80	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
81	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
82	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
83	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
84	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
86	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
87	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
88	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
90	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
91	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
92	The CopDoc Podcast: Aiming for Excellence in Leadership	Dr. Steve Morreale - Host - TheCopDoc Podcast	Government	178	Buzzsprout	68
93	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
94	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
97	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
98	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
99	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
100	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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