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 02 sept. 2025

Country

Main category

Sub category

Date

09/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 329

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:26

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
17	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
21	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
40	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
47	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
48	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
53	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
54	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
55	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
56	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
57	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
58	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
59	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
60	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
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
62	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
63	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
64	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
65	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
66	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
67	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
68	Dew Diligence	Dew Media, Inc.	Government	34	Squarespace	43
69	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
70	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
72	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
73	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
74	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
75	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
77	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
83	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
84	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
85	Military Matters	Stars and Stripes	Government	100	Libsyn	38
86	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
87	Inside JSO	Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office	Government	1	N/A	N/A
88	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
89	Mael Time With Daniel Mael	Daniel Mael	Government	180	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
91	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
92	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
93	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
94	Space Strategy	Space Pod	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	43
95	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
98	Garland Police Long Code	Garland Police Long Code	Government	2	N/A	N/A
99	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
100	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

The podcast landscape in USA is constantly evolving, with new shows emerging and established ones climbing the ranks. Our data reveals intriguing trends in podcasting, such as the average number of episodes produced, typical episode lengths, and the most consistent publication schedules. These insights can help listeners find their next favorite podcast and give creators a deeper understanding of what resonates with their audience.

For those interested in podcast creation, knowing the best hosting services and the most successful authors in your category can provide a competitive edge. Whether you're looking to start your own show or just want to see what's popular, this ranking offers a valuable snapshot of the podcasting world in USA.
Explore more data on podcast rankings by diving into other categories and countries, and stay ahead in the ever-changing podcast scene.

Previous charts Next charts

About Methodology Contact Support me Privacy Policy Legal Notice