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 03 Aug 2025

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08/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 355

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:39

Top 5 authors

1. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Unknown (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
20	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
29	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
34	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
37	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
38	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
39	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
40	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
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
46	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
47	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
48	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
51	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
56	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
57	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
58	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
59	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
60	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
62	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
65	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
67	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
68	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
70	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
71	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
73	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
74	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
75	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
76	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
77	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
78	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
79	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
82	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Public Service Podcast	Alethios	Government	9	RSS.com	52
87	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
88	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
89	The Drop	130th Airlift Wing	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	43
90	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
91	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
94	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	394	Soundcloud	53
95	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
96	Winder Works	City of Winder	Government	9	Simplecast	63
97	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
98	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
99	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
100	Any Questions? and Any Answers?	BBC Radio 4	Government	8	BBC	22

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