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 sept. 2025

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09/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:57

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. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
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	143	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
19	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
27	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
30	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
38	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
46	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
47	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
50	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
53	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
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
55	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
56	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
58	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
59	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
63	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
64	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
67	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
68	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
69	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
71	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
72	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
75	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
76	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
78	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
79	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
80	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
81	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
82	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
83	At The Boundary	Global and National Security Institute	Government	131	Buzzsprout	58
84	Taiwan Salon	Global Taiwan Institute	Government	33	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
86	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
88	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
89	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
90	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
91	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
93	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
94	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
95	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
96	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
97	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
98	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
99	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
100	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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