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 04 Aug 2025

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08/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:48:03

Top 5 authors

1. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	318	Megaphone	63
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2759	Megaphone	38
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1966	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
18	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
28	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
31	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
33	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
35	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
38	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	937	Megaphone	38
41	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
42	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Debunking Pro-Abortion Arguments	Lydia Taylor Davis	Government	6	Libsyn	68
44	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
45	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	936	Buzzsprout	63
47	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
51	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
52	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
56	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
57	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
58	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
59	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
63	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
64	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
65	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
68	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
71	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
73	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
77	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
78	Brungardt Law's Lagniappe	Maurice A. Brungardt	Government	1	Buzzsprout	32
79	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
80	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Megaphone	48
81	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
84	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
85	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Bimbolotics	Harley-Lynne	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
88	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
90	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
91	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1658	Unknown	43
95	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
96	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
97	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
98	Both Sides of the Aisle	Natalie Gochnour, Shireen Ghorbani, John Dougall	Government	152	Unknown	49
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
100	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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