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 août 2025

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08/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 333

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:47:48

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	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	98	Simplecast	32
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	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	466	Podbean	68
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	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	253	Acast	69
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	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	56	Unknown	32
31	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	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	452	Megaphone	58
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
39	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	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	912	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	197	PRX	59
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	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	466	Megaphone	49
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	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	95	Megaphone	49
58	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
59	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
60	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
62	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
63	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
64	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
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	164	Simplecast	52
68	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	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	60	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	201	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	247	Podbean	42
77	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	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	99	Buzzsprout	57
80	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
81	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	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	43	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	304	Megaphone	63
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
90	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
91	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
94	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
95	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
96	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	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	148	Unknown	49
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
100	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58

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