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 05 Aug 2025

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08/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:08

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	319	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
10	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
26	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
28	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
29	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
30	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
34	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
35	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
36	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
37	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
38	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
39	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
45	Debunking Pro-Abortion Arguments	Lydia Taylor Davis	Government	6	Libsyn	68
46	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
48	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
49	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
50	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
53	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
54	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
57	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
61	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
62	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
63	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
66	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
67	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
69	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
70	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
73	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
75	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
76	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	Department of Homeland Security (DHS) News	Quiet. Please	Government	97	Spreaker	59
79	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
80	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
81	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	60	Megaphone	38
82	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
83	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
84	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
85	Workers Comp Matters	Legal Talk Network	Government	170	Megaphone	69
86	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	66	Unknown	27
87	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
88	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
89	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
90	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
91	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
93	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
94	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
95	Who Belongs?	Othering and Belonging Institute	Government	63	Pinecast	69
96	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
97	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
98	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
99	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
100	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38

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