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 sept. 2025

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09/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 327

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:09

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Inception Point Ai (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (16 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
28	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
36	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
39	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
40	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
41	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	182	Simplecast	53
42	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
43	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
44	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
45	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
46	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
47	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
48	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
52	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
53	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
59	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
62	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
66	Elk Grove CityCast	EGPublicAffairs	Government	34	Buzzsprout	63
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
69	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
70	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
71	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
72	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
73	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	299	Acast	48
74	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
75	Order in the Court	Bolch Judicial Institute	Government	10	Simplecast	63
76	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
77	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
78	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
81	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
82	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
83	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
84	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
85	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
86	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
87	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
88	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
89	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
90	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
91	WAC Houston	World Affairs Council of Greater Houston	Government	10	Podbean	48
92	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
94	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
96	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
97	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
98	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
99	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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