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 06 Sep 2025

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09/06/2025

Average data

Episodes: 315

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:11

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	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	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
35	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
39	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
40	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
41	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
43	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
44	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
45	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
46	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
47	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
48	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
50	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
51	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
52	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
53	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	182	Simplecast	53
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
56	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
57	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
58	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
59	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
60	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
61	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
63	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
64	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
65	Swamp Justice	The Heritage Foundation	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
67	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
69	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
70	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
71	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
72	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
73	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
76	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
77	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
78	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
79	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
82	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
83	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
84	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
85	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
86	Order in the Court	Bolch Judicial Institute	Government	10	Simplecast	63
87	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
88	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
90	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
91	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
92	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
93	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
94	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
95	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
96	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
97	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	73
98	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
99	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
100	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43

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