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 07 Jul 2025

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07/07/2025

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Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:47:15

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
7	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
19	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
28	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
39	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
46	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
47	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
48	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
49	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
50	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
51	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
52	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
54	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
55	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
59	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	96	Buzzsprout	73
60	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
61	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
63	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
66	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
67	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
68	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
69	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
70	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
73	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
74	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
75	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
79	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
80	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
83	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
84	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
85	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
86	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
87	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
88	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
89	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
90	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
92	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
93	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
94	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
95	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
96	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
97	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
98	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
99	They Had to Go Out	They Had to Go Out	Government	100	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42

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