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 août 2025

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08/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 334

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:10

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
16	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
36	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
37	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
38	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
39	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
40	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
48	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
49	Kickin' It With Kincannon	City of Knoxville - Government	Government	1	Buzzsprout	68
50	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
53	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
54	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
55	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
62	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
63	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
64	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
65	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
67	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
68	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
69	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
70	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
72	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
76	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
77	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
80	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
82	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
83	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
84	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
85	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
86	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
87	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
88	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
89	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
90	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
91	Debunking Pro-Abortion Arguments	Lydia Taylor Davis	Government	6	Libsyn	68
92	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
93	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
94	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
95	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	The Coweta 441 Podcast	Host: Administrator Michael Fouts	Government	22	Buzzsprout	32
98	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
99	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58

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