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 Sep 2025

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09/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 322

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:20

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. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (6 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
15	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
17	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
18	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
26	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
27	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
28	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
34	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
37	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
42	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
45	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
46	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
47	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	40	Simplecast	73
48	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
49	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	944	Megaphone	38
52	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	57	Simplecast	79
53	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	132	Squarespace	63
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	943	Buzzsprout	63
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
57	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
58	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
59	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
62	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	203	PRX	59
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
64	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
65	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
66	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	16	Simplecast	68
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
68	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
69	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
72	Fronteras	Texas Public Radio	Government	39	Unknown	38
73	Swamp Justice	The Heritage Foundation	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
76	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
77	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
78	Pittman and Friends Podcast	County Executive Steuart Pittman	Government	34	Buzzsprout	72
79	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
81	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
82	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	183	Simplecast	53
83	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
84	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
86	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
87	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	13	Unknown	37
88	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	216	Megaphone	49
89	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
90	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
92	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
93	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
94	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
95	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
96	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
98	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
99	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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