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 08 juil. 2025

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07/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 310

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:57

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 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	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
7	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
20	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
21	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
23	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
33	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
34	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
35	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
41	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
45	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
46	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
47	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
49	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
57	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
60	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
61	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
62	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
63	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
66	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
67	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
69	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
70	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
73	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
74	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
75	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
76	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
77	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
79	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
80	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
81	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
82	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
83	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
84	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
85	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
86	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
88	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
89	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
91	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
92	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
93	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
94	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
95	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
96	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	722	Captivate	53
97	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
98	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
99	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
100	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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