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 Aug 2025

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08/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 313

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:05

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (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 (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
18	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
29	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
32	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
33	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
38	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
42	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
43	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
44	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
49	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
50	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
51	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
52	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
53	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
56	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
57	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
58	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
59	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
60	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
61	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
62	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
63	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
64	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
65	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
66	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
67	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
68	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
70	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
72	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
73	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
74	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
77	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
78	ERS Money Talks Podcast	Employees Retirement System of Texas	Government	12	Buzzsprout	42
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
80	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
81	Kickin' It With Kincannon	City of Knoxville - Government	Government	1	Buzzsprout	68
82	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
83	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
84	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
85	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
89	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
90	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
91	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
92	The Limestone Lowdown	Jarrod	Government	33	Buzzsprout	38
93	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
94	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
95	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
96	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
97	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
99	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
100	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68

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