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 Sep 2025

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09/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:05

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (5 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
27	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
32	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
45	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
46	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
48	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
49	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
52	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
53	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
54	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
55	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
56	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
59	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
60	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
61	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
65	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	49	Simplecast	79
66	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
67	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	52	Spotify for Podcasters	43
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
70	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
72	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
73	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
74	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
75	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
76	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
78	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
79	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
81	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
82	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
83	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
84	Q-POINT	Corenna Quirk \| David Quirk	Government	120	Buzzsprout	73
85	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
86	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
87	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
88	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
89	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
90	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
93	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
94	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
95	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
96	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
97	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
98	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
99	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53

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