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 09 Jul 2025

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07/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 290

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:31

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 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. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
7	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	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	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
21	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
25	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
35	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
36	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
39	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
44	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
49	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
51	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
56	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
57	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
59	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
64	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
65	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
66	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
67	Speak Up With Bud Synhorst	Bud Synhorst	Government	2	Futuri Media	38
68	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
69	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
70	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
73	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
74	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	262	Acast	94
75	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
76	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
77	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
78	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
79	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	Civic Pulse \| Politics & Everyday Life	Trish White-Boyd	Government	2	Buzzsprout	48
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
85	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
86	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
87	The First Responder’s Podcast	brianmiller1963	Government	16	Podbean	42
88	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
89	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
90	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	PV In Focus	Town of Prescott Valley	Government	6	Buzzsprout	43
92	Air Force Handbook 1	Air Education and Training Command	Government & Organizations	107	Unknown	43
93	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
94	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
95	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
96	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
97	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
98	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
99	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
100	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42

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