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 Aug 2025

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08/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 335

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:17

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Unknown (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
12	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
15	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
24	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
25	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
26	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
33	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
35	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
38	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
40	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
42	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
43	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
44	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
45	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	13	Unknown	37
46	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
50	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
53	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
54	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
55	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
56	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
57	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
58	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
59	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
60	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
61	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
65	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
69	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
70	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
71	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
72	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
73	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
76	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
77	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
78	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
79	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
80	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	66	Simplecast	58
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
84	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	38
85	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	730	Captivate	53
86	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
87	Kinni Cast	Tyler Mason	Government	2	Buzzsprout	63
88	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
89	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
90	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
91	San Bernardino County Fire: PIO Podcast	San Bernardino County Fire	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
92	Campbell County Insider	Campbell Media	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
94	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
95	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
98	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
99	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
100	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69

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