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 sept. 2025

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09/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:01

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	437	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1910	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2675	Megaphone	38
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
11	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
17	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
18	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
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 Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1967	BBC	43
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
26	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
29	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
38	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
41	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
42	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
43	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
46	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
50	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
52	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
57	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
59	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
60	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
62	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
63	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
64	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
65	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
66	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	The Secret Life Of Cookies	The DSR Network	Government	103	Megaphone	49
70	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
71	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
72	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
73	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
75	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
76	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
78	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
79	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
80	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
81	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
82	Q-POINT	Corenna Quirk \| David Quirk	Government	120	Buzzsprout	73
83	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
85	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
86	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
87	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	182	Simplecast	53
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
90	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	306	Megaphone	63
91	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
92	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	Military Justice Today	Robert Capovilla and Mickey Williams	Government	56	Hubhopper	43
94	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
96	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
97	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
98	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	320	Podbean	38
99	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
100	Democracy Decoded	Campaign Legal Center	Government	50	Simplecast	79

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