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 10 Jul 2025

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07/10/2025

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Episodes: 339

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:50

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (8 shows)

3. Libsyn (7 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
10	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
15	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
22	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
23	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
24	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
37	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
40	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
43	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
44	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
45	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
47	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
49	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
52	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
53	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
54	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
57	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
58	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
59	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
60	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
65	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
67	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
68	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
69	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
70	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
71	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
74	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
75	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
76	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	25	Unknown	38
77	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
78	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
79	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
80	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
81	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
82	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
83	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
84	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
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	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
88	First Thursday	Richard Poulson, LRIS	Government	10	Blubrry Podcasting	49
89	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
90	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
91	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	Air Force Handbook 1	Air Education and Training Command	Government & Organizations	107	Unknown	43
94	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
95	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
96	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
97	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	269	Acast	94
98	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
99	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
100	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48

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