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 Aug 2025

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08/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. 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 (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
28	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
35	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
36	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
40	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
41	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
42	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
43	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
44	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
45	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
48	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
50	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
51	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
52	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
56	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
57	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
58	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
64	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
65	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
67	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
68	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
69	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
70	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
71	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
72	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
73	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
74	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
75	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
76	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
81	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
82	San Bernardino County Fire: PIO Podcast	San Bernardino County Fire	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
83	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
84	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
86	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
88	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
89	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
91	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
92	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
93	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
96	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
97	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
98	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
99	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
100	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69

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