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 Sep 2025

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09/10/2025

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Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:53

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
18	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
30	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
31	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
32	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
33	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
37	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
40	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
41	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
47	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
48	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
49	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
50	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
53	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
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	(In)sights Podcast	Gidi Grinstein	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
56	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
57	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
58	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
59	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
60	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
61	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
62	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
63	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	679	Libsyn	58
64	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
65	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
66	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
67	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
69	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
70	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
71	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
72	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
73	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
75	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
76	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
78	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	183	Simplecast	53
79	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	132	Squarespace	63
80	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
81	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
82	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	16	Simplecast	68
83	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
84	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
85	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63
87	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
88	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
89	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
91	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
92	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
93	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1116	Megaphone	48
94	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
95	NucleCast	ANWA Deterrence Center	Government	284	RSS.com	62
96	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	581	Buzzsprout	58
97	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
98	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
99	Q-POINT	Corenna Quirk \| David Quirk	Government	120	Buzzsprout	73
100	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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