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 11 Jul 2025

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07/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:46

Top 5 authors

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

2. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	440	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	148	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1928	Megaphone	53
7	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	88	Spreaker	54
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2702	Megaphone	38
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	382	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	255	Acast	69
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	909	RSS.com	42
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
20	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	150	Megaphone	43
22	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
23	American Potential	American Potential	News	471	Podbean	68
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
26	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
27	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
31	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	72	Unknown	43
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
34	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
35	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	469	Megaphone	49
38	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	155	Buzzsprout	47
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	111	Megaphone	43
42	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
43	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	454	Megaphone	58
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
50	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
51	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	267	Libsyn	58
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	920	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
54	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
55	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
58	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	725	Unknown	43
59	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
62	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
63	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1972	BBC	43
64	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	918	Megaphone	38
66	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
67	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
68	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	96	Buzzsprout	73
69	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
70	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
71	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
72	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	351	Libsyn	68
75	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
76	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	309	Megaphone	63
78	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	213	Simplecast	59
80	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
81	The United States Constitution	The U.S. Constitution	Government	10	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
83	Next City	Straw Hut Media	Government	162	Spreaker	59
84	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
86	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
87	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
88	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	199	PRX	59
89	國防在線急	相振為＆FMTaiwan製作團隊	Government	21	SoundOn	69
90	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
92	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
93	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	108	Simplecast	42
94	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
95	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	62	Megaphone	73
96	Moment of Truth	American Moment	Government	265	Acast	94
97	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	38
99	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
100	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53

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