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 août 2025

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08/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 318

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:09

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Podbean (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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
29	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
32	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
36	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
38	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
40	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
41	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
42	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
43	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
44	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
45	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
46	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
47	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
48	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
49	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
50	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
51	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
52	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
53	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
54	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
55	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
56	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
57	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
58	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
59	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
60	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
61	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
67	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
69	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
70	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
71	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
72	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
73	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
74	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
77	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
80	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
81	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
82	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
83	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
84	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
85	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
86	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
87	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
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	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
90	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
91	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
92	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
93	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
94	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
95	Kinni Cast	Tyler Mason	Government	2	Buzzsprout	63
96	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
97	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
98	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
99	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38

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