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 Sep 2025

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09/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:42

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

2. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (15 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
6	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
19	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
20	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
31	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
37	Intel at the Edge	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	29	Simplecast	58
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
40	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
41	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
48	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
49	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
50	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
54	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
55	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
56	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
57	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
58	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
59	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	PSL On The Mic	City Of Port St. Lucie	Government	57	Buzzsprout	73
62	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government & Organizations	1629	Unknown	43
63	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
64	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
65	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
66	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
67	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
68	Politics in Question	Julia Azari, Lee Drutman, and James Wallner	Government	182	Simplecast	53
69	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	295	Acast	48
70	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
71	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
72	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
73	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
74	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
75	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
76	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
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
78	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
79	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
82	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
85	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
86	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
87	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
88	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
89	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
90	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
91	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
92	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
93	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
94	(In)sights Podcast	Gidi Grinstein	Government	2	Spotify for Podcasters	22
95	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
96	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
97	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
98	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
99	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
100	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58

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