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 12 juil. 2025

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07/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 326

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:05

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	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	253	Acast	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
19	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
22	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
23	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
28	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
29	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
30	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
31	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
37	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
40	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
47	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
48	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
52	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
58	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
59	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
60	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
61	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
62	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
63	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
64	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
65	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
66	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
67	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
69	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
70	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
71	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
72	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
74	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	City&Town: Podcast Series	Arkansas Municipal League	Government	37	Buzzsprout	47
76	Deep Cuts	Eric Smith	Government	3	RSS.com	63
77	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
78	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
79	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
80	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
84	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
85	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
86	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
87	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
88	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
90	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
91	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
92	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
93	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
94	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
95	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
96	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
97	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
98	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
99	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
100	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42

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