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 Aug 2025

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08/12/2025

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Episodes: 349

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:24

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	442	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
5	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1992	Megaphone	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	38
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	47	Omny Studio	69
8	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
12	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	925	RSS.com	42
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
21	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Shasta Rising	Matt Plummer	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
25	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
28	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
31	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
35	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
36	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
38	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	945	Megaphone	38
39	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
40	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
41	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
42	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
43	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
45	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
48	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
51	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	13	Unknown	37
52	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
53	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
54	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
55	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
56	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
57	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	40	Simplecast	73
58	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	245	Unknown	43
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
61	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
62	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
63	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
64	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	943	Buzzsprout	63
66	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
67	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
73	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
75	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
76	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
77	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
78	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
80	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	110	Buzzsprout	63
83	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
84	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
85	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
87	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
91	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	235	Libsyn	48
92	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	61	Megaphone	38
93	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
94	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
96	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
97	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
98	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
99	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	59	Buzzsprout	48
100	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58

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