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 13 Jul 2025

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07/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 363

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:46:03

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
16	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
20	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
21	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
22	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
23	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
28	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
29	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
34	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
38	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
39	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
42	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
43	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	100	Buzzsprout	57
44	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
45	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
47	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	48	Megaphone	48
48	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
51	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
56	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
57	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
58	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
61	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
62	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
67	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
68	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
70	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
71	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
72	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
73	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
74	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
75	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
76	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
77	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
78	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
79	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
80	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
81	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
82	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
83	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
84	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
85	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	235	Omny Studio	73
87	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
88	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	333	Simplecast	63
89	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
90	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
91	City&Town: Podcast Series	Arkansas Municipal League	Government	37	Buzzsprout	47
92	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
93	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
94	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
95	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
96	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
97	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
98	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
99	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
100	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32

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