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 Aug 2025

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08/13/2025

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Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:43

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. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 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 Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	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
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
20	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
25	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
34	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
35	Shasta Rising	Matt Plummer	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
38	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
40	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
41	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
44	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
45	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
46	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
47	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
48	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
49	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
56	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
57	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
61	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
62	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
63	What Lansing Council	Jill Dombrowski	Government	32	Spotify for Podcasters	53
64	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
65	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
66	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
67	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
68	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
69	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
71	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
72	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
76	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
77	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
78	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
79	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
80	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
81	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
82	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
84	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
85	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
86	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
87	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
89	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
90	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
91	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
92	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
93	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
94	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
95	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
96	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
97	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
98	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
99	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
100	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53

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