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 14 Jul 2025

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07/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 351

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:05

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	443	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	333	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	154	Megaphone	48
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	316	Megaphone	63
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2747	Megaphone	38
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1958	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	386	Megaphone	53
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
14	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	919	RSS.com	42
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	69	PRX	83
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
22	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	273	Libsyn	58
29	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	258	Acast	69
30	American Potential	American Potential	News	477	Podbean	68
31	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
32	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
33	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
34	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	156	Buzzsprout	47
36	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	934	Megaphone	38
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
42	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
43	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
44	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	373	Megaphone	43
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
51	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	457	Megaphone	58
52	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	934	Buzzsprout	63
56	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
57	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
59	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	51	Megaphone	48
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
62	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
63	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1982	BBC	43
64	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	210	Unknown	58
65	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
67	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
68	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
70	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
71	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
75	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
76	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
77	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	831	Libsyn	27
79	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
80	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
81	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
83	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	315	Megaphone	63
84	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	321	Podbean	38
85	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
86	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
87	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	163	Megaphone	38
88	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
89	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
90	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
92	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	48	Spotify for Podcasters	42
93	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	678	Libsyn	58
96	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1655	Unknown	43
97	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	95	Megaphone	59
98	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
99	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	728	Unknown	43
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

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