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 Aug 2025

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08/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:57

Top 5 authors

1. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

3. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (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 (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Unknown (11 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
17	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
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
31	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
35	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
36	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
41	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
43	Shasta Rising	Matt Plummer	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
44	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
45	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
46	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
47	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
50	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
51	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
52	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
53	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
56	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
57	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
60	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
61	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
62	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
63	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
65	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
68	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
69	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
70	PCCast	PCMC	Government	1	RSS.com	38
71	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
72	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
74	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
75	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
76	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
77	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
78	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
79	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
80	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
81	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
82	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
84	What Lansing Council	Jill Dombrowski	Government	32	Spotify for Podcasters	53
85	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
86	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
87	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
88	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
89	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
90	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
93	پوشه \| Pousheh	شنوتو \| Shenoto	Government	12	Unknown	59
94	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
97	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
98	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
99	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
100	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63

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