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 16 Jul 2025

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07/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 325

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:22

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (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	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
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	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
25	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
26	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
28	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
34	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
37	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
39	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
40	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
41	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
48	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
49	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
50	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
52	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
54	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
55	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
57	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
59	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
60	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
61	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
62	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
63	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
65	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
68	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
69	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
71	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
72	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
75	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
77	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
78	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
79	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
80	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
81	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
82	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
83	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
84	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
85	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
86	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
87	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
88	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
89	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
90	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
91	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
92	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
93	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
94	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
95	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
96	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
97	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
98	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
99	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
100	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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