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 Aug 2025

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08/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 379

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:36

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
3	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
4	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
17	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
21	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
22	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
39	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
41	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
43	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
44	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
46	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
47	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
48	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
49	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
50	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
51	Into the Sheriff's Spotlight	Harford County Sheriff's Office	Government	7	Libsyn	38
52	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
54	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
55	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	26	Simplecast	58
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
57	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Podbean	21
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
62	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
63	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
64	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
68	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
69	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	279	Simplecast	32
70	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
71	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
73	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
74	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
75	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
76	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
77	Shasta Rising	Matt Plummer	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
80	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Media	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	39
83	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
84	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	13	Unknown	37
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
87	Tennessee Today	Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson	Government	30	Podbean	62
88	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	234	Libsyn	48
94	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
95	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
96	The Good Governance Podcast	Geneva Institute of Leadership and Public Policy	Government	11	RSS.com	41
97	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
98	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
99	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
100	Simple Civics: Greenville County	Greater Good Greenville	Government	294	Transistor	63

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