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 17 août 2025

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08/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:13

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
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	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
17	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
18	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	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
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
23	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
33	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
34	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
36	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
38	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
45	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
46	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
47	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
48	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
50	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
51	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
52	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
59	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
60	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
62	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
65	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
66	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
67	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
68	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
69	The Debrief	U.S. Naval War College	Government	19	Captivate	58
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
71	The Good Governance Podcast	Geneva Institute of Leadership and Public Policy	Government	11	RSS.com	41
72	Into the Sheriff's Spotlight	Harford County Sheriff's Office	Government	7	Libsyn	38
73	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
74	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
75	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
76	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
77	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
78	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
79	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
80	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
83	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
85	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
86	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
88	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
89	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
90	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
91	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Shasta Rising	Matt Plummer	Government	4	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	What's the Word Windsor?	Town of Windsor Colorado	Government	3	RSS.com	53
95	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
96	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
97	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Media	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	39
100	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54

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