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 18 Jul 2025

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07/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:11

Top 5 authors

1. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (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 (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
25	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
26	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
27	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
35	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
36	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
47	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
50	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
52	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
54	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
55	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
56	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
57	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	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
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
64	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
65	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
66	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
67	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
71	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
74	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
76	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
78	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
80	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
81	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
82	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
83	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
84	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
85	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
86	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
87	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
88	Inside Arvada	City of Arvada	Government	34	Buzzsprout	83
89	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
90	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
91	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
92	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
93	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
94	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
95	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
96	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
97	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
98	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
99	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
100	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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