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 19 Jul 2025

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07/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:46:22

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
27	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
30	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
31	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
32	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
33	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
36	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
37	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
38	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
44	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
46	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
50	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
56	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
57	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
59	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
62	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
65	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
66	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
69	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
70	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
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	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
75	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
76	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
77	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
78	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
79	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
80	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
81	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
82	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
86	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
87	Inside Arvada	City of Arvada	Government	34	Buzzsprout	83
88	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
89	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
90	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
91	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
92	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
93	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
94	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
95	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
96	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
97	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
98	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
99	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
100	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63

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