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 20 juil. 2025

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07/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 362

Frequency: every 11 days

Duration: 00:45:39

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
5	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
25	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
36	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
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	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
43	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
44	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
48	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
49	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
50	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
52	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
53	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	Raising Them Right: Reclaiming Education. Restoring Values.	Monica Yatooma	Government	1	Captivate	48
56	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
57	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
58	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
59	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
63	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
66	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
67	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
68	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
69	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
70	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
73	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
74	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
75	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
78	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
79	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
80	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
81	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
82	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
83	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
86	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
87	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
88	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
89	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
90	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
91	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
93	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
94	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
95	Inside Arvada	City of Arvada	Government	34	Buzzsprout	83
96	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
97	Donnybrook	Nine PBS	Government & Organizations	100	Libsyn	49
98	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
100	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	393	Soundcloud	53

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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