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 Aug 2025

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08/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 367

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:58

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cato Institute (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Unknown (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	437	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	468	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	329	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1912	Megaphone	53
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	145	Megaphone	48
9	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2678	Megaphone	38
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
14	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	86	Spreaker	54
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
24	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
27	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
28	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	904	RSS.com	42
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
30	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
31	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
34	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
35	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
36	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
37	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	369	Megaphone	43
41	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
42	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
43	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
44	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	316	Simplecast	73
45	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1968	BBC	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
47	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	What's the Word Windsor?	Town of Windsor Colorado	Government	3	RSS.com	53
50	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
51	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
52	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
53	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
55	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	910	Megaphone	38
57	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
58	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
59	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
60	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	824	Libsyn	27
61	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
62	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
65	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
66	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
69	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	91	Megaphone	59
72	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
73	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
74	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
75	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
76	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
77	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
78	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
79	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
81	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
82	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
83	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	375	Unknown	43
84	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
85	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
86	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
87	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
88	San Bernardino County Fire: PIO Podcast	San Bernardino County Fire	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	22
89	Military Matters	Stars and Stripes	Government	100	Libsyn	38
90	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
91	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
92	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
93	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
94	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
95	The Quill & Sword	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	233	Unknown	43
96	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1090	Megaphone	48
97	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
98	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
99	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
100	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38

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