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 21 juil. 2025

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07/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 325

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:45

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
5	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
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	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
24	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
28	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
34	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
37	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
38	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Raising Them Right: Reclaiming Education. Restoring Values.	Monica Yatooma	Government	1	Captivate	48
42	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
43	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
47	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
48	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
50	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
51	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
55	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
56	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
57	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
62	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
64	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
66	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
67	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
68	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
69	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
70	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
73	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
74	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
75	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
76	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
77	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
78	Inside the Castle	U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Headquarters	Government & Organizations	158	Unknown	38
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
81	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
82	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
83	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
85	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
86	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
89	Unintended Consequences	Cato Institute	Government	27	Acast	54
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
91	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
92	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
94	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
95	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
97	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
98	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
99	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	394	Soundcloud	53
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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