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 Aug 2025

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08/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:25

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (14 shows)

3. Unknown (7 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1972	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2768	Megaphone	38
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	321	Megaphone	63
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	157	Megaphone	48
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
12	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
15	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
16	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
17	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
18	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
19	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
20	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
21	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
25	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	110	Simplecast	42
26	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	276	Libsyn	58
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
37	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
39	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
40	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1986	BBC	43
48	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
49	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
50	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	939	Buzzsprout	63
52	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
53	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
56	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
57	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
58	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	97	Megaphone	59
59	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
60	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
62	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
63	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	498	Unknown	52
64	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	13	Unknown	37
65	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
66	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
68	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
69	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	940	Megaphone	38
70	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
71	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
74	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
75	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
76	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
78	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
79	Sphere Podcast	Pascal-Emmanuel Gobry	Government	31	Zencastr	22
80	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
81	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
82	What's the Word Windsor?	Town of Windsor Colorado	Government	3	RSS.com	53
83	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
84	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	381	Unknown	43
86	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	833	Libsyn	27
87	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
89	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	302	Acast	48
90	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
91	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	56	RSS.com	58
92	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
93	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
94	Behind the Meter: An MPSC Podcast	MPSC	Government	20	Buzzsprout	27
95	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
96	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
98	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	38
99	Public Works Podcast	Joseph Blackman	Government	418	Spreaker	32
100	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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