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 22 Jul 2025

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07/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Simplecast (8 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 Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
18	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
19	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
20	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
21	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
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 Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
30	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
39	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
42	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
43	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
44	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
47	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
48	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
50	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
51	Raising Them Right: Reclaiming Education. Restoring Values.	Monica Yatooma	Government	1	Captivate	48
52	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
53	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
54	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
56	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
57	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
60	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
61	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
62	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
63	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
64	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
65	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
66	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
69	Socialist Rifle Association Podcast	Jesse Elem	Government	49	Simplecast	37
70	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
71	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
72	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
73	The Amazing Cities and Towns Podcast	Jim Hunt	Government	100	Libsyn	68
74	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
75	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
76	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
77	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
80	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
81	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
82	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
84	Fed Gov Today	FedGovToday.com	Government	318	Buzzsprout	48
85	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
86	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
87	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Ottawa Out Loud	Ottawa County	Government	8	Buzzsprout	68
89	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
90	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
91	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
92	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
93	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
96	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
97	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
99	Resources Radio	Resources for the Future	Government	393	Soundcloud	53
100	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42

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