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 23 Aug 2025

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08/23/2025

Average data

Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:38

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	439	Audioboom	63
2	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
17	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
18	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
19	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
29	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
30	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
32	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
33	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
34	The Doctor is IN from the Indiana Department of Health	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	19	RSS.com	47
35	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
36	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
37	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
40	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
41	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
42	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
43	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
46	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
47	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
48	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
49	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
54	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
55	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
56	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
57	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
59	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
61	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
62	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
63	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
64	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
65	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
69	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
70	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
71	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
72	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
73	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
74	Smart Women, Smart Power	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	247	Megaphone	43
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
76	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
79	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	130	Transistor	58
80	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
81	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
82	Akron in Action	City of Akron	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	The National Security Podcast	ANU National Security College	Government	299	Acast	48
84	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
85	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
86	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
87	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
88	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
89	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
90	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
93	Phoenix Cast	Task Force Phoenix	Government	144	Spotify for Podcasters	28
94	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	38
95	Cleared For Discussion	Pepper Holdings LLC Productions	Government	1	Captivate	79
96	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
97	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
99	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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