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 24 juil. 2025

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07/24/2025

Average data

Episodes: 343

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:28

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
13	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
14	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
15	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
19	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
30	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
31	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
34	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
41	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
42	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
46	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
47	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
48	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
50	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
53	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
55	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
56	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
59	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
62	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
63	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
64	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
67	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
68	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
71	Go Time in Fort Worth with Mayor Mattie Parker	Mayor Mattie Parker	Government	63	Simplecast	N/A
72	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
73	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	722	Captivate	53
76	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
77	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
78	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
79	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
80	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
81	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
82	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
83	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
86	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
87	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
88	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
91	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
92	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
93	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
94	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
95	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
96	Off the Shelf	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	245	ART19	38
97	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
98	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
99	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
100	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37

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