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 Aug 2025

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08/24/2025

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Episodes: 331

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:34

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
18	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
21	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
23	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
24	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
29	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
30	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
31	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
36	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
37	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
38	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
40	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	248	Podbean	42
41	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
42	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
44	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
45	The Doctor is IN from the Indiana Department of Health	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	19	RSS.com	47
46	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
47	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
48	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
49	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
50	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
51	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
52	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
53	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
54	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
56	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
57	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
59	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
60	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
62	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
63	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
64	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
65	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	825	Libsyn	27
67	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	308	Megaphone	63
69	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
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	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
73	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
74	Swamp Justice	The Heritage Foundation	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
76	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
77	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
78	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
80	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	376	Unknown	43
81	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
82	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
84	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	748	Libsyn	37
85	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
86	In The Tank	The Heartland Institute	Government	193	Transistor	63
87	Insights from the Fight Podcast	U.S. Army Combined Arms Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	37
88	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
89	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	529	Libsyn	58
90	The Operational Arch	SAMS	Government	53	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
95	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
96	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
97	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
100	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43

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