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 25 Aug 2025

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08/25/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:49

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (13 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	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	2777	Megaphone	38
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
10	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
15	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
19	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
24	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
27	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
28	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
33	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
38	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
39	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	94	Simplecast	52
42	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
43	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	252	Podbean	42
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
46	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
47	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
48	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
49	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
50	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
51	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
52	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
53	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
54	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
55	The Doctor is IN from the Indiana Department of Health	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	19	RSS.com	47
56	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
57	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
58	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
59	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
60	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
61	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
62	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
63	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	110	Simplecast	42
66	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
67	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
68	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
69	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
70	The Law, such as it is	Lawrence Lessig	Government	23	Libsyn	68
71	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
72	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
73	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
74	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
75	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
76	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
77	Dew Diligence	Dew Media, Inc.	Government	34	Squarespace	43
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
81	Military Retirement Podcast	w/ John McConnell and Victor De La Flor	Government	138	Spotify for Podcasters	47
82	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
83	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	36	Megaphone	37
84	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
85	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
86	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
87	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
88	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
89	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
90	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
91	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
92	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	56	RSS.com	58
93	56: A Pinellas County Sheriff's Office Podcast	Pinellas County Sheriff's Office	Government	31	RSS.com	47
94	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	11	Simplecast	63
95	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
97	FDNY Pro	FDNY Foundation	Government	131	Transistor	58
98	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	382	Unknown	43
99	Swamp Justice	The Heritage Foundation	Government	24	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53

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