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 27 Jul 2025

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07/27/2025

Average data

Episodes: 341

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

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

2. 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 (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
22	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
33	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	1	Buzzsprout	58
34	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
35	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
38	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
41	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
42	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
45	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
46	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
47	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
48	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
50	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
51	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
52	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
53	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
55	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
56	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
57	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
64	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
65	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
66	The Doctor is IN with Dr. Guy Crowder and Eric Hawkins	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	6	RSS.com	52
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
70	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
71	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
72	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
73	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
76	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
77	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
78	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
81	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
82	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
83	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
84	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
85	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
86	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
87	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
88	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
89	Global Recon	John Hendricks	Government	192	Spotify for Podcasters	43
90	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
91	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
92	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
93	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
94	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
95	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
96	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
97	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
98	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
99	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
100	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58

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