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 28 Jul 2025

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07/28/2025

Average data

Episodes: 330

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:14

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
11	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
12	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
32	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
38	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
39	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
40	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
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	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
46	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
47	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	1	Buzzsprout	58
48	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
49	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
50	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
52	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
53	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
54	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
55	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
56	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
57	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
58	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
59	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
64	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
65	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
66	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
67	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
68	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
69	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
70	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
71	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
72	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
73	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
74	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
75	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
76	AuthentiCity FM \| Real Stories. Bold Ideas. Better Communities.	AuthentiCity FM	Government	3	Spotify for Podcasters	38
77	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
78	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
79	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
81	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
83	The Doctor is IN with Dr. Guy Crowder and Eric Hawkins	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	6	RSS.com	52
84	Arguendo: The Veterans Law Pod	CCK Law	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
85	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
86	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
87	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
88	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
89	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68
90	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
91	2 Chiefs 1 Mic: Season 1	2 Chiefs 1 Mic	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
95	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
96	El Brunch	Mexicanos Contra la Corrupción y la Impunidad	Government	125	Soundcloud	43
97	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
98	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
99	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
100	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37

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