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 29 Jul 2025

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07/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:46:01

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Center for Strategic and International Studies (2 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
3	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
13	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
17	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
20	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
30	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
33	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
36	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
37	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
38	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
40	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
45	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
46	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
48	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
49	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
52	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
53	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
54	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
56	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
57	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
58	The Doctor is IN with Dr. Guy Crowder and Eric Hawkins	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	6	RSS.com	52
59	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	1	Buzzsprout	58
60	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33
61	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
62	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
63	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
64	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
65	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
67	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
68	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
69	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
70	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
71	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
72	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
73	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
74	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
75	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
76	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
77	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
78	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
79	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
80	Arguendo: The Veterans Law Pod	CCK Law	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
82	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
83	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
84	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
85	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
86	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
87	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
89	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
90	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
91	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
92	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
94	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49
95	Wild	Utah Division of Wildlife Resources	Government	82	Libsyn	63
96	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
97	Rocky Mountain National Podcast	Rocky Mountain National Park	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
98	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
99	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
100	Broken Ground	Southern Environmental Law Center	Government	48	Buzzsprout	68

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