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 août 2025

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08/29/2025

Average data

Episodes: 346

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:06

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

2. The DSR 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. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
8	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
17	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
19	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
20	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
21	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
22	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
25	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
26	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
32	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
33	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	Inside JSO	Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office	Government	1	N/A	N/A
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
37	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
38	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
41	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
44	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
45	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
46	Garland Police Long Code	Garland Police Long Code	Government	2	N/A	N/A
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
49	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
52	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
53	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
54	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	313	Simplecast	73
57	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
58	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
59	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
60	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
61	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	252	Acast	69
62	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
68	Military OneSource Podcast	Military OneSource	Government & Organizations	201	Unknown	48
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
70	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
71	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
74	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
75	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
78	Curb Enthusiasm	New York City Department of Transportation	Government	19	Buzzsprout	38
79	Right of Way	Thomas Hochman, Pavan Venkatakrishnan	Government	10	Simplecast	63
80	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
81	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
83	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
84	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
85	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	128	Squarespace	63
86	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
87	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
89	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	714	Captivate	43
90	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
91	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
92	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
93	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
94	Behind the Badge	wgnradio.com	Government & Organizations	32	WideOrbit	49
95	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
96	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
97	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
98	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
99	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59

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