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 30 Jul 2025

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07/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 348

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:20

Top 5 authors

1. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (17 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
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	1968	Megaphone	53
9	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
16	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
17	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
19	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
20	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
21	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
27	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
29	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
33	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
35	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
36	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
37	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
38	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
39	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
40	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
43	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
47	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
48	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
49	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
50	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
51	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
53	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
56	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
57	The Doctor is IN from the Indiana Department of Health	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	19	RSS.com	47
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
60	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
61	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
62	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
63	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
64	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
65	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
67	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
69	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
70	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
71	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
72	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	108	Buzzsprout	63
73	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
74	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
76	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
77	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
79	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
80	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	237	Omny Studio	73
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
86	Arguendo: The Veterans Law Pod	CCK Law	Government	7	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
88	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
89	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
90	Campbell County Insider	Campbell Media	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
92	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
93	下班瀚你聊	風傳媒	Government	383	SoundOn	58
94	Brungardt Law's Lagniappe	Maurice A. Brungardt	Government	1	Buzzsprout	32
95	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
96	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
97	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
98	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
99	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
100	Westminster Hour Details temporarily unavailable	BBC Radio 4	Government	3	BBC	33

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