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 Aug 2025

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08/30/2025

Average data

Episodes: 315

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:40:37

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (24 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
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	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
18	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
19	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Inside JSO	Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office	Government	1	N/A	N/A
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
40	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
42	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
43	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
44	Garland Police Long Code	Garland Police Long Code	Government	2	N/A	N/A
45	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
46	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
47	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
48	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
49	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
50	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
51	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
52	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
59	Pittman and Friends Podcast	County Executive Steuart Pittman	Government	34	Buzzsprout	72
60	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
61	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
62	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
63	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
64	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
65	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
66	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
67	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
68	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
69	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
70	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
71	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
72	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
73	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
74	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
75	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
76	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
77	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
78	Cheap Talk	Jeff Kaplow and Marcus Holmes	Government	129	Squarespace	63
79	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
80	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
81	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
82	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
83	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
84	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
86	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
87	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
88	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
89	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
90	The Doctor is IN with Dr. Guy Crowder and Eric Hawkins	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	6	RSS.com	52
91	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
92	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
93	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
94	Behind the Badge	wgnradio.com	Government & Organizations	32	WideOrbit	49
95	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
96	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
97	North Dakota Outdoors Podcast	North Dakota Game and Fish Department	Government	106	Simplecast	42
98	The Future of Liberty with Mitch Daniels	Liberty Fund	Government	24	Simplecast	58
99	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
100	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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