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 31 Jul 2025

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07/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 353

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:55

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Podbean (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	319	Megaphone	63
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
6	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
7	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
18	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	922	RSS.com	42
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
27	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
29	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
34	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
35	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	115	Megaphone	43
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1985	BBC	43
38	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
40	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
41	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
42	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
43	Open Mike: A Look Inside the County of San Mateo	County of San Mateo	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
46	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
47	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	259	Acast	69
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
50	The Trident Room Podcast	Naval Postgraduate School	Government & Organizations	120	Unknown	32
51	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	108	Buzzsprout	63
52	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
53	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
58	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
60	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
61	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
62	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
63	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
64	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
66	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
67	The Doctor is IN from the Indiana Department of Health	The Indiana Department of Health	Government	19	RSS.com	47
68	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	730	Unknown	43
72	On The Road With ADOT	ADOT	Government	116	Buzzsprout	38
73	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
74	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
75	La Mesa - City of San Antonio	City of San Antonio	Government	7	Buzzsprout	32
76	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
77	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
78	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
79	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
80	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	39	Podbean	37
81	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	939	Megaphone	38
83	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
84	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
85	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
86	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
87	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
88	Brookline.News Podcast	Brookline Interactive Group	Government	20	Pinecast	58
89	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
90	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	249	Podbean	42
91	Urban Planning is Not Boring	Samantha Ellman and Natalie Ikhrata	Government	53	Castos	58
92	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
93	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
94	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
95	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
96	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
97	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
98	Brungardt Law's Lagniappe	Maurice A. Brungardt	Government	1	Buzzsprout	32
99	Law in the Family	Pennsylvania Bar Association	Government	54	Spotify for Podcasters	53
100	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	65	Simplecast	58

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