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 Aug 2025

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08/31/2025

Average data

Episodes: 326

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:28

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 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. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Libsyn (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 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 Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	Roll Call	CPD Patrol	Government	5	Simplecast	63
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
19	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
27	Cato Daily Podcast	Cato Institute	News	2000	Acast	38
28	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	Battle of the Branches	Will Baude	Government	7	Simplecast	63
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
39	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
40	Inside JSO	Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office	Government	1	N/A	N/A
41	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
42	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
43	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
44	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
48	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
49	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
50	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
52	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
53	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
54	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
55	FedUp with Ron Speakman	Ron Speakman	Government	49	Podbean	53
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	Fifth & State	Fifth & State	Government	12	Buzzsprout	58
58	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
59	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
60	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
61	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
64	Garland Police Long Code	Garland Police Long Code	Government	2	N/A	N/A
65	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
66	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
67	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
69	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
71	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
72	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
73	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
74	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
75	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
76	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
77	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
78	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
79	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
80	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
82	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
83	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
84	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
85	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
86	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
87	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	شیرازه	BBC Persian Radio	Government	76	BBC	33
90	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
91	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
94	Pittman and Friends Podcast	County Executive Steuart Pittman	Government	34	Buzzsprout	72
95	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
96	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
97	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
98	Raven 23: Presumption of Guilt	Think Again	Government	10	Captivate	48
99	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
100	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42

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