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 01 Jul 2025

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07/01/2025

Average data

Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:23

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
13	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
16	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
24	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
25	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
35	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
38	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
43	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
44	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
46	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
47	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
48	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
49	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
50	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
51	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
52	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
53	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
54	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
56	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
57	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
59	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
60	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
61	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
62	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
63	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
64	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
65	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
66	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
67	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
68	United SHE Stands	Ashley & Sara	Government	187	Buzzsprout	78
69	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
70	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
71	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
72	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
73	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
74	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
75	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
76	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
77	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
78	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
79	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
80	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
81	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
82	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
83	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
84	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
85	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
86	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
87	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
88	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
90	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
91	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
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
93	The Smart Nonprofit Master Class	NonprofitWebsites.com	Government	17	Soundcloud	49
94	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
95	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
96	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	6	Buzzsprout	48
97	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
99	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
100	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38

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