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 02 May 2025

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05/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:27

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Mark Belling Podcast	Mark Belling	Government	7	Futuri Media	43
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
13	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
27	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
28	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
32	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
33	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
34	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
35	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
36	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
45	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
46	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
48	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
49	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
50	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
51	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
52	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
53	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
54	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
55	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
56	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
57	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
59	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
60	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
61	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
64	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
67	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
70	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
74	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
76	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
77	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
78	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
79	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
80	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
81	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
84	The Healthcare Policy Podcast ® Produced by David Introcaso	David Introcaso, Ph.D.	Government & Organizations	338	Substack	53
85	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
86	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
87	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
88	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
91	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
92	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	First Thursday	Richard Poulson, LRIS	Government	10	Blubrry Podcasting	49
95	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
96	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
97	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
98	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
99	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
100	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59

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