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 Jun 2025

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06/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:45:28

Top 5 authors

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

2. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Tortoise Media (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (10 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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 Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
17	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
21	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
30	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
38	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
42	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
45	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
46	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
47	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
48	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
49	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
50	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
51	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
52	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
53	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
54	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
56	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
57	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
60	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
62	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
63	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
64	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
67	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
68	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
69	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
70	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
72	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
73	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
74	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
75	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
76	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
77	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
78	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
79	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
80	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
81	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
82	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
83	What's Wrong with Democracy?	Tortoise Media	Government	23	Acast	89
84	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
85	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
86	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
87	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
88	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
90	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
91	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
92	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
93	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
94	Papyrus D پاپیروس توسعه	Amin Alirezaee	Government	7	Unknown	63
95	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
97	The Cognitive Crucible	Information Professionals Association	Government	249	Libsyn	58
98	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
99	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
100	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48

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