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 Jul 2025

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07/02/2025

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:24

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (26 shows)

2. Omny Studio (8 shows)

3. Unknown (7 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
18	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
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 High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
26	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
27	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
28	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
29	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
34	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
40	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
41	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
42	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
47	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
48	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
49	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
50	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
54	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
56	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
57	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
60	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
61	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
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63
64	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
65	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
66	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
67	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
68	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
69	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
71	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	6	Buzzsprout	48
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
74	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
75	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
77	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
78	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
79	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	Palmetto Guardian	South Carolina National Guard	Government & Organizations	162	Unknown	43
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
82	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
83	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
84	Chambers, Changes & Conversations - the official podcast of Manatee County Government	Manatee County Government	Government	7	RSS.com	52
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
86	Zohran Mamdani - Biography Flash	Inception Point AI	Government	124	Megaphone	63
87	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
88	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
89	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
91	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
92	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
93	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
94	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
95	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
96	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
97	9/11: Two Decades Later	iHeartPodcasts	Government	7	Omny Studio	53
98	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
99	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
100	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27

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