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 03 Jun 2025

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06/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 354

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:24

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

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

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	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	144	Megaphone	48
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
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	1908	Megaphone	53
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
14	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
15	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
18	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
28	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
32	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
35	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
42	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	913	Buzzsprout	63
43	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
46	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
47	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
48	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
49	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
50	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
53	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
54	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
55	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
56	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
57	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
59	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
61	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
62	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
65	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
66	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
67	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
68	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
69	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
75	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
77	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
80	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
81	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
82	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
83	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
84	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
85	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
86	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
87	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
88	Consider the Constitution	The Robert H. Smith Center for the Constitution	Government	65	Buzzsprout	52
89	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
90	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
91	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
93	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
94	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
95	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
96	The Fire Wire Podcast	Pasco County Professional Firefighters	Government	1	Podbean	58
97	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
98	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
99	EMS One-Stop	emsonestop	Government	99	Podbean	58
100	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68

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