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 Jul 2025

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07/03/2025

Average data

Episodes: 321

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:36

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	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	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
10	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
15	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
16	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
17	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
32	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
35	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
36	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
40	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
41	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
45	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
48	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
49	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
52	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
53	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
55	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
56	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
57	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
62	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
63	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
65	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
66	Frankly Franklin	Frankly Franklin	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
67	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
68	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	6	Buzzsprout	48
69	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
70	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
71	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
73	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
74	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
75	Osage Nation Podcast - 𐓂𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒻𐒷 “Talking to One Another”	Osage Nation	Government	11	Podbean	62
76	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
77	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
78	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
80	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
81	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
82	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
83	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
84	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
85	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
86	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
88	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	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
91	TehachaPod	City of Tehachapi	Government	534	Libsyn	63
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
93	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	908	Megaphone	38
94	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
95	The Flying Cow Podcast	The Village of Wellington	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
96	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
97	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
98	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
99	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	State of Gold	Jon Slavet \| California Politics	Government	97	Buzzsprout	63

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