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 04 Jun 2025

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06/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 364

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:09

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Omny Studio (8 shows)

5. Podbean (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
6	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
14	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
16	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
18	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
20	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
26	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
27	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	235	Megaphone	48
30	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
31	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
32	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
35	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
36	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
37	ICC Pulse Podcast	International Code Council: Non-profit, building codes	Government & Organizations	66	Libsyn	58
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
40	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
41	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
43	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
44	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
45	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
46	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
47	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
48	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
52	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
53	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
54	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
55	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
56	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
58	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
59	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
61	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
62	The Flying Cow Podcast	The Village of Wellington	Government & Organizations	8	Unknown	38
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
65	Ahead of the Threat: The FBI Cyber Podcast Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	20	N/A	N/A
66	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
67	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
68	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
69	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
71	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
72	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
77	The Fire Wire Podcast	Pasco County Professional Firefighters	Government	1	Podbean	58
78	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
80	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
81	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
82	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
83	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
84	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
85	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
86	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
87	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1120	Megaphone	48
88	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
89	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
90	Ray Appleton	KMJ Now \| Cumulus Media Fresno	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
91	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
93	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
94	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
95	Uncivil / Disservice with David J. Ruck	David J Ruck	Government	1	Buzzsprout	68
96	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
97	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
98	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
99	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
100	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32

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