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 Jul 2025

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07/04/2025

Average data

Episodes: 323

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:36

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
4	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
7	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
11	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
13	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
16	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
17	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	260	Acast	69
18	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
20	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
22	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
29	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
30	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
33	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
34	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
38	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
39	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
40	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
41	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
43	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	56	RSS.com	58
44	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
45	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
47	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
48	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
49	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
50	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
51	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
52	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
53	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
54	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
55	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
56	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
58	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
59	Congressional Dish Details temporarily unavailable	Jennifer Briney	Government	354	Libsyn	68
60	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
61	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
62	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
63	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
65	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
66	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
67	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
68	Osage Nation Podcast - 𐓂𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒻𐒷 “Talking to One Another”	Osage Nation	Government	11	Podbean	62
69	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	100	Buzzsprout	73
70	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
71	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
72	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
73	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	680	Libsyn	58
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
75	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
76	Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Media	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	39
77	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
78	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
79	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
82	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
85	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
86	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
88	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	469	Omny Studio	59
89	The Permanent Problem	Brink Lindsey	Government	19	Simplecast	69
90	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
91	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
93	Frankly Franklin	Frankly Franklin	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	38
94	Moving Experiences: Stories of the CTA	Chicago Transit Authority	Government	9	Buzzsprout	42
95	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
96	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
97	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
98	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	279	Simplecast	32
99	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
100	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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