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 05 May 2025

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05/05/2025

Average data

Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:44:57

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 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 Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
14	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
15	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
17	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
21	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
26	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
29	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
31	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
32	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
35	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
41	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
42	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
43	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
44	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
45	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
46	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
47	The Franklin Police Department's APB Podcast	Franklin Police Department	Government	15	Pinecast	58
48	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
49	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
50	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
52	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
54	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
55	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
58	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
59	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
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	315	Simplecast	73
62	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
63	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
64	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
65	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
66	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
68	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
69	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
70	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
71	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
72	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
73	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
74	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
75	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
76	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
77	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
78	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
79	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
80	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	73	Spotify for Podcasters	17
81	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
82	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
83	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
84	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
85	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
86	The Foreign Area Officer Podcast	Michael Hill	Government	37	Podbean	37
87	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
88	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
89	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
90	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
91	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	747	Libsyn	37
92	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
93	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
94	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
95	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
96	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
97	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
98	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

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