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 Jul 2025

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07/05/2025

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Episodes: 295

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:20

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
4	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	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	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
12	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
15	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	253	Acast	69
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
18	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
20	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
23	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
28	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
33	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
38	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
39	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
40	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
41	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
42	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
43	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
46	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
47	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
52	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
53	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
54	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
58	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
59	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
60	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
61	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
62	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
63	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
64	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
65	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
66	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
67	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	94	Buzzsprout	73
69	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
70	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
71	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
72	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
73	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
75	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
76	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
77	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
78	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
79	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	Iron Butterfly	Iron Butterfly Media	Government	86	Spotify for Podcasters	39
82	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
83	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
84	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
85	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
86	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
88	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
89	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
90	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
91	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
93	The Soldier for Life Podcast	U.S. Army Soldier for Life	Government	176	Libsyn	27
94	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
95	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
96	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Osage Nation Podcast - 𐓂𐒼𐒻𐒼𐒻𐒷 “Talking to One Another”	Osage Nation	Government	11	Podbean	62
98	FEDTalk	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	190	Megaphone	43
99	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
100	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69

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