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 06 Jul 2025

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07/06/2025

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Episodes: 325

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:44

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (10 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 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	439	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	330	RedCircle	58
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	146	Megaphone	48
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
6	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	87	Spreaker	54
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2690	Megaphone	38
8	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	381	Megaphone	53
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
12	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1920	Megaphone	53
13	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
14	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
15	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	99	Simplecast	32
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	469	Podbean	68
19	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	309	Megaphone	63
20	Scaling Laws	Lawfare & University of Texas Law School	Government	254	Acast	69
21	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
22	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	907	RSS.com	42
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	453	Megaphone	58
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	265	Libsyn	58
31	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	253	Simplecast	73
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
35	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	154	Buzzsprout	47
36	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	123	Buzzsprout	48
37	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	468	Megaphone	49
38	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
40	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
41	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
42	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
43	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
44	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	161	Megaphone	38
45	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
46	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	110	Megaphone	43
48	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
49	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	317	Simplecast	73
50	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
51	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	917	Buzzsprout	63
52	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	64	Substack	43
53	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
54	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1970	BBC	43
55	Off the Radar, Special Operations Training Detachment	Burro Team	Government	58	Spotify for Podcasters	38
56	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
58	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	202	Megaphone	53
59	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
60	Books to Battles	School of Advanced Air and Space Studies	Government	47	RSS.com	58
61	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
62	Global Intelligence Weekly Wrap up	Neil	Government	96	Buzzsprout	73
63	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
64	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
65	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
66	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
67	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
69	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
70	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	370	Megaphone	43
71	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	121	N/A	N/A
73	British Council Language Assistants	British Council	Government	26	Spotify for Podcasters	38
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
76	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
77	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
78	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
79	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
80	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	92	Megaphone	59
81	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
82	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
83	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
84	Sergeant Major's Situation Report with John Gillette	Spreely Media	Government	55	ART19	38
85	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
86	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	724	Unknown	43
88	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
91	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	38
92	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
93	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
94	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
95	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	914	Megaphone	38
96	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	198	PRX	59
98	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
99	Plain Civics	Bobbi Fisher and Joe Ulery	Government	38	Buzzsprout	69
100	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83

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