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 07 mai 2025

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05/07/2025

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:42:57

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Libsyn (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	143	Megaphone	48
6	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
15	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
16	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
17	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
20	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
24	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
25	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
38	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
39	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
40	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
41	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
42	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
43	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
44	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
45	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
46	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
47	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
48	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
49	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
51	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
52	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
53	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
55	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
58	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
59	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
60	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
61	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
64	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
66	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
67	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
68	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
69	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
70	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
71	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
72	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
73	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
74	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	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
77	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
79	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
80	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
81	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
82	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
83	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
84	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
85	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
86	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
87	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
88	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
89	The Franklin Police Department's APB Podcast	Franklin Police Department	Government	15	Pinecast	58
90	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
91	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
92	AI, Energy and Climate Podcast	The DSR Network	Government	35	Megaphone	37
93	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
94	Fixing Broke: Consumer Bankruptcy Diary	ConsiderChapter13.org	Government	14	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
96	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
97	Taken with Transportation	SFMTA	Government	36	Buzzsprout	58
98	Stark Integrity	Bob Wade	Government	214	Buzzsprout	48
99	Advancing Health	American Hospital Association	Government	721	Captivate	53
100	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A

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