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 08 mai 2025

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05/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:10

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

3. The DSR Network (3 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

5. Podbean (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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
15	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
16	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
17	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
34	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
35	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
36	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
40	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
41	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
42	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
43	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
44	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
45	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
46	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
47	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
48	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
49	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
50	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
51	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
52	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
53	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
54	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
55	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47
56	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
57	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
60	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
61	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
63	Taken with Transportation	SFMTA	Government	36	Buzzsprout	58
64	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
65	Interpreting India	Carnegie India	Government	154	Simplecast	83
66	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
68	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
69	2 Chiefs 1 Mic: Season 1	2 Chiefs 1 Mic	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	53
70	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	First and Main	City of Winston-Salem	Government	13	Buzzsprout	73
73	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
74	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
75	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
76	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
77	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
78	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
79	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
80	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
82	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
83	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
84	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
85	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
86	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
87	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
88	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
89	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
90	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
91	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
92	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
93	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
94	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
95	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
96	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
97	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
98	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63

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