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 Jun 2025

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06/08/2025

Average data

Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:43:40

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Podbean (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
13	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
16	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
18	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
19	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
20	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
23	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
24	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
27	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
28	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
35	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
38	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
39	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
42	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
43	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
44	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
47	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
48	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
49	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
50	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
51	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
52	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
53	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
54	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
55	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
56	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
57	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
60	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
61	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
62	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
63	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
64	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
65	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
66	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
67	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
68	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
69	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
70	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
71	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
72	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
75	The Unregulated Podcast	American Energy Alliance	Government	245	Soundcloud	43
76	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
77	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
78	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
79	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
80	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
81	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
84	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
86	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
87	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
88	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
89	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
90	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
91	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
92	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	58	Omny Studio	73
93	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
94	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
95	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
96	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	Fastest 5 Minutes, The Podcast Government Contractors Can’t Do Without	Crowell & Moring LLP	Government	100	Podbean	37
99	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
100	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63

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