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 09 May 2025

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05/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 341

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:17

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 (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (9 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (6 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 Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
8	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
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	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
18	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
21	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
26	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
27	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
33	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
38	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
42	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
43	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
44	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
45	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
46	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
47	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
48	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
50	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
51	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
54	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
55	FoCo UNPLUGGED	Forsyth County, Georgia Government	Government	25	Podbean	38
56	Building Connections, The ULI Charlotte Podcast	Queen City Podcast Network	Government	11	Megaphone	38
57	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
58	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
60	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
61	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
62	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
63	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
64	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
65	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
66	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
67	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
68	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
69	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
70	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
71	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
72	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
73	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
74	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
75	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
76	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
77	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
78	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
79	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
80	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
81	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
84	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
85	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
86	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
87	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
88	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
90	The Weekly Break Out	Breaking Defense	Government	53	Libsyn	38
91	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
92	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
93	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
94	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1087	Megaphone	48
95	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
96	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
97	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
98	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
99	First and Main	City of Winston-Salem	Government	13	Buzzsprout	73
100	FedUpward Podcast - Tips for Federal Government Employees	Love Rutledge	Government	199	Libsyn	47

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