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 Jun 2025

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06/09/2025

Average data

Episodes: 342

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:34

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (7 shows)

4. Omny Studio (6 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
11	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
12	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
13	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
14	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
16	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
17	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
19	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
20	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
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	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
26	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
27	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
29	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
31	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
32	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
33	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
34	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
37	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
43	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
44	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
45	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
46	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
47	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
48	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
49	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
51	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
52	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
53	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
54	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
55	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
56	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
57	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
58	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
59	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
60	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
61	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
62	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
63	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
64	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
65	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
66	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
69	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
70	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
71	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
74	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
77	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
78	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
79	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
80	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
81	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
84	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
85	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
86	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
87	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
88	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
91	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
92	From the Crows' Nest	Association of Old Crows	Government	193	Transistor	63
93	The Unregulated Podcast	American Energy Alliance	Government	245	Soundcloud	43
94	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
95	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
96	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
97	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
98	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
99	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
100	National Park Service Oral History	National Park Service Oral History	Government	16	Soundcloud	49

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