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 10 Jun 2025

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06/10/2025

Average data

Episodes: 320

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:42:04

Top 5 authors

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

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

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

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. The DSR Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Unknown (7 shows)

5. Simplecast (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	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	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
17	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
18	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
19	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
20	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
28	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
29	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
30	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
33	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
34	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
37	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
38	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
39	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
40	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
43	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
44	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
45	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
46	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
47	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
48	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
49	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
50	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
51	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
52	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
55	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
56	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
58	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
59	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
60	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
61	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
62	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
63	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
64	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
65	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
66	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
67	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
68	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
69	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
70	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
71	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
72	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
74	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
76	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
77	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
78	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	525	Libsyn	58
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
80	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	230	Megaphone	48
81	Southeast Asia Radio	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	147	Megaphone	38
82	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
83	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
84	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
85	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
86	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
87	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
88	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
89	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
90	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
91	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	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
93	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
94	Around the Roundhouse	The Santa Fe New Mexican	Government	58	Omny Studio	73
95	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
96	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
97	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
98	In Session: Leading the Judiciary	FJC	Government & Organizations	54	Unknown	38
99	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73

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