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 11 Apr 2025

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04/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:41:50

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Libsyn (11 shows)

3. Simplecast (11 shows)

4. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
11	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
14	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
15	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
18	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
21	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
28	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
29	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
30	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
31	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
32	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
33	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
34	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
36	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
43	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
44	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
45	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
46	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
47	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
48	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
52	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
55	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
56	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
57	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
58	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
59	City Journal Audio	Manhattan Institute	Government	515	Libsyn	43
60	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
61	RegionLaw: A Podcast	RegionLawPod	Government & Organizations	2	Podbean	32
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
65	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	315	Simplecast	73
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
68	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
69	Good Government Show	Valley Park Productions	Government	100	Libsyn	63
70	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
71	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
72	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
73	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
74	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
75	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
76	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
77	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
78	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
79	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
80	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
81	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
82	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
83	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
84	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
85	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
86	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	350	Libsyn	68
87	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
88	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
89	Cap Chat Texas	Stephanie Chiarello, David Mintz	Government	31	Simplecast	63
90	I4C Trouble with Daly and Wallace	Clare Daly, Mick Wallace	Government	244	Simplecast	42
91	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
92	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
93	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
94	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
95	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
96	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
97	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
98	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
99	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
100	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43

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