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 May 2025

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05/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 344

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:46:09

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Unknown (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Podbean (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	155	Megaphone	48
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	478	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2756	Megaphone	38
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1964	Megaphone	53
10	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	91	Spreaker	54
11	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
12	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	387	Megaphone	53
13	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
14	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
15	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	274	Libsyn	58
18	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
19	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
20	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	920	RSS.com	42
22	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
23	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	151	Megaphone	43
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	472	Megaphone	49
27	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
29	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
30	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	935	Buzzsprout	63
35	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
36	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1983	BBC	43
38	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
39	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
40	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	458	Megaphone	58
42	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
43	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
44	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
45	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
46	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
47	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	101	Buzzsprout	57
48	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
51	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
52	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1740	Libsyn	38
54	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	74	Unknown	43
55	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
56	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	936	Megaphone	38
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	201	PRX	59
58	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
59	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
60	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	63	Megaphone	73
61	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	39	Blubrry	73
62	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
63	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
64	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
65	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
66	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Megaphone	48
67	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	380	Unknown	43
69	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
70	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
71	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	114	Megaphone	43
72	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
73	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
74	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	211	Unknown	58
75	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
76	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
77	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
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	The Foreign Area Officer Podcast	Michael Hill	Government	37	Podbean	37
80	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
81	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
82	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
83	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
84	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	316	Megaphone	63
85	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	578	Podbean	32
86	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	215	Simplecast	59
87	Politics As Unusual w/Molly Jong-Fast & Rick Wilson	Jesse Cannon	Government	1	Acast	58
88	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
89	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
90	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	729	Unknown	43
91	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	325	Simplecast	73
92	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
93	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
94	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	752	Libsyn	37
95	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
96	The Merge	The Merge	Government	68	Spotify for Podcasters	38
97	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
98	The Good Government Podcast	The Good Government Podcast	Government	27	Podbean	37
99	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28

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