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 Jun 2025

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06/11/2025

Average data

Episodes: 338

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:14

Top 5 authors

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

2. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Omny Studio (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	335	RedCircle	58
4	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	323	Megaphone	63
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
7	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1976	Megaphone	53
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
11	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2774	Megaphone	38
13	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
14	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
17	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
19	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	460	Megaphone	58
23	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
25	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
26	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	47	Audioboom	58
27	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
28	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
29	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
31	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	923	RSS.com	42
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
36	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
40	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
41	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
42	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
43	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
46	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
47	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
48	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
50	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	71	Substack	43
51	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
52	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
53	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
54	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
55	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
58	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
59	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
60	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
61	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
62	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
63	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
64	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	941	Buzzsprout	63
66	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	238	Omny Studio	73
67	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
68	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
69	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	73	Zencastr	32
70	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
71	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
72	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
73	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
75	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
76	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	753	Libsyn	37
77	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
78	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	52	Megaphone	48
79	The Merge	The Merge	Government	69	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
81	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
82	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	353	Libsyn	68
83	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	98	Megaphone	59
84	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	102	Buzzsprout	57
85	State Bar of Texas Podcast	Legal Talk Network	Government	235	Megaphone	48
86	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
87	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
88	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
89	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	942	Megaphone	38
91	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
92	See You In Court	seeyouincourt	Government	100	Podbean	48
93	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
94	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42
95	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	546	Libsyn	58
96	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	99	Megaphone	49
97	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	327	Simplecast	73
98	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
100	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37

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