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 12 Apr 2025

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04/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 350

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:42:30

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Simplecast (11 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
4	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
12	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
13	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
14	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
17	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	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	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
23	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
24	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
27	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
28	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
33	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
34	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
35	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
36	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
37	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
38	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
39	APWU Podcast	APWU	Government	25	Podbean	42
40	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
41	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
42	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
43	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
44	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
45	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
46	New Hampshire Uncharted	newhampshireuncharted	Government	5	Podbean	63
47	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
50	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
51	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
52	City Journal Audio	Manhattan Institute	Government	515	Libsyn	43
53	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
54	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
55	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
56	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
57	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
58	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
59	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
60	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
61	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
62	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
63	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
66	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
67	AUSA’s Army Matters Podcast	Assn. of the United States Army	Government	100	Podbean	57
68	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
72	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
73	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
74	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
75	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
76	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
77	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
78	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	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
81	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
82	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
83	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
84	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
85	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
86	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
87	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
88	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
89	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
90	The FCCMA Podcast	FCCMA	Government	196	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
93	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
94	RegionLaw: A Podcast	RegionLawPod	Government & Organizations	2	Podbean	32
95	Good Government Show	Valley Park Productions	Government	100	Libsyn	63
96	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
97	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
98	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
99	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
100	Hudson Institute Events Podcast	Hudson Institute	Government	599	Simplecast	42

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