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 mai 2025

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05/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 330

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:44:38

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

5. Unknown (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	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	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
13	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
16	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
18	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Mosaics	Idaho Office For Refugees \| SB Studios	Government	49	Castos	73
23	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
27	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
28	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
31	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
32	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
35	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
36	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
37	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
38	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
41	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
42	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
44	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
45	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
46	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
47	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
50	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
51	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
52	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
53	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
54	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
55	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
56	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
57	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
58	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
59	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
60	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
61	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
62	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
63	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
64	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
65	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
66	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
69	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
70	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
71	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
72	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
73	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
74	Grave Injustice	COURIER	Government	8	Buzzsprout	63
75	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
76	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
77	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
78	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
79	Pine State Politics: In Session	Natalie Emmerson and Larsen Van Horn	Government	17	Spotify for Podcasters	48
80	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
81	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
82	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
83	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
84	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
85	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
87	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
88	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
89	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
90	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
91	The Fly-In	New Democrat Coalition	Government	31	Transistor	49
92	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
93	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
94	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
95	Thinking Inside the Box - The Gauntlet	Fort Irwin Operations Group	Government & Organizations	40	Unknown	42
96	The Democracy Group	The Democracy Group	Government	549	Simplecast	53
97	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
98	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
99	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
100	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53

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