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 juin 2025

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06/12/2025

Average data

Episodes: 314

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:03

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Podbean (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	434	Audioboom	63
2	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
3	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	327	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	142	Megaphone	48
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1900	Megaphone	53
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	465	Podbean	68
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	379	Megaphone	53
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	29	Libsyn	38
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
20	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
21	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
22	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	451	Megaphone	58
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
25	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
26	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
27	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
30	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
31	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
32	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
33	The Asset	District Productive	Government	65	ART19	69
34	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1964	BBC	43
36	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
37	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	62	Substack	43
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	262	Libsyn	58
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
41	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
42	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
43	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
44	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
45	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	722	Unknown	43
46	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
47	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
48	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
49	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
52	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
53	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
54	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
55	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
56	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
57	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	196	PRX	59
58	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
59	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	Spilling the T	Spilling the T	Government	31	Soundcloud	49
64	The Debrief	U.S. Naval War College	Government	19	Captivate	58
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
68	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
69	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
70	Hold My Reg	The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School	Government & Organizations	7	Unknown	59
71	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
72	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
73	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
74	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
75	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	905	Megaphone	38
76	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
77	Gov360	Chris Mann	Government	29	Podbean	73
78	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
79	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
80	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
83	Peoria County Distilled	Peoria County Government	Government	1	Spreaker	69
84	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
85	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
86	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
87	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
88	Wells Said with Sheriff Rick Wells	ManateeSheriff	Government	7	Podbean	42
89	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
90	خشت خام	خشت خام	Government	58	Unknown	59
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
92	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
93	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
94	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
95	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
96	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
97	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
98	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
99	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
100	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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