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 13 mai 2025

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05/13/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:44

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

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

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

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (21 shows)

2. Simplecast (8 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Libsyn (8 shows)

5. Unknown (7 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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
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	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
14	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
15	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
16	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
20	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
25	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
26	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
27	Mosaics	Idaho Office For Refugees \| SB Studios	Government	49	Castos	73
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	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
31	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
32	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
33	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
34	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
35	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
36	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
37	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
40	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
41	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
42	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
43	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
44	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
45	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
46	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
47	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
48	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
51	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
52	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
53	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
55	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
56	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
57	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
58	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
59	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
60	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
61	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
62	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
63	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
64	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
65	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
66	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
67	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
68	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
69	The DSR Daily	The DSR Network	Government	1086	Megaphone	48
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
72	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
73	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
74	High Energy Planet	Katie Auth & Rose Mutiso	Government	34	Unknown	73
75	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
76	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
77	Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood	National Academy of Public Administration	Government	306	Buzzsprout	32
78	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
79	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
80	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
81	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
82	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
83	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
84	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
85	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
87	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
88	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
89	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
90	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
91	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
92	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
93	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
94	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
95	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
96	MichMash Politics	WDET FM	Government	374	Unknown	43
97	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
98	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
99	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
100	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59

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