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 14 May 2025

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05/14/2025

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Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:43:20

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

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

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Unknown (8 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 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	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
8	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
11	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
14	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
15	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
16	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
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	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
27	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
28	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
34	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
35	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
36	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
37	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
41	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
42	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
43	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
44	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
45	Mosaics	Idaho Office For Refugees \| SB Studios	Government	49	Castos	73
46	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
47	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
50	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
51	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
52	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
53	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
58	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
59	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
60	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
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	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
64	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
65	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
66	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
67	Campbell County Insider	Campbell Media	Government	62	Spotify for Podcasters	28
68	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
69	The LOGSTAT	Army Sustainment Professional Bulletin	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	43
70	Our Constitution Details temporarily unavailable	Library of Congress	Government	22	Unknown	38
71	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
72	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
73	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
74	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
75	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
76	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
77	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
78	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
79	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
80	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
81	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
82	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
83	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
84	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
85	Mexico Matters	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	58	Megaphone	38
86	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
88	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
89	High Energy Planet	Katie Auth & Rose Mutiso	Government	34	Unknown	73
90	Management Matters with James-Christian Blockwood	National Academy of Public Administration	Government	306	Buzzsprout	32
91	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
92	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
94	سقراط مع عمر الجريسي	ثمانية/ thmanyah	Government	209	Unknown	58
95	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
96	Department of Defense (DoD) News	Inception Point Ai	Government	147	Spreaker	59
97	The KABC News Blitz	790 KABC \| Cumulus Media Los Angeles	Government	100	Omny Studio	43
98	Inside Briefing with the Institute for Government	Institute for Government	Government	431	Megaphone	53
99	Betting on America: Winning the Global Tech Race	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	38	Megaphone	38
100	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37

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