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 Jun 2025

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06/14/2025

Average data

Episodes: 319

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:43:30

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (20 shows)

2. Buzzsprout (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (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	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
6	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
7	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
25	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
26	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
33	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
36	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
37	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
38	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
39	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
40	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
41	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
42	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
45	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
46	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
47	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
48	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
49	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
50	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
51	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
52	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
53	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
54	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
55	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
56	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
57	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
58	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
59	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
60	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
61	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
62	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
63	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
65	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
66	Justice In Action	Pennington County State’s Attorney’s Office	Government	21	Buzzsprout	48
67	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
68	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
69	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
70	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
71	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
72	The Debrief	U.S. Naval War College	Government	19	Captivate	58
73	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
74	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
75	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
76	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
77	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
78	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
79	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
80	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
81	Placer County Probation Podcast	Placer County Probation	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	27
82	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
83	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
84	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
85	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
86	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
87	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	CuriosiD	WDET	Government	93	Unknown	43
89	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
90	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
93	Who Belongs?	Othering and Belonging Institute	Government	60	Pinecast	49
94	The Emergency Management Network Podcast	Todd T. De Voe	Government	412	Substack	42
95	The Michigan DNR's Wildtalk Podcast	Michigan Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Division	Government	99	Buzzsprout	57
96	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
97	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
98	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
99	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
100	Growing Goodyear	Digital Communications	Government	32	Buzzsprout	38

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