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 15 juin 2025

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06/15/2025

Average data

Episodes: 306

Frequency: every 12 days

Duration: 00:44:14

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (6 shows)

2. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

3. The DSR Network (2 shows)

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (8 shows)

4. Simplecast (8 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
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	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
7	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
11	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
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	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
22	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
23	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
24	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
26	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
27	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
33	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
34	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
35	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
36	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
37	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
38	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
39	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
40	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
41	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
42	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
43	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
44	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
45	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
46	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
47	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
50	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
51	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
55	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
56	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
57	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
58	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
59	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
60	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
61	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
62	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
63	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
64	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
66	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
67	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
68	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
69	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
70	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
71	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
72	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
73	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
74	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
75	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
76	FinCrime Unfiltered with Sarah Beth Felix	Illicit Edge	Government	23	Simplecast	68
77	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
78	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
79	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
80	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
81	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
82	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
83	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
84	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
85	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
86	The Franklin Police Department's APB Podcast	Franklin Police Department	Government	15	Pinecast	58
87	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
88	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
89	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
90	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
91	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
93	Unwritten Law	New Civil Liberties Alliance	Government	22	Captivate	73
94	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
95	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
96	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
97	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
98	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
99	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
100	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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