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 16 juin 2025

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06/16/2025

Average data

Episodes: 301

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:26

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (4 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 (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Buzzsprout (7 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	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
10	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
13	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
16	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
17	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
18	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
19	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
20	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
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	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
24	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
25	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
26	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
27	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
32	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
33	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
36	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
37	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
38	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
43	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
44	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
45	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
46	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
49	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
50	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
51	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
52	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
54	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
55	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
57	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
58	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
59	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
60	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
61	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
62	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
63	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
64	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
65	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
66	小泉進次郎のポッドキャスト	小泉進次郎	Government	11	Megaphone	43
67	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
68	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
69	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
70	The Constitution Study podcast	Paul Engel: Author, speaker and podcaster	Government	97	Libsyn	42
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
73	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
76	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
77	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
78	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
79	The Debrief	U.S. Naval War College	Government	19	Captivate	58
80	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
81	Growing Goodyear	Digital Communications	Government	32	Buzzsprout	38
82	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
83	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
84	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
85	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
86	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
87	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
88	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
89	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
90	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
91	Lesser Known Operators	Nicholas Allen	Government	133	Simplecast	63
92	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
93	Ranking U.S. Presidents	Bradley Cooper	Government	57	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
94	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
95	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
96	The Convergence - The Army's Mad Scientist Podcast	The Army Mad Scientist Initiative	Government	117	Castos	62
97	World Bank \| The Development Podcast	World Bank	Government	30	Captivate	52
98	Directly Current: EVs for All America	EVs for All America	Government	45	Audioboom	58
99	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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