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.

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04/17/2025

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Episodes: 328

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:16

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (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. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Buzzsprout (9 shows)

4. Podbean (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 Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
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	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
12	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
13	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
14	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
15	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
18	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
19	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
20	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
21	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
22	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
23	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
26	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
27	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
28	Tennessee Today	Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson	Government	30	Podbean	62
29	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
30	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
31	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
34	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
38	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
39	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
40	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
41	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
42	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
43	Personnel Matters	Air Force Personnel Center	Government & Organizations	2	Unknown	53
44	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
45	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
46	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
48	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
50	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
51	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
52	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
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 Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
56	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
57	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
58	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
59	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
60	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
61	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
62	内部视角看中国	杜文	Government	11	Firstory	53
63	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
64	The Exit Interview	E9 Mafia	Government	19	Buzzsprout	68
65	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
66	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
67	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
68	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
69	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
70	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
71	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	74	Captivate	63
72	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
73	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
74	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
75	The Source	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
76	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
77	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
78	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
79	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
80	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
81	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
82	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
83	Political Playlist Happy Hour	Political Playlist	Government	231	Spotify for Podcasters	28
84	View from 100	Douglas County Sheriff's Office	Government	2	Buzzsprout	68
85	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
86	Stories Labels and Misconceptions	Val Barrett & Dr Jeremy Anderson	Government	36	Buzzsprout	73
87	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
88	Within the Trenches	Code 7 Podcast Network	Government	664	Libsyn	63
89	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
90	Department of Agriculture (USDA) News Details temporarily unavailable	Inception Point Ai	Government	1	Spreaker	59
91	APWU Podcast	APWU	Government	25	Podbean	42
92	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
93	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
94	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
95	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
96	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
97	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
98	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
99	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
100	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48

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