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 17 May 2025

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05/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 347

Frequency: every 16 days

Duration: 00:42:41

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (19 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (9 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	445	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	158	Megaphone	48
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	499	Unknown	52
6	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	336	RedCircle	58
7	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	71	PRX	83
8	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
9	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1978	Megaphone	53
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2777	Megaphone	38
12	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
13	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	93	Spreaker	54
14	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
15	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	256	Simplecast	73
16	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
17	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	924	RSS.com	42
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	277	Libsyn	58
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	33	Libsyn	38
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
24	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
27	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	335	Simplecast	63
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
30	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	461	Megaphone	58
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	474	Megaphone	49
33	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
34	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
35	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
36	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	152	Megaphone	43
37	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
38	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	942	Buzzsprout	63
40	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
42	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	158	Buzzsprout	47
43	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
44	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
47	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	943	Megaphone	38
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1987	BBC	43
52	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	N/A	N/A
53	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	116	Megaphone	43
55	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
56	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	64	Spotify for Podcasters	28
57	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	40	Podbean	37
58	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
59	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
60	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
61	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
62	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
63	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	579	Podbean	32
64	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
65	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
66	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
67	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
68	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
69	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
70	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
71	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
72	Audio Arguendo	Audio Arguendo	Government	1664	Unknown	43
73	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
74	Go Time in Fort Worth with Mayor Mattie Parker	Mayor Mattie Parker	Government	63	Simplecast	N/A
75	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
76	Hello Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	Government	20	Podbean	58
77	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
78	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
79	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
80	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	102	Simplecast	32
81	Queering Precedent	The Outwords Archive	Government	14	Spreaker	69
82	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
83	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	136	Unknown	37
84	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
85	Command and Control	Peter Roberts	Government	51	Libsyn	73
86	Medicaid Leadership Exchange	Center for Health Care Strategies and the National Association of Medicaid Directors	Government	28	Blubrry Podcasting	48
87	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	834	Libsyn	27
88	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
89	It's Just Politics	Michigan Public	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
90	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
91	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
92	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	217	Simplecast	59
93	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	50	Simplecast	63
94	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
95	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	731	Unknown	43
96	Off The Beat Podcast	DJ Seals	Government	49	Soundcloud	49
97	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	318	Megaphone	63
98	This Means War	Peter Roberts	Government	98	Libsyn	58
99	Ray Appleton	KMJ Now \| Cumulus Media Fresno	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
100	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	72	Libsyn	63

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