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 Jun 2025

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06/17/2025

Average data

Episodes: 307

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:44:15

Top 5 authors

1. Center for Strategic and International Studies (5 shows)

2. The DSR Network (3 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 (23 shows)

2. Omny Studio (8 shows)

3. Simplecast (8 shows)

4. Unknown (8 shows)

5. Libsyn (8 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	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	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
9	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
10	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
11	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
14	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
15	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
16	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
20	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
21	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
22	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
24	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
25	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
26	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
27	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
30	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
31	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
32	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
33	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
36	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
37	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
38	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
39	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
42	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
43	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
44	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
45	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
46	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
47	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
48	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
49	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
50	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
51	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
52	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
53	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
54	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
55	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
56	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
57	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
58	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
59	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
60	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
61	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
62	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
63	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
66	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
67	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
68	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
69	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
70	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
71	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
72	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
73	小泉進次郎のポッドキャスト	小泉進次郎	Government	11	Megaphone	43
74	Aberdeen Proving Ground's Hidden History	U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command	Government & Organizations	10	Unknown	38
75	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
76	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
77	Voices for Justice Archives - Ignatian Solidarity Network	unknown_author	Government	0	Unknown	17
78	Bryan Stevenson Podcast	Michelle & William	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
80	Energy Matters with Commissioner Echols	Commissioner Tim Echols	Government	282	Soundcloud	38
81	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
82	Nashville's Morning News with Dan Mandis	SuperTalk 99.7 WTN \| Cumulus Media Nashville	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
83	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
84	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
85	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
86	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
87	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	526	Libsyn	58
88	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
89	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
90	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
91	Big Take DC	Bloomberg and iHeartPodcasts	Government	90	Omny Studio	43
92	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49
93	الحل إيه؟ مع د. رباب المهدي	Alternative Policy Solutions - حلول للسياسات البديلة	Government	70	Omny Studio	48
94	Chambers, Changes & Conversations - the official podcast of Manatee County Government	Manatee County Government	Government	7	RSS.com	52
95	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
96	Too Honest for Social Media	Tim Baldermann	Government	23	Buzzsprout	32
97	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
98	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
99	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
100	Democracy Paradox	Justin Kempf	Government	238	Buzzsprout	83

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