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 18 juin 2025

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06/18/2025

Average data

Episodes: 326

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:45:16

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. CSIS | Center for Strategic and International Studies (3 shows)

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

5. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Unknown (8 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Spotify for Podcasters (7 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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
8	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
13	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1904	Megaphone	53
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
16	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
17	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
18	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
19	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
20	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
24	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
25	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
26	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
28	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
29	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
30	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
31	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
32	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
35	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
36	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
37	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
38	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
39	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
40	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
41	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
42	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
43	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
44	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
45	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
46	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
48	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
49	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
50	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
51	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
52	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
53	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
54	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
55	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
56	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
57	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
58	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
59	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
60	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
61	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
62	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
63	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
64	Energy Matters with Commissioner Echols	Commissioner Tim Echols	Government	282	Soundcloud	38
65	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
66	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
68	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
69	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
70	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
71	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
72	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	121	Buzzsprout	48
73	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
74	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
75	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
76	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
77	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
78	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
79	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
80	Power Problems	Cato Institute	Government	211	Acast	43
81	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
82	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
83	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
84	小泉進次郎のポッドキャスト	小泉進次郎	Government	11	Megaphone	43
85	Permission To Speak Freely	Damon Leggins and Andamo McCullough	Government	247	Podbean	42
86	In The Dark (Bigfoot, Dogmen, Aliens, All Things Supernatural)	Tracie Bush	Government	115	Spotify for Podcasters	28
87	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
88	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
89	Voices for Justice Archives - Ignatian Solidarity Network	unknown_author	Government	0	Unknown	17
90	Smart Women, Smart Power	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	247	Megaphone	43
91	Strait Forward	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	40	Simplecast	68
92	VA News Podcast	Department of Veterans Affairs	Government	4	Transistor	48
93	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
94	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
97	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
98	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
99	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
100	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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