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 19 May 2025

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05/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 336

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:30

Top 5 authors

1. The DSR Network (4 shows)

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

3. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

4. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

5. Beacon Global Strategies LLC (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Spotify for Podcasters (9 shows)

4. Libsyn (9 shows)

5. Podbean (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	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
4	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
6	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
7	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
8	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
10	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
11	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
12	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
13	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
14	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
15	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
16	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
19	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
20	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
21	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
22	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
23	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
24	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
27	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
28	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
29	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
30	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
33	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
34	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
35	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
37	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
38	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
39	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
40	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
41	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
42	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
43	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
44	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
45	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
48	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
49	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
50	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
51	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
52	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
53	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
54	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
55	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
56	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
57	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
58	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
59	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
60	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
63	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
64	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
65	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
66	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
67	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
68	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
69	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
70	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43
71	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
72	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
73	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
74	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
75	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	99	Buzzsprout	58
76	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
77	Fever Dreams	The Daily Beast	Government	120	Megaphone	73
78	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
79	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	822	Libsyn	27
80	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
81	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
82	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
83	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
84	Above Average Intelligence	The DSR Network	Government	50	Megaphone	38
85	Rational in Portland	Kristin Olson	Government	129	RSS.com	68
86	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
87	Political Theory 101	Political Theory 101	Government	96	Soundcloud	49
88	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
89	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
90	Pete Buttigieg	Sophie Westen	Government	1	Spotify for Podcasters	33
91	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
92	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
93	Off The Beat Podcast	DJ Seals	Government	49	Soundcloud	49
94	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
95	Inside EMS	EMS1 Podcasts	Government	718	Podbean	38
96	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
97	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
98	Texas Matters	David Martin Davies	Government	20	Unknown	43
99	Law and Order: BUX	Bucks Co. Sheriff's Office	Government	5	Spotify for Podcasters	38
100	Texas City Tells	City of Texas City	Government	90	Spotify for Podcasters	63

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