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 Jun 2025

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06/19/2025

Average data

Episodes: 345

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:43:52

Top 5 authors

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

2. The DSR Network (3 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

4. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

5. Federal News Network | Hubbard Radio (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (25 shows)

2. Simplecast (12 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Spotify for Podcasters (6 shows)

5. Unknown (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	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	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
8	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
11	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
14	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
15	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
18	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
19	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
20	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
21	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
22	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
23	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
24	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
25	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
26	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
27	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
28	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
29	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
30	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
31	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
32	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
33	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
34	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
35	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
36	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
38	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
39	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
40	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
41	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
42	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
43	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
44	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
45	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
46	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
47	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
48	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
50	Law for VA LEOs	E from UE	Government	135	Soundcloud	43
51	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
52	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
54	The Deduction	Tax Foundation	Government	122	Buzzsprout	48
55	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
57	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
58	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
59	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
60	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
61	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
62	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
63	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
64	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
65	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
66	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
67	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
68	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
69	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
70	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
71	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
72	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
73	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
74	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
75	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
76	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
77	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
78	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
79	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	95	Megaphone	49
80	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
81	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
82	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
83	Hello Hillsborough	Hillsborough County	Government	20	Podbean	58
84	Battleline Podcast	Kris "Tanto" Paronto & Ian Scotto	Government	322	Simplecast	58
85	The Military Leader	The Military Leader	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	58
86	Rethinking Palestine	Al-Shabaka: The Palestinian Policy Network	Government	71	Zencastr	32
87	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
88	Visa Vibes	Emily Neumann and Steven Brown	Government	18	Spotify for Podcasters	48
89	Strait Forward	Special Competitive Studies Project - SCSP	Government	40	Simplecast	68
90	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
91	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
92	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
93	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
94	America, Who Hurt You?	Foment Productions	Government	23	Simplecast	79
95	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
96	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
97	El Orden Mundial	OndaCero	Government	410	Megaphone	49
98	FINRA Unscripted	FINRA	Government	64	Simplecast	58
99	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
100	Foreign Office with Michael Weiss	The DSR Network	Government	90	Megaphone	43

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