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 20 mai 2025

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05/20/2025

Average data

Episodes: 356

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (3 shows)

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

4. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Libsyn (9 shows)

3. Simplecast (9 shows)

4. Podbean (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	436	Audioboom	63
2	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
6	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
7	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
8	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1908	Megaphone	53
11	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
12	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
13	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
14	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
15	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
16	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
17	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
20	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	903	RSS.com	42
23	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
24	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
25	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
26	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
27	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
28	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
29	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
32	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	264	Libsyn	58
33	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
34	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
39	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	914	Buzzsprout	63
40	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
41	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
42	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
43	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
44	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
45	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
46	Reimagining Citizenship by Pantsuit Politics	Pantsuit Politics	Government	4	Substack	53
47	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
48	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
49	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
50	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
51	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
52	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
53	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
54	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
55	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
56	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
57	One on One with Robert Doar	AEI Podcasts	Government	29	Captivate	48
58	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
59	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
60	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
61	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
62	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
63	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
64	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
65	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
66	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
67	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	909	Megaphone	38
68	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
69	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
70	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1735	Libsyn	43
71	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
72	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
73	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
74	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	212	Simplecast	59
75	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
76	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
77	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
78	Entitled	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	49	Simplecast	63
79	SOFcast	USSOCOM	Government	83	Spreaker	49
80	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
81	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
82	Unlocking California Politics	C.A.R. podcast	Government	30	Soundcloud	43
83	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
84	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
85	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
86	The Signal Sitdown	The Daily Signal	Government	96	Megaphone	49
87	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
88	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
89	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
90	Supreme Court Decision Syllabus (SCOTUS Podcast)	Attorney RJ Dieken, Loki Esq Law, Montana	Government	579	Buzzsprout	58
91	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
92	Lobbying Insider	Davidoff Hutcher & Citron, LLP	Government	10	Unknown	49
93	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
94	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
95	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
96	Audio Briefs	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	1465	Megaphone	43
97	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
98	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
99	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	305	Megaphone	63
100	Death and Dirt	Pennsylvania Bar Association - Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section	Government	23	Spotify for Podcasters	73

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