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 21 Apr 2025

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04/21/2025

Average data

Episodes: 337

Frequency: every 14 days

Duration: 00:44:21

Top 5 authors

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

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

3. WMAL | Cumulus Media Washington (2 shows)

4. The DSR Network (2 shows)

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (23 shows)

2. Libsyn (10 shows)

3. Podbean (7 shows)

4. Simplecast (7 shows)

5. Omny Studio (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
2	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	444	Audioboom	63
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	156	Megaphone	48
5	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	334	RedCircle	58
6	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	70	PRX	83
7	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	157	Buzzsprout	47
8	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
9	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
10	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2762	Megaphone	38
11	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1968	Megaphone	53
12	American Potential	American Potential	News	479	Podbean	68
13	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
14	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	39	Simplecast	73
15	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
16	The Oath and The Office	Corey Brettschneider and John Fugelsang	Government	92	Spreaker	54
17	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	388	Megaphone	53
18	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
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	152	Megaphone	43
21	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	70	Unknown	27
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	921	RSS.com	42
23	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	374	Megaphone	43
24	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	255	Simplecast	73
25	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
26	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	32	Libsyn	38
28	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	275	Libsyn	58
29	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	473	Megaphone	49
30	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
31	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	The Randi Rhodes Show	Randi Rhodes	Government	1740	Libsyn	38
34	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
35	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	140	Unknown	63
36	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	168	Podbean	31
37	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	66	Substack	38
38	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
39	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	165	Simplecast	52
40	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
41	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
42	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	938	Megaphone	38
43	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	459	Megaphone	58
44	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
45	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	202	PRX	59
46	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	204	Megaphone	53
47	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	122	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	115	Megaphone	43
50	Box Alarm - Awakening America	Curt Weldon	Government	6	Podbean	42
51	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
52	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
53	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	96	Megaphone	59
54	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
55	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	495	Unknown	52
56	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	101	Buzzsprout	58
57	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
58	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
59	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63
60	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	317	Megaphone	63
61	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	216	Simplecast	59
62	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
63	Baby Boom! Lawyered	Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy	Government	326	Simplecast	73
64	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	352	Libsyn	68
66	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1984	BBC	43
67	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
68	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	832	Libsyn	27
69	DIA Connections	Defense Intelligence Agency	Government & Organizations	43	Unknown	43
70	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
71	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	101	Simplecast	32
72	Welcome to Duluth!	Mayor Roger Reinert	Government	1	Libsyn	73
73	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	58	Buzzsprout	48
74	Pantsuits and Lawsuits with Attorneys General Kris Mayes and Dana Nessel	Attorneys General Kris Mayes & Dana Nessel	Government	23	Buzzsprout	68
75	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	938	Buzzsprout	63
76	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	215	Megaphone	49
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	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
80	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
81	The Nevada Wild Podcast	Nevada Department of Wildlife	Government	292	Soundcloud	38
82	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
83	Inside Cyber Diplomacy	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	37	Megaphone	43
84	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	164	Megaphone	38
85	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	64	Megaphone	73
86	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
87	Tennessee Today	Tennessee State Senator Bo Watson	Government	30	Podbean	62
88	New Faces of Democracy	Nancy Bynum	Government	79	Captivate	63
89	The Redacted Podcast	The Redacted Podcast	Government	22	Spotify for Podcasters	28
90	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	23	PRX	63
91	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
92	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	543	Libsyn	58
93	The Foreign Area Officer Podcast	Michael Hill	Government	37	Podbean	37
94	Personnel Matters	Air Force Personnel Center	Government & Organizations	2	Unknown	53
95	Understanding Congress	AEI Podcasts	Government	75	Captivate	63
96	Ballot Battleground: Nevada	KRNV	Government	81	Megaphone	78
97	Politics Friday	Minnesota Public Radio	Government	30	American Public Media	53
98	Lawfare No Bull	Lawfare	Government	100	Acast	43
99	The Asset	District Productive	Government	62	ART19	69
100	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67

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