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 22 May 2025

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05/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 340

Frequency: every 13 days

Duration: 00:45:21

Top 5 authors

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

2. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

5. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (18 shows)

2. Simplecast (10 shows)

3. Libsyn (10 shows)

4. Podbean (8 shows)

5. Omny Studio (8 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 Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	144	Megaphone	48
4	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
5	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	American Potential	American Potential	News	467	Podbean	68
8	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
9	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1906	Megaphone	53
10	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
11	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	85	Spreaker	54
12	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
13	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
14	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
15	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
16	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
17	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
18	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
19	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
20	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
21	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	31	Libsyn	38
22	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
23	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	149	Megaphone	43
24	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
25	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	902	RSS.com	42
26	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	252	Simplecast	73
27	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
28	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
29	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
30	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
31	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
32	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
33	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
34	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
35	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
36	Outside the Secret Service Podcast	OTSecretService	Government	38	Podbean	37
37	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1966	BBC	43
38	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
39	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
40	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
41	Democracy Works	Penn State McCourtney Institute for Democracy	Government	332	Simplecast	63
42	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
43	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
44	Boom! Lawyered	Rewire News Group's Jessica Mason Pieklo and Imani Gandy, Jessica Mason Pieklo - Rewire News Group, Imani Gandy - Rewire News Group	Government	314	Simplecast	73
45	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
46	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
47	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
48	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
49	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	467	Megaphone	49
50	The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	500	ART19	53
51	AIPAC	AIPAC	Government	8	Transistor	53
52	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
53	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
54	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
55	The Debrief with Jon Becker	Jon Becker	Government	100	Buzzsprout	58
56	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	109	Megaphone	43
57	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
58	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
59	The Crucible - The JRTC Experience Podcast	JRTC CALL Cell	Government	100	Podbean	67
60	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
61	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
62	NatSec Matters	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	156	Libsyn	63
63	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
64	FDA Watch	FDA Watch	Government	63	Libsyn	69
65	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
66	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	61	Megaphone	73
67	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
68	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
69	The Daily D.O.G.E. Report	The D.O.G.E. Detective - James R. Laudermilk	Government	49	RSS.com	78
70	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	907	Megaphone	38
71	Federal Newscast	Federal News Network \| Hubbard Radio	Government	2000	Megaphone	54
72	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
73	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
74	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
75	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
76	The National Security Law Podcast	Bobby Chesney and Steve Vladeck	Government	246	Blubrry	32
77	U.S. Army History and Heritage Podcast	U.S. Army Center of Military History	Government & Organizations	64	Unknown	27
78	Energy Matters with Commissioner Echols	Commissioner Tim Echols	Government	282	Soundcloud	38
79	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
80	Pints & Diplomacy	Pints & Diplomacy	Government	42	Spotify for Podcasters	53
81	Better Every Shift	FireRescue1	Government	317	Podbean	38
82	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
83	Truth Time with Dr. Cornel West and Nina Turner	KBLA Talk 1580	Government	79	Spreaker	38
84	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
85	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
86	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
87	BLUF: Artorias Podcast	Artorias, Inc.	Government	72	Spotify for Podcasters	17
88	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
89	Talking Headways: A Streetsblog Podcast	The Overhead Wire	Government	823	Libsyn	27
90	One on One with Robert Doar	AEI Podcasts	Government	29	Captivate	48
91	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
92	Policing Matters	Police1.com	Government	572	Podbean	32
93	SOFREP Radio	iHeartPodcasts	Government	530	Omny Studio	59
94	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
95	The Public Service Project	Cait Dallaire	Government	33	RSS.com	52
96	Hoosier Health Matters	The Good Trouble Coalition	Government	54	Buzzsprout	48
97	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
98	Public Defenseless	Hunter Parnell	Government	527	Libsyn	58
99	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
100	SASKIA	Sonoro	Government	39	Megaphone	63

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