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 juin 2025

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06/22/2025

Average data

Episodes: 305

Frequency: every 15 days

Duration: 00:43:27

Top 5 authors

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

2. University of Chicago Podcast Network (2 shows)

3. Cumulus Podcast Network (2 shows)

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

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

Top 5 hosting

1. Megaphone (22 shows)

2. Simplecast (9 shows)

3. Libsyn (8 shows)

4. Omny Studio (7 shows)

5. Podbean (6 shows)

Rank	Name	Artist	Main Category	Eps	Hosting	Score
1	Strict Scrutiny	Strict Scrutiny	Government	435	Audioboom	63
2	5-4	Prologue Projects	Government	328	RedCircle	58
3	The Lawfare Podcast	The Lawfare Institute	Government	2000	Acast	53
4	Optimist Economy	Kathryn Anne Edwards and Robin Rauzi	Government	68	PRX	83
5	The Chris Plante Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Podcast Network \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	2001	Megaphone	43
6	Deep State Radio	The DSR Network	Government	2000	Megaphone	49
7	The Find Out Podcast	Find Out Media & Studio71	Government	143	Megaphone	48
8	Red Eye Radio	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	1902	Megaphone	53
9	Anne Hidalgo - Paris en Commun	Paris en Commun	Government	11	Soundcloud	43
10	Fiasco	Pushkin Industries	Government	44	Omny Studio	69
11	What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law	Roman Mars	Government	98	Simplecast	32
12	The Truth of the Matter	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	372	Megaphone	49
13	Sane(ish) with Jo Carducci	The Siren Network	Government	262	Megaphone	53
14	The Tara Palmeri Show	Tara Palmeri	Government	308	Megaphone	63
15	The Oath and The Office	Two Squared Media Productions	Government	84	Spreaker	54
16	Sekulow	Jay Sekulow	Government	30	Libsyn	38
17	NatSec Matters Details temporarily unavailable	Beacon Global Strategies LLC	Government	154	Libsyn	69
18	Civics 101	NHPR	Government	380	Megaphone	53
19	Divided Argument	Will Baude & Dan Epps	Government	139	Unknown	63
20	Case in Point: The Legal Show on the Hottest Legal Cases in Politics and Culture	The Heritage Foundation	Government	276	Spotify for Podcasters	28
21	Capitalisn't	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	251	Simplecast	73
22	Macroaggressions	Charlie Robinson	Government	901	RSS.com	42
23	American Potential	American Potential	News	466	Podbean	68
24	DSR's Words Matter	The DSR Network	Government	466	Megaphone	49
25	The Strong Towns Podcast	Strong Towns	Government	600	Podbean	42
26	U.S. Supreme Court Oral Arguments	Oyez	Government & Organizations	56	Unknown	32
27	Pekingology	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	148	Megaphone	43
28	Irregular Warfare Podcast	Irregular Warfare Initiative	Government	166	Podbean	31
29	The Tristan Snell Show	Audiocrafty/Bluewave	Government	86	RedCircle	74
30	The John Phillips Show	790 KABC Radio \| Cumulus Los Angeles	Government	119	Omny Studio	49
31	Law and Chaos	Liz Dye; Andrew Torrez	Government	263	Libsyn	58
32	Global Security Briefing	The Royal United Services Institute	Government	100	Libsyn	53
33	Pitchfork Economics with Nick Hanauer	Civic Ventures	News	452	Megaphone	58
34	The Virginia Press Room	VPM & VPAP	Government	90	Megaphone	59
35	The Fact Hunter	Delmarva Studios	Government	1000	Spreaker	43
36	A Matter of Degrees	Dr. Leah Stokes, Dr. Katharine Wilkinson	Government	55	Libsyn	58
37	Here I Am With Shai Davidai	Shai Davidai	Religion & Spirituality	104	RSS.com	57
38	The Fascism Barometer	Ejeris Dixon	Government	38	Simplecast	73
39	The Trade Guys	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	368	Megaphone	43
40	Peace & Power Israel	The Federal Newswire	Government	35	Simplecast	63
41	The Proceedings Podcast	U.S. Naval Institute	Government	500	Soundcloud	49
42	Supreme Court Oral Arguments	scotusstats.com	Government	489	Unknown	58
43	The Langley Files: CIA's Podcast	Central Intelligence Agency	Government	26	Transistor	52
44	Apathy Is Not An Option	SPLC	Government	21	PRX	63
45	Intelligence Matters	CBS News	Government	291	WideOrbit	43
46	America At Night with McGraw Milhaven	Cumulus Podcast Network	Government	906	Megaphone	38
47	Show Archives – Armed American Radio \|	Armed American Radio	Government	302	Blubrry Podcasting	33
48	The Sheriff's Mic: Cleared to Talk with Sheriff Kory Honea	Kory Honea	Government	19	Buzzsprout	48
49	Into Africa	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	201	Megaphone	53
50	The Just Security Podcast	Just Security	Government	153	Buzzsprout	47
51	Six One Forward	Betsy Goldstein	Government	12	Spotify for Podcasters	28
52	Babel: Translating the Middle East	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	284	Megaphone	69
53	The Steve Hilton Show	Steve Hilton Show	Government	186	Spotify for Podcasters	33
54	The AI Policy Podcast	Center for Strategic and International Studies	News	108	Megaphone	43
55	O'Connor & Company	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	53
56	The High Court Report	SCOTUS Oral Arguments	Government	500	Captivate	69
57	Congressional Dish	Jennifer Briney	Government	349	Libsyn	68
58	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	The Kevin Roberts Show with Larry O’Connor	Government	100	Omny Studio	32
59	Energy Policy Now	Kleinman Center for Energy Policy	Government	234	Omny Studio	73
60	Stanford Legal	Stanford Law School	Government	211	Simplecast	59
61	You Might Be Right	Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at University of Tennessee	Government	60	Megaphone	73
62	The Vince Coglianese Show	WMAL \| Cumulus Media Washington	Government	100	Omny Studio	38
63	Purplish	Colorado Public Radio	Government	197	PRX	59
64	Country First Conversations	Adam Kinzinger	Government	20	Spotify for Podcasters	N/A
65	The Interview	BBC World Service	Government	1965	BBC	43
66	The JFK Facts Podcast	Co-hosted by Jefferson Morley & Larry Schnapf	Government	65	Substack	43
67	The Impossible State	CSIS \| Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	160	Megaphone	38
68	The Uncertain Hour	Marketplace	Government	52	American Public Media	42
69	Mailin’ It! - The Official USPS Podcast	United States Postal Service	Government	91	Simplecast	52
70	A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back	Charlie Swenson, MD	Government	110	Blubrry	32
71	Ones Ready	Aaron Love, Trent Seegmiller, and Jared "Peaches" Pietras	Government	912	Buzzsprout	63
72	Pineland Underground	USAJFKSWCS, Ash Holzmann, Derek Riley, Jason Gambardella	Government	91	Simplecast	53
73	Executive Functions Chat	Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith	Government	63	Substack	43
74	Inside the FBI Details temporarily unavailable	Official FBI	Government	120	N/A	N/A
75	Luis Elizondo - UAP Disclosure Updates	Luis Elizondo	Government	4	Acast	48
76	Bound By Oath by IJ	Institute for Justice	Government	43	Blubrry	73
77	State of Play	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	47	Megaphone	48
78	PreAccident Investigation Podcast	Todd Conklin	Government & Organizations	600	Podbean	37
79	Civil Action with Brian & Shant	civilaction	Government	98	Podbean	32
80	Not Another Politics Podcast	University of Chicago Podcast Network	Government	164	Simplecast	52
81	Landslide	Landslide	Government	114	Castos	33
82	SouthBound	Tommy Tomlinson	Government	20	Unknown	59
83	The Ayaan Hirsi Ali Podcast	Courage.Media	Government	18	Acast	48
84	GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government	Engaging Local Government Leaders (ELGL)	Government	745	Libsyn	37
85	Pete Mundo - KCMO Talk Radio 95.7FM 103.7FM and 710 AM	KCMO Talk Radio \| Cumulus Media Kansas City	Government	106	Omny Studio	43
86	The World of Intelligence	Sean Corbett AVM (Retd)	Technology	135	Unknown	37
87	FDX ALPA Podcast	FDX ALPA Podcast	Government	100	Blubrry	38
88	No es el fin del mundo	El Orden Mundial	Government	304	Megaphone	63
89	After the Fact	The Pew Charitable Trusts	Government	228	Libsyn	53
90	No Compromise	NPR	Government	10	Simplecast	73
91	Chop Wood Carry Water with Jessica Craven	Jessica Craven	Government	30	Spotify for Podcasters	48
92	Bold American Pod	Barstool Sports	Government & Organizations	723	Unknown	43
93	Londongrad	Tortoise Media	Government	17	Acast	64
94	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	A Better Peace: The War Room Podcast	Government	447	Blubrry Podcasting	58
95	The Merge	The Merge	Government	66	Spotify for Podcasters	38
96	Behind The Scenes With Sheriff Jason Ard	Sheriff Jason Ard	Government	35	Buzzsprout	68
97	Bowman and Bush	Zeteo	Government	4	Substack	59
98	City Manager Unfiltered	Joe Turner	Government	144	Podbean	68
99	35 West	Center for Strategic and International Studies	Government	209	Megaphone	49

Understanding Podcast Rankings and Trends in USA

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